Good new video on Ferdinand Piëch

[RDMcG]

Not a nice guy but hugely successful and a fundamental part of the Porsche story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KKiqibOxoc&t=161s

[blueline]

Thanks for that!

It's a just released production from Jason Cammisa of Hagerty Media posted on their YouTube channel late last night. Larry Webster highlighted it this morning in his weekly 'Never Stop Driving' newsletter:

https://www.hagerty.com/media/never-sto ... iechesode/

"One of the most anticipated videos of the year just debuted on our YouTube channel: Jason Cammisa’s deep dive into the career and complicated personality of Ferdinand Piëch.

I cherish the characters and personalities behind the cars we love, and Piëch, who passed in 2019, was supremely colorful. The grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who designed the VW Beetle and sired a son who founded the Porsche sports car company, Piëch possessed a seemingly inexhaustible drive that propelled him to produce the Le Mans-winning Porsche 917, the Audi Quattro, the Bugatti Veyron, and a multitude of other cars that changed the automotive landscape for decades. “All he cared about,” Cammisa said, “was making great cars.”

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[blueline]

Just found the time to watch the new video you posted, 'The Most Important Car Person You've Never Heard Of — Ferdinand Piëch' from Jason Camissa and Hagerty Media.

It is one of the best videos on this kind of subject that I've seen - the story, the production values, the entertainment apsects, the unknown (to me) bits of history, the Camissa factor and more which makes it all work like few others. And it's free! Outstanding! A brief but must-watch piece of automotive history.

Thanks again for posting RDMcG.

And here's the YouTube link again, just in case.