The German car industry's political muscle | DW Documentary
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- The German automotive industry has long played a key role in the country's prosperity. It employs hundreds of thousands and enjoys cozy relationships with politicians. But the COVID-19 crisis threw a wrench in the works. What’s next?
The prosperous German auto industry has long been lagging when it comes to innovating new automotive technologies. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the industry is turning to decision-makers for help.
But just how far will policymakers go to help the car companies? Arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit them hard, the auto industry is demanding the postponement of stricter CO2 limits and a purchase premium for new vehicles. They maintain that nothing less than the prosperity of the whole country is at stake. But is Germany's success really dependent on the auto industry? And how much blame does industrial policy bear for the failures of the automotive companies?
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In the United States, German cars have a reputation for being fun to drive, and luxurious, but unreliable and overpriced. Toyota/Lexus for reliability and financial prudence; Tesla for innovation. Audi / BMW for fun and beauty if you have money to burn on expensive maintenance and repairs.
Also, expensive to maintain. Lexus is a lot better because it has the same reliability as Toyota. I have owned Audi and VW, and they were both ok, not great, and the gas mileage was a total scam. Toyota and Honda are the best, Nissan for RWD. “Fun to drive”? No, German cars are too heavy to feel fun. A fun car is like the 350z, MX5, or BRZ - light RWD with the best Japanese suspension technology.
After emission scandal people still go and buy German cars. VW should be closed permanently.
German media reporting against German corrupt politics. Wonderful stuff 🎉🎉🎉
Yes but not a word about corrupt medias, while no mention of Tesla. Advertising is a kind of corruption, Total has recently canceled a huge advertising campaign in a French newspaper after an article not so kind on Total. Not to mention the interview of IG metall may have come at a price, and this Union is more interested by its survival than workers interest.
It's no different from the united states
@@didierpuzenat7280 well give or take they are better in europe than china
@@didierpuzenat7280 actually the Chinese are way ahed in electric cars with their own stuff than Tesla tbh and way cheaper.
Won’t find that in the UK
Pushing the industry to be electrified is good, but implementing the electrified public transportation is the one and only win win situation. Just think about a generation who fully depend on renewable energy and public transportation.
9:42 - nobody talks about that amazing emergency braking of that car behind the Smart?
Depending too much on machine will prove to be dangerous. People can start taking disadvantage like they will drive high speed and if accident happens, they will neglect their responsibility by saying that brakes failed.
Reminds me of the same cocky attitude that killed GM and Ford.
Hah u u stole my line ...😂
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I thought of that the entire time watching this doc.
GM may be but Ford surely isn't dead
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Your country should be proud. The vehicles you produce are the benchmark for all other automakers. Give these companies the respect and influence they deserve
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DE car industry has not understand that they need to change very fast. The ICE car is dead soon. My Tesla Model S, like German road`s very much, and we like to drive down very soon...
DW videos are often trash. Majority of their car videos are almost heavy in nationalism. Notice how they said following ww2 cars are mass produced which is factually a lie. Germans didn’t invent the car or iCE per say. Germans invented in the 1800s a toy for rich people that could occasionally travel a few kilometers when not breaking down. You can look at turn of the century newspaper coverage of the automobile to see what Germans invented. Several other inventors in other nations helped usher in the era of mass produced automobiles that were used as a means of transportation, not Germany. Germany created the origins of the car, not the car itself.
@@zeitgeistx5239 In Australia, we call it Infotainment. We know these videos are more entertainment and advertising than actual information. If Germans want to know where their jobs went. My theory is that these jobs went to Uighur concentration camps in China.
@Jaeson Monteiro Robots have done that decades ago. It's just that now those robots are now in another country. The robots are no longer made in Germany by the likes of Kuka, but instead by big tech in China.
