3 Exceptional European Automakers

When you think of exceptional cars that are built in Europe, your mind run strictly cars manufactured by Rolls Royce, BMW or Mercedes? Perhaps Jaguar and Lamborghini come to mind too. Each of these makes deserve all the praise given to them. However, there are three brands that are, for various reasons, exceptional. Let's take a look at Volvo, Volkswagen and Audi, the three brands featured in this article.

For a country of just nine million to produce one automaker would be quite surprising. To claim two automakers is simply phenomenal. Volvo and Saab are from this particular country which is Sweden. Now, part of Ford Motor Company, Volvo has greatly influenced the automobile industry over the years. The safety standards that were universally low elsewhere are much more appreciated with Volvo. Front crumple zones, reinforced roofs and specially designed interiors have all had their origin with Volvo. Outside these high safety standards have come a line of cars that are, in fact, some of the best and safest cars on the road built. Fortunately, thanks to the leadership of Volvo car manufacturers around the world have incorporated the high safety standards of Volvo. This makes Volvo's unique in my eyes.

The company that brought the world the First Peoples' car, the Beetle, is also exceptional. First developed in Germany during the 1930s, the Beetle survived World War II and was one of the most mass produced and loved cars in the world. Between the 1950s before the Beetle managed to motorized transportation available to people who otherwise could not afford a car. Students from colleges in the United States to migrant workers in Mexico and the gritty cities of Holland to the Irish agricultural land, the mountain is that owning a car affordable to the majority of the masses. Even after importing the United States ceased in the 1970s, the Beetle was produced for another generation and sold in Mexico.

Without drawing out the point too far, the word that best describes the Audi quattro technology is "superior handling." Perhaps that is an understatement but when Audi introduced Quattro All Wheel Drive society has thrown the gauntlet down and told the rest of the car make the world that quattro was the standard by which all sedans Luxury will be judged. The Audi quattro technology has given the company a considerable advantage over its competitors during the years he has been banned in certain types of races. Indeed, Audi quattro technology provides continuous traction long past when other road behavior patterns have reached their threshold.

So, there you have it. Three truly exceptional automobiles from the European continent, in an exceptional way, perhaps it should be labeled as extraordinary.