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Everything started there exactly 125 years with a cart with three wheels powered by a gasoline engine the history of the automobile in Germany is as varied as the brands and models that have begun there.
1886 Carl Friedrich-Benz builds and patents of the first gasoline car, a three-wheeled vehicle with an internal combustion engine and electric ignition.
1887 completely independent of Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler of Stuttgart and built a car company founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft engine.
1888 Bertha Benz and her son realize what is probably the most successful marketing move the world They undertook the first long distance drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim, a distance of about 90 kilometers to demonstrate that the horseless carriage was adapted to everyday use.
1897 The first International Motor Show IAA was held at the Hotel Bristol in Berlin with eight cars on display.
1916 aircraft manufacturer Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke BFW is established in Bavaria Six years later, the site was taken over by BMW.
1926 Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz Co. Merge to form Daimler-Benz AG.
1945 The first line VW Beetle rolls off production in Wolfsburg until production was halted in 2002, the Beetle was the best selling car in the world.
1950, series production of the Type 2 T1 Volkswagen bus camper begins demand was so great that a dedicated plant was opened in Hanover just six years later.
1950 Affordable, bubble cars like the BMW Isetta became very popular at the time after the war.
The 1957 car factory owned in Zwickau, formerly the Audi factory produced the first Trabant This compact car is German had an outer shell made of plastic, which earned him the nickname of cardboard racer.
1963 Porsche 911, probably the most famous sports car from Germany, goes into production.
1991 German reunification marks the end of an era for East German cars, and on 30 April Trabi rolls on the production line, directly in the museum in April direkt vom Fliessband ins Museum.
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