His patent was challenged by Henry Ford and others, and overturned in 1911. when economic situations began to deteriorate in Germany following the First World War, but the directors of DMG refused to consider it initially. Negotiations between the 2 firms resumed several years later when these circumstances worsened and, in 1924 they signed an Agreement of Mutual Interest, valid till the year 2000. Both enterprises standardized design, production, purchasing, and gross sales and so they marketed or marketed their automobile models collectively, though maintaining their respective brands.
The first motor car in central Europe and one of the first factory-made cars in the world, was produced by Czech firm Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau (later renamed to Tatra) in 1897, the Präsident automobil. The word automobile is believed to originate from the Latin phrase carrus or carrum (“wheeled automobile”), or the Middle English phrase carre (that means “two-wheel cart”, from Old North … Read More