DW, please don't delete videos all the time.. You've removed my two favorite videos The science of fear and What makes a child smart 😭😭😭
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@@DWDocumentary okay, thanks for making them.. :) but it's still a bit sad :D
@@DWDocumentary Can you create another channel "DW Old Doc" and upload them again ?
I, for one, have abandoned German car manufactures. I say that as a German who loved the the Audi A4 cars. But starting in the late 90s, I stopped fawning over German cars because they were not innovative. Toyota introduced hybrid cars while the German car industry poopood them. Then, Diesel Gate emerged showing that all German car manufacturers prefer cheating over real innovation. This was the nail in the coffin for my appetite for German cars for quite a while. My next car will be a Tesla - not BMW, AUDI, Mercedes, or especially VW.
Yeah. Now Toyota are investing in hydrogen power, which is the right thing to be doing. Don't buy a Tesla, buy a Toyota Mirai. Electric cars aren't as environmentally friendly as the media make them out to be. The batteries end up in landfill when their lifecycle runs out and the rare Earth metals used to produce them are minded using slave labour in Africa. Electric cars are just a trend. Once the masses realise the things I mentioned, the people who bought electric cars will be desperately trying to sell them.
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I am always thinking that a lot of companies would have to be careful that if they don't move with the times they could end up like kodak or blockbuster. It is a difficult situation for companies to move with the times, with this technological change we have been going through, it seems to be a balancing act for companies.
what's interesting is Kodak did produce digital camera. they were too egoistical and complacent with their monopoly that it bites them.
@@Maya-sv1pz I agree, well said.
I don't see those companies disappearing as my primary concern (others will provide, hopefully, better, safer, cleaner products/services). What is most troublesome is that they pollute and endanger all our lives through their corporate lifetime (which can be hundreds of years).
@@richardalexander1036 Yes you are correct.
Germany and Japan have same capitalism sistem but Japan a more advanced they economy not only have honda,Toyota, Subaru, madza but they IT technology is too advanced like Sony , in case of Germany, government are too open with these big companies that why they think they are bigger than government .
Although truth is told...these kind of videos inflict emotional damage to the brain, by worrying about things we can't control. Be happy and live in peace...no matter what life throws at you.
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Well...it’s a documentary (dw)
@@pourguy3441 DW (Deutsche Welle)
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@@maeudaou7347 I always see this argument but stop making the standard comparison to the USA lmao. Just start doing better coverage with less visible bias.
Wonder why they skipped from 1914 to the 50s...
you understood it ,please purposely overlook , a embarrassing moment
Well, anyway, I, for one, am sick of hearing about the Nazis. Enough already. It's been 76 years; let's drop it, OK?
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German nationalism in all DW car videos. They claim cars became mass produced after ww2 which is a lie, or that Germans invented the automobile as you know it. Germans invented the predecessor to the car which was a toy for rich people that could sometimes travel a few km when not breaking down. Simply look at newspapers from the era to see what Germans actually invented. It’s like saying the Wright Brothers invented the A380.
@@zeitgeistx5239 bro Germany did in fact invent cars,
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I can no longer find the "Our Super Sense of Hearing" Documentary on your channel...
I want to share the link to my mates.
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Really? do they speak german in Heaven too?
@@Virgocygni56 the documentary is in English not Deutsche
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Nice documentary DW
So i love it when DW Docs uses olafur arnalds or max richter but im wanting to know all the music in these docs. Please let me know if you recognize any or if there is a list available somewhere.
Amazing.. Thank you DW
People are moving to electric vehicles it' doesn't matter it is Mercedes or other brand as long as electric vehicles run well . No need to spent crazy tipe of money on brand . Those days are over. Thanks to new technology 😌
Yea brandings mostly created lot of hates and challenges for small car brand business now it might change when people finally focus actually travelling with comfort rather than just fancy looks and stuff
Only very small percent of people can afford an electric vehicle.. Most people cant afford to buy tesla..
That is a load of bullshit 😂
If you want a decent EV car with decent range they are still VERY expensive cars. The ones that are cheap are just trash cinese or very very low range crappy cars.
