Best Not Lump Together All Things German

Comparing a 1937 dirigible with BMW’s hydrogen cars, the advanced automobile technology of the near-future, is like comparing a kiwi with a wrench (Letters, Sept. 24).

The greater issue seems to be things German. You might want to think twice, then, before you step into your car again, powered by any fuel.

After all, it was Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach of Germany who in 1886, with their inventions, ushered in the automobile age.

Michael E. White

Burbank