Since the first stretch from Bonn to Cologne was finished in 1932, the German Autobahn system has become legendary for thrills without limits. However it is often misunderstood — only about half the ...

Editor’s Note: Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe. He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, ...

Germany’s autobahn is not just a freeway network, it is also one of the country’s best known cultural exports. Ask a gearhead to nominate facts about Deutschland and the lack of speed limits over much ...

Signs like the one above may become a thing of the past if Germany’s opposition government gets its way. Identifying unrestricted speed zones on the country’s famous autobahn road system, Sigmar ...

Q Greetings from the Autobahn in Germany, where I’ve gone as fast as 125 mph on those sections without a maximum speed limit. HP Baumeister A A recent email from reader Brian Sanborn praising German ...

The tall ancient trees along the renowned Autobahn Road have been abruptly felled, depriving the city, already grappling with summer heat waves, of green cover. It remains unclear who ordered the ...

A conversation I had while I was out purchasing new appliances led me to this blog. The person whom I was speaking with, after finding out that I write about the construction industry, mentioned he ...

THE LEXUS LOOKS ANNOYED. Born in Toyota's Motomachi plant in Japan, the GS F has come nearly 6000 miles to prove itself on the German autobahn. But all I've done with it so far is crawl through ...

Summer has officially arrived and it’s getting uncomfortably warm in a number of places. One of them is Germany were the temperatures were so high that officials put speed limits on usually ...