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From the earliest motorized vehicles that ever rolled on public roads to some of the most popular, most innovative and in-demand cars in production today, our tires have made automobile history, time and again. Then, as now, some of the biggest car brands have placed their trust in Continental to provide the tire technology to complement their automotive innovations.

In 1901, the Mercedes 35 PS, the first car produced by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler under the name Mercedes, dominated the Nice Race Week­ – on pneumatic tires by Continental. In 1925, the first Rolls-Royce Phantom was originally equipped with our tires from the factory, as was the 1955 Volkswagen Beetle, the 1964 Porsche 911 and the 1986 Land Rover D90, to name but a few. Today, every third new car in Europe rolls on Continental tires – and many more all over the world are being added to the long list of brands featuring Continental Original Equipment (OE). With the Volkswagen ID.3, which will be rolling on Continental OE tires in 2020, we are also prepared for an electrically-powered future.

With Original Equipment tires, Continental has become a part of car history and will be a part of the future of mobility.

To pay tribute to Original Equipment tires on car models past, present and future the New York based newcomer artist Julian Montague has conceptualized and designed a graphic art series called “OE Heroes”.

"The people designing these cars want the front of the car to be its own ID. They don’t want it to look like someone else’s, so all the visual elements are in there for me. I try to pull that apart a bit and it back together as this very simple, elegant form." Julian Montague

Enjoy the selection of our most famous car models out of which more than 800 have been equipped with Continental tires over the last 150 years.

Source: Continental