I don't find perfection "charmless". Nobody is actually there yet anyway. What we are really talking about is the good reputation of German Engineering for being both solid and innovative.
I freely acknowledge that you can point to recent examples of extreme "ordinariness" to rival the worst of the bad old days of the British Car Industry., e.g.
- Mercedes injectors
- Audi Multitronic gearboxes
- BMW Turbos, Wheels and Swirl Flaps
- VW Electric Parking Brake
Despite this, and Audi still ticks all the boxes for me.
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