Suh-weet, Muv, that's a relief! About the 15K, I mean. I'd never heard of a Serata; I'd have guessed it was a small city car that gets excellent mileage.
German design and engineering is thoroughly astonishing. I learned this both at design school and while researching articles I've had to write for work, like this one I'll link to below. It will admittedly only be interesting to a minority of people, as it's about the industrial design of a German gas can--the "Jerry can"--from the 1930s:
http://bit.ly/c3s00o
In any case, Muv, would love to see pics.