BMW European Delivery: Amazing Photos from Germany

BMWBlog submitted on 05/14/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:13 AM
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The following photos that we will be showing you, are probably the most AMAZING shots we have ever seen from someone that picked up their BMW through the European Delivery program.

When we saw the photos, we knew that we have to share them with our readers. You know what they say: a picture speaks a thousand words. The photos were taken by Oleg, one of our readers, during his amazing BMW European Delivery trip.

Being a bimmer fan, I have to admit that I am hooked on the whole BMW ED program and my last cars have been purchased that way. I just can't see myself buying a BMW in any other way, the experience and the thrill of driving your brand new car on the no-speed limit Autobahn is priceless.

Oh...while saving money, let's not forget that.

Now, let's enjoy Oleg's gorgeous photos.
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Agent004 - 5/14/2008 11:33:46 AMView My AgentSpace

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HAHA, I'm not sure making the European Delivery program an acronym really works in this case.

BMW ED Program
Can't get it up? No Problem! With our BMW ED program you will still get the girls...and save thousands!

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kthor - 5/14/2008 6:20:13 PM

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Stunning images of Germany and a great write-up, too. Everyone I have talked to who has experienced European Delivery of their new BMW has loved it. The new Welt looks amazing!

1995e34 - 5/14/2008 11:36:52 AM

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who still has questions about that "magic feel"?

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1995e34 - 5/14/2008 11:38:49 AM

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b.t.w....those wheels on the blue 3 series pictured above are possibly the best factory wheels on any car EVER. if anyone objects, please provide pics of better factory wheels.

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 11:50:52 AMView My AgentSpace

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Are you Kidding me!?!? They look rather dated, bulky and boring.

These are the most beautiful wheels in my opinion

http://www.arnovillard.com/wp-content/uploads/Audi_S5_spoke/S5_spoke.jpg

1995e34 - 5/14/2008 12:16:34 PM

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those are nice.

M35MT - 5/14/2008 12:44:03 PMView My AgentSpace

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I agree 1995 those wheels rock, and i never see them because 90% of the 3 series on the road are 328xi's (i'm in the northeast)

dwatson - 5/14/2008 2:04:35 PMView My AgentSpace

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I have those wheels on my 3. I love them do death. so beautiful. I love the fact that they are concave. It adds great weight and dimension to the body as well.

Agent004 - 5/14/2008 3:50:21 PMView My AgentSpace

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They look easy to clean which is always a huge plus.

CLK63BlackSeries - 5/15/2008 3:52:19 AMView My AgentSpace

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The S5 wheels are my least favorite part of the car.

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 11:46:35 AMView My AgentSpace

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WHy doesnt Lexus offer Japanese Delivery?

Heres the reason,

A. Japan doesnt have the history Europe does
B. Lexus are marketed almost as European Cars
C. Not as many people "dream" of going to Japan
D. People will realize they could have gotten the same car in Japan as a Toyota for a lot less money

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xlr8 - 5/14/2008 11:48:54 AM

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oh and the fact that you cant drive a left handed us spec car in japan you goof.

TurboSpyder - 5/14/2008 11:53:10 AMView My AgentSpace

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Beautiful.

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 11:53:21 AMView My AgentSpace

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xlr8

The British and the Japanese have got it all backwards ;-)

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 12:05:15 PMView My AgentSpace

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Michael Taylor,

You failed actually even understand my post. I never said Japan isnt a high tech nation, it is much more than that. From a poor agrarian military nation to an economic powerhouse and leading innovator in electronics all within the last 70 some years (Japan didnt have much going for it until after WWII) All thanks to our Western influences.

You simply can not compare Japan to Europe in terms of art, music, fashion, history, architecture, food, innovation and achievements. Maybe you should travel there one day and then we will talk.

1995e34 - 5/14/2008 12:20:52 PM

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i make fun of lexus all day long, but i'd LOVE to visit japan. i can eat my own body weight in sushi.

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 12:30:42 PMView My AgentSpace

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YUMMMMM I love sushi! Speaking of which I'm just heading out to lunch ;-)

M35MT - 5/14/2008 12:52:36 PMView My AgentSpace

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"You simply can not compare Japan to Europe in terms of art, music, fashion, history, architecture, food, innovation and achievements. Maybe you should travel there one day and then we will talk."

wow, you're a f***ing moron. How many World Cities does Germany have? Lets see:

New York
Tokyo
London
Paris

Looks like they're not there! Stop comparing a CONTINENT to a COUNTRY. Please, let me know the cultural significance of the following EUROPEAN countries:

Ukraine
Croatia
Belarus
Estonia
Bulgaria

Tokyo is the fashion capital of the east. They are the most technologically advanced city on the planet. Don't be a prick.

w209w114 - 5/14/2008 2:13:26 PMView My AgentSpace

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"You simply can not compare Japan to Europe in terms of art, music, fashion, history, architecture, food, innovation and achievements. Maybe you should travel there one day and then we will talk."

