British motoring TV show Top Gear has become a worldwide phenomenon with it unique blend of cars, humour and antics. Now there are reports that a German broadcaster will try to ape its success.
Consideration for other road users has its downside, as a Munich driver found when she yielded to oncoming traffic – and took out five parked cars and a building site.
Police were called to the scene of an unusual traffic accident in Brandenburg on Monday after two children decided to go to the shops when they were left alone by their parents.
A driver walked home unaided and went to bed largely unharmed after her car plunged 60 metres over a cliff in Bavaria. She was saved by the trees below.
A father, mother and son were killed in a crash in Bavaria on Thursday night when their car was hit from behind by a Mercedes. The family’s surviving son is in a serious condition.
Fifteen schoolchildren were injured on Tuesday when their school bus was hit by a car driven by an 82-year-old man in western Germany. The driver was seriously injured.
Two men and two women died on Sunday evening when their car crashed into a canal in western Germany. The 74-year-old driver is believed to have had a heart attack before the accident.
Luxury car maker Porsche will give its workers €8,000 each as it celebrates a record year. The Stuttgart-based firm reported operating profit in 2013 of €2.58 billion – a six percent rise on the year before.
A five-year-old boy seriously injured a mother and her young son after starting his parents' car at a kindergarten in central Germany and driving into them.
German car maker Porsche is to open a new factory in eastern Germany, bringing over 1,500 jobs to the Leipzig area. The Stuttgart-based company has poured €500 million into its new assembly plant, it was reported on Friday.
Ten years after Volkswagen's legendary Beetle drove off into the sunset, the German carmaker's camper van takes its leave from the world automobile stage on Friday.
An Italian man who forgot where he parked his car during a visit to Munich’s Oktoberfest has finally got it back – but only after five weeks, three trips to the city and a local newspaper campaign.
As Germany's stormy heatwave rolls on this week, thousands of drivers are expected to take to the roads – and by Wednesday they could be gridlocked, warned the ADAC car club on Monday.
Police say they are closer to catching the perpetrator they believe is responsible for the disappearance of Mirco, an 11-year-old boy who has been missing for two months.
A cow left to wander on a cold night attacked a car while walking along a country road near the town of Heimbach in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday night.
Though men like to deride women’s allegedly poor driving skills, a new study published by Germany’s ACE automobile club on Monday showed the country's female divers are significantly less dangerous on the roads.
A man deliberately caused an accident while driving along a motorway in an attempt to kill his wife and himself on New Year's Day. Only extremely lucky circumstances meant they both walked away unharmed, police said.
German carmaker Opel, which was rocked this year by industrial uncertainty, said Tuesday that its German sales gained 31 percent in 2009 owing to a government cash-for-clunkers scrapping bonus.
After a calamitous mix-up with a local mechanic, an 82-year-old woman's car, missing for two years and presumed stolen, turned up on Wednesday afternoon in her neighbour's garage.
