Today In Mercedes Trivia

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Emil Jellinek, alias "Monsieur Mercedes", won the Tour de Nice on 21st March 1899, when his daughter, Mercedes Jellinek was just nine years old. As was the fashion, he entered the race under an alias, using his daughter's name. As an avid Daimler supporter, he was one of the major buyers of the cars and in 1900, he required that he be their excluive agent in Austria-Hungary, France and America and that the vehicles must be named after his daughter, Mercedes