As I've worked for a very busy indy for the last 10+ years, located in a neighborhood full of 30 something's that love to show their success, I work on many many European brands. Swedish, German, British, you name it. Heck, my shop used to service an entire fleet of Amphicar 770's! Should anyone be unfamiliar, I'm referring to these abominations:
Amphicar 770
Anyway... in the end, every manufacturer has their quirks. Sure, European (weighted towards German) cars are more of a pain. However, there's also aspects of their engineering which boggle the mind. For every special tool I've purchased purely to service a Euro, there's the opposing Nissan Rogue with it's blower motor mounted deep in the dash. Removing the complete pedal assembly just to service a blower motor? Now THAT'S thinking like a German!