Kettler
Kettcar
#### Kettcar

The Kettcar was first introduced to the world in 1962 as Kettler's first pedal vehicle. Similar to a bicycle, the pedals turn the wheels over a chain. The Kettcar, however, has four wheels and requires no balancing to ride. Since its debut, Kettler has made many different varieties of the Kettcar and has sold more than 15 million of them worldwide.

The popularity of the Kettcar in Germany is so immense that the word "Kettcar" has become a [synonym](/wiki/Synonym "Synonym") for four wheeled pedal cars and was entered into the *[Duden](/wiki/Duden "Duden")*, the official German dictionary, describing it as a "pedal powered chain vehicle for children"  The first four letters of the word Kettcar are derived from the company "Kettler" and the German word for chain, "Kette". The last three letters are derived from the word "car".


Is the Kettcar popular in Germany?