The EU auto tariff is four times bigger than ours: 10% versus 2.5%. Trump has a point and the Germans know it.
The EU must be (well, they are) stupid crazy with that tariff spat. Other than the odd Jeep or Corvette you see almost no US cars on European roads. They could pay the US a bonus (negative tariff) for the imports and still be way ahead by avoiding a higher US tariff on Euro cars...