德国汽车公司的历史始于他们开始生产高质量的汽车，汽车的特性比它们的外观更受重视。

首先，在生产德国汽车时，公司注重质量，严格遵循"功能比形式更重要"的原则。这就是为什么德国被认为是欧洲汽车生产的领导者，并被列入从事高品质汽车制造的5个国家之列。

历史上，汽车工业一直是德国经济的支柱之一。1861年，在德国发明家罗斯奥古斯特奥托的领导下，第一台内燃机得到了测试。与此同时，工程师卡尔弗里德里希迈克尔本茨致力于制造第一辆汽车，这是一辆装有小型发动机的马车。早在1900年，他就设法组织了汽车的批量生产。25年后，戴姆勒与天才工程师戈特利布戴姆勒合作，成立了一个完整的企业，这给了世界一个传奇品牌梅赛德斯奔驰。我们将首先告诉你这件事。

豪华汽车品牌

德国汽车制造业有一个特别强大的高档豪华汽车细分市场，毫不夸张地说，领先于全球。他们是所有其他汽车制造商的质量和风格的典范，体现了当地专家的许多高科技成就。德国汽车行业的豪华部分分为生产高端汽车的品牌和从事特殊调整的公司。

迈巴赫

成立时间：1909年创始人：威廉迈巴赫

1909年，迈巴赫公司成立，以著名工程师和设计师威廉迈巴赫的名字命名，他曾为戴姆勒工作，但在1907年的一场冲突后离开。然而，威廉和他的儿子卡尔的新公司从成立到第一次世界大战结束一直从事航空动力装置的开发，与齐柏林伯爵和德国武装部队合作。今天，它是世界上最豪华的汽车品牌之一，是时尚和最高品质的代名词。

奥迪

成立时间：1909年创始人：汽车联盟

奥迪的现代历史远在它成为大众旗下的一个独立制造商之前就已经开始了。1934年，它成为德国四大知名品牌汽车联盟的一部分，最初参与开发其品牌下的单个车型，后来成为同一品牌汽车的技术供应商。1945年，汽车联盟的所有工厂要么在战争中被摧毁，要么被拆除并从该国移走。该公司有时间在1940年改变它的位置，定居在巴伐利亚。这是二战结束后奥迪重生的开始。

德国宝马汽车公司(巴伐利亚汽车厂)

创建于：1916年创始人：卡尔拉普、古斯塔夫奥托

宝马是一家著名的德国汽车制造商，其主要业务是生产轿车、跑车、SUV和摩托车。1913年，慕尼黑北部出现了两家小型飞机发动机公司，其创始人是卡尔拉普和罗斯奥古斯特奥托的儿子古斯塔夫奥托，他被认为发明了内燃机。随着第一次世界大战的爆发，飞机发动机的订单数量急剧增加。拉普和奥托决定将他们的公司合并成一家飞机发动机厂。因此，慕尼黑出现了一家飞机发动机厂，并于1916年注册为巴伐利亚发动机厂。这一天被认为是宝马集团成立的一年。

梅赛德斯-奔驰

创建时间：1926年创始人：卡尔本茨

这家著名豪华汽车制造商的历史始于两家德国公司的重组。追溯到更早的历史，德国发明家卡尔本茨的发明获得了许可，这为他带来了世界声誉，并彻底改变了汽车工业——第一辆装有汽油发动机的汽车。同年，另一位德国工程师戈特利布戴姆勒和威廉迈巴赫创建了另一个项目，这是一个发动机项目。

两位发明家都创建了公司：1883年在曼海姆以"奔驰Cie "命名的奔驰公司和1890年以"戴姆勒DMG汽车股份公司"命名的戴姆勒公司。两者并行发展，1901年，戴姆勒以其创立的品牌"梅赛德斯"生产汽车。

