German Classics in Ghana: Accra Car Graveyard

Discover the hidden world of the Accra car graveyard. Old imported cars like Mercedes from Europe are transformed into a source of income and hope.
See how these forgotten machines are given new life.

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REV - The Global Auto and Mobility Show from Deutsche Welle

#Ghana #Scrapyard

[kongkansaikia]

Restoring old cars rather than buying one is also environmentally more beneficial. But noone is talking about it cause it doesn't increase sales.

[bkb]

You know you married your soul mate when she you both have the same passion for something that isn't ordinary and common.

[gountzas]

As a car guy these people are doing God's work restoring/preserving Automotive History. Wish all the success to you guys.

[wtfyoguylol]

Love this, not only are they recycling but dude also appreciates Motorsport, those Ronal wheels are dope..

[damcyk]

'80s, '90: golden era for cars made in Germany. They were designed by engineers. Later on they realised their cars last too long and it was only downhill for German cars after that.

[geraldselvey]

What a lovely couple. They are doing the environment a great service by recycling and restoring these vehicles

[meongmie]

Glad to know that old mercedes cars still running and loved

[JohnDoe-zrbk]

I love those guys. I can absolutely relate to their passion keeping cars on the road. Too much effort, blood sweat and tears have gone into engineering and building those cars to let them rot.

[haidarrahmat]

Literally "one man's trash is a next man's treasure" 👍🏻

[logoncal]

This makes me smile hard, i love these old cars.

[DoubleDeckerAnton]

I ❤ Ghana for keeping these old cars alive.

[tanvirhussain]

I like this man keeping these cars going! Cars of yesterday are always better than cars of today

[happyatheists]

Do u know why any toyotas not here?because they are still on the road😅

[goodvibes]

When I saw him identify those wheels, I knew dude is legit.

[forzer]

The W201 had automatic AC! Really rare option.

[amgbenz]

It is a rare ‘96 C43…when the C43 wasn’t produced will ‘98 with an inline 6 powered 3.6 for ‘96. Great video though and glad to see the Merc’s receiving love there!

[thefreedomguyuk]

I love that couple. Would be great meeting them at their yard. The sheer enthusiasm for that set of Ronal alloys.

[ricardoe]

So that's where the cars sent over there end up. Glad to see this, I wish just that workers had better conditions and this market was strictly regulated. To this day way too many cars are still snuggled/stolen and ended up in places like this. Once had a regular meet up attendee that got his crx ivt stolen. That car tracked back in Senegal with only it's chassi and tires left, was a big financial hit but he loved so much the car that he got it back but never heard since.

[theKller]

This is one of my favourite series by DW. Keep it up.

[Dorifto]

Huge respect for keeping these classic cars alive! 👏👏👏👏