American reacts to the Top 10 Selling Cars in Germany 

Well Germany exports more cars to the USA than the other way around. Which really upset Drump. Chancellor Merkel's answer: "Just build better cars!"🤷‍♂️

smaller cars have the advantage that you can actually find a parking spot in the cities

Golf isn´t inspired by the game golf but by the seastream like the golf of mexico, also is the passat and scirocco. it implements a natural force moving people to their place of destination. VW did that also for the Jetta, Santana and Bora

Opel is a German brand that has belonged to GM since the 1920s. GM did not want any competition in the USA. That's probably why you don't know the brand. A few years ago GM sold Opel to Stellantis (Fiat, Peugeot, Chrysler, Dodge...)

I will never understand why SUV's are so popular here in Germany. I love cars, that look a little bit more like small, oldfashioned sport cars or roadsters, flat, slim, elegant. Sometimes I have the feeling, everyone else wants to be a busdriver here in Germany

The Mini is predominantly assembled in the UK and is part of the BMW Group. Škoda is predominantly assembled in the Czech Republic and is part of the Volkswagen Group. Opel is a convoluted story between General Motors (USA) and Stellantis (France/Italy). Depending on country and model, the brands are Opel, Vauxhall, Buick, Chevrolet, Holden, ...

I already thought it a lot of times: you need a German based co-host who can provide you with some background information. This would increase the value of your videos a lot.

"Opel Corsa" -> Wonder why they dont export to the USA. You can find many Opels with a different badge (and often name), like Vauxhall, Buick, Chevrolet, Holden, as many are using Opel technology center innovations and the same plattform. That being said Opel is the reason GM is as big as it is ;)

If I remember correctly, trucks are successful in the USA because of a law that wanted to achieve exactly the opposite. The law was intended to force car manufacturers to make their cars more efficient. However, there were exemptions for trucks so as not to harm companies. Instead of the automakers making their cars more efficient, they simply made them bigger to pass as trucks.

Fascinating how your reading of german text improved.

You can think of the VW Polo as the "little brother" of the Golf. And is it a "fast car"? Well... that would depend on your view of what is "fast". I own a Polo, with the smallest engine variant. It still can get to 180 km/h, with a bit of pushing, and has no problems cruising at 150 to 160 km/h. That's not in the regions of the upper class limousines that regularely can go 220. Or even close to the 300 km/h sports cars. But even my little bugger would break most American speed limits. Does that count as "fast"? "Škoda" is an orignal Czech car and engine manufacturer. Today, it is part of the VW group. "Opel" is another original german brand. Today, it is part of the "Stellaris" group, and had as that previously been part of GM, I think. As part of being an international group, their cars aren't sold under that brand name in the USA, but under the "Buick" label.

Pickup trucks in the US do not have to meet the same high quality standards as regular cars (thanks to lobbying by manual workers that needed them for work). They're also taxed cheaper than regular cars. That's why the US industry pushed the sales of pickup trucks, tried to make them even more attractive for regular folks with smaller pickup areas and more passenger space and pushed patriotic, manly marketing (A strong American drives a pickup truck): Huge profit margins. Reversing this trend is probably not possible in the short to medium term. Unfortunately, a pickup truck and a regular car are not crash compatible. So even if the incentives would change, people would probably -for their own safety - still opt for buying trucks as long as there are that many trucks on the road... and thus there will never be less trucks. What's sorta funny is, that one aspect of quality standards that pickup trucks do not have to meet to the same extend as regular cars is passenger safety. Thus, while a truck vs. car crash will end up in favor of the truck, a truck vs. truck crash is worse for the passengers than a car vs. car crash would've been.

The VW Tiguan is called "Hausfrauenpanzer" (housewife tank) here in Germany😂❤ BTW, all VW cars are named after mediterranian winds!

Yo, most Opel cars are sold under the Chevy branding in the US. I found out randomly when looking for EVs, and the Chevy Bolt is essentially the Opel Ampera. PSA has different branches in every major country, in Australia or the UK they got a different name once again, but the cars are, for all intents and purposes, identical

The Golf name doesnt have anything to do with the sport where you hit a ball with a long stick and tell a caddy look for it. The VW naming scheme of that time was (mainly) to name their cars after global winds or ocean currents. Golf = Gulf stream Passat = Passat winds Polo = Polar stream Jetta (VW Rabbit I believe) = Jet stream Scirocco = Arabic and Italian for "warm wind"

Skoda is from the Czech Republic and part of the VW family. Opel used to be GM, now part of Peugeot, and was barred from the US market to prevent in-brand competition.