保时捷

创建时间：1931年创始人：费迪南德保时捷

德国豪华品牌保时捷的历史始于1931年，当时在汽车联盟和戴姆勒工作的著名设计师费迪南德保时捷决定建立自己的汽车品牌。1939年，费迪南德保时捷推出了其品牌下的第一款汽车——保时捷64,该车基于克拉夫特打造，使用了第一款大众汽车约70%的零部件。

2007年，保时捷家族成立了保时捷股份公司，该公司收购了大众汽车100%的股份，从而获得了保时捷股份公司的完全控制权。今年可以被认为是公司崛起的下一个阶段。

威斯曼

成立时间：1985年创始人：马丁和弗里德海姆威斯曼

德国品牌威斯曼在国际市场上的知名度低于其"同行"。尽管自1985年以来，该公司一直在生产采用不同寻常的复古设计和原装前灯的跑车。该公司生产两个系列的跑车——GT(经过多次改装的老系列)和MF——一个新系列的跑车。

车主马丁和弗里德海姆维斯曼最初负责敞篷车硬车顶的建造，并于1993年生产了他们的第一辆跑车。

跑车品牌

现在德国汽车制造商即使作为跑车制造商也很受欢迎和尊重。超级跑车领域也有代表，但意大利人尚未成功确保这一地位，尽管在技术上他们并不逊色于他们。跑车也是为德国汽车制造商带来声誉的细分市场，因此阵容中有很多这样的车型。

梅尔库斯

创建时间：1958年创始人：海因茨梅尔库斯

自1959年以来，德国乃至欧洲单座赛车市场的第一把交椅就牢牢掌握在梅尔库斯公司手中，该公司于同年由车手海因茨梅尔库斯在东德德累斯顿市创立。该公司一直存在到1986年，并于2009年作为另一家宝马官方经销商重生。与汽车巨头的合同是在二十世纪九十年代初签订的。

伊斯代拉

成立时间：1969年创始人：埃伯哈德舒尔茨

伊斯代拉是德国一家小汽车公司的名字，限量生产豪华车。公司老板是经验丰富的设计师埃伯哈德舒尔茨(埃伯哈德舒尔茨).除了生产他们设计的汽车，该公司的专家还根据不同汽车公司的订单参与设计开发。该公司的历史始于1982年埃伯哈德舒尔茨展示了他的第一款搭载梅赛德斯-奔驰发动机的车型皇帝108i和Spyder 036i .

EDAG

成立时间：1969年创始人：霍斯特埃克哈德

1969年，德国EDAG公司成立。在成立的最初几年，该公司专门为其他汽车公司创造项目，成功地与欧宝集团合作。该公司的第一项主要工作是1989年的紧凑型欧宝口径，其内部和外部设计由EDAG工程师完成。如今，该公司使用最新的创新技术，如三维（three dimension的缩写）打印技术生产超轻结构，用于跑车。

苦的

创建时间：1971年创始人：埃里希比特

一家不太受欢迎的德国跑车制造商苦的的历史始于1971年，当时前自行车手和公路赛车手埃里希比特开始寻找制造汽车的方法。在此之前，创始人的活动范围从赛车到销售苏打水。值得注意的是，在此之前，埃里希没有受过教育，也没有生产汽车的经验。

阿波罗

成立时间：2004年创始人：罗兰冈伯特

阿波罗汽车公司是年轻的赫尔曼跑车制造商，它诞生于另一个品牌——Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur .如今，这家成立于2004年的超级跑车制造商总部位于登肯多夫。阿波罗的创始人是罗兰冈佩特(罗兰冈佩特)，曾任奥迪运动赛车运动部门总监。在他的领导下，奥迪赢得了25场世界拉力锦标赛，并四次成为世界拉力冠军。

阿尔特加

成立时间：2006年创始人：克劳斯迪特弗里斯

2006年，德国最年轻的汽车公司阿尔特加汽车有限公司成立。该公司仅存在了6年，破产后于2012年关闭，但其许多技术对于现代社会来说过于先进，由于这些技术被大众完全购买，并成功应用于2016年车型年计划的汽车原型中。但该公司开始出现困难，并宣布破产。今天阿特加获得了第二次重生。

