not sure exactly that i want to know why/how they earned it ..

if they want to go microcar , they forgot about Messerschmitt .. but due to their aviation history maybe they're not " obscure " enough for them..

And calling Merkur a German make.. ok, cars were German but it was created by Ford USA .. its a little bit like saying that Buick ( and Saturn in its final years ) is a German make because their lineup is made of German vehicles..

At least its the way i see it..

Edit : Trabant is not that obscure either, Alexander Ovechkin uses one to deliver pizzas when not playing...

( btw, curious about the Trabant's year range ) ..

1. They can't conjugate the German adjectives correctly.
2. DKW actually stood for "Dampfkraftwagen" - "Das kleine Wunder" was the name of a bicycle engine that the company introduced in 1921, nicknamed "ass warmer".

The article is clear clickbait. There is nothing obscure about those makes. Yes, most are already listed.

Are any of these obscured Great dead German automakers you've never heard of listed in imcdb.org?