sort of a side. pursuing her own bishop. but certainly his mother woman got some close to. life and death with a few. starts july twenty first on d w. a rule. either welcome to today's special show where we're going crazy so let's put the pedal to the metal and find out what's coming up. the road runner and a style jake look at the v.w. beetle. truck a colorful way to brighten up spain's motorways. and that's how you

know gathering five hundred fans meta you got a leg up. whether you're a petrolhead old just a casual motorist you'll almost definitely recognize our first car the volkswagen beetle the cult is an icon not just in germany but all around the world eighty years ago the first beetle came off the production line fifteen years ago it was the end of the road but the beetle most is on in the memory of its past owners and that's why a bilin photographer has published a book highlighting its goal is. family member a second home and a means of transportation for generations of people the v.w. was part of their world the photos remain. in photographer york layman has been collecting them the car is special to him and to translates him like you know

whether. it's different from all the others it doesn't stand for luxury but maybe for simplicity. a simple affordable car was just what west germans needed in the post-war years to get rolling again and taste a little freedom it was also the first car your claim on ever rode in. the first memories in the photos of my mother for instance or of her carrying me when she got out of the hospital. i just been born and my father took pictures of us that's actually what started this collection. of the v.w. beetle has always been a part of his life as the driver's log book that his mother kept for so long a test. she chronicled what she'd experienced in this car with my father and

where we'd gone to. your claim and has picked up over two thousand people photos at flea markets and auctions now he's collected the best of them in a book and caption them with texts by journalists. the images are of holidays and just daily living. off in the folks back and was like a part of the family and as such appears in many wedding and birthday photos. as he says if you go any people posed in front of their cars when they got married or when on vacation in the car and you can also tell that they really like to. cars the office and you know move. the nazis had told fatten and to design a low priced but reliable car for the average consumer he presented the first series production model in one nine hundred thirty eight but production didn't begin until after world war two at the plant in full support by the time production

ended in two thousand and three twenty one million vehicles had rolled off assembly lines the world over first in germany and later in mexico as well. as lying on the boards people were proud that not long after the country was left in ashes it could bring such a successful product to market a german product the land that just a few years before had left other countries and sudden ashes came along with something that thrilled everyone. is also a beatle fan. he runs a restaurant in berlin where your claim and is currently showing parts of his photo collections they show that the v.w. beetle has fans around the globe the little car from germany made its way to every continent believes that its success owes much to its characteristic design. usually. when people see

a beetle they don't think of germany they're attracted by the shape it's the form of the car it's rounded appearance that makes it so appealing that's what everyone likes not that it's german we also say it's a beetle instead of saying it's a folks. on the voice wagon to connect beatle fans everywhere your claim on has founded the virtual beatle museum berlin here people can share experiences and recount fond memories of the bug. though the v.w. beetle production started eighty years ago some banks are still on the road today your claim on is even planning a trip to new zealand with his. little. hindsight is what it's about and you never lonely with a car like this when i go to new zealand i imagine i'll be invited somewhere every night with my crime that's all i'd say a car like this is the best means of communication there as the fines are probably cut so as with. many people give their beatles peck names

and you can forget herbie the lump of. coal that makes the v.w. beetle much more than just one of the world's best selling cars. now we switch lanes and move on to lorries which are not usually known for their beautiful design but in spain one man is changing that perception with a novel idea the so-called truck project is run by a spanish foliage company owner who has a passion for art and the last five years dozens of lorries have been given a make over by contemporary artists and drive up and down the country catching the eyes of fellow travelers. at first glance this may look like an abstract painting on a wall but look again and it's actually a work of art on the side of a truck. this is the truck art project an initiative in madrid twenty nine of spain's most established artists have taken part. as one of them.

well it's a painting in movement if i feel you. up but for this project was a challenge but in a positive sense. paintings normally hang on walls and not between cars that are sitting by. like tires paintings usually hang in galleries and museums including the well known rana sofia and the spanish capital but he stepped out of his normal element to participate in this project. money no vargas also took part she's been active as a professional artist for fifteen years her works often involve graphic allegory. that check on tragic just now an important part of my work. and that was enough

with the symbol of the sacred heart and senses the melissa important in my own i decided to put it on the truck. of. the artist for the truck art project were chosen by the curators. to come to me the first one to do on the street that i came up with. there's. different art these are not normally used to show in their art. in the streets and normally there are only these paving me to. endure. is also one such artist her words are often quite colorful and playful aside from painting the truck she was also commissioned to paint a mural on the transport company's grounds.

