Exactly. The Germans are completely willing to over-complicate the shit out of things for 3% more performance out of that system. But when the go to actually build said Rube Goldberg contraption it is dead nuts on and works perfectly so long as you maintain it by the book, and the book might entail replacing an entire cooling system at 100k because why not.

The huge dependence on plastics as a replacement for metal components really does cause a lot of systems to break down.

Yes, maybe they were planned to break down, but you can understand that for the end user, it certainly doesn't appear like a system with high build-quality.

But ignoring that point, yes, the drive-train is excellent. German engines and transmissions are first-rate. However counting on that as giving you an advantage in the world of electric vehicles doesn't make a lot of sense to me.