汽车调校品牌

德国调音和重新设计工作室无疑是全球最著名的工作室之一。标志性车型的运动填充物，重新设计"装备",增加一些舒适和速度的细节——这是他们真正知道如何做的。

阿布特

创建时间：1896年创始人：约翰阿布特

ABT体育频道是一家德国汽车调校公司，成立于1896年。今天，它专门调整生产汽车大众，奥迪，西亚特，斯柯达。公司的历史始于约翰阿布特决定在德国肯普顿开一家铁匠铺。当时汽车生产了10年多一点，主要的运输方式仍然是马。到1920年，当汽车开始逐渐取代马车运输时，铁匠铺被重新归类为机械车间。约翰送他的儿子约瑟夫和汉斯去学习汽车设计科学，希望他们能继续他们开创的有利可图的家族事业。1930年，车间里增加了一个汽车商店，在那里不仅可以买到零部件，还可以买到汽车。自1996年以来，该品牌与奥迪合作。

（同粗糙)粗制滥造的

创建于：1939年创始人：阿洛伊斯鲁夫

（同rough）粗制滥造的是德国一家小工作室的名字，成立于1939年。这一切都是从一个小作坊开始的，不到一百年前，这个家族的父亲阿洛伊斯联阵开了一家汽车修理店。老联阵一直在发展他的事业。因此，十年后，这家店已经发展成为一个坚固的加油站，你既可以修车，也可以给车加满油。今天，联阵在全球的声誉是完美的。

阿尔皮娜

创建于：1965年创始人：Burkard Bovensiepen

阿尔皮娜公司的历史可以追溯到1961年，当时年轻的布尔卡德博文西彭为宝马1500开发了双化油器。早在1964年，他的高质量工作就得到当时负责宝马公司销售部门的保罗哈内曼的赞赏。伯克德在他父亲的工厂里手工组装引擎，这项技能在后来的实践中会多次派上用场。1965年伯卡德博本西彭成立了阿尔皮娜公司，并雇佣了首批8名员工。1967年，该公司有了自己的标志。

宝马M

成立时间：1972年创始人：宝马

宝马M是标志性的德国宝马集团的太阳品牌的名称，该集团成立于1972年，其理念是为公司的体育项目生产赛车。如今，该品牌不仅生产高性能汽车，还生产赛车模型所需的配件和发动机。

布拉布斯

创建于：1977年创始人：博多布希曼、克劳斯布莱克曼

布拉布斯是世界上最著名的调音工作室之一的名字，由博多布希曼和克劳斯布莱克曼于1977年在德国成立。创始人用他们姓氏的字母将公司命名为《胸罩巴士》.

“布拉布斯”公司注册为独立的汽车制造商，但它不是，因为它不从事汽车生产，而是从事发动机和车身调校——主要是奔驰，但也有聪明和迈巴赫.

梅赛德斯AlliedMilitaryGovernment（第二次世界大战盟军占领区的）盟国军政府

成立时间：1983年创始人：梅赛德斯-奔驰

AlliedMilitaryGovernment（第二次世界大战盟军占领区的）盟国军政府或梅赛德斯-AMG是戴姆勒股份公司(戴姆勒股份集团)旗下梅赛德斯-奔驰(梅赛德斯-奔驰)旗下一个高性能子部门的名称。它制造公司更强大、更运动的量产车型（或改型),生产和改进内燃机及其赛车，并代表梅赛德斯-奔驰品牌在赛车运动中的利益100 . AMG的历史可以追溯到上世纪80年代中期。

奥迪运动

成立时间：1983年创始人：奥迪

奥迪运动是标志性德国品牌奥迪的高性能太阳品牌的名称。运动部门成立于1983年，其理念是为这个著名品牌设计和生产赛车模型。如今，奥迪运动闻名全球，其汽车改装被认为是细分市场中的佼佼者之一