Wow, Someone is sure got offended here. World Cities include the following...

Alpha world cities
London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore

Beta world cities
San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zürich, Brussels, Madrid, Mexico City, São Paulo, Moscow, Seoul

Gamma world cities

Amsterdam, Boston, Caracas, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka, Prague, Santiago, Taipei, Washington, D.C. Bangkok, Beijing, Montreal, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw, Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Miami, Minneapolis, Munich, Shanghai

I'll let the list speak for itself

Ukraine, Croatia, Belarus, Estonia, Bulgaria. Are all new countries and ex-soviet satellites. They are DEVELOPING nations. Culturally speaking they were once part of the Soviet Union, I'll let you do the research on them.

Im not the one being a prick here. Therefore I will not question you dubious level of knowledge on the topic at hand, much less resort to name calling. Hope you learned something today!

Bill - 5/14/2008 3:16:08 PM

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Germany has a number of world cities that are simply hardly mentioned. The most famous and important city would be Frankfurt followed by Berlin Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart.

Now stop these childish "My country is better than your country" arguments.

M35MT - 5/14/2008 4:07:27 PMView My AgentSpace

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An attempt to define and categorise world cities was made in 1999 by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC), based primarily at Loughborough University in the UK. The roster was outlined in the GaWC Research Bulletin 5[4] and ranked cities based on provision of "advanced producer services" such as accountancy, advertising, finance and law, by international corporations. The GaWC inventory identifies three levels of world cities and several sub-ranks.

Note that this roster generally denotes cities in which there are offices of certain multinational companies providing financial and consulting services rather than other cultural, political, and economic centres. There is a schematic map of GaWC cities at their website.[6]

Alpha world cities / full service world cities[7]

12 points: London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo
10 points: Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore

The problem with your post was a blatant attack on Japan, because you hate their cars, (more cliche on this site that bandwagon jumping red sox fans in boston) Read above for the distinction between the top 4 alpha world cities.

I expect negative response.

w209w114 - 5/15/2008 10:53:10 AMView My AgentSpace

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M35T

Like Bill said.. "Germany has a number of world cities... The most famous and important city would be Frankfurt followed by Berlin Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart"

Japan only has 1 world city. I dont know why we are still debating this. You need to get over it

xlr8 - 5/14/2008 11:47:40 AM

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eh...I like the mesh rims on the old e34 better.

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1995e34 - 5/14/2008 12:21:54 PM

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the early 90's 5 series?

VISO - 5/14/2008 4:48:50 PM

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Obviously, some of you haven't visited Berlin. This is one remarkable and top alpha global metropolis in every respect. Frankfurt has nothing on Berlin:

So, alpha cities:

London, NYC, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Tokoyo, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong

Depends what your definition is of alpha city: One can easily say Vienna and Munich should be on the list not to mention Prague, Madrid, Moscow, Bejing, Tapai, and others.

TurboSpyder - 5/14/2008 11:53:44 AMView My AgentSpace

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Beautiful.

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xlr8 - 5/14/2008 11:58:52 AM

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oh and to be fair michael taylor, germany is on the same level of advancement that japan is on...go take a trip there someday before spewing hatorade.

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TurboSpyder - 5/14/2008 1:10:01 PMView My AgentSpace

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Germany has won a total of 63 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics. Japan has won only 9 Nobel Prizes in the same categories.

Nobel Prize for Physics

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0105785.html

Nobel Prizes for Chemistry

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0105786.html

Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0105787.html

Nobel Prize for Economic Science

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0105788.html

xlr8 - 5/14/2008 12:03:24 PM

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why dont you erase the above comment too please i wish not to participate further

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VISO - 5/14/2008 4:53:10 PM

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German culture allows for greater innovation. This is why you have a higher level of nobel prize winners than Japan. Japan's culture frowns on individualism something Germans, like Americans, is part of national culture.

xlr8 - 5/14/2008 12:06:09 PM

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Im asian and take great offense to evilm comments of racism

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0to60 - 5/14/2008 1:04:02 PM

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Yea 001, I think evilm's time is up. He needs to be deleted. And EL34 should be on thin ice

0to60 - 5/14/2008 3:47:41 PM

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Yea evilm, thats it, you are on to me... darn! I am jealous because I cant be an idiot like you!

