Category: BP Geographic Mobility
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Automotive Milestones

News from Mercedes-Benz Group at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2005. The Mercedes-Benz R-Class was an attempt to offer a luxury tourer with six single seats. While the first Aston Martin DB (which stands for Sir David Brown who owned the company at that time) was introduced in 1948 with…
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Natural Gas Technology

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class W211 was available as NGT, which stood for Natural Gas Technology. The use of natural gas in a combustion engine means reduced CO2 emissions compared to petrol which makes the car more environmental-friendly. Ruhrgas AG supported employees in getting such a Mercedes-Benz E 200 NGT. These photos…
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Wolfsburg Motor Works

The Autostadt or Automobile City is a large museum complex next to the main Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, where the largest car company in the world has its headquarters. It was opened in 2000 and features pavilions for each brand of Volkswagen Group as well as the Zeithaus or…
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International Automobile Exhibition

News from Daimler respectively DaimlerChrysler at the Frankfurt Motor Show or IAA 2003. Presentation of the Mercedes-Benz Concept CLS, the world’s first four door coupé. With the Maybach 62 they entered the ultra luxury class to compete with Bentley and Rolls Royce. Presentation of the Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4, the…
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Legendary Mercedes-Benz

The Mercedes-Benz 190 E or 190 D was the first smaller Mercedes and predecessor of the C-Class. Designed by Bruno Sacco, head of styling at Mercedes-Benz from 1975 to 1999, the W201 debuted at the 1982 Paris Motor Show. Manufactured in both Bremen and Sindelfingen, Germany, production reached 1,879,629 over…
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It Is Running and Running

The VW Beetle, or Volkswagen Type 1 as it was officially called, was the most popular car in Germany until its successor Golf was released, and it is one of the most popular cars of all times. Its production period of 65 years is the longest for any single generation…
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Exclusive Evolution

The new model range of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. From left to right EQE, E-Class Saloon and E-Class T-Model. Here unfortunately with a layer of Sahara dust which arrived a few days before with the wind from the south
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Formula One Circuits Of Jeddah And Melbourne

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Australian Grand Prix just happened now in March 2024, so here some insights about the two race tracks. If you ever wondered how the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and the Albert Park Circuit look like when no race is taking place, here you will…
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Oil Change on Motor Scooter Yamaha X-City 250

An oil change on a Yamaha X-City 250 motor scooter which does not only instruct how to do an oil change and display reset on this kind of scooter but on any kind of motor scooter or motorbike, the basic process is pretty much the same on all kind of…
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Long Lasting Mercedes

Mercedes are known for their quality, and especially in the seventies and eighties very robust and long lasting cars were produced like this W123. One can see that it is used as a daily car and it is not in a good condition anymore but it is still doing its…
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Antonov An-225 Mriya

On 24 February 2022 the Antonov An-225 Mriya has been damaged or destroyed during an attack on Hostomel Airport where the plane was based. She was built in 1988 and was the largest aircraft in the world.
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Rosberg X Racing are Extreme E Champions

Rosberg X Racing won the Extreme E championship on 19 December 2021 after a very close final race where a fourth place was enough for them to have sufficient points. The team of Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg finished the championship equal on points with the team of seven…