特哈特

成立时间：1987年

创始人：托马斯百灵达

特哈特是另一家规模虽小但声誉卓著的德国调音工作室的名字。自1987年以来，tuning studio TechArt一直在对汽车世界中最独特、最受欢迎的品牌之一保时捷进行改造，进一步强调每辆经过改造的汽车的个性。任何离开德国斯图加特市附近特哈特工厂大门的汽车都理所当然地获得了调音界重大事件的地位。

卡尔松

成立于：1989年创始人：罗尔夫和安德烈亚斯哈特奇

卡尔松是德国一家著名调音工作室的名字，该工作室由罗尔夫和安德烈亚斯哈特奇于1989年创立。该品牌是德国四大调校品牌之一，主要与宝马和奔驰等标志性品牌的汽车合作。卡尔森汽车技术公司还为梅赛德斯-奔驰汽车提供必要的零部件。这家公司的沙龙分布在40个国家。公司自己的所有汽车调试工作分为三类：简单、中等和复杂。

曼苏尔

创建于：1989年创始人：库罗什曼苏尔

曼苏尔是库罗什曼苏里于1989年创建的一家豪华德国调音工作室的名称。该公司为宾利、劳斯莱斯、保时捷、奔驰、阿斯顿马丁、布加迪、路虎、宝马、法拉利等品牌提供独家解决方案曼苏尔。不仅仅是一种重新设计，它是一种生活方式，让你改变对周围发生的事情的态度。只有少数人才能享受到的奢华，通过参考质量得以倍增，而参考质量只能通过经验和创造杰作的不懈愿望来实现。

9ff

成立时间：2001年创始人：扬法特豪尔

9ff是世界上一家致力于改进保时捷汽车的主要调谐工作室的名称9ff工作室由扬法特豪尔于2001年在德国创立。到今天为止，由于吃了著名豪华车上的真肉片，它已经在全球获得了辉煌的声誉。

大众市场汽车品牌

德国汽车制造业相当不寻常——大部分市场被豪华和跑车品牌以及各种豪华调音工作室占据。至于大众市场部分，它是由一个非常短的汽车品牌列表代表的，尽管所有这些品牌都以其车型的高度质量和时尚设计而闻名，尽管价格政策可以承受。

奥贝尔

创建时间：1862年创始人：阿达姆奥佩尔

如今风靡全球的德国汽车制造商欧宝，是由企业家阿达姆奥佩尔于1862年创立的。该公司接收了它的创始人，并在缝纫机生产中占有一席之地。此外，1870年开始生产欧宝品牌的马车和自行车。这个当今著名品牌的第一辆车于1899年推出，当时该公司收到了铁路设备主要制造商弗里德里希卢茨曼的订单。

1902年，品牌"欧宝"的第一辆量产车问世，配备了10马力的动力装置。

戴姆勒

创建于：1886年创始人：戈特利布戴姆勒

戴姆勒的历史始于1871年，当时总部在德国斯图加特成立。该公司是当时奔驰的主要竞争对手之一。就在第一辆三轮汽车发布几个月后，公司创始人戈特利布戴姆勒和总工程师威廉迈巴赫生产了世界上第一辆带发动机的四轮汽车，并申请了专利。戴姆勒-马达伦股份公司是该品牌的第二个名称，于1890年收到。

博格沃德

创建于：1919年创始人：卡尔博格沃德

博格沃德是历史学家的名字

rical German automaker, which was established in 1919 by Karl Borgward. The Borgward company was building a wide range of trucks on the main plant in Bremen, and since 1957 on the former Fahrzeugwerke Fritz Drettmann. By the end of the 1950s, more than 60% of the company’s production was exported. At the beginning of the 2000s, the company was restructured and acquired by the Chinese giant. Borgward began selling its vehicles in China and Europe after Foton, the commercial vehicle division of China’s BAIC, acquired the rights to the brand in 2014.

