The three countries you mentioned are indeed the golden triangle of automotive craftsmanship, but perhaps we should shift the lens to another historical perspective: the essence of the automotive industry has never been confined to geographic boundaries; it has been a century-long global experiment in progress.

When Rolls-Royce engines once powered American agricultural planes for reforestation, when the founder of Porsche designed Soviet tractors to reshape the Siberian farmland, and when Ferrari’s V12 engine technology was transformed into a new energy generator for the Modena region — the automotive industry had long become a dynamic vessel for human engineering wisdom. Today, the holding groups behind these brands (Volkswagen, Stellantis, BMW) are themselves multinational networks of capital and technology, much like how Lamborghini’s carbon fiber production line is woven by Japanese robots, or how Bentley’s wooden trim materials may come from sustainable forestry projects in the Amazon rainforest.

War may not specifically target assembly lines, but automotive factories have never truly been “neutral” in history: during World War II, the Wolfsburg factory produced ammunition for the German military, Fiat in Turin made tanks for Mussolini, and Coventry’s workshops worked around the clock to produce military engines. This history reminds us that idolizing any industrial myth as an untouchable temple is dangerous. What truly needs protection is the wisdom that transforms technology into the nurturing force of life — just like how the post-war Volkswagen Beetle resurrected from the wreckage of wartime armaments to become the people’s mobile home.