I just wanna say one thing, when it comes to cinematics regarding a drag race/ any car related content, you are unmatched. I always enjoy your racing videos. They are attractive!
@@hectorvieira4368what’s the problem with that? We like standards and he held his people to standards that were insane sure, but he held them all together and now we have our legacy that HE built so you’re just salty from where the enthusiasts are sitting
I'll never own a good enough car worthy of joining something like the Hagerty drivers club....but hopefully they gain a few subscribers for funding such amazing content.
Please don't misread this as some sort of dig at the work they did on this video. It's truly great. It's just the model of platforms like UA-cam. Selling your personal information and providing targeted advertisement to their corporate customers is why this is free.
This has to be one of the best automotive videos on UA-cam ever! As a former Bugatti mechanic, may I add one point? The Bugatti La Voiture Noire was commissioned by Piëch and built exclusively for him. But since he passed away before the car could be finished, it was in the Hands of his familiy descendants, doomed to collect dust in a warehouse. Luckily, it was eventually bought by some Swiss guy, who drives it regularly and drives it hard. I unfortunately cannot share his identity, but I respect that man for driving the only La Voiture Noire in existence as it should be driven. Piëch would be proud.
A huge thanks for you sharing this info with us! I was lucky enough to see the car in real life 2 times in Switzerland and I have to say that it is the most amazing car ever made! And so with this background info I'm even more sure!
Motor Trend says MotorBiscuit says Motorius says PragNews (some random Indian news site) says European soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo owns the $18.9M La Voiture Noire. TAX WEALTH!
Little nerdy fact: due to Piech's demand, from 1994 almost all VW lineup cars had the same tire size 195/65 R15. The only exceptions were A8, sportcars, and little cars like Polo. This size was the best compromise of characteristics. 195mm of width balanced aerodynamics requirements of minimal possible frontal area with the maximal possible size of tire ground contact area for braking and cornering. R15 had enough space for good brakes and looked ok from a styling point of view. Bigger wheels would cause greater unsprung masses and more expenses. Due to Piech`s decision, VW Group could order tires of the same size by millions and save a lot of money on logistics, storage and simplify production links. Most important, VW could demand greater discounts from tire suppliers
And that's awesome in the long run as the manufactures end production of wheels with weird sizes, as they don't sell much. And having a high demand even makes them cheaper
Discounts and requirements. Before, Mercedes and BMW were dictating the standards to the tires suppliers (at least in Europe) and after, it was VW Group, by a long way. This also made these tires basically the cheapest size to everyone for decades to come, making operational costs of cars lower.
Glad you added that! A great way of Lamborghini to honor that man. Many people forget the Siáns complete designation 😄 As a former Bugatti mechanic, may I add one point? The Bugatti La Voiture Noire was commissioned by Piëch and built exclusively for him. But since he passed away before the car could be finished, it was in the Hands of his familiy descendants, doomed to collect dust in a warehouse. Luckily, it was eventually bought by some Swiss guy, who drives it regularly and drives it hard. I unfortunately cannot share his identity, but I respect that man for driving the only La Voiture Noire in existence as it should be driven. Piëch would be proud.
@@ヤヌスクレーマー is it Cristiano Ronaldo who owns the LVN? Or somebody from Swiss? Also, how does one become a Bugatti mechanic? Question from a simple car mechanic with no education qualification.
@@ヤヌスクレーマー Ah I see!! Thanks for sharing such an insider-level info! I don't think a lot of people have an idea about the backstory about the LVN. Also, great to know it gets driven often. There have been quite a few photos of it floating around on the internet.
@@anjuYT-ui4hv I think Cristiano Ronaldo owns one of the ten Centodieci.He doesn't own the LVN, it has in fact popped up on various European rallies with a swiss plate with some other guy driving it.
@@techhaus5096 like saying the TDI engine was a great invention from Volkswagen. The TDI engine is a Fiat engine that was sold to Volkswagen when Fiat was already developing the multijet engine.
Piech is a hero, known to enthusiasts, but not the general public. Just like Jason, also a hero to enthusiasts, but not so widely known outside of our community. Thank you for telling these iconic stories, man. And please don’t stop!
he was; now's that he has gone full electric(on his own accord, in search of more views or on manufactures payroll, idk which one), calling him a hero for the driving enthusiasts is hypocritical; yeah, I know, me too. 😞🤦🏻🤷🏿♂️
Hey Jason, my name is Wade J. Goodwin, from Johannesburg, South Africa. I am an avid car enthusiast, especially Volkswagen and of course Audi. I took a chance in 1985 and wrote Ferdinand Piech, when he was still head of Audi, expressing my interest and admiration for the brand. Around 6-weeks later I received mail from Audi (evidently, they had a sorted PR department even back then) which consisted of 4-books (mini encyclopedias) on all the Audi brands, its histories and philosophies. This, low and behold included an autographed picture of the man himself, can you believe that brother? So yeah, I might have been one of only a few that was a committed Audi fan so far back? Thanks for your very interesting podcasts, I always look forward to you in particular because of your extensive knowledge, unique deliver style and your passion!!! Regards Wade J. Goodwin.
@@RD19902010 absolutely. We even have an Audi and Volkswagen factory in a place called, Uitenhage that produces virtually the whole range of vehicles for local and exports to Australia, New Zealand and the far East
@RD19902010 Audi South Africa has introduced Urban and Black Edition versions of several core models, including the Q2, A3, and Q3, with additional Black Edition versions of the A5/S5 and Q5/SQ5 ranges to be released later this year . The complete Audi lineup in South Africa includes with S/RS versions respectively: - A1 - A3 - A4 - A5 - A6 - A7 - A8 - Q2 - Q3 - Q5 - Q7 - Q8 - RS - e-tron - e-tron GT
It was good with the flyby shots and the Quatro joining from the dirt. My favorite is the intro with the (very not stock) Lancia Delta Integrale Evo. You know, the fire spitting one.
With top gear gone I'd rather watch Hagerty than the new top gear. Thanks for keep true automotive petrol head journalism alive guys ❤ much love 🇿🇦. I think Clarkson, Jeremy and James would approve and if I was the BBC I'd offer you 3 quarters of my wallet to own a fraction of your production.
As a Phaeton owner, thank you for this!Seeing it next to the Veyron, what a sight!These cars are legendary! Congrats to who had the idea of this video.
It’s crazy, even to this day I think the Phaeton is way underrated. I hate that we never got the later generations in the US. I think they look great and I’ve liked them since the very beginning but I also understand why they didn’t sell well here
I remember reading that in testing VW sent one to the Middle East for testing. 115 degrees F.. Flat to the floor. A/C on max. 180 mph for miles... no issues. I get itl...
Phaeton is a great car, I love driving mine but it does have a lot if issues (rusting doors) and if something breaks godang is it expensive to fix. My electric trunk release broke. Cost me 2000€ when the dust settled. 100k miles, 2009 model V6 Diesel.
My dad met Dr Piech when he worked out the Torsen deal with Audi. He said "I knew we really had something when we could put that in a 600hp rally car and have it last a season." Piech insisted on testing the Torsen instead of assuming it wouldn't work. The man is a legend!
