German Car Zone

Went to this place again. They always have cool exhibitions that get updated regularly. The museum focuses only on German cars and the development of the car within Germany from the beginning to the mid 1990s. If you're ever in this area of Germany, check out this place.

Link: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2120734654


This is how much Germany contributed to the development of the automobile. The busts represent the big German inventors like Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Felix Wankel, Wilhelm Maybach, Nikolaus Otto, Rudolf Diesel, August Horch and Robert Bosch (not listed in order as they appear in the pic). Who's your daddy now!?


A replica of the Karl Benz's "Patent Motorwagen" from 1886.


Gottlieb Daimler's "Motorwagen" also from 1886.


A wacky replica of Gottlieb Daimler and his 1885 "Reitwagen".


All the parts that go into an early 1980s Volkswagen Golf...


Before we go further, a basic German lesson is necessary. Also, many of the car brands you will see here don't exist anymore. Adler for example made typewriters after World War II.

Zylinder = Cylinders
Hubraum = Displacement
Leistung = Output
Höchstgeschwindigkeit = Maximum Speed

1894-1900 Benz Patentwagen Velo




1897 Dessauer Lutzmann



1907 Lorely 6-10



1907 RAF 45



1909 Opel 4-8 Doktorwagen



1910 Adler K7-17



1907 Benz





1911-1920 Adler K5 Cabriolet





What Adler produced after World War II...


1912-1914 Apollo C



1913 Mercedes Knight 25-65





1918-1923 Benz 27-70





The true meaning of "1-horsepower". [:p] 1919 Berlin horsecarriage.



1925 Motax D-Rad "Taxi"



1926-1929 Mercedes 630 Kompressor, which according to the information plaque was the "fastest serial production car in the world" at that time.



1927-1928 Mercedes S Tourer




1928 BMW Dixi





1930-1934 Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 500 Tourer




1930 BMW 3-15 Wartburg Da-3






1931-1933 Mercedes-Benz Typ Mannheim 370S





1933 Wanderer W22





1934-1935 Opel 1.2 "Holzgaser" (Wood-Burner), burned wood to create energy as gasoline supply was prioritized for the German Army.





1934-1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Cabriolet Typ B






1934 Adler Trumpf Junior






1934 Hanomag Rekord





1935 Ford Eifel Limousine





1935 Opel Olympia





1936-1937 DKW Front Luxus, the first German car with FWD (Raghavan, you reading this?)



1937 Mercedes-Benz 320




1936-1937 Mercedes-Benz 290 Roadster





1936-1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A (K = Kompressor)



1936-1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B (K= Kompressor)



1936-1941 BMW 326




1936 Maybach SW38





1936-1939 Mercedes-Benz H-Limousine (an attempt to offer a competitor against the VW Beetle. Rear engined, RWD layout)






1936 Wanderer W25 K Sportwagen




1937-1939 Ford Eifel Roadster



1937-1941 BMW 327 Coupe





1937-1942 Mercedes-Benz Typ 320 Cabriolet A





1937-1942 Mercedes-Benz Typ 320 Cabriolet F



1937 Adler 2.5 Liter Cabrio





1937-1941 BMW 327 Cabriolet



1937 DKW Meisterklasse





1937 Horch 853





1937 Mercedes-Benz 260


1937 Opel Kadett





1937 Wanderer W24, check out the "Audi" rings in the 2nd pic...






1937 Wanderer W, in pic 3, the wheels say "Audi".





1938 Horch 830BL "Woody"



1938 Opel Admiral




1938 Opel Kapitän





Any World War II buff should know this thing! The 1942 Volkswagen Kübelwagen!



Another World War II survivor, the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen Typ 166.





End of PART I

MB 540K: I have been in one! It's a great car. Probably at Christmas vacation i will test drive it!!

WHAT!!??
Will you be driving a 540K for real??
If so take many pics and a video if possible..

Where is the 328 ?!
Just THE most important (not as far as sales go) pre WW II missing.

Yup, for real! *cool icon* (<-- doesn't work)
A friend of mine just finished restoring one (a month ago). He has it in a garage near my house and some time ago, i went to see it! that car is totally awesome. He turned the engine on and that V8 sounds great -for a 1939 car.

Well, now he has many responsibilities with his work and he doesn't have much free time to take it for a test drive, so probably at the christmas vacations we will meet each other and drive that car!

He lives 5 minutes away from me and he is a great guy! He is now working on a 1942 Opel Olympia and has finished a 1969 Citroen (don't remember the name).

edit; I would have taken some pics the first time i saw it, but i didn't have a camera with me, even that damn 9300 has one, and the light is not suitable for photographing the car.
BTW, it is black and cherry red with black leather interior and REAL wood!

oh, Christian, where is that museum?

Check the other threads, it should be there.

The address should be here: www.efa-automuseum.de

For some reason, the website doesn't work for me on the school's computer so you'll have to access it yourself and look for the address. Remind me sometime if you can't find it! If I recall correctly, it should be on the front page!

Looks pretty cool. I'll have to snap some shots at the Petersen Automotive museum over here and post them sometime.