Car Companies- Germany

Germany
Like Italy Germany has a a big history in the production and racing of cars. Constructers like BMW and Mercedes are among the leading teams in motorsport sponsoring. Porsche has won the 24 hours of le Mays, a prestigious annual race held in France, 16 times. Many famous drivers have come out of Germany. The most successful Forumla One driver in history, Michael Schumacher has set the most significant motorsport records during his career and won more formula one championships and races than any other driver since Formula one's debut season in 1946. I am now going to give you a brief overview of the two biggest German car companies.

Mercedes-Benz

The Mercedes company began in the early 1900's, but Mercedes Benz did not began until about 1927. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles coaches, buses, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG. The company has grown greatly, Mercedes-Benz automobiles are now available at dealerships in over 130 countries and their work fleet (trucks and commercial vehicles) are available from a group of dealers worldwide as well as direct from the factory.

The international headquarters of Mercedes is in Stuttgart, Germany on the other skirts in a place called Unterturkheim. But Mercedes cars are produced all over the world with a new plant opening in Hunguary that will produce fuel effiecent cars. Here is a picture of the SLR McClaren which is top of the mercedes range.

* Picture taken from http://www.sportscarcup.com/expensive-cars/

BMW
BMW was founded in 1916 and is now one of the most famous car producers . They produce high performance cars and motorcycles. The circular blue and white BMW logo or roundel is often alleged to portray the movement of an airplane propeller, an interpretation that BMW adopted for convenience in 1929, which was actually twelve years after the roundel as created.

The international headquarters for BMW is in the suburbs of Munich in Germany and it hosts a impressive building(shown on the right).

*Picture taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW