BURN! IMO this Benz is a gorgeous car. The fact that it was designed by someone that supported Hitler is irrelevant. If it was relevant we would have the same articles about that Beetle, or the Ford Mo Co.

I don’t think the Nazis had any special engineering talent. Rather, the Germans had developed engineering expertise that was available for exploitation by the Nazis. 

oh SNAP. Whats the fucking difference, Raph? Oh I know, one car is a simple utilitarian tool for the masses, and one is an automotive work of art that I guess you think we should just ignore instead?

So the kids are cancelling 90 year old cars now? A fucking car?

So we’re just saying the quiet part out loud now, I guess. If you’re wealthy, or enjoy the things that wealthy people enjoy, you’re a fascist.

Edit: I may have misread your comment, I realize now that you are probably referring to the original creators of the car, not everyone at Pebble 2021. Apologies.

and you can add Mitsubishi.. hell, the atrocities committed by the Japanese during WW2 should make ALL Japanese products off-limits, at least according this this article anyways.

I don’t really know what the point of the article is. From what I can tell from your text, no one really seems to know what the provenance of this car is. But if you’re trying to say that nazis are bad, I agree with you. Oh and apparently someone in the 60s said it was ugly. I disagree.

Don’t you own a Beetle?

That is a nice hat.

Some automotive journalist failed at critical thinking.

Strange, no mention of Ford and GM’s support for Hitler’s war machine?

Ok Raph, this article is complete trash and I think you know it. First, there is really no proof that this particular car has any Hitler connection. Second, if you really want to throw this car to the dustbin of history at least be consistent. We have many other automotive and non-automotive subjects to cancel. IBM,…

Few serious people have actually adapted this opinion with respect to the enormous quantity of WWII-era art, design, and poetry plagued by its odious connection to fascism. Not sure there is a need to start now.

What a gorgeous car, yet here we are with this “article”. 

What is known about Friedrich Geiger, who designed the car? Its a subjectively stunning and dramatic design, which explains its appeal. The restoration shop also did an amazing job, and deserves recognition for that if nothing else.

The Nazi’s were (or still are if you count 8chan?) horrible humans that committed some of the worst atrocities in human history.

This “article” is such a dumpster fire I don’t even know where to start, so I won’t even try. Just...wow.

Don’t you own a Nazi-designed Beetle?

Always nice to see a giant corporation waste some ‘fuck you’ money doing an explicitly unauthorised stunt at a World Heritage Site. I hope the ‘no, fuck YOU’ fine sends a clear message.