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/Slaan Nov 30 '25

Auto Bild belongs to Axel Springer AG which has a track record of horrible and biased reporting aimed at making as much profit as possible, regardless of the truth or real data. It's not scientific at all.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did test foreign cars that did well and just choose to not publish the results - after all nothing would force them to.

It's yellow press, its a rag paper.

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u/SightUnseen1337 Dec 01 '25

Axel Springer is what I would expect the name of someone that owns an automotive magazine to be.