Volkswagen

Founded: 1937Founder: German Labour Front

The name of the legendary German brand, Volkswagen, is translated as “Car for People” and was created under the initiative of the Herman Labour Front for the German people.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler instructed the famous designer Ferdinand Porsche and Jakob Werlin, one of the directors of the Daimler-Benz concern, to create a people’s car that could meet all the needs of the average buyer. Jakob Werlin put forward a proposal that it was Porsche to develop the model, and the company Daimler-Benz would be responsible for the technical side of the issue, providing as its production facilities. The basis of the people’s car was the model Porsche Typ 60. Thus, the prototype of the model saw light in 1934, and mass production of the car began four years later.

Smart

Founded: 1994Founder: Mercedes-Benz AG

Smart Automobile is a division of Daimler AG, located in Böblingen, Germany. The beginning of the project idea for Smart cars was in the late 1980s and is associated with the famous company Swatch. After a long development period, the first car was shown by Daimler-Benz in 1998. In July, production begins at the new plant in Ambach, France. In October, sales of the car began in nine European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland).

Commercial Vehicle Brands

The segment of commercial vehicles is not very large in Germany, though there are brands, producing trucks and buses, which are known all over the world, and work for export markets, being synonymous to the highest quality, safety, and reliability.

MAN

Founded: 1758Founder: Rudolf Diesel

Founded in 1758, the German engineering company MAN for the first time began producing cars only in 1915, after the outbreak of World War I. The management of the brand, under pressure from the German government, urgently began producing trucks for the needs of the armed forces of the country.

Just a few years the small company from the city of Nuremberg managed to become one of the largest truck manufacturers in the territory of Germany.

Setra

 

Founded: 1951Founder: Karl Kassborer

Setra is the name of a famous German bus brand, which is considered to be one of the most widespread and respected in Europe. In 1893 Karl Kassborer founded a company in Ulm for the production of horse-drawn carriages. It has to be said that his father John Jacob built excellent wooden boats, which successfully navigated the Danube. But the son decided to go, to put it in modern terms, into another transport segment.

Defunct Car Brands

The German automobile industry is one of the oldest and strongest in the world, though even in this country there were brands, which didn’t manage to survive some crisis moments. The list of the defunct German car brands is pretty short, and some of the names in it merged with bigger companies to form the labels we all know today.

Wanderer

Founded: 1896Defunct: 1945

Wanderer is the name of the historical German car brand, which was founded in 1896 in Chemnitz. Initially, the car company was engaged exclusively in the production of bicycles and motorcycles and was called Winklhofer Jaenicke after the names of the founders, Johann Winklhofer and Richard Jaenicke. Renaming in Wanderer was carried out in 1911, then the office and production facilities of the company were transferred to Augsburg, where the first car W-1 Puppchen was released.

Wartburg

Founded: 1898Defunct: 1991

The German car brand Wartburg was established by Henrich Erhard, who built his first vehicle assembly factory Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach AG already in 1896 and for a time produced cars for Decauville and BMW. Since 1898 Erhard introduced his series of Wartburg machines, designed for customers with an average budget, but at the same time powerful and nimble enough, with innovative technical solutions.

Horch

Founded: 1904Defunct: 1932

Horch is the name of another defunct German marque. The history of the Horch brand goes back to the nineteenth century, although the creation of the brand dates back to 1904. Horch brand was produced in Germany. Manufactured cars were distinguished by design innovations. The brand ended its activity in 1958.

Lloyd

Founded: 1908Defunct: 1963

Lloyd, or The Lloyd Motor Company, was the name of the car marque founded by the famous Lloyd shipping company in 1908. At first, it was engaged in the production of electric cars, then it switched to the production of trucks and passenger cars. However, despite their high quality and excellent reputation, sales were not enough to generate income. In 1914, Lloyd merged with Hansa, and during World War I, they produced trucks for the German army under the Hansa-Lloyd brand.