Ferdinand Piech is one of the most important car people ever. He is the reason why the VAG group is one of the biggest car groups today. Back in the 2000’s he was responsible for absolutely beautiful masterpieces like the RS6 V10, w12 a8, w12 phaeton, q7 v12 tdi, Touareg v10 tdi and r50, Bugatti veyron, golf r32 mk4 and mk5, Bentley w12s and the r8 just to name a few.
ah yes, the son of an SS and Nazi higher up who just happened to benefit from the countless war crimes and crimes against humanity his father participated in which was never punished... what a wonderful story :)
You know why the first Panamera had that ugly hump back which made it look ugly? It was Piech. He demanded that he could sit comfortably in the back., and for that he wanted more headroom. So the car got more headroom, got objectively better, and got subjectively infinitely more ugly. There are also still engineers telling nightmare stories of having to change the glove box of the new Golf just months before release of the new car, when everything was finished and parts were already in production, because his wife deemed it to be too small. Of course the glove box got bigger, even if it cost an unreasonable amount. If Piech demanded a car to be better, the car became better.
I met Piech and his wife in Wolfsburgh. I was there for a VW/AUDI dealer meeting. He was very pleasant but also very intimidating. As a retired VW/AUDI dealer, I can tell you this man changed the landscape of Volkswagen AG. Which, I believe also changed the landscape of the Automotive Industry. Those were great times and I'm glad to have been a part of it. To this day, there are two VW's and two Audi's in my household. I have had Quattro's as principle drivers since the early 90's. Spare me the B.S. German Car horror stories. There is nothing I want between my ass and the road than one of these cars. Great documentary. Thanks for that.
"Spare me the B.S. German Car horror stories." I will spare you those stories but there is a reason why Toyota outsells VAG globally while destroying VAG here in the states, and also why the vast majority of taxies are Toyotas in the US and not VAG cars.
Piech was a friggin MADMAN! Let's not forget that under his watch and development, the V10 TDI Touareg, W12 Touareg, and V12 TDI Q7 were born. Nobody asked for these, but they were incredible
We almost had an Audi R8 that was powered by the diesel V12 from the TDI Q7. Though it ended up with the Lamborghini Gallardo V10 instead but some would argue that it was a better sounding choice.
the V12 TDI was offered for sale in a Q7 after they raced a diesel in le mans and won first time out... V12 of course. piech hatched the idea over dinner drawing on a napkin.
I have both a 2010 Q7 6.0 V12 and an Audi A2 1.2tdi, the A2 is more of an engineering "hold my schnapps" car, the XL1 was and is a $100,000 prototype car. But like the Polo 3l it's level of nerdiness is equally impressive.
There are few people to ever exist that can hold a candle to the works of Ferdinand Piech in the eyes of car enthusiast. Bob Lutz has a lot of enthusiast cred along with Carroll Shelby, and Lee iacocca was incredibly influential, but Ferdinand Piech did all of it.
Lutz, Shelby, Iacocca blah blah blah.... Bullshit, dude! These people where just managers and business men. Ferdinand Piech has created a whole new era for a lot of important car brands. No matter he was related to Ferdinand Porsche, Piech was a genius too.
Bob Lutz reportedly once asked Ferdinand Piech how he managed to match the Japanese in car assembly standards. "It was easy," Piech said. "I got all the production execs in a room and told them they had six weeks to achieve consistent 4mm gaps or they'd all be fired." The executives delivered.
This show is the spiritual successor to what Top Gear used to be. So many people have tried to imitate it, or replicate it, and nobody has been successful. Not even Grand Tour. But Hagerty has. And Jason Cammisa is beyond amazing.
@@kalindatchev994 I think that's why I love it so much is that Jason never loses the focus of what this is all about, and its always been about the CARS, and the PEOPLE behind them. His great charisma carries it through. I think that's where Top Gear in the later years lost some of it is that they made it more focused on Jeremy, James, and Richard. Though I absolutely loved them as well, it seemed like the cars took a backseat to them.
Someone went all-out on the introduction quality. Proper TV spec quality, the narration is carefully spaced out, not continuous talking. The car action is fascinating.
Us carmudgeons have been waiting for this for over 3 years now, and boy, was it worth the wait. Jason, you and Anthony and the rest of your team are carrying the mantle that Top Gear left behind. From the writing to the cinematography and storyline, it's just incredible. Thank you for this.
Believe me, I have consumed countless hours of automotive content on this almost infinite platform, but this was something else. Completely and utterly impressed, entertained and educated in the most wonderful way. The journalism displayed here could have easily withstood the scrutiny of Dr. Piëch's most unforgiving eye. My sincerest congratulations on this endeavor, Mr. Cammisa and Mr. Esposito, along with everyone else involved! You did not just raise the bar... You fkn yeeted it to the stratosphere!
I am very proud to be a Porsche employee in Weissach, Germany today to keep Dr. Ferdinand Piëchs legacy alive in these difficult times for german car manufacturing
@@trance9158 I am a Data Scientist working mostly in a strategy department. But through colleagues I got the chance to visit the production plants in Zuffenhausen/Stuttgart where the 911 and the Taycan as well as usually the 718 are being built.
@@rubystarcarrera Your response made me smile... I visited your facility in Zuffenhausen, in 1964, with my Mechanical Drawing class. My father was in the U.S. Army, in Ludwigsburg and I attended the American High School there. We had the opportunity to visit the Porsche factory on an afternoon tour, coincidentally, as the 356 was ending its production life and the 901/902 (soon to be 911/912) was being introduced. The part of the visit that stood out the most for me and for many of my classmates, was that Dan Gurney's 904GTS was in the shop for maintenance and we got to look it over very closely. I was able to climb in and sit in the driver's seat. One part that I remember was that at 5'8" tall, I had only about 2" between my head and the ceiling. Dan Gurney was about 6'2" tall. I'd guess that he must have either leaned over against the passenger's seat to driver or he actually had a rather short torso and long legs. That afternoon visiting the "Porsche Home" was one of the very best memories of my four year visit in Ludwigsburg!!
@@MrGaryGG48 Hey MrGary this is a great story! I would love to have seen the original production line like you did. I only know it from some rare old video footage. The modern facilities are probably nor comparable but at least we still have the building „Werk 1“ where the 550 Spyder and the old Le Mans cars were built. Today there is the „Werksabholung“ and the „Exclusive Manufaktur“ as well as the space for the „Sonderwunsch“ program. And Ludwigsburg is a beautiful city as well :D Greetings from Weissach!
Man, I legit almost shed a tear at the end of this intro. What a script, what cars, and what a shot. Congrats on reaching new levels for you to surpass, Jason and Team! :)
Piëchsoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooode!!! Been listening to carmudgeon since the beggining. And never heard of Piëch until they mentioned. But they somehow made me excited about this episode for many many years, and here it is!
We definitely need Jason to do a full 3 hr documentary on this company. Wouldn't be shocked if it actually wins tons of awards with the quality that have 👏💯
It's incredible that Jason and the Hagerty team can turn something that 'enthusiasts' would seemingly only be interested in and turn it around to be appealing to a much wider audience. Even if you didn't really know or care who Piech was, its just plain good story telling. Couple that with seriously some of the best car content editing I've ever seen, and witty script writing, and it all adds up to an incredibly polished show.
Been on car UA-cam for over a decade. Probably the greatest intro to any automotive UA-cam video, ever, of all time. Just absolutely brilliant. And what an astonishing collection of vehicles they were able to get their hands on. Thanks for everything you do Jason - you make this site worth visiting.
