Answer
"aufrecht melcher großaspach"
contrary to the second answer these are not
the people that started the company, before benz took over, that second answer is wrong. history of mercedes benz, tells us clearly that mr benz, had one and only kid
, a daughter that he loved so much (who is
name was mercedes, a common german
name) that when he created his company, he named the company after her.
as for the m, it stands for motorsport. it is the most powerful engine of that particular series.if you wanted anymore power added at that point, you would have to get it done by a specialty tunning shop, which bmw, requires you to take off at that point, the bmw symbol off of your vehicle, and bmw would no longer consider it as one of there vehicles.