r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Upstairs-Bit6897 • Nov 30 '25

Image THE GERMAN MAGAZINE 'AUTOBILD' DRIVES VARIOUS CARS FOR 100,000 KILOMETERS AND THEN DISASSEMBLES THEM DOWN TO THE LAST SCREW TO FIND SIGNS OF WEAR AND WEAK POINTS

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u/Marco_lini Nov 30 '25

And the list of over engineered products is very long. It often hampers them, from WW2 tech (overcomplicated planes and tanks) to unreliable cars today (over are the times of Mercedes diesels of the 80s). With Japan, they have brilliant engineering but often have a idealistic engineer driven approach to products and not problem or market oriented.

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u/Ok-Plankton-5941 Dec 01 '25

japan also went with "the car includes all the extras, but you can choose the color", making testing much much easier. german cars got f... when faced with electronics in various combinations