Yep! From Wikipedia: "The Carrera name was reintroduced from the 356 Carrera which had itself been named after Porsche's class victories in the Carrera Panamericana races in Mexico in the 1950s."
You beat me to typing this! I was a bit unsure, though. I do have a teeny bit of a doubt though. I don't think Cammisa misses. I wonder why he said that.
Actually it is also used in Italy. Spanish is Latin, Latin is Italy, Jason is Italian, so he reserves the right to insert his genomic supremacy where he can. I deem it correct and worthwhile. Long live the king.
I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Jason has a young boy energy equivalent to the trio we have all seen growing up. Its like, he’s taking the baton up for them, without them, him, or us knowing about it.
I'm just two minutes in and this homage already gave me goosebumps! Not often do I talk unwillingly to my computer, but when something is so epic your heart makes a jump, you just do. Damn you Jason! Best story teller in this realm! Damn!!! Thank you for your big heart!
Every few centuries, life gives us people like Piech, people who question what is considered the "norm" and make it their life's mission to absolutely obliterate them, build better things, influence and change the course of life for most and how things are done. That's the beauty of life & humanity. Thanks Piech, your machines are marvels. And also to the team at Hagerty, you guys are doing motor journalism in such a different, unique, exciting and interesting way...others will soon copy and you'll define motor journalism. Awesome
Good news... the quality and content of these videos is positively addictive! Bad news... the time and effort that goes into them has me constantly ... waiting... hoping... searching for the next one! Like a smoker looking for that last cigarette... every day I search for just one more... Well done!
🚥 Gotdamn a new episode with our automotive brother from another mother Jason Cammisa has just dropped ….Ferdinand is a legend and this should be good 😎👍🏽 FYI yeah back after watching and it was much better than good Cammisa always comes thru and hits ☄️ it outta the park
The story behind the VW/Audi 5 cylinder is quite simple. VW designed the EA827 engine in the late 1960's as a 1.4 liter inline four. It was designed to be extremely compact, about the size of a large motorcycle engine so that it could be mounted transversely on one side of the car with the transmission on the other side for FWD. Problem: This compactness meant that it could not be built any larger than 2.0 liters due to the small engine block. Thus, when more displacement was needed, Piech did what he did at MB: Add another cylinder in the middle. This gave them displacement without spending tons of money on a whole new engine and it had the bonus of being capable of being produced on the same machinery as the four cylinder version. VAG eventually built a diesel version of the EA827, an inline 6, a V8, a V6, a V10 for Audi and Lamborghini, and a V12. The current 2.0 liter inline four sold by VAG is called the EA114, and it is an evolved version of the original EA827 design that was in all the Rabbits, Sciroccos, Jettas, GTI's and a bunch of other cars sold in the US and around the world.
@@jsquared1013 True. I never said they were not. Audi and VW had separate engineering teams for decades, and Audi INSISTED on the longitudinal engine mounting for FWD/AWD cars. It drove Ferdinand Piech up the wall, but while he was important he wasn't "King" so he had to fight other battles. But that EA827 5 cylinder engine COULD be mounted transversely starting with the MKII Golf in 1983, since this chassis was wider.
Jason, Anthony, and team... fucking phenomenal work as usual. That clip of Piëch was chilling to watch, but was perfectly blended into the story line of the video.
Piëch would be pleased with this tribute as his eulogy. So informative yet full of emotion, while noting his shortfall to remind us we are not recognising a saint, but celebrating the uncompromising pursuit of an engineer and his world changing achievements.
I grew up with my father working in a Volkswagen dealership. I spend my child hood in the back seat of r32s Touareg v10 TDI‘s and phaetons. I was in awe of how amazing these cars were, and it stuck with me so much that I’ve grown up to continue in the automotive industry. Volkswagen is a shell of what it used to be. This video has got to be one of the best automotive videos I’ve ever seen. It really stoked the fire in me for my passion of cars. Piëch has been a hero of mine since I was a child and I can’t thank you enough Jason for sharing his story with more people.
His nickname was "Fugen-Ferdi" because he highly valued small gap tolerances in production. At car shows like IAA he went around the cars from other manufacturers and measured the gap tolerances to see if they did it better 😂 Also he was at Le Mans in 69 and after a driver jokingly asked for 10 Francs in the case the 917 broke down around the track, he answered short: Advance is granted.
Been waiting years. All worth it. One of the best automotive documentaries.....ever. Jason Cammisa is probably the best automotive journalist of this century.....and his team.....Bravo.
I really loved this episode. I have been a car nut since the 1980s and have indulged in many of Piech's creations and like Jason realize that nothing is forever and that the Piech era is now truly over. But what a privilege to have lived it, a true golden era of automotive history. Too bad we only got 30 mins of superbly edited material... For me I would have gobbled up the rumored 3 hours of raw material. e.g. I did not know that Piech was responsible for the 911's dry sump and I'm sure there were many more nuggets like these.
THIS IS CINEMA! I'm literally shooked by how good this is and at the same time puzzled by how is it that this hasn't millions and millions of views!!!!
Absolutely amazing! Not only the quality, which is at a level above most Netflix productions. As a German, you totally blew me away by pronouncing our weird „ch“ totally correct at 6:05 . Very respectful, thank you! And it looks like you had a ton of fun practicing and proving success 😉. B.t.w., Audi claimed that the Audi 100 Quattro drove up the ski jump at 14:30 without any assistance and that the clearly visible cable attached to the front of the vehicle was just for safety purposes. Who knows?
Jason, you deserve an award or several as there are millions of auto enthusiasts around the globe, but you bring life to stories we all thought were dead and deliver with the right taste of comedy a Michelin chef would say is "magnifique". Your videos are love letters to all that love cars and it will be vastly difficult to find another to make one about you. Thank you.
What a great episode! I wish I knew Ferdinand Piech! The VW Phaeton W12 will go down as one of my favorite Volkswagen cars. Volkswagen needs to bring back the swagger in their automobiles.
I was along for the figurative ride since the five-cylinder days when my dad first started teasing us with the possibility of getting a 300D. I read about cars across the US auto magazine spectrum and lost track of how often Piëch’s name came up over the years. This episode with Jason was a huge visual leap to see the forest from all those previously storied trees - down to the sapling XL1 that was the car I wanted most before its production numbers made it an unlikely buy. (It would’ve been a shweet chapter after driving a diesel Rabbit as a teen and a too-brief time owning an Audi five-cylinder.) Danke sehr, Herr Cammisa! Bravo!
Fascinating episode Jason, Randy and crew! This is better than Top Gear, by a mile. Dr. Piech was like a German mad scientist. He got things done and when he left, the VW ship sank...
Literally watched this episode twice in a row, I can't believe how good this was from the storytelling to the cinematography, everything was top notch. Thanks Hagerty team, this was a treat!
