I think you have to look at that video in context.
We all know that 1970's Mercedes could be driven into battle and come out of a nuclear blast unscathed but that was many, many years ago now.
That seems to be what they are saying, that the "reputation" of the past no longer exists. Well no but then they haven't built cars like that for 30 - 40 years.
The other thing to consider is that it is an opinion piece, so they are taking a particular stance and then asking people "is this right" well as i've already said we all know that in that context it is right.
Where it falls down is it is comparing the build quality of german cars in the past to german cars of now. What it doesn't do at any point is compare the build quality of German cars now to any other manufacturer or country.
There is a reason we're not all rushing out to get the latest Baojun or Wuling from China (actual real car brands)
They have also skewed things a bit by being selective about who they question, note they look at the US JD power survey which likely doesn't include many "German cars" made in Germany. I notice that landrover performed better in the brief snipet they showed which is saying something, given landcover regularly performs worst in reliability in the UK. And the JD power survery also assesses things like Dealership experience or resale value.
So to put that video in context. German cars are not made as well as German cars used to be..... but then we knew that.... about 30 years ago.
We all know that 1970's Mercedes could be driven into battle and come out of a nuclear blast unscathed but that was many, many years ago now.
That seems to be what they are saying, that the "reputation" of the past no longer exists. Well no but then they haven't built cars like that for 30 - 40 years.
The other thing to consider is that it is an opinion piece, so they are taking a particular stance and then asking people "is this right" well as i've already said we all know that in that context it is right.
Where it falls down is it is comparing the build quality of german cars in the past to german cars of now. What it doesn't do at any point is compare the build quality of German cars now to any other manufacturer or country.
There is a reason we're not all rushing out to get the latest Baojun or Wuling from China (actual real car brands)
They have also skewed things a bit by being selective about who they question, note they look at the US JD power survey which likely doesn't include many "German cars" made in Germany. I notice that landrover performed better in the brief snipet they showed which is saying something, given landcover regularly performs worst in reliability in the UK. And the JD power survery also assesses things like Dealership experience or resale value.
So to put that video in context. German cars are not made as well as German cars used to be..... but then we knew that.... about 30 years ago.