The Tesla S is 80-90 k $ in US and 90-100k € in EU
The equivalent from Mercedes is about 20k more.
The Tesla 3 is around 40k €
Lowest you can go is a VW ID3 at about 30-35k € but it's quite full of bugs (i've tried it) and also it's a cheap plastics galore.
These are high prices even for a white collar european, let alone rest of the world.
Mercedes is a boomer. the main looks and feature of the plan of their cars that they advertise are not done. In other words they lied 😖. Now I don't like them
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English please.
what you wrote makes *NO SENSE* whatsoever.
*there are many industries that Germany can do great and can contribute to the world... healthcare/medical equipment industry... renewable power industry... others...* 🤔
Well done DW. Briliant reporting.
Another good documentary from DW
I like your news broadcast and documentaries. And I have respect for German engineering and technology.
No mention of Tesla, or the Tesla factory in Berlin.
Tesla is just a mirage in Elon's mind on hallucinogens, LOL. Green cars will take over the industry but....not his. He is too disorganized and has poor business mgmt. skills. Competition will quickly catch up and outsmart him soon. It is happening already.
@@gorylatko Well the Chinese already do a better job than Tesla... just a matter of time for the rest ...
@@gorylatko Tesla outsells German's EVs all over the world, including in Germany, not bad for a disorganized man with a "mind on hallucinogens".
@@didierpuzenat7280 put the pipe away! You are a victim of Elon's brainwashing. Nobody treats him seriously anymore. He behaves like a drunk kid in a toy store. His "car" business is gonna crash down in less than 3-5 years. He is a battery producer nothing else. Check what professional engineers and market analysts are saying about Tesla!!!! Don't listen to Musk's sales pitch. Of course, he's gonna defend his business.
@@didierpuzenat7280 his pathetic Cybertruck is a perfect example of how he is detached from reality and how he treats his customers: like idiots. Hahaha! I can design a "truck" like this in 15 minutes on a napkin while drinking coffee.
Big fan of your productions
1:11 that Chinese car has a Sublime paint job. That kind of beauty we have not seen in production since the 50’s!
Obviously you're not a car guy, otherwise you wouldn't write such nonsense.
Chinese bot spotted
@@liberty0758 his probably a Chinese troll 😂
German tech and design, Chinese money.*
I can just imagine the hype-up speech that some robot is making to another crowd of other robots saying, ”now we’re taking over the car industry”!
Haha 😄🤣
Awesome ✊🤖
I love the background music, good content also.
I heard the bassline of Joy Division's She Lost Control. One of the greatest band of all time.
As an American it’s Extemely refreshing to hear we’re not the only nation completely fucking up
lmao
33:34 what a lovely loophole... And then at
34:13 The moment Resident Evil pops up to your mind
Civilization plummeting All I see is gas, groceries prices go up!
No 666 chip worries the devil slowly losing harryruyah🤭👍
I should've bought a German car. I see Volkswagens on the road from the 60s still running like new.
So odd that Tesla’s mega factory - a freaking city in its own right - is being built outside Berlin and it isn’t even mentioned here.
not a German car that's why, this piece is about German owned car industry.
@@Azzeyman25 - they dive fairly deep into the Chinese auto industry while painting the documentary about German jobs. Not 1 mention of Giga Berlin. Odd.
@@Azzeyman25 yes they "skipped " it apparently
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Your information is really nice
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meanwhile in India they still making most polluting diesel truck(TaTA,Layland,mahindra) and they not even include diesel filter.
Civilization plummeting All I see is gas, groceries prices go up!
No 666 chip worries the devil slowly losing harryruyah🤭👍
When your government is corrupt . This things are common.
So what can you expect from India 3rd world country with billion people
It's not easy for not even china that's why they are biggest purchaser of crude oil
That's true for all third-world countries. I just hope they switch to hydrogen power once that becomes mainstream.