I had heard of Piëch before but just by name, it is outstanding to me to finally learn about EVERYTHING he did, and learning it in such spectacular fashion too! This man is responsible for 90% of my favorite cars, modern Lamborghinis, Porsches, the refined and luxurious Mark 7 Golf, Bentleys, the W12 engine, just WOW. Also, technically, there is a car with Piëch's name, the Lamborghini Sián, it's full name is "Lamborghini Sián FKP 37" which is a terrible name, but it stands for "Lamborghini Sián Ferdinand Karl Piëch 1937" (The year Piëch was born) and it was like a way of Lambo to honor the GOAT of Volkswagen :)
VW in the years following piech's passing made me realise how important just one man can be for even such a mega cooperation, i always believed that the rule book was set in stone and new cars would just be better, higher quality more sophisticated versions of the vehicles that they replaced, the engineering would lead and the rest would follow. Nowadays vw seams lost in a perpetual cycle of cost cutting and average products that strangle in some instances to do what their predecessors did and that seams to be the state of most automakers these days. Piech been an engineer first and foremost and being able to hold his position for so long made him and his ethics the cornerstone of car building in most cases.
This is the single best UA-cam video i have ever watched. The quality of production, the story, the everything. I would pay money to Watch this in a cinema! Wow…
There's several really good automotive/car reviews shows, but this is the only one with that "Top Gear" vibes, which is quite a compliment in my world! Cheers!
I am just amazed every time I watch an ICONS episode at how Jason Cammisa manages to give me goosebumps from start to the very end of the video, like actually! I must also admit without him, I dont think I know of any other automotive journalist out there today that makes such inspiringly entertaining movies.
I'm German, have had an interest in cars for almost 4 decades and the only thing I knew about Piech before watching this show was the Phaeton "mistake". Thanks for the eye-opening education and celebration of German automotive engineering.
@@JasonCammisa You know what they say (at least my parents did...) - there is no bad weather, only bad clothing :D Nontheless, awesome material, been waiting for that a long time! Cheers from Poland!
I have watched many different apperances of Jason recently starting with his clear voice about the Cybertruck, calling out BS of personal interest over jurnalistic integrity and engineering effort. I think, Jason is the perfect guy to shake up the field of really bad automotive jurnalism and to educate everyone on important topics in a way, nearly everyone will understand. BIG thumbs up for this. This video and many other he makes should be trending on YT for days ...
The value of storytelling like this cannot be understated enough. Hagerty, what you are giving back to the automotive community is invaluable; thank you.
Hey y'all, if you're interested in purchasing the Piëch Hoodie, I've put a link in the description!
Great video Jason!
I just wanna say one thing, when it comes to cinematics regarding a drag race/ any car related content, you are unmatched. I always enjoy your racing videos. They are attractive!
Okay, but what about the bikini shirt?
unbelievable intro 🤯
Does it have a monkey getting gassed by Diesel fumes on the front? Farck Piech.
The sort of people who watch videos like these are exactly the type of people who have heard of Ferdinand Piech
That is sadly true.
And complain about absolutely everything
this story shines more light on actual Piech family - ua-cam.com/video/MS4AsY4ncnU/v-deo.html .
@@hectorvieira4368what’s the problem with that? We like standards and he held his people to standards that were insane sure, but he held them all together and now we have our legacy that HE built so you’re just salty from where the enthusiasts are sitting
My thoughts exactly.
I cannot believe I just watched this for free. Remarkable film.
I'll never own a good enough car worthy of joining something like the Hagerty drivers club....but hopefully they gain a few subscribers for funding such amazing content.
Ohh, you paid for it. Or at least your information did. As the old saying goes, if the content is free, then YOU are the product.
Please don't misread this as some sort of dig at the work they did on this video. It's truly great. It's just the model of platforms like UA-cam. Selling your personal information and providing targeted advertisement to their corporate customers is why this is free.
didn't expect to see you here
@@TheAlanFish A shame there aren't any competitors. ublock origin + a few other extensions makes life easier
This has to be one of the best automotive videos on UA-cam ever!
As a former Bugatti mechanic, may I add one point?
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire was commissioned by Piëch and built exclusively for him.
But since he passed away before the car could be finished, it was in the Hands of his familiy descendants, doomed to collect dust in a warehouse.
Luckily, it was eventually bought by some Swiss guy, who drives it regularly and drives it hard. I unfortunately cannot share his identity, but I respect that man for driving the only La Voiture Noire in existence as it should be driven.
Piëch would be proud.
A huge thanks for you sharing this info with us! I was lucky enough to see the car in real life 2 times in Switzerland and I have to say that it is the most amazing car ever made! And so with this background info I'm even more sure!
fantastic anecdote
Motor Trend says MotorBiscuit says Motorius says PragNews (some random Indian news site) says European soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo owns the $18.9M La Voiture Noire.
TAX WEALTH!
Thank you for sharing.
Maybe something to add up. The vehicle is based in Zug, Switzerland and is known to be driven from a Porsche Family Member. Greetings from Zug.
Little nerdy fact: due to Piech's demand, from 1994 almost all VW lineup cars had the same tire size 195/65 R15. The only exceptions were A8, sportcars, and little cars like Polo.
This size was the best compromise of characteristics. 195mm of width balanced aerodynamics requirements of minimal possible frontal area with the maximal possible size of tire ground contact area for braking and cornering. R15 had enough space for good brakes and looked ok from a styling point of view. Bigger wheels would cause greater unsprung masses and more expenses.
Due to Piech`s decision, VW Group could order tires of the same size by millions and save a lot of money on logistics, storage and simplify production links. Most important, VW could demand greater discounts from tire suppliers
This Is why i read comments
A very interesting little nerdy fact indeed
Damn, this is what I can thinking about every link in the proverbial financial chain.
And that's awesome in the long run as the manufactures end production of wheels with weird sizes, as they don't sell much. And having a high demand even makes them cheaper
Discounts and requirements. Before, Mercedes and BMW were dictating the standards to the tires suppliers (at least in Europe) and after, it was VW Group, by a long way.
This also made these tires basically the cheapest size to everyone for decades to come, making operational costs of cars lower.
There is actually one car that paid homage to Piëch. The Lamborghini Sián FKP37. FKP are his initials, 37 is his birth year.
Another amazing episode!
Glad you added that!
A great way of Lamborghini to honor that man.
Many people forget the Siáns complete designation 😄
As a former Bugatti mechanic, may I add one point?
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire was commissioned by Piëch and built exclusively for him.
But since he passed away before the car could be finished, it was in the Hands of his familiy descendants, doomed to collect dust in a warehouse.
Luckily, it was eventually bought by some Swiss guy, who drives it regularly and drives it hard. I unfortunately cannot share his identity, but I respect that man for driving the only La Voiture Noire in existence as it should be driven.
Piëch would be proud.
@@ヤヌスクレーマー is it Cristiano Ronaldo who owns the LVN? Or somebody from Swiss? Also, how does one become a Bugatti mechanic? Question from a simple car mechanic with no education qualification.
@@ヤヌスクレーマー Ah I see!! Thanks for sharing such an insider-level info! I don't think a lot of people have an idea about the backstory about the LVN. Also, great to know it gets driven often. There have been quite a few photos of it floating around on the internet.
@@anjuYT-ui4hv I think Cristiano Ronaldo owns one of the ten Centodieci.He doesn't own the LVN, it has in fact popped up on various European rallies with a swiss plate with some other guy driving it.
Another reason the sian is on the dream car list
This episode should be submitted for an automotive award. It’s easily one of the greatest shows I’ve watched.
It cant go for an award if it is difusing fake information.
@@1981ricardo like what?