DKW

Founded: 1916Defunct: 1966

DKW is the name of the historical German brand, which was established in 1916 by the Danish engineer Jorgen Rasmussen. He started his activity by organizing a small company in Germany for the production of steam-powered cars, called DKW. After World War I the demand for steam engines was pretty low, in 1921, Rasmussen began to create a car with an internal combustion engine, buying the rights to produce and modernizing a two-stroke engine with 0.25 horsepower.

Gumpert

 

Founded: 2001Defunct: 2013

The luxury car marque Gumpert was established in 2001 by a former Audi employee, Rolland Gumpert. With the technical support of the German Volkswagen Group, the brand aimed to create a new type of sports car. The brand started its activities pretty fast and ambitious, and already in 2004, Gumpert began to work on the Apollo model.

Keinath

Keinath is a carmaker from Baden-Wurttemberg, established in 1993. It’s one of the smaller car brands from this country. They’ve created a handful of grand tourers, which are mostly based off cars from other brands. The Keinath logo is a red plaque with a circle in its middle. The rectangular bit is occupied by a golden word ‘Keinath’, written in all capital letters. The circle bit has two letter ‘k’, mirrored and fused into one. The bottom usually contains the letters ‘GT’.

AWZ

Automobilwerk Zwickau was a car manufacturer from East Germany, active until 1958. The core of their production consisted of compact, affordable vehicles. That included IFA and Trabant brands, among some other. Their logo was a circle emblem with a leaf-like shape in the middle. That’s where they put the main bit – all three letters fused into one. It looks like a letter ‘A’ with two small bars on the sides and a ‘Z’ protruding from the bottom.

Barkas

Barkas was a vehicle producer from East Germany, abolished in 1990 and owned by IFA. This carmaker made a variety of small trucks and vans that were used by the state for various purposes. Stasi, police, hospitals were the main customers. Their logo comprised of three rhombs, arranged in an arrowhead formation. The central one had ‘IFA’ written on it in white. There was also the wordmark, which displayed the company. It was made of capital letters, written in a typical sans-serif font.

Bussing

Bussing is a vehicle maker from Lower Saxony, established in 1903. In the 70s, it was absorbed into MAN AG, another German vehicle manufacturer. Bussing mainly created heavy trucks, buses and similar products. Their classic logo depicted a metal lion, standing against a yellow background. It was then put inside a frame with a bigger lower section. That’s where they wrote the company’s name in all capital letters.

Goliath

Goliath was a Bremen-based car brand, founded in 1926 and abolished in 1961. It operated under Borgward, a prominent manufacturer. Despite the name, Goliath mostly built compact cars (including some small 3-wheeled vehicles), as well as small trucks. Their logo displayed the brand’s name, written in light blue letters. It was rather normal, except for two parallel lines, extending to the right from the two tips of the letter ‘G’. The font was a typical sans-serif style with rounded shapes.

Gemballa

Gemballa is a car company, created in Wurttemberg in the 80s. They don’t build their own cars, but rather modify the existing models. Their products include the tuned versions of Porsche high-performance models, as well as some McLarens. The company’s logo depicts their name, written by white, black-outlined letters. Notably, these characters are squished from the top and stretched sideways. The font is a sans-serif with rounded corners.

Hansa

Hansa was a German carmaker, active between 1905 and 1931. They were among the earlier car manufacturers and were eventually absorbed into Borgward. Hansa cars included some basic personal vehicles, as well as a couple of truck models. The company’s logo depicted a green tetragon with a yellow shield in the middle. The latter included the company’s name ‘Hansa Lloyd’, written in two words on the shield’s either side. The latter simply held a big letter ‘H’, colored black.

Heinkel

Heinkel is primarily famous for being a major aircraft producer for Germany during WW2. But they actually made several vehicle models after the war. That includes chiefly the ‘Kabine’ – a minicar, produced in the 50s. Their latest logo portrayed a tall ‘H’ with a wing growing from its left side. It’s also usually depicted standing on top of a wavy line with ‘Heinkel’ written below it. The coloring could be black, red or white.

