Its actually pretty accurate. Germans make really good things, and some things they make are really weird and crappy with little longevity or utility. IE, the VW rabbit pickup.
They forgot that a heavy load in a pickup bed, and a front wheel drive are a bad combination.
Toyota blew them out of the wasser.
I was thinking more about the rule, rather than the odd exception. The VW Rabbit pickup may be a good example for the latter. A multi-trillion $$$ economy doesn’t survive long on the latter, though.