@@techhaus5096 like saying the TDI engine was a great invention from Volkswagen. The TDI engine is a Fiat engine that was sold to Volkswagen when Fiat was already developing the multijet engine.
Piech is a hero, known to enthusiasts, but not the general public. Just like Jason, also a hero to enthusiasts, but not so widely known outside of our community. Thank you for telling these iconic stories, man. And please don’t stop!
Yeah like me!
Houston Crosta let you borrow the Bug?!? Sick AF
he was; now's that he has gone full electric(on his own accord, in search of more views or on manufactures payroll, idk which one), calling him a hero for the driving enthusiasts is hypocritical; yeah, I know, me too. 😞🤦🏻🤷🏿♂️
a herooooo? he's a villain straight out of a movie.
Just don't google what the Piech and Porche families did during WW2 and the years after
Hey Jason, my name is Wade J. Goodwin, from Johannesburg, South Africa. I am an avid car enthusiast, especially Volkswagen and of course Audi. I took a chance in 1985 and wrote Ferdinand Piech, when he was still head of Audi, expressing my interest and admiration for the brand. Around 6-weeks later I received mail from Audi (evidently, they had a sorted PR department even back then) which consisted of 4-books (mini encyclopedias) on all the Audi brands, its histories and philosophies. This, low and behold included an autographed picture of the man himself, can you believe that brother?
So yeah, I might have been one of only a few that was a committed Audi fan so far back? Thanks for your very interesting podcasts, I always look forward to you in particular because of your extensive knowledge, unique deliver style and your passion!!!
Regards Wade J. Goodwin.
That sounds amazing. Does SA receive the full Audi line up?
That's a really cool story Wade, sometimes it's actually worth skimming the comments section!
@@RD19902010 absolutely. We even have an Audi and Volkswagen factory in a place called, Uitenhage that produces virtually the whole range of vehicles for local and exports to Australia, New Zealand and the far East
@@samteks125 thanks so much indeed
@RD19902010 Audi South Africa has introduced Urban and Black Edition versions of several core models, including the Q2, A3, and Q3, with additional Black Edition versions of the A5/S5 and Q5/SQ5 ranges to be released later this year . The complete Audi lineup in South Africa includes with S/RS versions respectively:
- A1
- A3
- A4
- A5
- A6
- A7
- A8
- Q2
- Q3
- Q5
- Q7
- Q8
- RS
- e-tron
- e-tron GT
Hagerty gives BBC Top Gear a run for it's money. Man the production quality of these videos are out of this world bravo sir
I think because Hagerty are giving money to proper enthusiasts and not just journalists that think they know cars
This is as good, perhaps better, than any Top Gear episode I can remember...and that's the best praise I can possibly drum up here.
Easily better than any Top Gear episode. Genuinely shocking that we live in a time where content like this is free.
The scuba Bugatti lives😎
Came here to post this, great work guys!
yes, yes it is!
Yeah this is some top tier video content
That intro gave me literal chills!
💯
I was like "WHOAAAAHMAAA GAAAHD! That's... ICONIC!"
It was good with the flyby shots and the Quatro joining from the dirt. My favorite is the intro with the (very not stock) Lancia Delta Integrale Evo. You know, the fire spitting one.
Epic
Absolutely!! One of the best collection of cars I can remember in a video.
The Throttle House guys have nothing on that intro!
All i can say is,
I've never watched anything on UA-cam for 34 minutes, and it felt like it was too short!
This Jason guy is just awesome.
Exactly. I didn't even look at the seek bar even ONCE. And I don't think I have done this for any video ever.
Just discovered this guy recently, all his video are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. And that goes to the production team too, that makes all of this possible
There is no car show on the internet like this one. You set the highest standard and you .. own it. I love you guys
There is no car show like this one. full stop.
There was one it was Top Gear under the Clarkson era
Doesn’t even come close to prime top gear.
With top gear gone I'd rather watch Hagerty than the new top gear. Thanks for keep true automotive petrol head journalism alive guys ❤ much love 🇿🇦.
I think Clarkson, Jeremy and James would approve and if I was the BBC I'd offer you 3 quarters of my wallet to own a fraction of your production.
The grand tour is on the internet
As a Phaeton owner, thank you for this!Seeing it next to the Veyron, what a sight!These cars are legendary! Congrats to who had the idea of this video.
It’s crazy, even to this day I think the Phaeton is way underrated. I hate that we never got the later generations in the US. I think they look great and I’ve liked them since the very beginning but I also understand why they didn’t sell well here
I remember reading that in testing VW sent one to the Middle East for testing. 115 degrees F.. Flat to the floor. A/C on max. 180 mph for miles... no issues. I get itl...
Phaetons are unreliable junk. There is a reason why they didn't sell.
Phaeton is a great car, I love driving mine but it does have a lot if issues (rusting doors) and if something breaks godang is it expensive to fix. My electric trunk release broke. Cost me 2000€ when the dust settled. 100k miles, 2009 model V6 Diesel.
@@Bergkette A8 and Phaeton are not the same car!
My dad met Dr Piech when he worked out the Torsen deal with Audi. He said "I knew we really had something when we could put that in a 600hp rally car and have it last a season." Piech insisted on testing the Torsen instead of assuming it wouldn't work. The man is a legend!
Ferdinand Piech is one of the most important car people ever. He is the reason why the VAG group is one of the biggest car groups today. Back in the 2000’s he was responsible for absolutely beautiful masterpieces like the RS6 V10, w12 a8, w12 phaeton, q7 v12 tdi, Touareg v10 tdi and r50, Bugatti veyron, golf r32 mk4 and mk5, Bentley w12s and the r8 just to name a few.
don´t forget the Porsche 917 - maybe his most advanced adventure...
Who did the Porsche 959?
@@samsap2024 definitely one of his most advanced developments
ah yes, the son of an SS and Nazi higher up who just happened to benefit from the countless war crimes and crimes against humanity his father participated in which was never punished... what a wonderful story :)
You know why the first Panamera had that ugly hump back which made it look ugly? It was Piech.
He demanded that he could sit comfortably in the back., and for that he wanted more headroom. So the car got more headroom, got objectively better, and got subjectively infinitely more ugly.
There are also still engineers telling nightmare stories of having to change the glove box of the new Golf just months before release of the new car, when everything was finished and parts were already in production, because his wife deemed it to be too small. Of course the glove box got bigger, even if it cost an unreasonable amount.
If Piech demanded a car to be better, the car became better.
I met Piech and his wife in Wolfsburgh. I was there for a VW/AUDI dealer meeting. He was very pleasant but also very intimidating. As a retired VW/AUDI dealer, I can tell you this man changed the landscape of Volkswagen AG. Which, I believe also changed the landscape of the Automotive Industry. Those were great times and I'm glad to have been a part of it. To this day, there are two VW's and two Audi's in my household. I have had Quattro's as principle drivers since the early 90's. Spare me the B.S. German Car horror stories. There is nothing I want between my ass and the road than one of these cars. Great documentary. Thanks for that.
* principal
"Spare me the B.S. German Car horror stories." I will spare you those stories but there is a reason why Toyota outsells VAG globally while destroying VAG here in the states, and also why the vast majority of taxies are Toyotas in the US and not VAG cars.
