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Germany has seven major car manufacturers. Each year, they churn out millions of vehicles and ship them all over the world.

1. BMW
   Mercedes-Benz
2. Toyota

Toyota is from Japan. The big seven are BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi and Ford-Werke GmbH.

1. Chevrolet
   Audi
2. Porsche

Porsche builds the popular Cayenne, a crossover SUV with a powerful V-8 engine. The turbo version can zoom from 0 to 60 mph in just over five seconds.

1. Porsche
   Bentley
2. Rolls-Royce

Porsche and Volkswagen have had a close relationship that goes back to the early days of the 20th century. Through war and hard times, their partnership has survived and thrived.

1. Porsche
   BMW
2. Aston Martin

Porsche uses a coat-of-arms type symbol for its company logo. Right in the middle? A gallant, wild-haired horse.

1. VW
   Mercedes-Benz
2. Lagonda

The VW Golf is a small, affordable passenger car that's taken the world by storm. It's popular in Germany, and it's all over American highways, too.

1. Skoda
   Kia
2. Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is well-known for its "Class" cars, like the C-Class, a fabulously popular compact executive car that starts at around $40,000.

1. VW
   Ford-Werke
2. Tesla

Following Toyota, Volkswagen is the world's second-largest car maker. In 2015, it built nearly 10 million vehicles.

1. Go-karts
   Budget-priced mini-cars
2. High-performance sports cars

Porsche is renowned for making high-performance (and high-dollar) sports cars, everything from tiny roadsters to SUVs.

1. Audi
   Mercedes-Benz
2. Mini

Audi uses the famous interlocking circles for its emblems. The circles have become symbols of luxury and reliability.

1. It's a satanic symbol
   The One Ring
2. Four companies that united as one

Audi's company back story is, well, complicated. But at one point, four companies united as one to create a more powerful entity, and the rings symbolize those businesses.

1. Mini
   Porsche
2. BMW

Porsche struck gold with its 911 model. The six-cylinder coupe not only excels on race tracks, but it sets sales records, too.

1. Ford-Werke
   BMW
2. Aston Martin

Ford-Werke makes the compact Fiesta, which has been one of Ford's best-selling cars ever. It's built about 16 million of them since 1976.

1. Tesla
   BMW
2. Ford Motor Company

Ford-Werke is the German arm of Ford of Europe, which falls under the umbrella of a little American company named Ford Motor Company.

1. Bicycle Makers Werke
   Bayerische Motoren Werke
2. Bazooks, Machine guns and other Weapons

BMW is Bayerische Motoren Werke. It was founded back in 1916 and has become one of the world's preeminent car makers.

1. BMW
   Volkswagen
2. Lexus

Few cars can claim the label of "legendary," but the Volkswagen Beetle definitely qualifies. It has become one of the world's all-time best-selling models.

1. Henry Ford
   Winston Churchill
2. Adolf Hitler

Hitler set out on a policy meant to revolutionize German society, in part by creating better motor vehicles. The Beetle is partly a result of his deranged mind.

1. "No Seat Belts Included"
   "Iron Death Wagon"
2. "The People's Car"

Volkswagen means "The People's Car," and the company has a fascinating (and slightly sordid) history that spans the 20th century.

1. MG
   BMW
2. Opel

Opel uses a circle with a lightning bolt for its emblem. It didn't become the company's standard logo until the 1980s.

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It's true, during the war, Ford-Werke made machines that were used for German weapons. The company even used slave labor at a time when this branch of the company was still connected to Ford Motors back in Michigan.

1. Morgan Cars
   Fiat
2. BMW

Before World War I, BMW made aircraft engines. After Germany's defeat, though, it was forced out of the business by the terms of the Versailles Treaty, which stripped the country of its military capabilities.

1. BMW
   VW
2. Saturn

Volkswagen is one of Germany's most prolific car makers. Three of its models grabbed the three top spots on sales charts in 2016: Golf, Passat and Polo.

1. Fiat
   Mercedes-Benz
2. VW

VW found tremendous success with its fun "Fahrvergnügen" ad campaign. The word means "driving enjoyment" and the ads featured a stick figure having tons of fun driving VW cars.

1. Mercedes-Benz
   Aston Martin
2. Porsche

The Porsche Boxster is a two-seater sports car that's been made since the mid-90s. You can pick up a base model for less than $60,000.

1. Bentley
   Mercedes-Benz
2. Fiat

Mercedes-Benz is known for its very high manufacturing standards. The company uses "the best or nothing."

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2. false

BMW is a big car maker, to be sure, and it does crack the Top 15, but not the Top 10. It built about 2.2 million cars in 2015, far behind more prolific manufacturers.

1. BMW
   VW
2. Fiat

In 1958, BMW's aircraft engine business was slowly but steadily dying. It jumped into the car game and found immediate success.

1. Rolls-Royce
   Audi
2. VW

It was a public-relations fiasco for the ages. In 2015, VW admitted to falsifying fuel emissions data on many of its vehicles. Just a day after the news became public, the company's stock dropped by roughly 20 percent.

1. Aston Martin
   VW
2. Mercedes-Benz

In 1886, Karl Benz patented the world's first gasoline car. In 1901, the first Mercedes car hit the market.

1. The 3
   The Golf
2. The Wraith

In the 70s, sales of the Beetle were no longer keeping Volkswagen afloat. The company scored a major breakthrough with its Golf model, which continues to be a hot seller even today.