In car manufacturing the Germans are the best in terms of design & attention to detail, what is their secret?

Using quality parts and taking their time. They're not trying to just get a large number of cars out, they want to build quality cars that will last long. These cars are also made in state of the art factories by very skilled workers. Using the best machines and technology to build them, you get the quality and attention to detail you see from german cars. Thats why Mercedes Benz and BMW's are like $40k-$120k+ usually, and not selling for $20k.
In car manufacturing the Germans are the best in terms of design %26amp; attention to detail, what is their secret?
I think the German engineering is a myth now. There was a time (long time ago) that Germans were know for being the BEST engineers.





I own a 2000 Audi A4 and 94 Civic. And in my opinion the Civic is vastly better designed. Or most accurately the German Audi is designed badly.





The Civic was cheap car, yet after 187K miles the engine + tranny + suspension still runs like new. The Audi was a luxury line yet it requires MUCH more work to keep it running good. And the maintenance is a night mare.








Good Luck...





P.S. The secret is keeping the myth alive.
In car manufacturing the Germans are the best in terms of design %26amp; attention to detail, what is their secret?
In Europe, Mercedes and BMW sell ordinary cars to ordinary drivers, just like Honda, Ford, Citroen etc. It's only in America they fob themselves off as luxury car makers.





Imagine if Chevrolet sold Cobalt's in Germany for 鈧?0,000 as some sort of "American engineered luxury sedan" with leather seats and windshield wipers on the headlights and sports drivers clubs and all that. But it's the same car made on the same line as your girlfriend's $15,000 Cobalt. And hey here's the Impala for 鈧?5,000, and the Tahoe for 鈧?0,000. The finest cars money can buy. Sheyeah right.





Quality parts - they buy parts on the world market like everyone else. Chrysler and Mercedes swapped a lot of parts when they were merged. They still do. BMW, GM and Chrysler share a hybrid transmission. BMW and Mercedes both have engineering centers in Detroit. It's all about the money.
Reply:Maybe 10 yrs ago they were but if you look on car recall websites German cars have just a many recalls and faults as other manufacturers.

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