On my weekends, I took the opportunity to visit France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Austria.
That was a lot of driving.
My rental car was a Ford Kuga. The U.S. equivalent is the Ford Escape (except the Kuga had a diesel engine and a manual transmission).
I had a surprisingly good time driving it.
Probably didn't hurt that I got to drive 200+ kph on the Autobahn most of the time.
Germany is so centrally located to lots of great road trips. Driving the Autobahn is a adventure of a lifetime.