GERMAN CARS

  1. How to survive driving in Germany
  2. Frankfurt 2009 Auto Show - check out the new VW Concept Car and the new BMW Mini Games
  3. Germany is also famous for its cars
  4. Expandable natural gas Swiss car?!!? Here's how it works - click on the image and drag to expand the car.
  5. Frankurt 2007 International Auto Show - photos One and Two
  6. What's a SMART car? It's a Mercedes, kind of.... View some of them.
  7. BOTTOM LEFT - click on CONFI GURATOR
  8. German streets and signs

    INTERESTING LINKS

  9. Need a bullet-proof Mercedes?
  10. Urban myth - VW 3-wheeler for sale in China
  11. Smart car in St. Louis!!!. The history of the Smart car. Info about crash safety
  12. Wild Swiss Car designer Rinspeed - the future of cars!?
  13. Aral What snacks can you buy at a gas station?
  14. Annual International AUTO SHOWS
  15. Use the PULL-DOWN menu for the Geneva Auto Show March 12. 2006. View BMW, Mercedes, VW, Porsche, Audi, Opel...
  16. Cool old cars and premieres of new cars and the latest VW
  17. Future cars
  18. About.com's German Car hangman
  19. Cool old cars - click the PHOTO then WEITER
  20. What is a Duck? "Ente" - click WEITER
  21. The future of cars? Tokyo motor exhibition - click the PHOTO then WEITER
  22. NEW: Expandable natural gas Swiss car?!!? Goes from 2 to 4 seats! More info
  23. Here's how it works - click on the image to expand the car. More cool Swiss-designed cars
  24. Experimental one-liter VW - click Bildgalerie for photos
  25. Experimental BMW - even controls home appliances
  26. 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show
  27. 73rd International Motor Show with awesome photo gallery
  28. Great links to Driving in Germany and German Cars from Germanculture

    MOTOR COMPANIES

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

    Build your own!

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

    BEIJING AUTO SHOW

  41. Beijing 2010 International Auto Show - view pictures and read
  42. Some cool new cars
  43. Motor Autority - new cars
  44. Washington Post pics and OS more pics
  45. Financial Times coverage - news items, pics and video

  46. Virtual Tour of new VW transparent headquarters
  47. The VW group also features Audi and the Czech carmaker Skoda.
  48. History of Audi with many pics and links
  49. 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

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

    MISC. LINKS

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

    GAMES - go here

  63. Car Videos

  64. Porsche racing on the Autobahn
  65. The proper way to do a police chase - Germany
  66. Cruising through German towns and flying on the Autobahn
  67. Motorcyle tricks, speeding, full gear
  68. Autobahn driving in the rain and going to a gas station - high prices!
  69. Mustang street racing in Germany part one and part two and part three
  70. Whoa! - Video of German dorks driving too fast and crashing
  71. 300 kilometers per hour on a motorcycle! Insanity! Wahnsinn!
  72. CONVERT KILOMETERS TO MILES PER HOUR after viewing the links below
  73. Motorcycle crashes in Germany
  74. 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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