Even today, motors are named after their German inventors: Otto and Diesel. Around the world, automobile marques, such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Porsche or Volkswagen are in great demand. They stand for innovation, for quality and value, for reliability and the best in comfort.

Also not to be forgotten are the technological innovations first installed in German cars: ABS, ESP, quattro® (the first permanent four-wheel drive),airbags and aluminium bodywork, ensuring that millions of people around the globe reach their destinations more quickly and in greater safety.

Nevertheless, German constructors didn’t only limit their inventiveness to cars: the motorcycle, the motorboat and the maglev railway were invented here, too. Moreover, while more than five million cars leave the German production lines every year, German engineers are developing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to power the mobility concepts of the future.

From 25th of August until 19th of September the automobile will be showed to the public at Munich Airport located between Terminal 1 and 2.

”The Automobile“ is one of six sculptures forming the Walk of Ideas for the football world championship - a walking tour of ideas from Germany. The individual inventions stand for the creativity and rich imagination of composers and writers, scientists and researchers, and engineers and inventors.

More German ideas are concealed within the sculptures themselves: they are all made of Neopor®, an innovative plastic material by BASF, and coated with a new metallic paint developed by BASF Coatings.

Find out more about the Walk of Ideas.