Sometimes there is nothing like a nice escapist puff piece in a lifestyle magazine to occasion a total reality check. In this case an unassuming article in American Express' October Travel and Leisure. ARTnews editor Carly Berwick was simply trying to cover the new "Autostadt" themepark in Wolfsburg, Germany, home of Volkswagon. Owned by VW, the Autostadt is sort of an Epcot Center devoted to the car and in particular Volkswagen products including Audi and Lamborghini. Germans who want to buy VW cars can pick one up at the Autostadt and save the usual dealer delivery fee, and get a...