TurboSpyder - 5/14/2008 12:57:49 PMView My AgentSpace

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Michael Taylor, Germany doesn't have a lot of natural resources but they're still the world's largest exporting nation so what do you think they're exporting? It's not consumer electronics stuff that you see every day but more like machine tools and printing presses etc. For example, I learned recently that a most of the big-budget movies made in the world are filmed with cameras made by the German company, Arri. I was surprised because I just assumed that because Japan dominates in the consumer camera market that they probably also dominated in the high-end movie camera market. German companies have also won Oscars for their sophisticated technical effects software programs.

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Germany still the export achiever
By Geoff Hiscock
CNN Asia Business Editor

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Posted: 0731 GMT (1531 HKT)

(CNN) -- Which of these three nations is the world's top exporter: China, Japan or the United States? The answer: none of the above.

World trade's quiet achiever is Germany, which regularly tops the export tables with its steady sales of industrial machinery, automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, advanced medical devices and information technology software and hardware.

From high-speed trains for China to luxury limousines for North America and heavy construction equipment for resources projects in outback Australia, German names like Siemens, Schering, Hochtief, DaimlerChrysler, Porsche, BMW, Volkswagen, Bosch, Hella, SAP and Deutsche Bank are global leaders.

**Last year, German merchandise exports jumped 21 percent to $912 billion, almost $100 billion more than the United States ($819 billion) and well ahead of China and Japan**.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/11/23/wto.germany.role/index.html

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Bill - 5/14/2008 3:18:16 PM

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I recently found about about Arri as well. A shame the article on Wikipedia isn't very detailed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arri

abcd - 5/15/2008 11:50:28 AM

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TurboSpyder:
"Germany has won a total of 63 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics. Japan has won only 9 Nobel Prizes in the same categories."

I really don`t know why you always comparing japan and german nobel prizes and saying that this is why german cars are better . compare US and german nobel prizes and you`ll find that US cars are better than German . is this true ?

"Germany doesn't have a lot of natural resources but they're still the world's largest exporting nation so what do you think they're exporting?"

japan has even less natural resources .

"It's not consumer electronics stuff that you see every day but more like machine tools and printing presses etc. For example, I learned recently that a most of the big-budget movies made in the world are filmed with cameras made by the German company, Arri. I was surprised because I just assumed that because Japan dominates in the consumer camera market that they probably also dominated in the high-end movie camera market.German companies have also won Oscars for their sophisticated technical effects software programs."

if some japanese company is exporting more high-end cameras or something different than german company I predict you would then say as you used to that japanese stuff is copy or upgrade becouse germany has more nobel prize winners or something another . Rolex dominated high-end watches . are they doing the most advanced watches ? in germany companies have been working peoples from whole europe(or world)(e.g. Béla Barényi-early safety innovations in mercedes) like in US e.g. microsoft , IBM(e.g. leo esaki) . in japanese companies I think mostly are working japanese becouse who other know their language - so this is normal that some stuff is better from germany than japan . but of course in your opinion all german cars are better than japanese becouse of some high-end cameras or export .
"World trade's quiet achiever is Germany ... From high-speed trains for China" - japanese high-speed trains shinkansen - During the Shinkansen's 40-year, 6 billion passenger history, there have been no passenger fatalities due to derailments or collisions (including earthquakes and typhoons). so are they good or no? even if they`re not exported .

DeeDogg - 5/14/2008 2:01:47 PM

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SAP is a german powerhouse.

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sector - 5/14/2008 2:59:05 PM

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yeah going to Germany is like owning a BMW, cold, austere, not much going on, bland. Nobody comes back from Munich and says, jeez, I'd really like to go back there again...

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Bill - 5/14/2008 3:19:12 PM

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You know, I was just there four months ago and I'm going there again for Oktoberfest. Take your German-hating somewhere else, troll.

I've also been to Japan and loved it there.

sector - 5/14/2008 3:46:54 PM

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I don't have Germany pal, despite my reservations of BMWs. They invented the first 4 wheeled automobile after all :)

09CTSVforMe - 5/15/2008 9:10:19 AM

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Not only would I love to go back to Munich, I would love to live there...or many other wonderful places in Germany (like Freiburg!). Great country, and anyone should go visit and tour it. The rail system is superb and you can cover alot of ground in a week or two.

