The history of the motor car
History of German carmakers automobiles.
The August Horch Co. Was founded in 1899 and in 1901 Horch produced its first car.
Eight years later, in 1909, the Board of Directors of the forced administration company Horch left the company he had formed.
The following year, in 1910 formed the Audi Horch Company can not use the name Horch for legal reasons, he chose Audi because it was the Latin translation of his name.
First cars included four cylinders 2 6, 3 6, 4 and 7 5 7 liters of model Audi.
In 1928 the company was acquired by the owner of DKW and four years later, in 1932 Audi and DKW merged with the original company Horch and Wanderers society to form Auto Union.
Note The Wanderer car company was formed in 1911 and began producing 1,145 and 1,220 cc models.
Between 1928 and 1939, the Horch August Co., now part of the Auto Union produced about 11 models, including the 350, 375, 930V, 850, 851, 853 and 855.
In the 1930 DKW was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world he produced from 1928 to 1966 cars.
At the end of World War 2 in 1945 Auto Union, Audi which was part, is a part of East Germany Their factory was used to produce Trabant cars, including the P601 model 2 in 5 million between 1961 and 1990.
In 1963, Daimler-Benz acquired control of the Union Auto, the sale of the company to Volkswagen the following year.
A model internally designated F103 was launched in 1965 and sold as Audi A few years later, he became known as the Audi 72.
Other models produced between 1966 and 1972 include the Audi 80, Super 90, 75 and 60 cc model 1496 over 200,000 of which were made between 1965 and 1972 These models were named after their horsepower.
Between 1968 and 1976, the Audi 100 was the most successful car company, selling about 827000.
In 1969, Auto Union merged with NSU who built the cars 1906-1928 resume automobile production in 1958. The merged company, still part of the Volkswagen Group, was named Audi NSU Auto Union AG.
One of the first cars to be produced after the merger was the Audi 80 Fox formed the basis of the 1973 Volkswagen Passat.
The Audi 50, a 1093 cc super-mini 3 door hatchback, was produced between 1974 and 1978.
In addition to the LS and GLS versions, a total of 180,812 were produced.
In 1975, Volkswagen presented the Polo Mark 1, a rebadged version of the Audi 50 and for 3 years, until the production of the two versions were available 50 Audi ceased in 1978.
Until 1979 when an improved version was produced, about 500,000 Polo Mark 1 s were built, significantly to the sale of the Audi 50 See also Article 8 6 5 Volkswagen.
The Audi Quattro was produced 1980-1991 and more than 11,000 were made originally He had a 2144 cc engine, which was then increased to 2226 cc.
In 1985 the name of the company was reduced to Audi AG.
In 1991, the Audi range included the Audi 80, 90, 100, 200 and Audi V8.
Models produced in 2007 include the Q7, R8, TT, A3, A4, A5, A6 and A8.
In 1928, the Company Motoren Werke Bayrischen acquired the Dixi plant and produced their first model, the BMW-Dixi March 15, this year.
Between about 1933 and 1939 BMW produces cars of their own design, including models 303, 327, 328 and 335 sedan.
The 501 model from 1952 to 1958 was the first car the company produced after World War 2 Between 1955 and 1959 BMW also produced the Isetta, one seat bubble car.
The 697 cc 700 model was the most successful cars that BMW began producing in 1950, with nearly 190,000 manufactured between 1959 and 1965.
Other models produced in 1950 include 502, 503, 507 and 600.
In East Germany controlled Soviet BMW factory was taken over and became known as Eisenacher Motor-Werke EMW EMW Until 1951 sold cars like BMW and, until production ceased in 1955 EMWs.
Between 1960 and 1990, the company produces a range of models that range inluded 1500 2800, 528i, 628, 633, 635, 645Ci, 323i, M1, 528i, M5, M3, Z1 and 750iL.
Between 1977 and 2005, BMW has produced over 9 5 million of their series 3 cars.
2007 models include 3 5.6 7 Series, M5, M6, X3, X5 and Z4 cars.
Daimler-Benz AG was created in 1926; Mercedes-Benz is a brand name for vehicles produced by the company.
Note For more information about the ancient history of Daimler and Benz and origin of the name Mercedes see Part 1, The beginning of the story, article 7 March.
Between 1934-1936 the company produced the model 5018 cc supercharged 500K and the 5401 cc 540 1936-1939 Release When production ceased in 1939, about 760 of these two models were produced.
The company also produced the smallest 1,797 cc, 170 V model 1935 6-1942 with the resumption of production in 1947 until 1955. Nearly 156,000 of these cars were made.