@jtland4842 he didnt necessarily mean older ones
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You talk too much
what german car horror stories? Living in germany i must be living in a horror movie then :D
Seeing the whole lineup at 2:02 was like seeing all the Avengers together for the first time in endgame. Pure goosebumps!
Piech was a friggin MADMAN! Let's not forget that under his watch and development, the V10 TDI Touareg, W12 Touareg, and V12 TDI Q7 were born. Nobody asked for these, but they were incredible
the Porsche 917 was his first masterpiece
We almost had an Audi R8 that was powered by the diesel V12 from the TDI Q7. Though it ended up with the Lamborghini Gallardo V10 instead but some would argue that it was a better sounding choice.
the V12 TDI was offered for sale in a Q7 after they raced a diesel in le mans and won first time out... V12 of course. piech hatched the idea over dinner drawing on a napkin.
@@mariojakel5544The greatest race car in history. The Porsche 917 and Mark Donahue!
I have both a 2010 Q7 6.0 V12 and an Audi A2 1.2tdi, the A2 is more of an engineering "hold my schnapps" car, the XL1 was and is a $100,000 prototype car. But like the Polo 3l it's level of nerdiness is equally impressive.
There are few people to ever exist that can hold a candle to the works of Ferdinand Piech in the eyes of car enthusiast. Bob Lutz has a lot of enthusiast cred along with Carroll Shelby, and Lee iacocca was incredibly influential, but Ferdinand Piech did all of it.
Lutz, Shelby, Iacocca blah blah blah.... Bullshit, dude! These people where just managers and business men.
Ferdinand Piech has created a whole new era for a lot of important car brands. No matter he was related to Ferdinand Porsche, Piech was a genius too.
Bob Lutz reportedly once asked Ferdinand Piech how he managed to match the Japanese in car assembly standards. "It was easy," Piech said. "I got all the production execs in a room and told them they had six weeks to achieve consistent 4mm gaps or they'd all be fired." The executives delivered.
@@Porsche1969did you just call Carroll Shelby a 'manager'? Are you fucking serious?
Colin Chapman is there too
The intro is a masterpiece.
The history résumé is flawless.
When you think Cammisa cant surpass himself, he rises the bar...again.
This show is the spiritual successor to what Top Gear used to be.
So many people have tried to imitate it, or replicate it, and nobody has been successful. Not even Grand Tour.
But Hagerty has. And Jason Cammisa is beyond amazing.
Not to mention that, despite the fact that I love Top Gear, Jason actually gives us useful info about the cars he reviews 😋
@@kalindatchev994 I think that's why I love it so much is that Jason never loses the focus of what this is all about, and its always been about the CARS, and the PEOPLE behind them. His great charisma carries it through. I think that's where Top Gear in the later years lost some of it is that they made it more focused on Jeremy, James, and Richard.
Though I absolutely loved them as well, it seemed like the cars took a backseat to them.
also the collecting cars by Harris
After being edged for 3 years, Jason finally gave us the full release we all wanted, and gave us this amazing episode.
And here I thought Jason's full releases were kept between him and his boyfriend.
Someone went all-out on the introduction quality. Proper TV spec quality, the narration is carefully spaced out, not continuous talking. The car action is fascinating.
The Bugatti resurrection Houston Crosta did looks and sounds beautiful, welldone @Houston.
I couldn't believe it was *that one*
I was looking for this comment 😭😭cos I noticed it was his
That right there is truly a 1 of 1 Veyron to be proud of 🤌
It's mental 🔥
Us carmudgeons have been waiting for this for over 3 years now, and boy, was it worth the wait. Jason, you and Anthony and the rest of your team are carrying the mantle that Top Gear left behind. From the writing to the cinematography and storyline, it's just incredible. Thank you for this.
Wait till the carmudgeon podcast ep comes out 🎉🎉🎉
I was absolutely shocked to see that not only did it finally happen, but it happened in the form of an Icons episode no less!
Well said brother, no car show comes close to what Jason and the Hagerty team are putting out. What a blessing to be able to watch this for free!
Ferdinand Piëch hails from a time when engineers could call the shots, but he obviously understood economics as well.
Believe me, I have consumed countless hours of automotive content on this almost infinite platform, but this was something else. Completely and utterly impressed, entertained and educated in the most wonderful way. The journalism displayed here could have easily withstood the scrutiny of Dr. Piëch's most unforgiving eye. My sincerest congratulations on this endeavor, Mr. Cammisa and Mr. Esposito, along with everyone else involved! You did not just raise the bar... You fkn yeeted it to the stratosphere!
Kudos for not forgetting Anthony in this comment. He and Jason make for a force majeure.
keep riding that meat bro
I am very proud to be a Porsche employee in Weissach, Germany today to keep Dr. Ferdinand Piëchs legacy alive in these difficult times for german car manufacturing
Porsche rules!!!
What part of the production line do you work in or with?
@@trance9158 I am a Data Scientist working mostly in a strategy department. But through colleagues I got the chance to visit the production plants in Zuffenhausen/Stuttgart where the 911 and the Taycan as well as usually the 718 are being built.
@@rubystarcarrera Your response made me smile... I visited your facility in Zuffenhausen, in 1964, with my Mechanical Drawing class. My father was in the U.S. Army, in Ludwigsburg and I attended the American High School there. We had the opportunity to visit the Porsche factory on an afternoon tour, coincidentally, as the 356 was ending its production life and the 901/902 (soon to be 911/912) was being introduced. The part of the visit that stood out the most for me and for many of my classmates, was that Dan Gurney's 904GTS was in the shop for maintenance and we got to look it over very closely. I was able to climb in and sit in the driver's seat. One part that I remember was that at 5'8" tall, I had only about 2" between my head and the ceiling. Dan Gurney was about 6'2" tall. I'd guess that he must have either leaned over against the passenger's seat to driver or he actually had a rather short torso and long legs. That afternoon visiting the "Porsche Home" was one of the very best memories of my four year visit in Ludwigsburg!!
@@MrGaryGG48 Hey MrGary this is a great story! I would love to have seen the original production line like you did. I only know it from some rare old video footage. The modern facilities are probably nor comparable but at least we still have the building „Werk 1“ where the 550 Spyder and the old Le Mans cars were built. Today there is the „Werksabholung“ and the „Exclusive Manufaktur“ as well as the space for the „Sonderwunsch“ program. And Ludwigsburg is a beautiful city as well :D Greetings from Weissach!
Man, I legit almost shed a tear at the end of this intro. What a script, what cars, and what a shot.
Congrats on reaching new levels for you to surpass, Jason and Team! :)
Thank you!
Piëchsoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooode!!! Been listening to carmudgeon since the beggining. And never heard of Piëch until they mentioned. But they somehow made me excited about this episode for many many years, and here it is!
RIGHT it feels like ages ago they started mentioning this lol
As a German you know him a lot. 😅
I can't believe this is actually here! I thought this was going to be some sort of Half Life 3 thing that was always just round the corner.
Same! Been waiting a long time for this.
Bloody hell. You guys knocked it out of the park again. What a spectacular ICONS episode 🤯
We definitely need Jason to do a full 3 hr documentary on this company. Wouldn't be shocked if it actually wins tons of awards with the quality that have 👏💯
It's incredible that Jason and the Hagerty team can turn something that 'enthusiasts' would seemingly only be interested in and turn it around to be appealing to a much wider audience. Even if you didn't really know or care who Piech was, its just plain good story telling. Couple that with seriously some of the best car content editing I've ever seen, and witty script writing, and it all adds up to an incredibly polished show.
