bmw.de is down for me too

Both domains page load for me from Amsterdam. I wonder if there's communication disruption. Undersea cable severed?

You mean the big undersea cable between the Netherlands and Germany? ;-)

Lol, I meant between users across the sea who couldn't see and users in Europe who could.

$ nslookup bmw.de ~ Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer: Name: bmw.de Address: 160.46.226.165

$ nslookup www.bmw.de ~ ;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 8.8.8.8, trying next server Server: 8.8.4.4 Address: 8.8.4.4#53

* server can't find www.bmw.de: SERVFAIL

both work for me from inside Germany