6:05 That's why we call such SUVs in Germany "Hausfrauenpanzer"😂 or translated in English "housewife tanks"

No 9 VW Polo is a smaller version of the Golf. No 8 Mini is technically a BMW from the UK. No 6 Skoda is a VW subsidiary in the Czech Republic. Is on VW basic platform and technically VW. IWrocker from Texas is a fan of Scoda and has several videos on his channel. No. 5 Opel was former General Motors until the US company withdrew from Germany. Is now Stellantis, a merger of Fiat-Chrysler, Citroën, DS, Opel, Peugeot and Vauxhall. They weren't exported to the USA because it was a US company. In the US, some models would run under Chevrolet, e.g. as Cruze or Impala. No 1 Golf used to be called “Rabbit” in the US. VW models are all named after wind, air flows. Gulfstream, Scirocco, Passat, Vento, Bora, SantaAna (Santana) .... In the 2000s they stopped doing that and gave them made-up fantasy names.

Funfact: Opel used to be part of GM and they sold their cars mostly as Saturn. For example the Saturn Aura in the US was the Opel Vectra and the Saturn Astra was actually the Opel Astra. An exeption was the Opel Omega, which has been sold in the US as the Cadillac Catera. Now yoj know😄😄

Never hearing of Opel in the USA would be pretty common since i think Opel is called Holden or Vauxhall in the US. Also the newer Buick generations are based on some opel models (Buick Regal from 2018 is based on the Opel Insignia)

You protect your car industry by inflicting high import tariffs on anything that’s good to drive I.e. anything not classified as a tractor (truck) SUV NSW in Oz

trucks in the US are so common, because of US laws. pickups are "work vehicles" (sorry soccer moms), and therefore dont have the same safety regulations as normal cars. therefore they are cheaper to produce and have lager profit margins compaired to a normal, similar prices car. also, they are so massive, not for "safety" (even tho they are LESS save), but because the larger the wheel base, the less fuel efficient they are allowed to be. less efficient engines are cheaper, and the oil companies obv. love them so when you see a massive trucks: its wasting fuel and build cheaply

A well-known saying here in Austria is: “It’s better to play golf than drive golf.” 🤣

Skoda‘s emblem actually is the symbol of a headdress of American Natives with an arrow. The founder of this Czech car was a fan of the indigenous folks… 😀

3:40 Skoda (pronounced "Shkoda") is a Czech car manufacturer within the VW group. And by the way skoda is also a czech word for damage!

Opel used to be part of GM's European branch, including Vauxhall from Britain. All European brands of GM were sold to PSA (Peugeot+Citroën), which later merged with Fiat Chrysler to form Stellantis.

The citys in germany, as in most european countrys, are natural grown. So the streets are often small and it is hard to find a parking slot. The bigger the car, the more problems you have.

I bought a used VW Jetta TDI a number of years ago because I had never owned a car! Only pickup trucks and SUV‘s. This is now my commuter vehicle. 52MPG! Which I believe is about 4.6L/100km. It has made me a much better defensive driver as well. It was assembled in Mexico but the engine was made in Germany.🇩🇪

The VW Passat has been a very popular family car since the 70s, we used to call it the "Pampers Bomber" 😊 Polo is the Golf's little brother. Skoda (Czech) is VW's "reasonably priced" brand, like Seat (Spanish) is the "sporty" and Audi the "fancy" one - rhey all share "platforms" (base, suspension, motors etc.; e.g. VW Golf ~ Skoda Fabia ~ Seat Ibiza ~ Audi A2) Opel is a very old german brand, never quite made it outside Germany due to sales policies of the several owners since the 70s

Well, Skoda is Czech. And was revived as a brand of the VW Group with Volkswagen technology. Opel is an old German brand. In the beginning there were bicycles, sewing machines, a rocket car and motorcycles. Owned by General Motors from 1928 -2017. The Americans never allowed sales to the USA or Asia or China. In England and Australia the cars are known as Vauxhall. Today Opel is a brand in the French PSA group. After the sale, Opel no longer uses its own technology. But French technology from its modular system.