Multicar

Multicar was a vehicle brand, founded in the 1920s and abolished in 2005. It was owned by Hako, a producer of various utility vehicles that still exists. Their Multicar subsidiary produced small transportation units: trucks and similar cars for construction, military and personal use. Their latest logo displayed the company’s name, written in blue lowercase letters. The font used abrupt shapes and sharp corners. The last touch was an orange line that went beneath the word and turned up after the last letter.

NAG

Neue Automobil Gesselschaft was a German carmaker in 1901-1934. In this time, they’ve created several typical passenger cars, as well as some higher-performance cars. They were later absorbed into Bussing, a major truck producer at the time. The emblem of NAG was composed of three rhombs of dark green. They were fused into a single shape, and each of them was given a letter from the acronym. These letters were white and written in a sharp serif style.

Neoplan

Neoplan is a vehicle manufacturer from Baden-Wurttemberg, founded in the 30s. Their focus is on creating buses and similar vehicles for public transportation. Nowadays, the company is owned by MAN, a much bigger bus manufacturer. The Neoplan’s logo is their own name, written in turquoise letters. The font uses big, wide letters with rounded, inflated shapes. There are also two lines, growing from the bottom of the letter ‘A’ (from each side) and continue along the word’s underside.

Robur

Robur was a German brand of trucks, vans, motorcycles and some passenger cars. Originally a Saxon brand, it was created in 1880s and went on to be one of the primary East German car marques. The brand died in 1990. Their later logotypes displayed the brand’s name. It was arranged using letters, made from linear, abrupt shapes. These were then tied together into a continuous image, although the 2nd and 4th letters were positioned lower than the rest.

Simson

Simson was a German company, established in the mid-19th century and abolished in 2003. In the automotive world, they are best-known for their motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles. But besides that they also made weapons and cars in the first half of the 20th century. Their logo depicts a golden disc with a wing on each side. The disc held the company’s name, written in elegant, italic letters. The only other element is a red lightning bolt used to underline the name.

Trabant

Trabant was an East German car brand, established in 1957. They were developed under several brands, until eventually expiring in 1991. The bulk of this brand consisted of compact cars that could be bought easily by any East German. Their logo was their own name, written in black italic letters with abrupt shapes. There was also a thick horizontal line going through the top bar of ‘T’ and onwards. It stretched over the entirety of this wordmark.

Maybach

Maybach is an automotive brand, founded in Baden in 1909. Maybach was known as a producer of expensive, luxury cars in small quantities throughout their life. They still make these, but now the business is owned by Mercedes. Their logo depicts a triangular shape with a curved bottom. They’ve placed two letters ‘M’ in it: one tall and narrow, the other – wide and squat. They stand for ‘Maybach’ and ‘Mercedes.

Apal

Apal is a small carmaker that was originally founded in Belgium. In 1998, they were revived as a German company. In Germany, they continued making the small racing and sports models that their predecessor made. Apal’s logo was a circle with the company’s name written in its top. It was a pretty ordinary wordmark, except the first letter was much bigger and with overly long lines. One of them even underlined the rest of the wordmark. The rest of the emblem was occupied by a thin gear stick image.

Hartge

Hartge was a car company that operated in Germany until 2019. They didn’t make cars, but instead modified the existing models of German and British carmakers. In particular, they made some of them fit for motorsport. The centerpiece of their logo was their own name, written in tilted, metallic letters. Below, there would usually be a tilted tetragon of dark blue and turquoise. They didn’t use any of it as car badges – the models used the symbols of their original makers instead.

Lotec

Lotec is a Bavarian car company, founded in 1962. They primarily make sports cars, which are basically variations and modifications of existing high-performance cars. Ferrari, Porsche and other German carmakers are their primary sources of inspiration. Lotec uses their name as a logo. It consists of white letters with black outlines, except these letters are severely fragmented into various parts. It helps convey the message of engineering.

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