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At the beginning of the 20th century, the petroleum was sold under the brand DAPOL. In 1904, the Standard Oil Company took a 50 percent stake in the company and moved the company's headquarters to Hamburg. [51] In 1935, the German-American Petroleum Company was the market leader in Germany among the Big Five petrol station chains.
In 2000, BMW sold off most of the Rover brands, retaining only Mini. BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand in 1998. The 1995 BMW Z3 expanded the line-up to include a mass-production two-seat roadster, and the 1999 BMW X5 was the company's entry into the SUV market.
In 1932, under pressure from their bank (Dresdner Bank), NSU recognised the failure of their attempt to break into volume automobile production, and their recently built car factory in Heilbronn was sold to Fiat, [6] who used the plant to assemble Fiat models for the German market. From 1957, NSU-Fiat cars assumed the brand name Neckar.
2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. 2015 Opel Astra. 2019 Porsche Taycan. 2017 Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Variant. Brand. Parent Company. Audi (1909-present) Volkswagen Group. BMW (1916-present)
Make it two years in a row for Bimmer. Consumer Reports (CR) named BMW the top overall pick in its 2024 Brand Report Card rankings, with the German automaker becoming the first back-to-back winner ...
The automotive industry in Germany, is one of the largest employers in the world, with a labor force of over 857,336 (2016) working in the industry . Being home to the modern car, the German automobile industry is regarded as one of the most competitive and innovative in the world, [ 1] and has the third-highest car production in the world, [ 2 ...
Eisenach. Products. Automobiles. Motorcycles. Eisenacher Motorenwerk ( EMW) was an East German manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles based in Eisenach. EMW also entered Formula One as a constructor in 1953, but participated in only one race, the 1953 German Grand Prix. The car retired after 12 laps with exhaust problems.
BMW Dixi. Dixi was a brand name of cars made by originally by Automobilwerk Eisenach, later by BMW. The first Dixi car was produced in 1904. [ 1]: 125 In the difficult economic climate of the 1920s the company found it hard to sell its 6/24 and 9/40 models. So the manufacturer decided to enter the small car market, and in 1927 signed a ...