This episode reminds me so much of topgear, especially the airfield shots
@@JoshuaC923 yep, literally the only thing missing was the Clarkson voice-over.
Piech was a driven engineer, boss, and auto enthusiast to the core and we love him for that.
Been on car UA-cam for over a decade. Probably the greatest intro to any automotive UA-cam video, ever, of all time. Just absolutely brilliant. And what an astonishing collection of vehicles they were able to get their hands on. Thanks for everything you do Jason - you make this site worth visiting.
the one on the BMW M3 I believe where they did like a 1 minute rolling burnout was in my opinion even better.
"Carrera" is SPANISH for "race", not italian. "Corsa" is italian. Good video, nevertheless.
Yep! From Wikipedia: "The Carrera name was reintroduced from the 356 Carrera which had itself been named after Porsche's class victories in the Carrera Panamericana races in Mexico in the 1950s."
@@RobertM525 - And Porsche Panamera got its name from the same race.
You beat me to typing this! I was a bit unsure, though. I do have a teeny bit of a doubt though. I don't think Cammisa misses. I wonder why he said that.
It's a stain in an otherwise immaculate video, one that shouldn't have happened.
Actually it is also used in Italy. Spanish is Latin, Latin is Italy, Jason is Italian, so he reserves the right to insert his genomic supremacy where he can. I deem it correct and worthwhile. Long live the king.
Jason's German pronounciation is outstanding, from Schnitzelscheiße to Es zieht.😊
Jason understands what makes a villain a super villain. Presentation.
*welcome to the jungle riff starts playing*
Piechentation
He used Apollo Justice's bracelet to analyze Piëch's nervous motions
Unfathomable power!
@@mitoswrc it’s without fathom
I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Jason has a young boy energy equivalent to the trio we have all seen growing up. Its like, he’s taking the baton up for them, without them, him, or us knowing about it.
I'm just two minutes in and this homage already gave me goosebumps! Not often do I talk unwillingly to my computer, but when something is so epic your heart makes a jump, you just do. Damn you Jason! Best story teller in this realm! Damn!!! Thank you for your big heart!
The front wheel picking up on that 2.7rs is all I needed to see today to be happy.
0:39
It’s funny because the car wasn’t built for how sticky tires are today
Jason Camisa always makes the best car content hands down. Great piece of automotive journalism.
This is an amazing piece of journalism.
Storyboard, script, production, editing and post production all incredible. A triumph.
Every few centuries, life gives us people like Piech, people who question what is considered the "norm" and make it their life's mission to absolutely obliterate them, build better things, influence and change the course of life for most and how things are done.
That's the beauty of life & humanity. Thanks Piech, your machines are marvels.
And also to the team at Hagerty, you guys are doing motor journalism in such a different, unique, exciting and interesting way...others will soon copy and you'll define motor journalism.
Awesome
Good news... the quality and content of these videos is positively addictive! Bad news... the time and effort that goes into them has me constantly ... waiting... hoping... searching for the next one! Like a smoker looking for that last cigarette... every day I search for just one more... Well done!
🚥 Gotdamn a new episode with our automotive brother from another mother Jason Cammisa has just dropped ….Ferdinand is a legend and this should be good 😎👍🏽 FYI yeah back after watching and it was much better than good Cammisa always comes thru and hits ☄️ it outta the park
Fast Eddie has a 1300 horsepower Bentley Continental Gt…makes the 700 hp Supersports look like standing still LOL check it out 😂
Dude is a hero and who better to tell the story … that Bentley slaps hard Eddie
The story behind the VW/Audi 5 cylinder is quite simple. VW designed the EA827 engine in the late 1960's as a 1.4 liter inline four. It was designed to be extremely compact, about the size of a large motorcycle engine so that it could be mounted transversely on one side of the car with the transmission on the other side for FWD.
Problem: This compactness meant that it could not be built any larger than 2.0 liters due to the small engine block.
Thus, when more displacement was needed, Piech did what he did at MB: Add another cylinder in the middle. This gave them displacement without spending tons of money on a whole new engine and it had the bonus of being capable of being produced on the same machinery as the four cylinder version.
VAG eventually built a diesel version of the EA827, an inline 6, a V8, a V6, a V10 for Audi and Lamborghini, and a V12. The current 2.0 liter inline four sold by VAG is called the EA114, and it is an evolved version of the original EA827 design that was in all the Rabbits, Sciroccos, Jettas, GTI's and a bunch of other cars sold in the US and around the world.
Isn‘t the current one the EA888? Have it it both my 2023 A6 and 2023 GTI Clubsport
@@vodafoneuser1690 They now call it the EA114, it's just an evolution of the EA888.
The first Audi 5 cylinders were not transverse, they were longitudinal.
@@jsquared1013 True. I never said they were not. Audi and VW had separate engineering teams for decades, and Audi INSISTED on the longitudinal engine mounting for FWD/AWD cars. It drove Ferdinand Piech up the wall, but while he was important he wasn't "King" so he had to fight other battles. But that EA827 5 cylinder engine COULD be mounted transversely starting with the MKII Golf in 1983, since this chassis was wider.
Jason, Anthony, and team... fucking phenomenal work as usual. That clip of Piëch was chilling to watch, but was perfectly blended into the story line of the video.
This is a worthwhile recognition of Piech. Applause to Cammisa + his Team!!!!
There is no other Auto Channel in UA-cam that I watch just to experience the production quality of the show than to know more about the car.
Piëch would be pleased with this tribute as his eulogy. So informative yet full of emotion, while noting his shortfall to remind us we are not recognising a saint, but celebrating the uncompromising pursuit of an engineer and his world changing achievements.
I grew up with my father working in a Volkswagen dealership. I spend my child hood in the back seat of r32s Touareg v10 TDI‘s and phaetons. I was in awe of how amazing these cars were, and it stuck with me so much that I’ve grown up to continue in the automotive industry. Volkswagen is a shell of what it used to be. This video has got to be one of the best automotive videos I’ve ever seen. It really stoked the fire in me for my passion of cars. Piëch has been a hero of mine since I was a child and I can’t thank you enough Jason for sharing his story with more people.
His nickname was "Fugen-Ferdi" because he highly valued small gap tolerances in production.
At car shows like IAA he went around the cars from other manufacturers and measured the gap tolerances to see if they did it better 😂
Also he was at Le Mans in 69 and after a driver jokingly asked for 10 Francs in the case the 917 broke down around the track, he answered short: Advance is granted.
Been waiting years. All worth it. One of the best automotive documentaries.....ever. Jason Cammisa is probably the best automotive journalist of this century.....and his team.....Bravo.
I really loved this episode. I have been a car nut since the 1980s and have indulged in many of Piech's creations and like Jason realize that nothing is forever and that the Piech era is now truly over. But what a privilege to have lived it, a true golden era of automotive history. Too bad we only got 30 mins of superbly edited material... For me I would have gobbled up the rumored 3 hours of raw material. e.g. I did not know that Piech was responsible for the 911's dry sump and I'm sure there were many more nuggets like these.
