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Trabant, historic
member of the automobile
family
The
birth of the Trabant in 1957 coincided with the 40th
anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and the
Soviet’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first
artificial satellite.
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August Horch, the
life of a carmaker
revisited
One of the
famous pioneers of the German automobile industry
was August Horch.
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Smart Cars are energy
conservers
Today, the expression “Conservation
of Energy” is understood to be not just a well-known
law of Physics.
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Fiat-an Italian Industrial Complex
The notion
that Fiat, the well-known Italian carmaker, offers
only automotive products is basically a
misconception, based on the fact that Fiat’s cars,
trucks, busses and SUVS are very visible to the
general public.
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VW
- the people's car
While FDR promised the American people: “A chicken
in every pot!” Hitler made plans for the production
of a low cost automobile for the German people.
He found Ferdinand Porsche, an experienced car designer,
who was enthused by this idea, to undertake the
project of producing an automobile in accordance
with Hitler’s pipedream.
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Alfa
Romeo is history
Anomina Lombarda Fabrica Automobili,
abbreviated A.L.F.A., was a group of businessmen
in Milano, Italy, who acquired a taxicab producing
factory from Daracq- Italia, a joint venture between
France and Italy. Shortly after the turn of the
20th century the group hired an experienced
car designer and branched out into the production
of other vehicles.
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