The "country on wheels," said the German car industry in the world has been dominated by a leader position. In the 100 years of automotive development, the German top five brands of "pioneer" is quietly affecting the entire global automotive industry trends. Today we count the Germany five brands of "pioneer."
Mercedes-Benz: Mercedes-Benz 1
January 29, 1886 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz car No. 1, the first born, and it is acknowledged that this car is the world's first car. The three-wheeled vehicles with a large flywheel with a water-cooled, single cylinder, four-stroke 954cc engine, installed in the vehicle according to the rear of the horizontal direction. The maximum output power of .75 engine, the car weight 265 kg, the maximum speed of 16 km \ hour. In addition, electric ignition, water cooling loop, steel frame, leaf spring suspension, rear wheel drive, front wheel steering and brake handle and so have the prototype of the modern automobile, the steering rack and pinion steering gear is the originator of the modern automobile.
1 Mercedes-Benz birth was not always smooth, because the car's performance has not improved, a lot of noise when the engine work, and power transmission chain of low quality, often broken, so after the car on the road, people often see is the cart rather than the people who ride. In that era of carriage, car ridiculed by people, was dismissed as useless monster. The Cifu people Beretta Benz ridicule of public opinion to fight back, led in August 1888 after driving his two sons repeatedly improved the car from Mercedes-Benz Mannheim, pass through Davis Loch add oil, add water, straight ahead Pforzheim, the entire 144 km. The historic test for the car contributed to the development.
BMW Dixi 3/15
BMW's founder Karl Friedrich Rapp in 1913, the Munich suburb was originally manufactured to use a bicycle factory buildings, set up engine manufacturing Rapp (Rapp-Motorenwerke), engaged in the manufacture of aviation engines. 1918 World War I, according to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany banned the manufacture of aircraft, a serious blow to the growing aviation industry in Germany, forcing BMW to manufacture railway use brakes, and began to develop locomotive engine.
Audi: 10/28 hp Type B Phaeton
August Horch (august horch) is a German automotive pioneer, is one of Audi's founder. In 1899, Horch decided to establish his own company, Horch company was established in Cologne. In Germany, Horch is cast aluminum technology for the manufacture of automotive engine and transmission housings, and the production of power transmission components of the cardan shaft and high-strength steel gears of the first. June 1909, during a heated argument, the nature Jieao huff Horch left the company in his name, followed by July 16, 1909 founded the Audi. Horch and Audi's are personally created by August Horch • is sibling, but it has a unique relationship - if there is no trademark restrictions, there may be two world Horch, "Horch" in German, "listen" command style, and "listen" in Latin is pronounced "Audi" (Audi). The name of the new company with old company both different, but related, Horch and Audi both sides of a coin called.
Porsche: 356 Roadster
Porsche's history dates back to 1900, when 25-year-old Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche in Germany Lohner depot as a designer, in order to compliment its excellent design, when Lohner hybrid two-seater convertible to "Lohner-Porsche" name. March 6, 1931, several major investors, with the help of Porsche, the Stuttgart established a design company, and his son with specially developed vehicles, aircraft and ship engines. . Since then, father and son began to work on "public car" development plan. Little is known about his son's desire to Porsche and Hitler actually coincide. Hitler summoned a special large Porsche to discuss the matter. During World War II, he also designed the striking terror into the battlefields of Europe Hitler's Tiger tanks. Because the relationship between him and the German Nazis after World War II, he was arrested by the Americans, and later handed over to France, sat two years in prison, was released in August 1947.
Volkswagen: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen was founded in 1937, is now Germany's largest automobile manufacturing group. March 28, 1937 "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" company was set up, followed by September 16, 1938 renamed "Volkswagenwerk GmbH". Earlier in 1938, in today's Wolfsburg, Volkswagen began to build factories for the production of the Ferdinand Porsche designed the new models. And this model is the world famous "German national car" - the Volkswagen Beetle.
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