Germany: across the Rhine, the myth of the all-powerful automobile crumbles

2021-09-24T05:09:22.454Z

REPORT - Clouds have recently been gathering over the area, marked by the Dieselgate industrial scandal, which is now trying to find its way among young environmental activists.

On the occasion of the German legislative elections of September 26,

Le Figaro

takes you to the discovery of this great neighbor sometimes little known.
From the passion for the automobile to the power of family businesses, from young people eager for travel to recent waves of immigration, from the relationship with France to the weight of collective memory, a journey in six episodes in this Germany which is turning the corner. Merkel page.

From our special correspondent in Leipzig and Munich

Thomas Sterl has eyes only for his wife and his car.

On this summer Saturday, this wealth manager came to show his compatriots his Mercedes model AMG GT R, a fluorescent green coupe equipped with a twin-turbo V8 engine, capable of reaching the maximum speed of 318 km / h, and whose price, he says, reached 215,000 euros.

As soon as he makes the engine roar, the curious approach.

Cars like this, this part of the insurance company Allianz owns

"a lot"

, he said.

He does not specify the number, maybe

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Source: lefigaro