There is not that much space in germany....in the cities u are happy to get a parking place and u will never find any with a pickup. Pickups are very uncommon here. And for what reason u need one? Not everyone here is a lumberjack 😅 It is stupid enough that SUVs (SuperUselessVehicles) are more and more hyped here.

2023 Jan-Nov: 1. VW Golf 2. VW T-Roc 3. VW Tiguan 4. Opel Corsa 5. VW Passat 6. Tesla Y 7. Fiat 500 8. Mercedes C-Class 9. Mini 10. Skoda Octavia 11. Mercedes GLK + CLK 12. Audi A4 13. VW ID4, ID5 14. BMW X1 15. BMW 3 *according to statista website

When I saw this video for the first time I didn’t realize how good you pronounce the names of the car models. I gotta say that I’m kinda proud of you, being the only American able to pronounce the car models almost always perfect. Good job🎉

The first car my husband and I bought with our saved money was an Opel Corsa Combi in 1991 for German marks. The car was pratical and you could easily fit the stroller in the trunk. We were happy with it. When I was driving on the motorway recently I had a Mini Cooper in front of me with the British flag visible in the lights at the back , which I thought was great.🙂💜

SUVs actually aren't nearly as safe as they seem! They _appear_ safe due to the damage they cause in crashes, but many of them are actually horrible at protecting their drivers from the force of impact in favor of _the car itself_ remaining as intact as possible. The reason for them and pickups being as popular as they are, however, is car manufacturers exploiting US tax loopholes and shaping their offerings and marketing to match. NotJustBikes may have unfortunately come out as _unreasonably_ anti-American, but he did make a good video on this particular topic. (Title: These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us)

You should really really check out most sold cars in Norway. I guess that will really shock Americans😊

As somebody mentioned in the comments until recently Opel did belong to GM and was sold to French PSA, which is now part of the global Stellantis Group. But you should know that some European models of Opel were sold in the US with the Buick badge (or still are). What is funny is that Opel was never considered a premium brand here in Europe, wheres Buick as far as I know is considered to be somewhat premium in the US. It this the case? Check Opel Insignia against Buick Regal for instance

@1:22 It is a sub-compact. Those numbers are skewed by company's leasing fleets anyway. New cars are not top priority amongst the Germans as far as I can tell. @1:51 Size and number of engine options. @4:03 It is a budget brand of Volkswagen-Audi Corp. @8:05 8 generations and the sales are still strong. It ticks all boxes for most people here, way above average in space, performance, safety, comfort and footprint. The jack of all traits.

Opel user here, my wife has a 2006 Corsa C with almost 200k miles, and I have a 2004 Astra G with 395k miles, both problem free, reliable and simple yet comfortable cars

mini is owned by BMW and builed in germany xD so its not really british anymore xD

Pickups are very popular in the USA because you can drive LIGHT TRUCKS with your normal drivers license and because of their weight they dont have very strong emission laws. You couldnt drive cars in europe above 3500kg max weight with you standard class B licence. Also fuel is quite expensive. The Polo with a diesel just needs around 3,5L/100km or 67mpg. Sadly you can only buy the petrol one now.

Opel was a German company that was purchased by General Motors in the 1920s. You might know the Opel Corsa as the Chevrolet Corsa. At least there was one in South America. No idea if there was a market for this little one in the USA. Many Opel models were released in the USA under American brands. This is exactly how it was done in the UK. There Opels ran under the Vauxhall brand. When GMC was struggling financially and wanted to divest itself of some car brands, they sold the Opel brand to the French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen.

Opel is a very old company, going back over 160 years, before cars even existed. Initially, they manufactured sewing machines, later bicycles, before entering into the car market just before 1900. For some time, Opel was considered a premium brand, on par with the likes of Mercedes, but ultimately couldn't compete with them any longer and was bled dry by GM.

