The Most Important Car Person You've Never Heard Of — Ferdinand Piëch — Jason Cammisa on the ICONS

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This action-packed documentary celebrates the achievements of the man who brought you the racing Porsche 911, the 917, the Bugatti Veyron, the Audi Quattro, the VW Phaeton, the Mercedes OM617 turbodiesel, TDI, DSG, XL1 and... Dieselgate. As promised for literal years on The Carmudgeon Show, this is the Piëchisode! === Join the Hagerty Driver's Club: https://bit.ly/Join-HDC-Cammisa-ICONS === HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/CammisaHoodie Houston Crosta's flooded Bugatti Veyron: https://www.youtube.com/@houston.crosta Volkswagen XL1 Revelations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yAom9iIarI Featured in this episode: The Bentley Continental GT Speed W12, the last ever W12-powered automobile. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4, the first-ever W16-powered car. The Mk4 Golf R32 — the world's first production DSG The Mk4 Golf TDI — the mini-Mercedes The Mercedes W116 300SD, the world's first production turbodiesel The Audi Ur-Quattro (Coupe Quattro), the car that started AWD The Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS, the ultimate air-cooled homologation race 911 The Volkswagen Phaeton W12 — the VW-branded Bentley The VW XL1, the world's first, and only, 260-mpg production car === CHAPTERS 0:00 INTRO: Who is Ferdinand Piëch? 2:32 2024 Bentley Continental GT Speed W12 - Quick Review 4:07 Chapters of Automotive History 4:40 Chapters: Gottlieb Daimler, Henry Ford, Toyota Kaizen, and The VW Group 5:21 Ferdinand Piëch pronunciation 6:09 The 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS 8:30 Racing: The Porsche 917 and Le Mans 9:35 The Porsche Family Tree & Drama 10:55 The Mercedes OM617 Turbo Diesel 12:07 Audi Quattro AWD 12:44 The Audi Ur-Quattro 14:07 The Audi Quattro Ski and Hill Stunt 14:41 Quattro For The Road, Not Just Racing 15:51 Volkswagen TDI (Turbodiesel Direct Injection) 1.9 Pumpedüse 16:42 The Mk4 Golf R32: Better Than a Mercedes 18:55 Scary Dr. Piëch Speech (VW vs. GM in the Lopez Affair) 20:13 The Volkswagen Phaeton W12 22:34 Platform and Parts Sharing: Lamborghini Gallardo 24:38 The Bugatti Veyron 16.4: Reclaiming the Le Mans Record 28:04 The Volkswagen XL1 29:35 Parts Sharing Among VW, Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Seat, Sokda 30:10 Dieselgate and Martin Winterkorn 32:41 The Piëch Era Was Amazing For Enthusiasts 33:19 Houston Crosta's Texas Lagoon Bugatti Veyron =-=-= Contact us: Suggestions and feedback - [email protected] Press inquiries - [email protected] Partnership requests - [email protected]