German Car Cemetery: A Metaphor for Life

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Hidden within the depths of a German woodland rests an astonishing car cemetery - apparently as a "metaphor for life". The 20,000 square meter compound, located in Neandertal, 12 kilometres east of Düsseldorf in Germany, is stacked with around 50 classic, rare and exotic cars - all left to rot on purpose.

Hidden within the depths of a German woodland rests an astonishing car cemetery - apparently as a "metaphor for life". The 20,000 square meter compound, located in Neandertal, 12 kilometres east of Düsseldorf in German y, is stacked with around 50 classic, rare and exotic cars - all left to rot on purpose.

No, it's not a scrapyard, sales forecourt, or hidden car collection that some ageing car collector forgot about - like Oom Louis Coetzer’s Lost Barn Collection that was found in the Eastern Cape recently. Rather, it is an elaborate art installation about the circle of life. Once worth millions, these rare and collectable cars are usually kept going at a great cost but in this German forest, they're encouraged to deteriorate and vanish as a deep thought experiment, even doused in an occasional coat of milk or saltwater to speed the natural process along. The thought-provoking art project, launched in 2000, was arranged by German car dealer, designer and constructor, Michael Fröhlich, noted Supercar Blondi

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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