-The Mini is a BMW 1 Series underneath -Skoda is a VW brand, the Octavia is based on the Golf -Opel was once sold in the USA as Saturn and Buick. For example the Buick Regal, funny Regal is in German shelf

I just want to note that those cars shown as "Skoda Octavia" were a Skoda (Edit:) Vision RS concept car and a Skoda Superb, it even says on the advertisement plate and on the back. Whoever made that video was not from Germany, because otherwise they would have known the brand, they are everywhere here

Opel belonged to GM for a long time. It was a German company and was the biggest car manufacturer in Germany in 1928 with 44% market share. The company was bought by GM in 1929 and belonged to GM until some recent years. In most parts of the world the cars were sold under the brand Chevrolet , in the uk they were sold under the brand Vauxhall. Saw a lot of them in Brazil with Chevrolet logo a few years ago

In case you dind't know. The brand "Opel" does exist in th USA. Opel can buyed in Europe exept in the UK. There and in the US Opel has a contract with "Vauxhall" and "General Motors".

In the US there are 8 parking spaces for every car. You don't have to parallel park

Hi, congrats for one (Pseudo-)American car in the top ten with Opel Corsa (Opel nowadays belongs to Stellantis)!😃 If you fancy VW you've got the choice between Volkswagen (VW), AUDI, Ducati, Bentley, Bugatti, Porsche, SEAT (with CUPRA),Lamborghini, SKODA, Scania and MAN. If you are more into Daimler AG your choice is between Maybach, Mercedes and Smart. BMW have BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce in their portfolio. Brands belonging to Toyota are Toyota, Daihatsu and Lexus. Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover are belonging to Indian Company Tata Motors... and Volvo for example belongs to Chinese Company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group... 🙃

Skoda was originally Czech, but has since been bought by Volkswagen, if memory serves. Opel cars are sold as "Vauxhall" in the UK, and as someone already mentioned, the brand is basically GM; they just sell mostly smaller cars here. Corsa is on par with a VW Polo, which is basically a smaller version of the Golf. The Passat came out at around the same time as the Golf; it's the family car of the line, and most common as the station wagon version for extra loading capacity. Third in the line was the Scirocco, the sporty model. All three cars were named after winds.

Mini is a subsidiary of BMW (they bought the MG Rover group in 1994 from BLMC, sold it out in 2000 because it produced only losses, but kept the Mini brand and presented in 2001 the "new MINI", a retro-styled modern and sportive car). Brexit caused BMW to consider the relocation of MINI production to Germany (or China in case of the electric model), but after substantial concessions (and subsidies) by the UK government they decided to produce the new electric model again in Oxford. MINI cars are sold by authorized BMW dealers. Skoda is a Czech brand and a subsidiary of Volkswagen (VW). Opel was the biggest car and truck brand in Germany in the 1920s, but was bought by GM during the Great Depression. In 2017 it was sold to the French PSA (Citroën, Peugeot) which merged in 2021 with FCA (Fiat & Chrysler), now called Stellantis, headquartered in Amsterdam. Opel started in 1862 as manufacturer of sewing machines; since the sons of the founder Adam Opel were racing cyclist, Opel started in 1886 also producing bicycles. Adam Opel died in 1895, and in 1898 his widow Sophie began to produce cars and since 1901 also motorcycles. Midsize SUVs are also popular with German women. The slender the woman, the fatter the car... 🙃

Did he just say a Golf is quick? 🤣 Aaaah I love these Americans and their sense of speed 🤣🤣

we dont use pickup trucks in germany because by law you have to secure EVERY item in the back with a belt. you can put small items into a box and secure that box.

Btw the opel is in the UK Vauxall. And the opel mokka is in the US a Bruick and it's a suv not big

Like said before, Opel used to belong to GM for a long time. Probably that's why they didn't export to the US. The main plant near Frankfurt also didn't get bombed during WW2 by Americans for that reason. Funnily in the UK they have the exact same models, but the brand is called Vauxhall there.

The child: "Ugh, half of me is from THAT?!"

Can someone explain why pickup trucks are so popular in the USA? I understand the appeal of large vehicles, such as the Tahoe or Land Cruiser, since they can accommodate more passengers (ideal for families with children), transport items like bicycles, generally offer greater comfort, and can navigate obstacles like road edges. However, the popularity of pickups puzzles me. They are massive, fuel-inefficient, have poorer handling, and their cabins are neither particularly spacious nor comfortable. Why would someone choose a truck over a large SUV?

