A radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising - transmission means for emitting transmission signals using at least two transmitter antennas, - receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using multiple receiver antennas, and - signal processing means for processing the received signals, - wherein the at least two transmitting antennas are offset in a spatial direction R, - wherein a phase center of at least one receiver antenna does not lie, with regard to the spatial direction R, outside phase centers of two transmitting antennas that are offset in said spatial direction, - and multiple transmitter antennas (number Ns) and multiple receiver antennas (number N E) each have at least approximately the same emission characteristic and, with regard to their phase centers in a spatial direction R, are each arranged at least approximately equidistant, wherein in this spatial direction R the distance of these Ns transmitter antennas from each other is larger by an integer factor K ≤ N E than the distance of these N E receiver antennas from each other, whereby an arrangement with a transmitter antenna and maximum N S ·N E receiver antennas equidistantly arranged in this spatial direction R is synthesized with an at least approximately identical emission characteristic, - and the received signals are separated according to the proportions originating from these at least two transmitting antennas, characterized in that - the separation of the received signals into proportions which originate from different but simultaneously emitting transmitting antennae is realized in that at least one parameter for the modulation of amplitude, frequency and/or phase of the emitted signal is different for these different transmitting antennas, and - the signals are received simultaneously by the receiver antennas, wherein the received signals at the antennas spaced in the spatial direction R each have a phase as a function of the distance of the receiver antennas and the azimuth angle, the phases over the spaced receiver antennas have a rotational speed and the azimuth angle is determined from the rotational speed. - transmission means for emitting transmission signals using at least two transmitter antennas, - receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using multiple receiver antennas, and - signal processing means for processing the received signals, - wherein the at least two transmitting antennas are offset in a spatial direction R, - wherein a phase center of at least one receiver antenna does not lie, with regard to the spatial direction R, outside phase centers of two transmitting antennas that are offset in said spatial direction, - and multiple transmitter antennas (number Ns) and multiple receiver antennas (number N E) each have at least approximately the same emission characteristic and, with regard to their phase centers in a spatial direction R, are each arranged at least approximately equidistant, wherein in this spatial direction R the distance of these Ns transmitter antennas from each other is larger by an integer factor K ≤ N E than the distance of these N E receiver antennas from each other, whereby an arrangement with a transmitter antenna and maximum N S ·N E receiver antennas equidistantly arranged in this spatial direction R is synthesized with an at least approximately identical emission characteristic, - and the received signals are separated according to the proportions originating from these at least two transmitting antennas, characterized in that - the separation of the received signals into proportions which originate from different but simultaneously emitting transmitting antennae is realized in that at least one parameter for the modulation of amplitude, frequency and/or phase of the emitted signal is different for these different transmitting antennas, and - the signals are received simultaneously by the receiver antennas, wherein the received signals at the antennas spaced in the spatial direction R each have a phase as a function of the distance of the receiver antennas and the azimuth angle, the phases over the spaced receiver antennas have a rotational speed and the azimuth angle is determined from the rotational speed.