In 1890, Émile Levassor and Armand Peugeot of France started producing vehicles with Daimler engines, and so laid the foundation of the automotive business in France. They have been connected to the primary Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race, but finished 6 days after the successful bike owner, Charles Terront. Daimler and Maybach based Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) in Cannstatt in 1890, and offered their first automobile in 1892 under the model title Daimler. It was a horse-drawn stagecoach constructed by another manufacturer, which they retrofitted with an engine of their design. By 1895 about 30 automobiles had been constructed by Daimler and Maybach, either on the Daimler works or within the Hotel Hermann, the place they arrange store after disputes with their backers.

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