and this i feel disappointed. and an infant that it was a big challenge to adapt to these formats. for a man in such a short period of time. today and we actually thought it was amazing to take part in this project but you can get them up but i mean look if the active window if it was something new for me because i'm used to working in closed rooms with viewable formats out of time you bought a book for the mother of. the truck or a project is the brainchild of entrepreneur high mccall so she started this transport company five years ago but it's true passion is art which is displayed on the walls both inside and outside of the company. also funded the truck park project with money from his transport firm. it is important and companies these days a part of their profit to return to the to the

a society and i think that there's a huge social responsibility or corporate responsibility and we are promoting art and letting. some people enjoy are. the trucks operate all over spain so the public at large have a chance it's funny. on the road or in town. now drive on with a highlight for college as the geneva motor show in switzerland presents the latest and greatest and automobile design and technology but in its eighty eight years the

car show has mostly been geared toward men women as a demographic have largely been ignored but there is a shift in thinking from cock company executives. from high powered to compact from practical to outlandish what kind of features do women look for in a new car. i like big cars with lots of room i've got two kids and a dog so i need a lot of space but it's important that when i close my cardboard i feel at all in the whole package it is time to stand there and everything to get it into my. contrary to their cliches women tend to prefer s.u.v.s although they're generally regarded as men's cars seventy percent of those driving them are women. italian power otoh minetti has been researching consumer behavior in the automotive

industry since two thousand and two. days to be just as she would these are tall which gives drivers a sense of security because just as you vs have room for children luggage space and often all wheel drive so you're prepared for snow and other kinds of bad weather. in it. men want to know exactly what lies under the hood they appreciate the innovative technology found in these new b.m.w. using jeeps ninety percent of the customers who buy them are men. women on the other hand tend to look for the sort of comfort and design found in this. the electric model is due to go i'm sailin twenty nineteen. women especially appreciate features like parking assist since sat navs. give us nostra would we know from studies that women make or influence fifty to eighty

percent of buying decisions and not just of cars to be honest it would be foolish to ignore this fact and not take women's preferences into account and. less than twenty percent of women choose a mercedes even less than female buyers of porsches b.m.w. . mercedes is trying to improve its image with women with a p.r. campaign titled she's mercedes. british style icon sarah jane adams will succeed in selling its cars to women. it could speak out it's less about tailoring advertising to women we want to listen to and learn more from women we want to know what features they're looking for in a car and try to find communicative things i want to get to the team. but one cliche does hold true compact cars are a turnoff for men. and certain brands

are more popular with women than men even if that's not what car makers and for. x.x. and the folks fogging develops its cars based on what customers in general want not what men or women or what big and small people prefer. people's fine decisions we flex the needs they have at certain points in their lives. even if a car shows a track mainly men manufacturers certainly need to pay attention to what women are looking for people they want to succeed. we now turn to a good head gathering that celebrates just one car the fee at five hundred i couldn't know it at the time but its designers were creating a small icon when they came out with the original chink the cento in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven it may not be the fastest set of wheels on the road but

it's unique and simple design has made it she usually popular every year hundreds of proud owners gather in northern italy to show off their version of the cult. more than a thousand feet question toes are being put through their paces here on the italian riviera every summer you can see the most eye catching examples from around the world here in garland. this model dates from one nine hundred sixty nine there are plenty of bends in the road here for owner alberto burgeoning. driving he's carried so away so it's not the fun it's a special feeling because it's like a time travel i would say it's really old the style you know way to drive it's it makes an hour you don't get the normal. or going car so that dines so this is really completely different and this is the spirit of driving it

gets in which you're into. the cinquecento the fia five hundred is being feted with a whole range of events the annual meetings organized by the fia five hundred club italia which is more than twenty thousand members around the world. fans come from far and wide and many of them come time and time again. we. are trying to be here ten years ago because we drive a little car like this right around the world from the right of all stalker all the way to go all in there and then all the white rank original aska we're all crazy about this car. just look. that's the fear at five hundred. in the dispute car is remarkable because in the chemical terms it's so straightforward powered by just thirteen horse power needed to be out five hundred like this also don't have anything like power steering and shifting gears takes

