""It's like an airplane, said Linden, the president of the Automobile Club of Germany (AvD). You are faster than an Airbus at start.""
""The long-running debate over speed has become an emblem of a fight between shared green benefits and personal freedom in a country where cars particularly fast ones are still considered king.""
""In Bavaria, the conservative home of carmakers such as BMW and Audi, the Christian Social Union (CSU) channelled Germany's famous anti-nuclear slogan in 2020 when it campaigned under the banner: Tempolimit? Nein, danke!""
""Christian Lindner, a Porsche-driving former finance minister, described the debate as nonsensical during the 2022 energy crisis.""
Lutz Leif Linden enjoys high-speed driving for the freedom and technological mastery it represents. He has reached speeds of 400km/h on Germany's autobahn, which has no blanket speed limit. Despite environmental concerns and calls for reduced speeds, the cultural attachment to fast cars remains strong in Germany. Public opinion is slightly shifting towards supporting a speed limit, but political leaders, particularly in Bavaria, continue to oppose it, viewing the debate as symbolic rather than practical.
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