Here in Germany, in addition to small cars, mid-range cars, etc., we also have the so-called Golf class. Every car manufacturer tries to offer VW competition in this class. At Opel, for example, this is the Opel Astra (formerly Opel Kadett). But Peugeot and all the others are also trying to win here. Rarely with success.

Roads are more narrow here and parking lots aswell. So even if you live in a smaller city, where finding a parking spot isn't a problem, a huge car will still be unpractical. And if you need to drive into a big city, it will become a nightmare. Also I feel like Germans value practicality a lot. That's why most of the top selling cars are either small cars for three city or family cars with huge trunk spaces. And since germans also love fast cars, those family cars often have motors, that can keep up with sports cars.

The advantage of small cars like Mini, VW Polo/T-Roc/Golf is that you usually find more parking slots in the cities and in big parking areas the slots are often not as big as in the us so a pick-up like a big ford or chevrolet won't fit in one slot.

4:20 That model (sold under a different name) is actually the most popular car in the UK iirc.

The thing you need to factor in is that your average wagon has a lot more usable space than your regular SUV. The unnecessarily large wheels of SUVs tend to eat up an unreasonable amount of interior space. I miss my old Passat wagon. A total rocket , infinitely better handling than SUVs, and sooo versatile. Edit: Waitwhut? You never heard of a Tiguan? They are among the most common cars here on the east coast. The Passat was also fairly common here before the Tiguan and Atlas took over.

Polo is the small sibling of a Golf. In the US Volkswagen sold it as Fox years ago if I'm not mistaken. Mini belongs to BMW it's a left over from taking over Rover 20 years ago. Skoda belongs to VW it's their very popular Czech branch. For over 100 years the Czech Republic is well know for quality production of vehicles, cars, tanks and arms. Opel was owned by General Motors since the 30s. However American management never understood the German and European markets. After lots of "misunderstanding" Opel became part of Stellantis a few years ago. Station wagons represent the ultimate harmonic beauty in car design

Cars are shipped all the time via ship. Come visit the harbors in Europe. Netherlands/Belgium/Germany have daily shipments. It is great to watch How the local navigators board the big vessels to navigate them to port. But small cares are deemed unworthy of even trying to sell them in the us. Some models make it but car mentality is a difficult topic. Like religion.

The VW Polo was first born as the Audi 50. When Audi didn't want to concentrate on small cars, the car was renamed VW Polo. There used to be the VW Derby, a VW Polo with an extended trunk. Later also called the VW Polo notchback. At times there was also the VW Lupo, a VW Polo with a shortened rear. The Polo is always a size smaller than the Golf, but today's Polo is the size of the Golf 1. The VW Lupo was replaced by the VW Fox and later by the VW UP. This is VW's smallest class. The VW Fox was a Brazilian that was brought to Europe. All other models are made in Europe.

Fiat, the Italian car brand, once tried to sell a model named "Croma" in the Netherlands. Didn't work because Croma was already a well known brand of butter for preparing meat for dinner

As the price of premium gasoline is around €2.10 per liter ( ~ $8.xx/gallon) in Europe it is a no-brainer to not drive a gas guzzling automobile

fun fact, buick are rebranded opels sometimes

Mini belongs to the Volkswagen group, just like the Czech Skoda, Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, the Spanish Seat, premium trucks Scania, MAN, and Ducati motorcycles . Opel belongs to the Stellantis N.V. group. - French-Italian-American . I will also tell you a public secret that all Volkswagen cars have the option of heating the windshield using silver foil embedded between the two windows. It is completely transparent when you look from the inside, but when someone looks from the outside, it has a golden color. From the outside, the color of the windshield resembles the color of the fairing of the F 35 fighter. Volkswagen also boasts that in summer this glass lets in 15% less sunlight, which causes less heating of the car interior.

The VW naming is not from sports, they used to name their models after winds. The Passat and golf are from that area (gulf stream is Golf-Strom in German, and Passat winds are in the earth pole regions I think)

Mini is owned by BMW , that explains why it's popular in Germany.

