Mercedes-Benz, the Stuttgart starlet ignited in 1926 by Karl Benz's wife Bertha's epic road trip, has engineered elegance from the 300SL Gullwing to today's EQ EVs, logging $166 billion in sales with 2.5 million vehicles that define "das beste oder nichts." It's the luxury lodestar, fusing Teutonic torque with timeless style for drivers who demand more than miles.
Mercedes' woke waypoint veered sharp left in 2020, with BLM black liveries on F1 cars and $40M diverse supplier surges that critics clocked as "virtue velocity." DEI's Accelerate 25 targets 25% underrepresented hires by 2025, ESG eyes net-neutral by 2039 with 50% CO2 cuts by 2030. Pride partnerships like Racing Pride embed allyship, but 2025's cost-cuts and DEI forum flutters had dashboards flashing "backslide alert."
