1936 De Soto Airstream [S-1]

1936 De Soto Airstream [S-1] in Reichsautobahn, Documentary, 1986

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Casper Friedrich ◊ 2016-05-08 20:21	1936 Desoto Airstream
Ingo ◊ 2016-05-08 21:00	plate from where?
Gamer ◊ 2016-05-08 21:03	Looks like an export plate from the Reich, naturally. The badge is of the AAA, the American Automobile Association. -- Last edit: 2016-05-08 21:14:19
Robi ◊ 2016-05-08 21:12	Why would anyone buy an American car in Germany and ship it over to the United States?
Gamer ◊ 2016-05-08 21:13	I think the point of the plate was "export" as in exported from the US.
Ingo ◊ 2016-05-08 21:22	Gamer wrote I think the point of the plate was "export" as in exported from the US. No. These pre-1987 oval plate and also the actual one with the red bar on the right https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausfuhrkennzeichen are entirely export-plates, never valid for imports. In Germany there were never temporary plates for foreigners, but maybe for any reason it way used for this purpose? -- Last edit: 2016-05-08 21:25:32
Robi ◊ 2016-05-08 22:20	My theory: This car was bought by an American citizen (hence the AAA badge) living in Germany. The "Statistic Yearbook of the German Reich 1936" lists the United States as the only country selling high numbers of cars to Germany. When the political climate in Europe changed in the years after 1936 (Sudeteten crisis etc.), the American citizen probably went back to the US, and took his car with him - which explains the export plate.