When VE Day arrived in May 1945, Germany lay in ruins. The country was facing devastation on almost every front and its once-proud industrial base lay in tatters. Mercedes-Benz was one of the wounded commercial titans here and a company that was once a symbol of precision, luxury, and innovation was left scrambling. Company bosses needed to find a spark or even a new identity and, thankfully, one of its new platforms came to its rescue.
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