Few other countries have the rich automotive history of Germany and its automotive brands. Germany’s automotive industry started, well, at the very beginning. The petrol-engined automobile was invented in Germany in 1870 by Nikolaus Otto and his partner Karl Benz. They invented a four-stroke internal combustion engine together and so Germany joined the new automotive industry. By 1901, about 900 cars were being produced annually in Germany.<\/p>\n
Germany has one of the largest automotive industries and workforces in Europe and is not far behind the US and China worldwide.<\/p>\n
Germany\u2019s luxury car makers were awarded three of six World Car Awards in 2018 and, after over a century in the business, they still dominate the global market.<\/p>\n
Germany is famous for the high-performance and high-quality sports cars made by Porsche, and the cars of Mercedes, BMW and Audi are famous for their quality and technological innovation.<\/p>\n
These mechanical engineers heavily influenced Germany\u2019s foray into the automotive market. Germany was producing approximately 900 cars by the year 1901 which is pretty impressive considering the automobile was only invented in 1885.<\/p>\n
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As of December 2019, Volkswagen Group is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world (based on 2019 unit sales).<\/p>\n
Let’s take a look! Which car brands are on the list.<\/p>\n
Ultra-luxury, Luxury Car Brands
\nMercedes-Benz is the most popular luxury car brand. Mercedes-Benz is described by fans as Reliable, Well made, Good quality, Expensive and Luxurious. followed by BMW and Audi.<\/p>\n
Porsche is the most popular luxury sports car brand. According to the J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Survey: 2020 Brand Ranking, The most reliable German car brands was Porsche.<\/p>\n
Mass Market Brands
\nIn the popular market, Volkswagen Marque and Opel are most well known.<\/p>\n
1Maybach logo
\n1909-Present
\nMaybach
\nUltra-luxury Cars
\n2Porsche logo
\n1931-Present
\nPorsche
\nLuxury Sports Cars
\n3Mercedes-Benz logo
\n1926-Present
\nMercedes-Benz
\nLuxury Vehicles
\n4BMW logo
\n1916-Present
\nBMW
\nLuxury Vehicles
\n5Audi logo
\n1909-Present
\nAudi
\nLuxury Vehicles
\n6Smart logo
\n1994-Present
\nSmart
\nLuxury Small Cars
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
Mass Market Brands
\nIn the popular market, Volkswagen Marque and Opel are most well known.<\/p>\n
1Volkswagen logo
\n1937-Present
\nVolkswagen
\nMass-Market Cars
\n2Opel logo
\n1862-Present
\nOpel
\nMass-Market Cars
\n3Borgward logo
\n1919-Present
\nBorgward
\nMass-Market Cars
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
Sports Car Brands
\n1Apollo logo
\n2004-Present
\nApollo
\nSports Cars
\n2Artega logo
\n2006-Present
\nArtega
\nSports Cars
\n3Melkus logo
\n1959-Present
\nMelkus
\nSports Cars
\n4Bitter logo
\n1971-Present
\nBitter
\nSports-Luxury
\n5Isdera logo
\n1969-Present
\nIsdera
\nSports Cars
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
High Performance
\n1BMW M logo
\n1972-Present
\nBMW M
\nHigh Performance
\n2Mercedes-AMG logo
\n1967-Present
\nMercedes-AMG
\nHigh Performance
\n3Audi Sport logo
\n1983-Present
\nAudi Sport
\nHigh Performance
\n4Alpina logo
\n1965-Present
\nAlpina
\nHigh Performance
\n5Brabus logo
\n1977-Present
\nBrabus
\nHigh Performance
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
Car Tuning, Car Modification
\n19ff logo
\n2001-Present
\n9ff
\nCar Tuning
\n2RUF logo
\n1939-Present
\nRUF
\nCar Tuning
\n3Carlsson logo
\n1989-Present
\nCarlsson
\nCar Tuning
\n4TechArt logo
\n1987-Present
\nTechArt
\nCar Tuning
\n5ABT logo
\n1896-Present
\nABT
\nCar Tuning
\n6Mansory logo
\n1989-Present
\nMansory
\nCar Modification
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
Manufacturer, Truck, Bus, Other
\n1Daimler logo
\n1886-Present
\nDaimler
\nManufacturer
\n2MAN logo
\n1758-Present
\nMAN
\nTrucks
\n3Setra logo
\n1951-Present
\nSetra
\nBus
\n4Wiesmann logo
\n1988-Present
\nWiesmann
\nConvertibles
\n5EDAG logo
\n1969-Present
\nEDAG
\nConcept Cars
\n(Sort by Popularity)<\/p>\n
Defunct Car Brands
\n1Gumpert logo
\n2004-2013
\nGumpert
\nSupercars
\n2Wartburg logo
\n1955-1991
\nWartburg
\nAutomobiles
\n3DKW logo
\n1916-1966
\nDKW
\nAutomobiles
\n4Lloyd logo
\n1908-1963
\nLloyd
\nManufacturer
\n5Wanderer logo
\n1896-1945
\nWanderer
\nAutomobiles
\n6Horch logo
\n1904-1932
\nHorch
\nLuxury Cars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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