Automobile Industry

Inventors

Few inventions had such an impact on the daily lives of people as the invention of the car. Today cars are the common means of transport.More ...

The beginnings of the German car industry

In 1901 the production of cars totalled 900. Eight years later the number of firms had risen from 12 to 50 and the production of cars increased to 9 500 per annum. More ...

Car industry today

The car industry has remained one of the pillars of the German economy. Currently about 1.26 million people are employed in the car industry.More ...

Bayerische Motoren-Werke

BMW is among the best-known automobile firms in the world.More ...

Mercedes Benz

Mercedes-Benz is the oldest car manufacturer in the world. The two original firms Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft merged in 1926 into the Daimler-Benz AG.More ...

Porsche and other brands

Ferdinand Porsche, who became famous for designing the Beetle, was still a prisoner of war when his son Ferry began to have his first sports model manufactured.More ...

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is the largest automobile manufacturer in the EU and the fourth largest in the world.

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Trabant und Wartburg

After the war Eisenach became part of the German Democratic Republic and all industries were taken over by the state.More ...

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