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Ferdinand Piech has Died

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cosworth151:
Ferdinand Piech, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, has died at the age of 82. He helped develop the Porsche 917 & Bugatti Veyron. He also is credited for saving the failing VW company in the 1990's.

He also helped develop the best road car that Porsche never built:  the 916-8. It was an 8 cylinder version of the 916. Only 2 were build & one was his own personal car for several years. The 916 was going to be the replacement for the 914-6. Unfortunately, the 916 could run away & hide from its contemporary 911, so only 11 of them were built.

R.I.P., Herr Piech.

https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/ferdinand-piech-who-saved-volkswagen-captured-porsche-and-brought-us-917-and

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