If you're right, then it could be because of the difference between building cars and building circuits.
It's unlikely Asia will get the same monopoly on building Western cars it has on high tech, simply because cars are difficult to transport.
Consider how many cars you can fit on a container ship compared to how many motherboards.
Another, more assailable, advantage is the reputation Germany has for building cars (the phrase "German Engineering" comes to mind). When someone is about to splash £80k on a Mercedes, they want to know it was built to perfection, and not in a sweatshop which, true or not, is an image commonly ascribed to Asian factories.
Do you know why "Made in <country>" was originally introduced? It was a 19th century ploy by the British to make their consumer able to discriminate against those cheap poorly produced German goods which often tried to pass themselves of as British.
It's unlikely Asia will get the same monopoly on building Western cars it has on high tech, simply because cars are difficult to transport.
Consider how many cars you can fit on a container ship compared to how many motherboards.
Another, more assailable, advantage is the reputation Germany has for building cars (the phrase "German Engineering" comes to mind). When someone is about to splash £80k on a Mercedes, they want to know it was built to perfection, and not in a sweatshop which, true or not, is an image commonly ascribed to Asian factories.