GERMAN CARS


INTERESTING LINKS

Urban myth - VW 3-wheeler for sale in China

  • How to survive driving in Germany
  • Need a bullet-proof Mercedes?
  • Smart car in St. Louis!!!. The history of the Smart car. Info about crash safety
  • Wild Swiss Car designer Rinspeed - the future of cars!?
  • Aral What snacks can you buy at a gas station?


  • What the heck is an Acabion?. Zoomable pics
  • Annual International AUTO SHOWS
  • Use the PULL-DOWN menu for the Geneva Auto Show March 12. 2006. View BMW, Mercedes, VW, Porsche, Audi, Opel...
  • Cool old cars and premieres of new cars and the latest VW
  • Future cars
  • About.com's German Car hangman
  • Cool old cars - click the PHOTO then WEITER
  • What is a Duck? "Ente" - click WEITER
  • The future of cars? Tokyo motor exhibition - click the PHOTO then WEITER
  • NEW: Expandable natural gas Swiss car?!!? Goes from 2 to 4 seats! More info
  • Here's how it works - click on the image to expand the car. More cool Swiss-designed cars
  • Experimental one-liter VW - click Bildgalerie for photos
  • Experimental BMW - even controls home appliances
  • 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show
  • 73rd International Motor Show with awesome photo gallery
  • Great links to Driving in Germany and German Cars from Germanculture



    MOTOR COMPANIES

  • Interesting texts in English-German on driving, traffic signs, driver's license, traffic reports.
  • Porsche sites. Build one online!
  • The Smart Car - coming to the USA in 2006. Design your own using the Cool configurator!

    Build your own!

  • NEW: BMW Mini. See Our Cars - Photos or 360. Then Build Your Own.
  • Mercedes-Benz. vehicles
  • Build your own Volkswagen. American site and Official German Page.
  • The Concept One/New Beetle, & the VW Shrine. Numerous Beetle (Käfer) links.
  • Build your own Audi
  • BMW World, official Build your own BMW
  • Build your own BMW Motorcycle Choose a machine and change the colors
  • Build an Opel: German economy car.
  • Fords look different too! Ford Motors in Cologne uses the Rhine to ship cars!


  • Virtual Tour of new VW transparent headquarters
  • The VW group also features Audi and the Czech carmaker Skoda.
  • History of Audi with many pics and links
  • Yahoo Deutschland: links to Car clubs, fan pages, motorcycles (Motorräder), bicycles (Fahrräder), transportation. DINO Web Catalog - Cars and Driving. Hundreds of links, topics, all car makers. More links to automobiles can be found on my sports page.

    NOTE: SAAB and Volvo are Swedish; Rolls Royce and Bentley are British; Lamboghini, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Fiat are Italian; Peugot and Renault are French. Nevertheless, many carmakers have plants in foreign countries and are buying out / buying into foreign companies or their divisions.


    DRIVING AND GERMANY

  • Driving in Germany - intorduction in English
  • Driving in Germany - from the German Way, a good intro for students, numerous topics.
  • Brian Zahn's excellent resources - signs, carmakers, various traffic links
  • Photos of German vehicles and street scenes - see Fahren (driving) and Strasse (street)
  • Autobahn, cars, license plates, rent-a-car, traffic signs, etc..
  • Autobahn.de - Verkehrszeichen and Autobahn Polizei - Verkehrszeichen--eine Uebersicht
  • Animierte Verkehrszeichen--explanations in German
  • FOCUS: online test for the German license--auf Deutsch


    MISC. LINKS

  • Race fans - Formula One champion Michael Schumacher!
  • There are links to Motor Sports and Racing on my Sports page.
  • Another cult-auto, French carmaker Citroen's Ente (Duck).
  • East German Cars: Wartburgs and the infamous Trabant or "Trabi". Hear how one sounds.
  • Automobilmuseum Horch in Zwickau - 90 Years of Tradition in Saxony - Trabant, Audi, Horch and DKW!
  • An alternative to cars - Bicycles. Many of the above car makers make bikes as well.


    GAMES - go here

  • Car Videos

  • Porsche racing on the Autobahn
  • The proper way to do a police chase - Germany
  • Cruising through German towns and flying on the Autobahn
  • Motorcyle tricks, speeding, full gear
  • Autobahn driving in the rain and going to a gas station - high prices!
  • Mustang street racing in Germany part one and part two and part three
  • Whoa! - Video of German dorks driving too fast and crashing
  • 300 kilometers per hour on a motorcycle! Insanity! Wahnsinn!
  • CONVERT KILOMETERS TO MILES PER HOUR after viewing the links below
  • Motorcycle crashes in Germany
  • Search for more videos using AUTOBAHN or GERMAN


    I fell in love with Mercedes automobiles during my many summers in the Fichtelgebirge area of the Oberpfalz in Bavaria. My wonderful friends and hosts, the Drehobels, always let me use their old Mercedes wagon. The most memorable trip was a ride with the late Herr Drehobel ("ein echter Bayer", as he used to call himself) to pick up Kachel (ceramic tile). As he raced through intersections and construction sites, he always noted "das darf nur ich, Tom". We also had an interesting trip to view an old Steinbruch (quarry) near his home town in the "Ostzone" as he fondly called East Germany. In the picture above, there I am, cigar in mouth, in honor of my dear departed landlord.


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    Last updated Oktober 29, 2002. I must confess - after two Jettas, I now drive a '91 Volvo! I hope Jetta lover Herr Rhodes doesn't read this - but then again, he knows what a weird car my last Jetta was.

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