Experience the raw acceleration of the Mercedes E63 AMG S W212 from the onboard perspective during an Autobahn drive. With ...

Experience the BMW 435i F33 Cabriolet from the driver’s seat during a highway run on the Autobahn. This onboard view captures ...

The autobahn began during the darkest chapter in German history. Its first 14-mile section opened on May 19, 1935, connecting Frankfurt to the nearby city of Darmstadt.

KUNZE: The autobahn is a collective piece of architecture. It's connected to an idea of Volksgemeinschaft. That was the Nazi idea that, like, all Germans are a somewhat harmonious nation.

For travel by car, Germany’s Autobahn system is one of the best highway systems in the world. Yes, you can drive fast. Like really fast. But there’s a bit more going on than just speed.

The autobahn is part and parcel of national mythology in Germany. But the climate crisis is causing a rethink of this no-speed-limit highway system, writes Paul Hockenos.

The first iteration of Germany’s autobahn, in 1932, was modest—a roughly 20-mile stretch that ran between Cologne and Bonn. Within six years, it had expanded to 1,860 miles and, by 2016, over ...

A California legislator proposing no speed limit on a highway is in keeping with higher limits in other states. In Texas, you can go 85 mph.

Every time I get back to the U.S. from Germany, my friends ask me if I drove on the Autobahn. When I respond “yes,” they often tell me they’re jealous. But my friends shouldn’t envy me ...

An autobahn speed limit would make a significant minority of “people take to the barricades,” Mr. Kunert said. Or at the very least, he added, ...