General automotive topics. Since each manufacturer forum has its own section below, use this forum for all those miscellaneous, non-manufacturer-specific topics here.
My favorite car vs. your favorite car go here.. Boys with big toys behave! ;)
LeMans, DTM, BTCC, CART, Indy, Rally, V8 Supercars, etc.
Post any car video or sound clips here..
Spot an amazing car, a newly released one, or just anything worth mentioning? Post it here.
All the gossip and bad rap about German (and other) cars that makes news on tabloids and other not so well respected publications go here.
Discuss general technical questions and issues here. Modifications, tweaks, body work/add-ons, etc.
All concepts and designs not covered on any of the manufacturer's forums. Other designs, objet d'art and influential concepts and trends.
Forum for automotive photography.
Audi's beginnings date back to the late 1800s. The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August 'Horch', itself the German word for 'listen!'. Audi AG has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1964. VW relaunched the Audi name when it was acquired as part of VWs purchase of the Auto Union and NSU Motorenwerke AG assets.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (en: Bavarian Motor Works) was founded in 1916 for the purpose of building aircraft engines. After expanding to motorcycles in the early 1920s, the first BMW automobile was produced in 1928. BMW Group currently owns MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
Karl Benz was granted a patent for the world's first motor car in 1886. In 1901 Daimler acquired the rights to the name Mercedes. In 1926 Daimler and Benz merged. In 1998 Daimler-Benz AG bought Chrysler Corporation to form DaimlerChrysler AG. In May 2007, DaimlerChrysler sold Chrysler Corp. In October 2007, DaimlerChrysler was renamed Daimler AG.
In 1931 the Porsche marque was established in Germany by Ferdinand Porsche, Jr., and in 1948 the first automobile to wear the Porsche name, the 356 Roadster, was produced. The 911 was introduced in 1963, and is still in production today.
VW started as a dream of Ferdinand Porsche. He had a vision about building a car that everybody could afford. Today, Volkswagen AG also owns Audi, Bentley Motors and Bugatti, among others.
The other great marques of Europe.
The good ol' American cars plus the exotics (Mosler, Panoz, etc) and new companies (Fisker, Tesla) go here.
The great marques from the Land of the Rising Sun.
The Asian car market is growing, from Korea to China.Kia, Hyundai, Daewoo, Great Wall, Geely, etc.