Considering Germany has rougly a bit less than 1/3 of the US' Population on an Area smaller than texas, bigger cars makes less sense because in some regions our cities have fused into what is now basically one continous city that stretches for almost 100 miles (See Ruhrgebiet for example) so big cars dont really fit anywhere. We already have a lot of parking issues with larger SUV'S so seeing american pickup trucks is rare and happens more often in the countryside and even then the trucks that are the most common are the Volkswagen Amarok and the Mercedes-Benz X-Class. Both of which have to be (and dont quote me here im only 75% sure) imported from the USA because they are not normally sold in Germany edit: the ruhrgebiet example is a bit weird because except for berlin and hamburg that situation basically doesnt exist anyhwere else in germany i think

Before skoda was brought by vw. They where pretty rubbish Tbf. old skoda joke pre vw ownership,, "how do you keep your hands warm during winter? push a skoda". But vw took over and changed all that. The 1st gen skoda Octavia vrs was their first "hot" 4 door. It become so popular that it became the number 1 car to be stolen, mainly because of its engine. It came with 218HP(dosnet sound like a lot but back then it was pretty decent) as standard but with more boost and an ecu remap it easily made 300HP. Making it a highly desirable engine swap candidate. nowa days, youd be mad not to take a look at a skoda when concidering buy a new car.

Some Models of Opel where sold in the US under other Brands. Opel was a GM Division for a long Time. For Example: Pontiac LeMans 89-93; Pontiac T1000, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Chevette

I honestly think it changed a whole whole lot since 2021, if you consider how futuristic cars look since this year

The Polo is the little brother of the Golf, as both are growing it's already bigger than the original Golf. Mini is currently a BMW-brand. Skoda Octavia is a cheaper version of the Passat, usually based on its previous model. Skoda and Seat are brands of Volkswagen. For real transport we have transporters with 3 or 5 seat cabins and an open loading area. We don't have environmental exceptions for transporters so no need/incentive to build pickups to avoid environmental rules.

Golf means gulf in German. VW used to name their cars after winds and streams. So it‘s named after the gulf stream. Passat is a wind btw.

you don't want pick-up trucks when it's raining all the time. For transporting equipment, we do have a lot of vans like the Mercedes Sprinter

We dont associate Golf with the sport, we think of the Golf (the car). Its actually a really cool name, which will never be changed.

The big reason us cars are bigger than german or EU cars is because the US just so big and the distances to travel are so much bigger ! In germany at least , if you can t load enough in your car its no biggie because everything is nearby most of the time ! But in the US thats often not an option ! Also since everything is so old in the EU the citys were build around horse carrige lanes and small walkway which only evolved into modern houses and stuff wihout gaining additional space ! So there simply isn t enough space for big cars!

Hey Ryan, all these cars are available in Australia including the Opel which was sold here as a Holden Astra.

1:50 the Polo is smaller than a Golf 3:57 Škoda is a Czech car manufacturer 4:12 Opel is the second oldest German car Brandt and even older than the oldest if you also count the time when they’re didn’t produced cars

The VW car names were dubbed with wind names. Golf wind, passat wind (coincidentally Passat is also a word in Thai language and translates to crazy, mad). 😂

I think the reason, that everyone in america drives trucks has something to do with taxes if I remember correctly. Because pickups are classified as light trucks or something along those lines, which saves the manufacturer some taxes or fees. After the car brands realized this, the marketing aparatus kicked in and suddenly everone drove pickups. The fun thing is pick-up trucks aren't even much more safe than "normal" cars. The crumple zones are often really bad and that's not even mentioning, that the front of those trucks are often so tall, that children can stand in front of them without being visible at all. Another problmatic thing with trucks is, that they tend to make driving a smaller car way more dangerous, because ofc the truck wheighs like double the car. So in the case of an accident it's more than likely not gonna end well for the people in the smaller car.

Different in 2023? New Company called CUPRA! Their best selling car in Germany - Formentor!

The Golf Mk 1 was sold as the VW Rabbit in the US. Guess that name didn't really reflect "premium" or quality. The US version of the Passat was called "Dasher" during that period BTW.

That is the sad thing - SUVs are not at all necessarily saver for the driver, but yes, if they are part of an accident, they cause way more harm to everyone else! If Germany was not that depending on the car industry, SUVs would be exactly the thing that would be banned in Germany in contrast to the US.

