Career halp!

ok ... i am about to start college......so my keen interest is to do something in automobile engineering like work for any german car companies ... be in car designing or lyk do something in u know new upcomming car projects design the engines or stuff....so what course should i take..and what kind of job would i be doing.....i dont want to be an aseembly worker :/ i mean i want to be contributing to the new innovating ideas....and what would be my expected wages? and please be precise .it can be something ill be working my whole life......so please include advantages disadvantages everything!

This should give you some insight.
Good luck with your career in the auto biz.

http://www.designschools.com/careers-jobs/automotive-designer.html