The question was a trap. “Do you know who invented the Volkswagen?” Béla Barényi liked to put visitors on the spot at the beginning of a conversation. He smiled mischievously. The long-time Mercedes-Benz engineer already suspected the answer, which usually followed immediately. After a short hesitation, those spoken to mostly reacted with a question in uncertainty: “Um, wasn’t that Ferdinand Porsche?” Barényi then grinned even wider and countered dryly: “No, that was me.”
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