THIS IS CINEMA! I'm literally shooked by how good this is and at the same time puzzled by how is it that this hasn't millions and millions of views!!!!
This is hands-down the best car content being made right now, on any platform. Thanks Jason, and thank you Hagerty!
The quality of these videos cannot be overstated. LOVE videos like this
Absolutely amazing!
Not only the quality, which is at a level above most Netflix productions.
As a German, you totally blew me away by pronouncing our weird „ch“ totally correct at 6:05 . Very respectful, thank you! And it looks like you had a ton of fun practicing and proving success 😉.
B.t.w., Audi claimed that the Audi 100 Quattro drove up the ski jump at 14:30 without any assistance and that the clearly visible cable attached to the front of the vehicle was just for safety purposes. Who knows?
Your products like this film are as complete as Piech's vehicles. Thank you for working to become such talented storytellers.
Jason, you deserve an award or several as there are millions of auto enthusiasts around the globe, but you bring life to stories we all thought were dead and deliver with the right taste of comedy a Michelin chef would say is "magnifique". Your videos are love letters to all that love cars and it will be vastly difficult to find another to make one about you. Thank you.
What a great episode! I wish I knew Ferdinand Piech! The VW Phaeton W12 will go down as one of my favorite Volkswagen cars. Volkswagen needs to bring back the swagger in their automobiles.
I must say, as a long-time listener of the Carmudgeon show, the fabled Piechisode did not disappoint at all. Bravo!
I was along for the figurative ride since the five-cylinder days when my dad first started teasing us with the possibility of getting a 300D. I read about cars across the US auto magazine spectrum and lost track of how often Piëch’s name came up over the years. This episode with Jason was a huge visual leap to see the forest from all those previously storied trees - down to the sapling XL1 that was the car I wanted most before its production numbers made it an unlikely buy. (It would’ve been a shweet chapter after driving a diesel Rabbit as a teen and a too-brief time owning an Audi five-cylinder.) Danke sehr, Herr Cammisa! Bravo!
WOW.. I'M IN AWE.. of both Pierch.. and Cammisa!!!
Fascinating episode Jason, Randy and crew! This is better than Top Gear, by a mile. Dr. Piech was like a German mad scientist. He got things done and when he left, the VW ship sank...
Literally watched this episode twice in a row, I can't believe how good this was from the storytelling to the cinematography, everything was top notch. Thanks Hagerty team, this was a treat!
I had heard of Piëch before but just by name, it is outstanding to me to finally learn about EVERYTHING he did, and learning it in such spectacular fashion too! This man is responsible for 90% of my favorite cars, modern Lamborghinis, Porsches, the refined and luxurious Mark 7 Golf, Bentleys, the W12 engine, just WOW.
Also, technically, there is a car with Piëch's name, the Lamborghini Sián, it's full name is "Lamborghini Sián FKP 37" which is a terrible name, but it stands for "Lamborghini Sián Ferdinand Karl Piëch 1937" (The year Piëch was born) and it was like a way of Lambo to honor the GOAT of Volkswagen :)
Now that is some high level enthusiastic piece of work! More of these stories Jason! You deserve more recognition man 👏🏼
VW in the years following piech's passing made me realise how important just one man can be for even such a mega cooperation, i always believed that the rule book was set in stone and new cars would just be better, higher quality more sophisticated versions of the vehicles that they replaced, the engineering would lead and the rest would follow. Nowadays vw seams lost in a perpetual cycle of cost cutting and average products that strangle in some instances to do what their predecessors did and that seams to be the state of most automakers these days. Piech been an engineer first and foremost and being able to hold his position for so long made him and his ethics the cornerstone of car building in most cases.
I like to think he would have helped VW avoid the ID 3,4 and 5 horror stories.
@@JR-ii4lq yep, but it seems that his mandatory retirement age will be violated in one way or another, which is a shame
This is the single best UA-cam video i have ever watched. The quality of production, the story, the everything. I would pay money to Watch this in a cinema! Wow…
Finally the Piëchisode is here! Also I loved the joke about the cervicale
This man was an inter-family "parts sharing" way before VW group 😂 wife>cousins wife>Tudor>baby sitter=13 seeds 👀
underrated comment. Needs to be on top.
Damn that got me into a fit of coughing laughter
The production quality of the channel is so crazy! These documentaries should be seen by tens of millions of people!!!
My Goodness, it’s a next level documentary ❤
There's several really good automotive/car reviews shows, but this is the only one with that "Top Gear" vibes, which is quite a compliment in my world! Cheers!
Even better than Top Gear because there's no douchebag Clarkson here :)))
This master piece deserves millions of views
WOW. Big big compliment to the whole team! What a great video.
Enjoyed every second.
Greetings from Stuttgart :)
You know its gonna be a good day when Jason cammisa has a new episode
Bravo, what an episode! Educational and entertaining!
Jason does THE BEST car videos out there!!!
Thank you all for the quality of your documentary, for keeping their legacy alive (Jeremy, James, Richard) and making it your own.
Don’t forget The Beatles. And Hattie Jaques.
I am just amazed every time I watch an ICONS episode at how Jason Cammisa manages to give me goosebumps from start to the very end of the video, like actually!
I must also admit without him, I dont think I know of any other automotive journalist out there today that makes such inspiringly entertaining movies.
Been following since ISSIMI days. Glad to finally see the episode!
Finally! I've been waiting for the piechisode for years!
this is by far the best video format i have witnessed in my entire life. thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu
Is that Houston Crosta’s Bugatti? I thought I noticed a Royalty tag on the back? I love these in-depth Haggerty episodes. 👍🏼
yes..Jason said it towards the end...
After much anticipation the Piechisode has arrived and it was worth the wait!!!
This may be the best intro ever in any car video in the history... a masterpiece!
Jason, you should do an episode, especially for VW Phaeton and why they discontinued it. BTW, I love all your episodes!!
YES, PLEASE!!!🙏🙏🙏
I'm German, have had an interest in cars for almost 4 decades and the only thing I knew about Piech before watching this show was the Phaeton "mistake". Thanks for the eye-opening education and celebration of German automotive engineering.
Big thank you for this video!!! By far the best history and entertainment for car enthusiasts!!! Keep rocking! The best YT channel!
Funny that Cammisa mocks germans and italians about AC making you sick and yet, he always is. Sick. I guess now we know why :D
Yeah, my neighborhood is breezy af. (This made me LOL)
@@JasonCammisa You know what they say (at least my parents did...) - there is no bad weather, only bad clothing :D
Nontheless, awesome material, been waiting for that a long time! Cheers from Poland!
OMG new Hagerty episode by JASON IS LIVE!
I have watched many different apperances of Jason recently starting with his clear voice about the Cybertruck, calling out BS of personal interest over jurnalistic integrity and engineering effort. I think, Jason is the perfect guy to shake up the field of really bad automotive jurnalism and to educate everyone on important topics in a way, nearly everyone will understand. BIG thumbs up for this. This video and many other he makes should be trending on YT for days ...
I know this is going to sound corny, but Ferdinand Piëch was responsible for most of my favorite cars as a kid, especially the Phaeton!
He was one of the most important man on history of car history. Thanks Jason 👏👏👏👏
The value of storytelling like this cannot be understated enough. Hagerty, what you are giving back to the automotive community is invaluable; thank you.
This brought tears to my eyes. Bravo