1. Kienle filed for bankruptcy on October 31, 2023. From a marketing point of view, it is good, that Mercedes took over the assets together with the employees.
2. Throughout this scandal, Kienle acted as a broker. He sold this car. Not knowing it was a copy. He publicly defended himself by claiming, that they checked in Germany and there was no other car like this. The original was in Switzerland. So I think he was a victim too. And the copy had to be very good indeed.
3. Due to the fact, that the buyer of this original Swiss 300SL was the husband of former minister - Klaus Kienle was treated worse than in the USA a Drug baron. All his properties were raided, scenes of his arrest and action were recorded and published in the news. It's a pity, that the police in Germany don't deal so with real criminals.
