During our trip in Stuttgart we had visited the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz museum but also the Mercedes-Benz factory. Throught this few visits we discovered a lot about the importance of Mercedes-Benz in the life of the people who live there. We have seen, since our first hour in the city the importance and the monolopy of the brand Mercedes-Benz. Because we have seen right on the top of the train station the logo of Mercedes-Benz and also the street where full of Mercedes old and new.
So we decided to ask to the most people that we could find in the street some questions about their relation with the automobile.First in a mall, we found three men who appears to be fortuned, because they were wearing suits, so we ask them a few questions to have the point of view of fortuned people. We were right about their fortune, because one of the man own at himself three cars. The others one own two cars. But not like we think before asking them, they don’t possess Mercedes but only BMW cars. We ask them about their choices and they answer us that they prefer drive in BMW to not look like everyone in Stuttgart who drive a Mercedes or Porsche, to be different. So we ask them about the different characteristics that make them choose a new car. They have said that they choose a car by the sound of the motor, because they love show the power of their cars in front of their friends and family.
After we ask a young man who appears to belong to the middle class, but unfortunately he don’t possess a car. We ask him why, and he said that here in Stuttgart a car is no necessary because there is a lot of public transport. But we try to know something about his point of view of the car, so we ask him if he had visited one of the two museum of Stuttgart and he said yes that he visited the two, with the school when he was a kid. So we ask him which he prefer, and he said the Mercedes-Benz museum because there is so much much old car who retraces the history of the brand.
In the street we found a young couple with a baby in a pushchair, so we ask them the sames questions that before. We learn that they possess a Lancia. So we ask them why they have choose this car, they answered that the price was comfortable for them, because they haved left the school only a few years ago. We ask them if they were interested by a german car, and they said that if in the future they would like an Mercedes electric car. We ask them the characteristics that they used to seen first in a new car, and they said that the design own a big part on the choice but also the technology like the back-up camera.
After that we found an old couple, they possess a brand new Porsche, they said that they have saved for a long time before to be able to afford this car. So we ask them about their relation with the german cars, and they said that they only have possess german car during their life, because they think that they offer much more fiability. Before they have own Volkswagen cars. But now that their kids are grown up, they can afford a Porsche, their dream car. We ask them if in the futur they will think to buy a french car, they said : “ Ohhh no ! “. We ask them which model is their Porsche, and they said that is a Cayman, and they have chosen this car because she is very sportive.So we can say, that the people of Stuttgart is very influenced by Mercedes-Benz and the monopoly of the german brands. They choose their car because of the price, but if they have the money, they will prefer buy a german car. They live in Mercedes, the train station is mark with the logo of Mercedes-Benz and also the stadium of the soccer team. Mercedes-Benz is also the first employer of the city with is big factory in Sindelfingen. But with all this, not everyone is able to own a Mercedes.
by SANTOS PINTO Jérémi, MOUDJAHED Ryman and HANI Iliès
