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Oliver: I suppose you're right. But I just don't envision Berlin as the kind of place you see lots of people riding around on Apollo's from Halfords. I would have thought they'd be a bit more savvy on bikes than the average british consumer.
Secondly:
It's true that a lot of jobs in germany are tied into their car production. Remember it's not just the guys in the factories making the cars and the parts, it's the designers, financiers of these huge companies like BMW and VW group.
I work for Streetcar, and we are buying the new Mk6 Golf at practically nothing at the moment, because VW just can't seem to sell them to anyone else.
Europe car industry is seriously behind the curve as far as emissions/hybrid tech goes. But we're not doing as badly as the states. This said, the UK is the only place in Europe where new car registrations has continued to fall month on month, despite incentives fomr the government.
I can see the german industry as one of the only surviving european makers. VW Group are massive and have some clever people working for them.