practice. when you don't shift it's going to be like that. because you break what you say with a gotcha you get. put it although the good book says not seek so you get to do it or you cannot be in the eye wall of the law if. it's an important thing to feel and taste. or jeannie also calls in of the five hundred clubs museum in garland. carlo giuliani is one of the rally organizers and he's created an exhibition here about the history of the car which helped change italian society. its introduction in one nine hundred fifty seven marked the beginning of rural mobility. for people a family with kids and the whole kit and caboodle could travel around italy in relative comfort. which in thought was the first. opportunity to tweet audience to prosper on the school

to a real car. and that car was designed by done take your calls on the engineer had already created its predecessor the company no but got his big break in one nine hundred fifty seven with the fia five hundred new of. a new cinquecento launched by your close a successors in one nine hundred ninety one wasn't too popular only when brought out a ritual model in two thousand and seven did sales pick up. but in the car meeting garland they're all fans of the original and its timeless design. icon for a family with michael in the in the city the kids with come on look at these. that's something in the kid's mind i never been a plan this time what they see when i go because it's something it be. i don't know i find something. in this that. when we were

driving me i had never seen moves and i look at them they all wave and small it's just it is a crowded brings out happiness and. everybody. for many participants one of the highlights is cruising through the countryside of the korean coast. with a soft top down and at a leisurely pace since the car has top speed of eighty five kilometers an hour. our speed is almost ready made but anyway we can really feel this guy over there oh he does a concert that's it you were sent to and that's the thirty. depreciation of plastic cinquecento is passes through one village after another. after a short rest stop the journey continues a journey back in time to the one nine hundred sixty s.

when la dolce vito was alive and well. well we stay with the good old times when cars still have style and elegance over poises a berliner with a passion for british cars he's relocated to the black forest in southern germany and surrounded by idyllic mountains and livestock he works on classic cars nursing them back to full health deep in the countryside he runs a workshop for these british bombshells and of course keeps his own austin healey in tip top shape. in the haunts of the black forest mines and isolated farm. crops grow. those right. british companies all serviced. like this austin dealing with some eighty thousand tourists who the points runs

like old english concierge. you know you're the english if they put a screw in there it'll fit no one else can do it like they care. more than chrome you know just where to put it that's typically british. a lot less it was an expensive sports car in its day a luxury car to pick up your princess or go out for an ice cream. but even without have princess on board it's still great fun to go out for a spin in this one nine hundred sixty s. dream cub. and fly by the hospital scene in the popular german t.v. series black forest clinic. move appoints would always choose an old car over a modern one even if the engine protests a bit on the steep hills. the road the car the

sounded spotting the ordeal except for the thought mix but it's got nothing to do with modern technology or computer chips. it's really old fashioned craftsmanship and if you even driving it takes skill and a manual labor all together it's something you have to feel. the most. heat also takes that feel felt old british technology to keep cons like this in working order. original spend plus some hard to come by certain. be restored the replica has to be made even making smaller repairs can sometimes take weeks. all the fatigue just one screwed so rusty you can't move i spent a whole day fixing all these old cars or crankshaft is rusted somewhere you have to take out the entire engine because you can't get to it otherwise. so there's always

this tension will it work can i get adult. kids reckoning customers appreciate all the places carry next bikini's. compass went in trust that pain beach and just anybody. here really loves old cars wouldn't was so i've got to tell you well he does something he does it properly and well. i've got to praise him we have fish and i'll keep calling. him valuable. always comes from. in the days of communist east germany he learned about my chin in his truck. to the bedroom wall fell points began working in a forest for the rest. years ago he started his own business.

opening a garage for classic cars in a big hangar didn't appeal to me. interested in fit having different workshops and then a rolls royce or a jag sitting in the middle. all of the cars require a different environment and i found it here. in this nine hundred seventy s. triumph spitfire if it can help here in the black forest. it was little done getting would drive an old classic car like this through an area like this it's just out of this world so it's like going back twenty years to a time when cars like this still rule the roads and so it feels the love and then

you get out and think oh what a shame that that time is gone we're back to the present side as well then looking at the right back you would see those navy. payments really does seem as if time has stood still they say isolated in haunt of the black far east. time at the breaks that crews in the black forest marks the end of today we'll be back tomorrow with a special focusing on the arts i hope you join me again make sure to follow us on social media on facebook and instagram d w your max my life and. the next special edition of the euro max of. two spaniards and their greens to grand illusion. of serving an artist and her amazing disappearing act.

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