Hello, we have many old towns with really narrow roads here in Germany. Most american Pickup trucks would not fit on those tiny roads. I think that is the reason for the different range of cars you will see on the roads

Its interesting how most people think SUVs and big trucks are safe - but a lot of ppl dont even know how to handle these big cars well. (but for example women in suvs, mid-sized suvs or crossovers is quite common in germany too) I do recommend this vid about the safety of SUVs n stuff & i would love to see your reaction on this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jN7mSXMruEo.htmlsi=gm3vhNVvAz-jeRyQ

The Camry is I think the biggest non-SUV Toyota sold here and you call it a small car :D

VW Polo is the smaller brother of the Golf but there is still a GTI. Mini is just the smallest BMW you can get. The T-Roc is the SUV version of the Polo chassis. Opel was formerly part of GM but was sold to Peugeot.

OPEL was one of the biggest and oldest auto brands in Germany&Europe some OPELs were exported to the US under the label of chevrolet and others

In the 60s and 70s Opel was the biggest VW competitor. My grandfather was and my father is Opel fans and my first car was from Opel: a black Opel Tigra 😍

It is kind of funny, that the VW Passat, shown at 5:07 ist actually my neighbor's Car. I wasn't expecting to see it in this video 😀

The Volkswagen Polo is quite similar to the Golf, but is smaller. Skoda was a Czech car brand (that is, from the Soviet Union), which is probably why it was never sold to America. Skoda was bought by VAG (Volkswagen Audi group) which consists of many car brands, Audi is more lavish and Skoda is a cheaper version of Volkswagen, but they are still nice cars. Opel is a German car brand and is essentially the same as British Vauxhall. The reason why Opel is not sold in America is that until recently they were owned by GM, which has enough brands in America. Some Opel cars have been sold in America as other brands. For example, Pontiac Lemans from the late 80s is the same car as Opel Kadett E, Daewoo Nexia and others. Volkswagen Tiguan is a small suv, much like Mazda cx-5 and Toyota Rav4 before 2013. T-roc is a very small suv. You have Bmw 3 series, Audi A6 and Volkswagen Passat and Golf in America, right? I don't understand why people buy Mini, maybe it's cool but it's too little like the original. Those are terrible cars. You know... English quality... It should be said that Mini is now owned by BMW, but it's not that much better.

Well, the name VW Golf may not sound fast, but their sports variants with a range of 245 - 333HP definitely are fast and give you a feeling of sport. My old VW Golf V GTI ABT has 240HP an I love it. 😍

Ryan about the Camry "That's the only small car here..." Dude, it's classified as a mid-sized car (Mittelklassewagen) in Germany, the same as a BMW 3, Mercedes C, Audi A4, VW Passat, Skoda Octavia (depending who you ask, the press says the Octavia is mid-sized, the "DMV" says it's compact). Below that we have the compacts like the Golf, the sub-compacts like the Polo, the city-car like the Fiat 500 or Smart and the moped-car which basically is a car-like thing that's only able to reach 45 km/h and is mostly for teens 15 to 17/18 OR older people who have no drivers license for cars but for mopeds or agricultural stuff like tractors. And why we don't have any truck in the Top Ten? Because of: a) TAXES b) fuel prices c) NARROW EUROPEAN ROADS that were being built not only before the invention of the car but also sometimes before the first English settlers ever set foot on the ship that brought them to Roanoke colony!

No.6 Skoda is a czechian car-manufacturer owned by VW. The Octavia is based on the VW Golf.

The whole car infrastructure in Germany is designed for compact cars. Everything longer than 16 feet (~4,85 m) has a really hard time finding parking lots, spots in a parking garage or even a fitting car port. Trucks thus are mostly driven either by craftsmen or farmers (albeit craftsmen often use a van or a car based pickup), or by people who tell the world: I don't care for the hassle, I want that gas guzzling V8.

Skoda is part of Volkswagen, so the Ocvtavia is actually a Passat. Opel is only sold in Germany as Opel, in the UK is known as Vauxhall and some models were sold in Australia under the Holden name. Some Models made it to the US under different names. The Opel Omega was sold as an Cadillac Catera The Opel GT was sold as Pontiac Solstice or Saturn Sky