So they going to skip over that one German leader who played a key role in their auto industry?
He introduced Porsche to the world 😂
Shh they're ashamed of great fuhrer who promoted Volkswagen to the German people ☺️
@Elliot Kirk what does this mean? It does not make sense.
Supreme Leader . 😂🤣
@@asheru9254 that's total BS. The car was developed in Germany well before that dark time in German government.
excelent musical selection.
Develop a fuel and vehicle which is good for environment, positive approach is required and market it also
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Autonomus light electric vehicles and subscription based carsharing systems is the future, and that means that 90% of the cars will be out of the streets and many jobs will be gone. It´s about time to downsize and transform an industry that has a dead business model, and help the people that will suffer because of the lack of jobs.
one exceptional intelligent comment
I second your sentiments. 👍
German motorways and loop motorways are crowded beginning from 5 am in the morning. I have seen those traffic jam sceneries from airplane while coming to Munich city in 2019. However San Fransisco motorways are always crowded 24/7, 365 days as I had visited San Fransisco California loop motorways at 3 am in the morning as workers at factories and offices make shifts and let motorways crowded.
That song around 12 minutes... is that W by Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm? Gotta love German TV.
I envy you colleagues Germans. I really do. Your goverment effectively fights for supporting their key industry, it is exactly what they should do. Your media is openly discussing the matter, on the other hand your environmental targets are very high. Civilization at its best. Don't let your auto industry go to far Asia, Don't go weak. I wish my country would have such problems ;) Greetings from PL.
Your country can't have such problems because germany would not profit from such a situation
Yeah, that is the only reason... lol
I wish mate. I wish.
Civilization plummeting All I see is gas, groceries prices go up!
No 666 chip worries! devil slapped slowly losing war harryruyah🤭👍
Then dont complain with higher cancer rates
@@bibiayube677you know life moves in the direction of your words
Stuttgart, the new Detroit.
True
German cars are wonderful. American cars always was shitt.
@@Diego-tm3dj They were great in 50' to 80' then happened downfall.
@@lazarstanojevic5088
BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and even Volkswagen still are much better than GM, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Ford and Lincoln.
@@lazarstanojevic5088 so say Apple is junk, I will laugh at you. 10 years still have them and see modern german cars everywhere
Amazing documentary
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Every time, throughout history, when there is an industrial revolution, the most dominant industries are always the hardest hit. This is not due to the fault of the company, but rather to the democratic financial structure of any business entity. The main purpose of any business entity is to bring profit to its shareholders year after year with the lowest possible cost.
Social and environmental impacts are treated like 2nd class citizens.
The sooner Germany realizes that the internal combustion engine is a thing of the past, the better for Germany. If the Germany sees this new challenge as an opportunity rather than a drawback, then it might have a chance.
Man the ICE engine will live for a long long time. When you will see trucks running on something else then it's over.
@@dragospahontu ICE stinks, it's loud and it's noisy
If you really believe the ICE is a thing of the past you are living in lala land.
@@benjaminturpin2749 There two types of people; those who refuse to see the future and those who lack the vision to see it. Xerox, does it ring a bell?
You have quite good taste in music.
Great work
Excellent as always!
Great doc ...But where Tesla stand...?
Stop Electric.. Go TDI 🤪
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The VW Bug was one of the best designs ever.....except the exhaust heating system part.
The same relationship between auto manufacturers and politicians takes place in North America. Follow the money.
Once the electric cars become more common.. a lot of car manufacturing exporters like Japan and Germany will suffer...
An electric car uses a battery, electric motor... both such simple technology that even small countries can compete with.. we shall see many smaller business and countries start producing cars.. from countries like Turkey and Argentina.. to small businesses that are now spreading like mushrooms after rain.
The previous monopolies of major car producers were down to "internal combustion engine" technologies that were so complicated and hard to get right.. that few could compete.
