Great Moments in History

Have a look at more than 100 years of Fulda - German High Technology

1933

Fulda develops a white sidewall luxury car tyre

Fulda develops a luxury automobile tyre with white sidewalls and presents the tyre for the first time at the Berlin Automobile Show.


1934

Fulda purchases 4 advertising vehicles which are each decorated with a giant tyre

The vehicles with their oversized tyre display and speaker equipment are used for Fulda roadshows. In 1935 they catch a lot of attention driving through the city of Berlin during the International Motorshow.


1938

For high speed tests, Fulda builds a special streamline car on a Maybach chassis

For high speed test up to 240km/h Fulda needs a special vehicle to reach such high speeds. A special streamline car based on a Maybach chassis is ordered. The car is delivered in 1939, however because of the start of WWII the car is hardly used for testing.