The car syndicate


VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler formed a cartel for years – one of the largest in German economic history – DER SPIEGEL 2017/30




















scandals The diesel affair is not a failure of individual companies. It is the result of a year-long Kungelei German automaker. Audi, BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and Porsche spoke in more than a thousand meetings. The unmasking of a cartel.

car bosses Kruger (BMW), Zetsche (Daimler), Müller (Volkswagen)


H Sometimes the big is hidden in the little one. Behind the mechanism with which a convertible top opens or closes at the push of a button is one of the biggest secrets of the German automotive industry.



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THE MIRROR
30/2017
  • PHOTOS
  • Simon Prades / THE MIRROR
  • JÖRG MÜLLER / AGENCY FOCUS
  • RALPH SONDERMANN