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Quote Originally Posted by Rob M View Post
Mercadies? You mean Mercedes? I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but German cars in general are rarely beautiful. They may be well made and technically great cars, but I'm convinced that Germans, while being superb engineers and craftsmen, are unable to design something truly beautiful or graceful. German cars just look lumpen and ugly next to cars like Jaguars and Aston Martins, just as FW190s and ME110s have none of the grace and beauty that Spitfires or DeHavilland Mosquitos possess. I'm not being racist about it, I'm suggesting it's a cultural thing.



Ummm. Not air pistols but the GERMAN Luger (P08) and MP40 are lovely to look at. I'd go so far as saying the best looking in their fields.
yes on the spit and mossie, yes on the Me109, but no on the fw 190, truley a superb machine, the ta152 for example eassily out performing p51d mustangs when the designer Tank was on a test flight and the Mustang was no slouch was it mp40 is ugly but effective, to me a beutiful pistol is the Mauser C96, a classic that fits together by perfect interlocking parts, has long as its clean and well cared for it works perfectly.respect.