reverse culture shock. value for that you realize how strange that artificial little is really connected to life. the prize winning documentary from the forest starts aug ninth on d w. i their 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 in the style take a look at the v.w. beetle. truck a colorful way to brighten up spain's motorways. and it's

kalyan gathering at five hundred fans meet up got a leg up. whether you're a petrol head or just a casual motorist you'll almost definitely recognize our first car the volkswagen beetle the cult car is an icon not just in germany but all around the world eighty years ago the first beatle 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 golden years. family member a second home and a means of transportation for generations of people the v.w. beetle was part of their world the photos remain. for your claim and has been collecting them the car is special to him and it translates him like no other.

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. 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 it 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 did all this and you know you know wagner because. the nazis had told fan and to design a low priced 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 lie on the studs 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 incident and ashes came along with something that thrilled everyone on. frenchman shall is also a beatle fan. he runs a restaurant in berlin where your claim is currently showing parts of his photo collections. 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 folk song and on the voice wagon to connect beatle fans everywhere you're playing 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 bugs are still on the road today no claim on is even planning a trip to new zealand with his. minds on this one it's about 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 car that's all i say a car like this is the best means of communication there as the fines are probably cut so it's with. many people if they're beatles pathnames

and who 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 in the last five years thousands 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. to

me and it's a painting in movement on this i feel you get up but for this project was a challenge but in a positive sense. paintings normally hang on walls and not between cars that are zipping by. like kind his paintings usually hang in galleries and museums including the well known rent a sofa in the spanish capital but he stepped out of his normal element to participate in this project. the money in the vargas also took part she's been active as a professional artist for fifteen years her works often involve graphic allegory. but i thought that check on project is now an important part of my work. and that i

thought i was nuts but the symbol of the sacred. and sense of symbolism important and. i decided to put it on the truck. of. the artist for the truck art project were chosen by the curators. when they come back to me the first one to do on the street that i came up with. there's. different entities that 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 a truck she was also commissioned to paint a mural on the transport company's grounds.

and this i feel disappointed. at an infant that it was a big challenge to adapt to those formats. without formatting in such a short period of time. and we. thought it was amazing to take part in this project that they will bring your death you know i got them out 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 trump card project is the brainchild of entrepreneurship in 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 use part of the profit to return to the to the society

and i think that there's a very social responsibility or corporate responsibility and we are promoting our time and letting. some people enjoy are. the trucks operate all over spain so the public at large have a chance at spotting. 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 in 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 car door i feel it in the whole package if it's time to spend six and everything to getting my. contrary to the 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 powell to minetti has been researching consumer behavior in the automotive industry

since two thousand and two. days to be just what as he would these are tall which gives drivers a sense of security because just as you ease have room for children and luggage space and often all wheel drive so you're prepared for snow and other kinds of bad weather. 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 on sale in twenty nineteen. women especially appreciate features like parking assist send sat navs. 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's been a god 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 fame's the team. but one cliche does hold true compact cars are a turnoff for men. and

a certain brands are more popular with women than men even if that's not what car makers enforce. extract and that folks fog 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 reflect the needs they have at certain points in their lives i'm. even a car shows a track mainly men manufacturers certainly need to pay attention to what women are looking for if they want to succeed. we now turn to a good head gathering that celebrates just one car the fia five hundred i couldn't know it at the time but it's 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 i catch in 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 but jeannie . driving these carried through a city it's not the fun it's a special feeling because it's like a time travel i would say it's really all the way to drive it to me now where you don't get the normal. going car that dines so this is really completely different and this is the spirit of driving at the edge in

which into. the change which i'm told if the 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. returned here ten years ago because we drive a little college this route around the world from the blood of all stalker all the way to ga lender and then all the white rancor general ask. we're all crazy about this. just look. that's the fear five hundred. dispute car is remarkable because in the chemical terms it's so straightforward powered by just thirteen horsepower fitted to be out five hundred so like this also don't have anything like power steering and shifting gears takes practice. when you

don't see if it's going to be like that. because the brake light is so we didn't go out so you got to push that although a good books is not seek so you get to do it or you can up the i was the law if you have to go it's an important thing to feel and based. on jini also calls in a fifty 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 tell you in 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 every other car. and that car was designed by done to. 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 to close its successors in one nine hundred ninety one was. two popular only one brought out a ritual model in two thousand and seven did singles pick up. but it's a car meeting garland they're all fans of the original and it's timeless design. icon for fans. in the in the city the kids will come on look at this. that's something in the kid's mind i never been able to understand what they see when i look up because it's something it be. i don't know i find something is my lingo in this. when we were driving near i have

never seen moves and i look at them and they all wave and small it's just it is a kind of brings out happiness in 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 a top speed of eighty five kilometers an hour. our speed is almost thirty method but anyway we can really feel this guy. that's getting which end to end that's a thirty. percent of classic cinquecento his 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 had style and elegance over poise is a with a passion for british cars relocated to the black forest in southern germany as. 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. not a town in the haunt of the black forest mines and isolated farm. props. i was reading and nothing british comes on civets. like this often dealing with some eighty thousand tourists who the points runs like

down around old english constantia. the very soul of india you're the english if they put a screw in there it'll fit. no one else can do it like they can't. ok 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. princess and all poor. but even without have princess on board still great fun to go out for a spin in this one nine hundred sixty s. dream. and fly by the hospital scene in the popular t.v. series that forrest clinic. move appoints would always choose an old car over a modern one even if the engine protests a bit on the details. the road the car the

sounded scott and marty all except for the psychics but it's got nothing to do with modern technology or computer chips. it's really old fashioned craftsmanship and even driving it takes skill and manual labor all together it's something you have to feel. the most. also takes that feel felt old british technology comes like missing working on. a rich plus a hard to come by the top company restored the replica has to be made and even making smaller repairs can sometimes take weeks. the both of you are in this all the fatigue just one screwed so rusty you can't move i spent a whole day thinking that all these old cars are 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 work and i get a. case wrecking the customer's appreciate. give a point this karen expertise. of us one to us that pain beach in just anybody. if he really loves old cars would it was so i've got to tell you when he does something he does it properly and well. i've got to praise him. and all keep coming back to me but i'm very mobile to cope with. the place comes from the. days of communist east germany heating vent about my chin in his truck. to the bedroom wall fell points began working in the forest for characters that were ten. years ago this time to see them 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. yog. old cars require a different environment and i found it here. in this nine hundred seventy s. triumph spitfire if it can help even the next artist. it was little if any would drive an old classic car like this through an area like this it's just out of this world because like going back twenty years to a time when cars like this still rule the roads that's how it feels. then you get

out and think oh what a shame that that time is gone we're back to the present it's i just want anymore we're going right back you would seem us maybe. came from really don't. seem as if time has stood still at base isolated farm in heart of the black far east. time at the breaks back cruising the black forest marks the end of our drive for 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 but our finale. special edition of your own max. two spaniards and their instagram illusion. a serbian artist and her amazing disappearing act.

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