32:06 - what a rack! What were we talking about?
Brilliant, unbiased and informative. DW does fine journalistic work.
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unbiased? but afraid to mention Tesla building a factory right outside of Berlin? weird?
@@kaigogolin515 Thank you for the vital info.
Hi how are you?
Why didn't this docu make mention of Tesla Berlin? Which by any weight and standard is a significant game changer in the German auto industry... Why?
I loved ♥ your "European journal " show so much! Would you bring it back please!
Empires rise empires fall. Technology too becomes obsolete. Marketing squares them all.
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Civilization plummeting All I see is gas, groceries prices go up!
No 666 chip worries! devil slapped slowly losing war harryruyah🤭👍
I love Germany 😍. And I really want Germany to catch up with the ev market and make the best EVs in the world. Love from India 🇮🇳❤️
What is it with you Indians and your " I Love [Insert country here]. Love from India" comments. I think 40% of comments on TH-cam are these comments. Just go away.
@@fdama that's kind racist.. let it be!!
it must be the Indian way of expression!
@@fdama Well if you think of it, the rest of Europe wouldn't post something like that, nor the US or Russia, TH-cam is blocked in China so not many options left, India has over a billion people so higher chance for such a comment.
@Ash H rape culture.untouchablity.racist culture.hypocrisy culture.
btw i love germany manufacturing and design art. used to work for 3 germany companies...germany are very good in mechanical, hydraulics engineering. electronics so so.
Love from Cambodia to DW.
Greetings! Thanks for watching. :-)
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well..........the Germans need to ask themselves if they want to end up like Britain who lost their entire auto industry and now what is left is owned by other companies and is a not player in the world. Germans can also look to America and see how GM and Ford as slowly pulling back from the world and staying in USA and China because their designs are non competitive. If Europe is not smart the future of the automobile will be led by China, South Korea and Japan.
great insight
Also the Japanese is collapsing. Nissan partner Renault, also Japanese cars are owned by China also Toyota. Not just cars, Japan as whole is collapsing economy with most debts and non innovative with plastic quality in their cars. S. Korea is also third after USA, Europe, while Japan being the first in biggest debt***
Chinese cars lack quality among your selection of nation when it comes to automobiles. Lacks the ingenuity.
German cars may be overpriced in repairs with fun too, atleast its priced that very high bec of its best tech and quality and Durable in crashes. That is why is expensive like Apple , right yellow triggered? I am conveniently using Apple and an Apple user, its made and assembled in USA, it’s so durable lasted for more than 7 years now on my third to fourth Apple. I still use them all. Samsung phones lack that maybe improved but they overheat plenty of times. Sony, not close. Chinese, the worse.
So this segment, reliability, quality then later maintenance and friendly dealerships and comes to righteousness customer friendly, West wins since always it is since the past.
That Opening with Digitalism - Miami Shutdown was epic.
You should watch the DW doco on microdosing lsd for health benefits.. The soundtrack starts with Kiasmos- Looped, one of my favourite melodic techno tracks, & it has Max Cooper, Aphex Twin, Paul Kalkbrenner, Bonobo.. They could almost turn the soundratck into a spotify mix haha!
What is the name of the symphony at 05:00?
Coming to Paris from Luxembourg for a weekend - by train for 2 people - 260 EUR, by car - 50 fuel, 40 tolls, 50 parking - 140EUR. Car still means freedom.
Same thing is happening here in the U.S. times are changing .
The fact that alternative driving systems have been ignored for so long in the birthplace of the car should frustrate the whole world.
Alternative driving systems?? Could you name a few?
DW stolen my attention with knowledge of the 🌎🗺🌏🌐🌍🌎. Thank you DW.
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German media house exposed Germany's corrupt system!
It is a true journalism.
One of the best documentary by DW.
Thank you very much DW.
DW should provide these high quality documentaries in other languages as well.
No
Why? I mean DW already using other language which is English obviously to makes it easier for global viewers. Did you noticed that english has been an international languages for decades?
Why ?
Here, right now you write in English, so why you wanna have it in even more langu's ?
They have already Dubbed-ssubed it from German too English, the international language
You want them to do even more work cause you're too lazy to understand something ?
you can always do the subtitles for them
@@RegulareoldNorseBoy they already do it in Arabic , Spanish , Russian etc.
Career politicians are career politicians the world over. In Australia, we have no automobile industry , so our politicians are hand in glove with the fossil fuels industry, granting them huge subsidies, opposing solar and wind generation, counting on lucrative post-politics sinecures on company boards - being paid millions not for any skills, for they have none, but for their contacts and access to those in power.
Sortition now!
And across the globe, our governments pit us against one another so that we are so busy bickering amongst each other, we do not take notice to their nature.
@@vamountainman2512 a government pitting its own people against each other is weird. I know it happens in undeveloped places like the USA but definitely not the norm
@@fgsaramago It literally happens in many places for many reasons. The USA is just a little more open about it because they know the population is retarded,.
Yep. Democracy isnt working at all when those who in power are preselected by the parties based on their willingness to protect the corrupt status quo. Sortition could only do better.
Bravo DW!!!
4:04 In my country you'll probably be told "No one owes you a living" & be expected to be prepared to switch industries & re-train if the economy restructures (though the government does facilitate re-training courses)
German is like Phoenix bird, it revives from its own ash so I really hope the best for Germany!
Again, thank you D.W. for your amazing documentaries! ❤️
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Europe stands on Germany and France now so we need to hope
Over the last 100 years, these auto makers got really good at stamping pretty things out of metal, making 1% improvements each year and enjoying government protection. Why would a talented electrical, chemical or software engineer want to work at a company that clearly has zero respect for these professions? Meanwhile, Tesla is now worth far more than all the German car makers combined.
I can't believe I heard Encom tower during this documentary!!
Many Thanks Dw !
Meanwhile South Korea be like bruhh.
With EV cars from Tesla coming up fast and also soon to be Apple EV cars, Germany will have a tough time. But German car companies have been here before. They always adapt.
Right ,but picture this,your EV is running out of juice,you have 80km range left while traveling on holiday in Italy,there is a little place with 6 chargers 30km away,you made it only to realise that 4 charges are full ,2 broken down and 10 cars waiting for charge... good luck with that..
Apple EV my ass. i5 comes withoit charger ? it updates in the middle of the road ? even it a prototype is made it will be trash.
If you think the current challenges are daunting, wait until you see robotaxis and people stop buying cars.
I understand their fears. Hope something good happens in the end.
money and power go hand in hand, what's so strange about that ?
Inventor of the internet Al Gore must be proud
No surprise they're so tight when the average of all german cars retail is ~100k
I only paid $25,000 Australian dollars (20,000 USD) for a VW Golf, made in Wolfsburg
I am waiting for my VW i Buzz. Are they ever going to make it?
Civilization plummeting All I see is gas, groceries prices go up!
No 666 chip worries! devil slapped slowly losing war harryruyah🤭👍
No mention of Tesla is rather strange, considering they covered rather unknown Chinese startups
this channel is one of the few channels who provide real news instead of biased news.
Germany should copy Japan and Korea and start building hydrogen infrastructure. Then once that's done they need to focus on diversifying their economy further.
Exactly. It'll be funny when all the middle class idiots buying electric cars realise the batteries end up in landfill when their lifecycle runs out and the rare Earth metals used to produce them are mined using slave labour in Africa. They'll probably be trying to get rid of their electric cars like a bad stench then.
That aint happening. Electric wins, look at trains, planes do u see hydro powered except Hyundai and Toyota. Your worship for green eco hydro friendly are dangerous.
Like car reports, more please.
I'd love to see DW host a parade of all automobiles currently made in Germany ...,