As much as we love German cars, we can't help thinking that the people who make them are kind of weird sometimes.
As much as I love German cars, I can't help thinking that the people who make them are kind of weird sometimes. One needn't go back as far as the twentieth century -- a fine one for Teutonic nuttiness, it must be said -- to uncover proof of loose screws in the world's most screwed-down auto-manufacturing land. Even while marching from strength to strength, as they usually seem to be, unsere deutsche Freunde rarely fail to be amusing, surprising, disarming, or alarming. From Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piech and his twelve children by four women and his megalomaniacal world-domination plans; to the high-wire combat over ownership of Porsche and VW; and on to whoever is responsible for the BMW X6, a rare repeat candidate for this column's Least Favorite Car of the Year honors, one is truly spoiled for choice. But what concerns me today is the news that Daimler plans to shutter its Maybach ultraluxury brand in 2013, just eleven years after it launched.
Photo Gallery: Noise, Vibration & Harshness: Sending Maybach Back To Where It Came From - Automobile Magazine
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