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Pre-WWI [[British Mercedes Motor Co]] represented the [[Mercedes]] interests in Britain | Pre-WWI [[British Mercedes Motor Co]] represented the [[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft|Mercedes]] interests in Britain | ||
1931 [[Percy John Davis]] was appointed a director of the company | 1931 [[Percy John Davis]] was appointed a director of the company |
Revision as of 15:27, 30 November 2019
Pre-WWI British Mercedes Motor Co represented the Mercedes interests in Britain
1931 Percy John Davis was appointed a director of the company
1936 British Mercedes-Benz Ltd opened showrooms in Park Lane
later became Mercedes-Benz (Great Britain)
Buses
In the 1920s-1930s Mercedes-Benz built very few chassis for Britain .
Pullman Roadways of Croydon ran a fleet of five 20 seater Mercedes-Benz luxury coaches. These ran on the London-Southampton-Bournemouth and London-Torquay-Plymouth routes.
1938 They constructed a forward control model to seat 44 passengers.