Eberhard Kittler

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Eberhard Kittler (* 1955 in Görlitz ) is a German motor journalist and automobile historian.

Life

Kittler put in 1977 at the University of Transport in Dresden from his state examination as a graduate engineer. In 1984/1985 he completed an additional course in publishing at the University of Leipzig .

From 1977 to 1981 he worked as a civil engineer for traffic construction. In 1982 he switched to the transport / transport history / automobile history specialist at transpress Verlag für Verkehrwesen Berlin . In addition, he published articles on traffic history in daily and weekly newspapers.

In 1988 Eberhard Kittler went to Frankfurt / Main, where he worked in the local editorial department of the evening post / night edition until the summer of that year. His other professional positions from August 1988 included activities at the magazines Oldtimer-Markt (assistant to the editor-in-chief, editor, deputy editor-in-chief) as well as convertible and sport coupé (editor-in-chief) in Mainz.

From January 1996 Kittler was part of the Motor Presse Stuttgart team . Initially for mot - Die Autozeitschrift (department head technology, deputy editor-in-chief) as well as Motor Klassik and Youngtimer , from 2006 for auto, motor und sport (author).

From the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2012, Kittler was in charge of the Volkswagen Classic division at Volkswagen Group Communications in Wolfsburg. He was then appointed Group Officer Volkswagen Classic. He held this position until the end of 2017. Eberhard Kittler has headed the Volkswagen AutoMuseum Foundation since the beginning of 2014 .

Kittler is married and has two grown children. He emerged with numerous publications and made a name for himself with a number of automobile books. He continued the series of German cars founded by Werner Oswald .

Publications (selection)

  • (together with Michael Dünnebier): Passenger cars of socialist countries, Berlin 1990
  • BMW 503/507 - The V8 sports models, Stuttgart 1993
  • Triumph Spitfire - Cars That Made History, Stuttgart 1994
  • BMW Roadster & Cabriolets, Stuttgart 1996
  • (together with Tobias Aichele, Johannes Hübner and Ekkehard Zentgraf): Mythos Porsche, Stuttgart 1996
  • (together with Werner Oswald and Michael Dünnebier): Motor vehicles of the GDR, Stuttgart 1998
  • (together with Tobias Aichele and Ursula von Hanstein): Huschke von Hanstein - Der Rennbaron, Cologne 1999
  • (together with Werner Oswald): All BMW automobiles since 1928, Stuttgart 2000
  • Type compass GDR passenger cars 1945–1990, Stuttgart 2000 and 2002
  • (together with René Staud): Sports car from Mercedes-Benz, Stuttgart 2001
  • German cars since 1990 (Vol. 5) - Audi, BMW, Smart, VW and small series, Stuttgart 2001
  • German Cars since 1990 (Vol. 6) - Mercedes, Ford, Opel and Porsche, Stuttgart 2001
  • Type compass Mercedes-Benz passenger cars since 1976, Stuttgart 2002
  • GDR classic cars (vol. 1), Stuttgart 2002
  • GDR classic cars (vol. 2), Stuttgart 2003
  • German cars in the picture (Vol. 2) - The brand with the star, Stuttgart 2003
  • The big Fiat Spider book, Königswinter 1996 and 2004
  • (together with Thomas Rönnberg): German Cars since 1945 - Offroader and SUV, Stuttgart 2005
  • (together with Hans-Joachim Schäfer): Autotechnik heute, Stuttgart 2005
  • Buying advice convertibles: the 68 most important types, Stuttgart 2006
  • (together with Michael Dünnebier): Deutsche Autos - All passenger cars and commercial vehicles of the GDR, Stuttgart 2006
  • Type history Fiat 124 Coupé & Spider 1966 - 1985, Stuttgart 2007
  • Mercedes-Benz passenger cars since 1886, Stuttgart 2008
  • BMW: All passenger cars since 1928, Stuttgart 2008
  • GDR Oldtimer: Street acquaintances with racing cardboard and Co., Stuttgart 2014
  • Museum catalog AutoMuseum Volkswagen - Treasury of the brand, Bielefeld 2015
  • (together with Michael Dünnebier): German cars. All passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the GDR, Stuttgart 2017
  • BMW. The dream of driving. 503/507/3200 CS / Z8, Stuttgart 2019
  • (together with Werner Oswald): Deutsche Autos 1975-1995, Stuttgart 2019
  • (together with Michael Willmann): The heirs of the VW Käfer, Stuttgart 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberhard Kittler strengthens brand and product communication at Volkswagen ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , VW press release of January 15, 2009.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volkswagenag.com
  2. ↑ Plans for the VW car museum: A new building is also possible. Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung , January 24, 2014, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Kittler, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motor journalist and automobile historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz