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Man, this video gave me goosebumps...

I ❤your matching shoes Jason 😊

That intro deserves an award

Nice one Hagerty, another perfectly produced story about a wonderfully innovative era in automotive. This reminds me of the Peter Hanenberger era at Holden in Australia. Equally as triumphant in his turn around of the business yet fell apart when he left. Perhaps you could look into that as a future episode one time? Thanks again.

There is a little bit of Piech in every modern car, as he was a co-inventor of the heated rear window back in the 1970s at Audi, as indicated in the patent.

"A man whose name never appeared on a single car." Think again, there's a WW2 tank prototype called Ferdinand because it was designed by Piech.

Well, this channel has gone down the drain with those stupid after effects sounds.

Piëch was a prick.

Intro felt like a forza horizon intro.

Hey Hagerty can i be the visitor for one day of your production team please. You guys are just awesome.

Excellent. Well worth the wait. Thanks!🎉

Sorry, there was not space enough for the ENGLISH VERSION, so one more post from me: Piëch was also the guy who drove VW down the path of pump-nozzle-diesel, a dead-end street which at first seemed so sunny and then was the trigger for the diesel scandal, because his engineers suddenly no longer had a plan for complying with the "new" emission rules ​​(which were the reason for the end of pump-injectors) and suddenly VW was years behind. And he was the guy who launched the incredibly expensive Phaethon, which, despite all the praise, ultimately flopped magnificently. And there were other pompous projects already mentioned by others. He was the guy who paved the way for the self-aggrandising Winterkorn, but when it came to self-importance, he was the benchmark anyway. On the mixed side, he was the guy who successfully told journalists and the common people that gaps and soft-touch surfaces equaled quality. With an ingenious sleight of hand, he replaced product quality with a mere appearance of quality and really fooled (almost) everyone. Good for VW, bad for all of us. Of course, you have to admit that he took over VW in a disastrous state, and without him the whole thing could have completely hit the wall for good. That's actually more than enough for a place of honor in Wolfsburg. But you should always see the whole picture: getting out of the mess at the beginning of his term, but at the end the car was suddenly surprisingly deep in the mud again. He and Winterkorn are perfect reminders that good corporate culture always has to be democratic in some way. The autocracy concept of the two gentlemen may have been very successful here and there, but in the long term it is inferior and even dangerous.

The best video on this channel, by far‼️

Finally we get the Piëchisode!! Been waiting for this for a while and oh boy! Was it worth the wait!! What an absolute masterpiece of content, what a... man?... This story is not over, so we need to keep our eyes peeled on what happens.

This is one of the best videos on youtube, I have ever seen. Piech maked the best cars in the entire world, like my dads vw phaeton with w12 producing 450hp. The car that made me car guy.

As a teen, I aspired to one day own an Audi (500se, Quattro, late 90's A4 cabriolet). I suppose these were the Piech era cars. Gone are those days and cars which will be forever missed.

Wonderful and important episode

Davin specialist V8 engine anda papadakis specialist B58 engine 🔥🔥

Wow ,wow,wow ...! What research ,what presentation ,what editing ... Fitting tribute to the legend himself ...

(English Version above) Piëch war auch der Typ, der VW in den Irrweg Pumpe-Düse-Diesel gefahren hat, der erst so sonnig aussah und dann der Auslöser für den Diesel-Skandal war, denn seine Ingenieure hatten auf einmal keinen Plan mehr für die Einhaltung der "neuen" Abgaswerte (die ja der Grund für das Ende von Pumpe-Düse waren) und plötzlich war VW Jahre hintendran. Und er war der Typ, der den sündhaft teuren Phaethon durchsetzte, der bei allem Lob am Ende grandios floppte. Er war der Typ, der dem selbstherrlichen Winterkorn den Weg ebnete, aber was Selbstherrlichkeit angeht, war er ja sowieso der Maßstab. Auf der gemischten Seite war er der Typ, der den Journalisten und dem gemeinen Volk erfolgreich erzählte, dass Spaltmaße und Softtouch-Oberflächen gleichbedeutend mit Qualität seien. So ersetzte er mit einem genialen Taschenspielertrick Produktqualität durch bloße Qualitätsanmutung und führte wirklich (fast) alle komplett an der Nase herum. Gut für VW, schlecht für uns alle. Natürlich muss man aber zugeben, dass er VW in einem desaströsen Zustand übernahm, und ohne ihn hätte das ganze auch voll und endgültig vor die Wand fahren können. Das reicht tatsächlich vollkommen aus für einen Ehrenplatz in Wolfsburg. Aber man sollte schon das ganze Bild sehen: Raus aus dem Schlamassel zu Beginn der Amtszeit, aber am Ende steckte der Karren plötzlich wieder erstaunlich tief im Dreck. Er und Winterkorn sind echte Mahnmale dafür, dass gute Unternehmenskultur immer auch irgendwie demokratisch sein muss. Das Autokratie-Konzept der beiden Herren kann hier und da sehr erfolgreich (gewesen) sein, langfristig ist es aber unterlegen und sogar gefährlich.

Took far to long to say he owned was an engineer for Volvo who designed Quattro awd and the TDI engines

People like Piech have ensured thousands of people have high paying careers and have had more influence on everyday people's lives than queen Elizabeth for example, yet barley got a mention when he died.

This Intro is sooooooooooooooooo sick

That one video opening

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.

Simply exquisite, hilarious, informative, enlightening and entertaining. Never. Stop. Making. These. Videos. Jason. Anthony.

Do I hear Thomas from throttle house in the background of this opening sketch?

magnificent video

I can't believe videos like these are free to watch

An epic film worthy of a true icon, Jason! Thank you for also giving the Phaeton W12 its little light of day again

absolute cinema

Thank you for this, it was so well presented it’s ridiculous!Peich has always intrigued me. He was literally a mad genius. 👏Awesome as always

Nailed It

God I Love these videos, thank you Jason and Team

Carrera is not an italian word, is an spanish word. It is explained in the Porsche webpage.

Companies only caring about shareholders is the problem, it's USA law that the companies care about shareholders more than anything else. F any company that complies and follows that

So if I never buy an automatic I'm good? My old wagons have manuals and no bullshit, why would someone buy a new car in 2024? They won't last 20 years, I guarantee it unless you spend $10,000 on maintenance

The production quality of these videos… awesome!

That intro, OMG

Absolutely fantastic video. And I gotta say, I love how one of THE quintessential German car manufacturers was run for decades by Austrians. Still is, arguably.

I always wondered how the voice-over was done. Now I can sleep peacefully!

I was more thinking names like Lee Iacocca and Bob Lutz. As a VW lover I really enjoyed this episode. Piech truly did change the automotive landscape.

all these years of waiting and he whores it out to hagerty....well played jason

These episodes are automotive movies, what a joy to watch!

the quality of this video is crazy

Excellent video but I have never heard of Ferdinand Piech and you missed Maurice Wilks the inventor of the modern SUV. Rover also developed a 5 cyl engine in the 1960s but passed it over for the alloy Buick V8. Porsche actually tried to takeover Volkswagon but cheap funding and the GFC caused the deal to fall down so it was good luck that Porsche became part of VW. It is worth a mention that Jensen Motors had a 4wd passenger car in 1966 for reference.

XL1 is still one of my favorite cars. Wished vw could have figured out how to bring the cost down to under $40k

Hmm, the Mk4 Golf may’ve had a plusher cabin than all its rivals, but there was much underskin cost-cutting to pay for it.

This editing is just too over the top ☠️

Bro when he opened the door to the veyron at the end and it’s the mk4 chime screaming iykyk😂😂