Why the 👑 Queen drove an Indian Daimler

When you think of Daimler, you think of Mercedes-Benz, and that’s perfectly understandable. Up until recently Mercedes parent company was known as Daimler-Benz. The name comes from Gottlieb Daimler, a German engineer who was a pioneer in early internal combustion engines, and founded Daimler Motors. It eventually became Daimler-Benz, named after the “father of the car” Carl Benz, even though both men hated each other and spent a lot of the 1890s in court suing each other over patents. And Daimler-Benz of course is the company we know as Mercedes-Benz today. But since I can remember the Queen had been driven around in Daimler cars, and although she has German roots, she wasn’t supporting German car industry. These were very British cars. So what’s the connection between the British Daimler company and the German one? If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: http://patreon.com/bigcar Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Scout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tatamotors-daimler-idUSTRE6280JR20100309 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Daimler_cars https://www.zigwheels.com/news-features/general-news/daimler-ag-rebranded-as-mercedes-benz-ag/44671/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_War_Car #bigcar

Added 7 Aug 2026