All this racial and international hatred allowed by autospies is bullcrap.

Every country has its good and its bad. If you don't believe that, you have no clue how the world really is and you should consider gettingout of your region to experience it.

mkk21 - 5/14/2008 3:04:58 PMView My AgentSpace

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Done it!!! It is an amazing experience and Munich is a beautiful city. The only problem is the wait! Approx five month timeframe. Ordering car is about three month's out and once pick up is complete, another two months (West coast people) for delivery to States. But the Welt is amazing as well as the whole experience! The best part is the delivery...walking down the grand staircase and at the bottom there's your new baby with a spotlight shining on it while rotating on a turntable. All that was missing was the choir.

Again I'm dying waiting for my new baby to be redelivered!!!

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09CTSVforMe - 5/15/2008 9:12:05 AM

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Forget the BMW...save all the money you'd spend on the badge and just take a killer vacation!

hatepusss - 5/14/2008 4:46:07 PM

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The old cathedral sure could use a nice bleach power wash!

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09CTSVforMe - 5/15/2008 9:13:28 AM

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Yeah, and the Mona Lisa could use a nice update with pastel colors.

Htay7500 - 5/14/2008 4:51:42 PM

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Japan and Germany are quite amazing. though I'd visit Paris 1st then those 2 (again).

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gsh23 - 5/14/2008 4:54:03 PM

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if BMW doesnt give you a hard on then youre gay.

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sector - 5/14/2008 9:44:17 PM

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nah, if BMW gives you a hard on, then you're gay :)

Kinger - 5/15/2008 8:00:56 AM

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Yeah well my Dad's cooler than your Dad...

S4cabriofoxone - 5/14/2008 6:33:02 PMView My AgentSpace

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Back to the topic at hand...

Stunning pictures. Thanks for posting. Nice 335 too.

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abcd - 5/15/2008 11:55:27 AM

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abcd - 5/15/2008 11:57:25 AM

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sorry for twice

TurboSpyder - 5/15/2008 12:54:36 PMView My AgentSpace

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abcd, can I ask you what your nationality/ethnicity is? Germany, like all western European countries, has been making great contributions to math, science and engineering for centuries - well before there were many foreigners there. In fact, if you look at the details of the PISA international student assessment tests, you'll see that the immigrants there drag Germany's average PISA results down considerably (just a fact).

abcd - 5/15/2008 5:01:46 PM

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TurboSpyder:
"abcd, can I ask you what your nationality/ethnicity is?"
middle-east europe country (near germany)
"Germany, like all western European countries, has been making great contributions to math, science and engineering for centuries -"
germany and other western european countries have been making great contributions to science since about 15-16`s century(renaissance) well after south-eastern greeks , when germans then... well , they haven`t even country . and egyptians , chineses - but majority of egyptians and chineses knowledge disappeared . japan started making contributions in 20`s century becouse previous they were isolated and lived in small groups . of course you`ll say that they only basing on german science or something another . germans basing also when do something new . indians have been basing also for a long time and can only do miserable tata cars , and lots of medical mans of course .
"well before there were many foreigners there. In fact, if you look at the details of the PISA international student assessment tests, you'll see that the immigrants there drag Germany's average PISA results down considerably"
i`m not saying about imigrants from poorer countries e.g. i hear many turkish are there . in german companies have been working many great engineers from whole europe e.g.Béla Barényi - without him mercedes wouldn`t "be" where it "is" now .
you don`t need to excuse me german`s average PISA result becouse this is only avarage but it`s nice to know that something like PISA exist - i never before have heard about PISA .

1000rrRider - 5/15/2008 2:35:36 PM

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You cannot compare Japan to Germany. No other country in the world has contributed as much as Germany to the automotive industry. Germany has more noble prizes in physics, science, and math etc then Japan and all of Asia combined. Germany is smaller in population then Japan however its actually a bigger exporter then Japan, in fact its the world's largest exporter in terms of $ also most of those exports are height tech products like advance medical equipment etc… Most of Japanese exports are cars, verious electronics, TVs, computers invented in Europe or America which now most other Asian countries also produce. Japan perfects these products and mass produces them with top quality. With out a doubt Japan is a very high tech county unmatched in some industries like quality mass production and work ethics however its innovation factor is still fairly low.

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huu76 - 5/17/2008 3:53:33 PM

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I wonder what sort of carbon footprint those two flights leave?

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