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How Can We Make This More Complicated?

How Can We Make This More Complicated?

Americans are really good at making simple things that work. Germans are good at making really complicated things that work if you look after them properly. The British, French and Italians make simple and complicated things that may or may not work. Working on a wide variety of machinery, and

Automobiles As Historical Artifacts

Automobiles As Historical Artifacts

People's reasons for collecting are as diverse as the number of objects that are collected. You can collect things that are personally meaningful to you, objects of status or items that facilitate social connections. You can collect cars for the unique experiences they offer. For many collectors, learning

Great German Engineers

Great German Engineers

More than anything else, I've written about Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Jaguar. There is an interesting thread that links these brands together if you go back far enough. This explains why we have Daimler-Benz (aka Mercedes) that are being sold today, as well as the British Daimlers that were

World's Best Car Salesman: Max Hoffman

World's Best Car Salesman: Max Hoffman

I like Mercedes-Benz cars from the 1980's and have had a W124 or W126 more-or-less continuously for the last 20 years. In those days the engineers designed the best cars they could, the accountants priced it, and then it was given to the Marketing Department to sell. They