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> That would be the 1897 Mercedes.
>
> "In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home in
> Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt,
>Germany. On
> his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such a
> sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition, under
> the name of "Mercedes" after his favourite 9 year old daughter."
By that logic you could count Studebaker, since it was the name
of the founder.
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