A Brief History Of Three European Automobile Corporations
August 18th, 2011 | 
Author: A Brief History Of Three European Automobile Corporations
Residing in the United States many of us grow up not knowing much about other countries. Except if they are luxury brands, a lot of us do not think about where the cars we buy come from. There are certainly European automobile companies that make exceptional cars, but these companies are not who you think they are. Companies like Mercedes, BMW, Rolls Royce, and Jaguar are just a handful of brands people think of when we think European. However, these brands do not make cars for the masses. But there are actually three companies that build great economical cars. The following story will concentrate on Volvo, Volkswagen and Audi.
For a land having only nine million people, it is astonishing that it is able to sustain two automakers. This land is Sweden and it has both Volvo and Saab. Of the two, Volvo, which is owned by Ford Motor Company, has had a great impact on the automobile business. When safety standards were poor pretty much everywhere, it was Volvo and their desire for higher standards that changed the industry. Volvo created safety features that most cars nowadays have like front end crumple zones and reinforced roofs. Through the high safety standards of Volvo, they started a long line of the best built cars on the road, and definitely the safest. It was through their leadership that prompted automakers around the world to raise their standards, also.
The Volkswagen Beetle is one of those iconic vehicles that just about anyone is familiar with. The Beetle first came out through the 1930′s in Germany as the “people’s car.” It made it through World War II to become not only one of the most adored cars, but was also the most mass-produced. Virtually anybody could certainly afford a Volkswagen Beetle. Anyone, whether they were college students, farmers or business people, could obtain a Beetle. The Beetle continued to be trendy in the United States until finally Volkswagen stopped importing them in the 1970′s
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