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  • GERMANY'S NEW MERCEDES MUSEUM - From Horsepower to the Popemobile

    05/19/2006 5:17:10 AM PDT · by Atlantic Bridge · 24 replies · 670+ views
    DER SPIEGEL ^ | May 18, 2006 | Christian Wüst
    On Friday, Mercedes-Benz will open the world's largest museum dedicated to automobiles. The grand new museum will present the icons of the German automobile industry -- from the earliest cars right up to the Popemobile. The building couldn't be more German. It's equipped with incredible technology, and yet it looks a bit beat-up somehow. It almost resembles a dented can. On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Stuttgart to celebrate the inauguration of the city's new Mercedes Museum. The museum, located near the Mercedes-Benz factory in the Untertürkheim neighborhood, is meant to emphasize the German industrial giant's mythological...