The model 2545 cc 260 D was also produced in the 1930s and from 1936 to 1939, it is believed to have been the first production car with a diesel engine in the world.
Series cars began dock to replace the pre-war designed 170V model 1953 These are 180, 190, 219 and 220 models.
Other models produced after the end of World War 2 in 1945 until 1980 include 230, 250, 280, 300, 350, 600 and 450SEL.
Between 1965 and 2005, the company also produces A, B, C, E, S, M-class cars and Vaneo, CLK, CLS and SL models.
About 2 7 million S-Class cars were produced between 1965 and 2005 6.
In 1998, Daimler-Benz merged with Chrysler to create DaimlerChrysler AG.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles were manufactured or assembled in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, UK and US AT.
Mercedes-Benz being produced in 2007 include A, B, C, E Class S, SL SLK SLR, CLK CLS Cl, F, and A. Models
Adam Opel Company, which was formed in 1863 started manufacturing Lutzmann licensed cars in 1898 and the French Darracq cars two years later.
In 1902, the company decided to produce their own cars Early models include 10 to 18 and 4 Doppelphaeton PS 8 PS Doktorwagen 2-Sitzer.
In 1913, they were the largest car manufacturer in Germany.
In 1929 the company was acquired by General Motors.
Opel began production of the Olympia model in 1935 was the first mass-produced car with no separate chassis Body In 1940, about 168,000 had been made.
The model was also produced 1947-1952 In 1953, it was replaced by the Olympia Rekord were made and 580,000 in 1957.
Between 1937 and 1940 Opel Kadett produced the A and B versions were produced from 1962 to 1973 with more than 2 million 3 did.
From 1958 to 1975, the name Opel has been used in the United States; cars sold by dealers Buick Opel high-end models are the Kadett 1964-1972, 1971-1975 Manta and Opel GT 1968-1973.
Top Selling Opel Corsa super-mini was introduced in 1982 and 2002 over 11 million, under various names, was produced.
Besides Germany Corsa was built in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, South Africa and Spain.
The production of the Opel Vectra started in 1988 and in 2002 more than 4 to 5 million had been caught up in 1995, the model was called the Cavalier Vauxhall in Britain.
The Opel Astra was produced in 1991 and more than 7 million have been produced The model was built in Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, India, Poland, Russia, Africa South and Ukraine.
Since car production began there more than 100 years Opel used about 40 different model names.
The models available in 2007 include the Astra, Corsa, Meriva, Speedster, Tigra, Vectra, Zafira and Vivaro.
During the 1930s Ferndinand received Porch contract by Hitler to build what became known as the peoples car.
Assisted by Mercedes-Benz, Porche built about 30 pre-production cars before the start of World War 2 in 1939 These pre-war cars were originally called KDF-Wagen and VW Kafer.
Production of the Volkswagen Type 1, the car was then called, began in 1945 with an order for 20,000 cars for the British Army in 1946, the company produced 1,000 cars per month.
In 1967, the company began referring to the car like the Beetle, a name that had been previously adopted by the public.
In 1972, the number of cars produced Beetle surpassed 15 million, breaking the record held since 1927 by the Model T Ford.
Beetle originally had a 1131 cc engine, which was then increased to 1584 cc and a maximum speed of 62 or 82 mph 99 131 kph.
When production finally ceased in 2003 over 21 5 million Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle cars had been made.
In 1964 Volkswagen bought Auto Union with the acquisition the name Audi.
Between 1961 and 1970 the company also began production in 1600 VW1500 1961-1973, VW411 412 1968-1974 1970-1975 K70 and model 181 from 1969 to 1978.
In 1973, Volkswagen introduced the Passat Dasher in the US, rabbit Golf Canada to the United States in 1974 and the Polo in 1975. The sedan version of the Golf was called Vento Jetta in Europe and the United States.
In 2005, over 14 million Passat cars were Volkswagen products had three models in the top ten vendors in the world; Golf 3, 4 Beetle and Passat 9.
In 2002, Volkswagen introduced the Phaeton luxury car.
Volkswagen cars will be produced in 2007 include the Eos, Fox, Golf, Jetta, New Beetle, Passat, Phaeton, Polo, Sharan, Touareg and Touran.
Amphicar, Borgward, DKW, Gutbrod, Fuldamobil, Ghia, Glas, Heinkel, IFA Kleinschnittgen, Messerschmitt, NSU, Porch, Trabant, Wartburg and Zundapp.
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