Ferdinand Piech Dead, Age 82

[Serpens]

Passing of a remarkable man. I can't say I agreed with his business management principles, but he definitely left a market on VW AG and the automotive industry in general.

Bloomberg

 

[kingjr9000]

Ferdinand Piech, Former VW Group Chairman, Dead At 82


AUG 26, 2019 at 4:08PM


He was also a member of the Porsche family.
The former Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech had died at age 82, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and many other German media sources. Motor1.com has reached out to Volkswagen for an official statement.

Piech was reportedly attending an event in Upper Bavaria. While having dinner on the evening of August 25, he collapsed. He died at a nearby hospital on August 26. The cause of his passing is not currently available.


Piech was born in 1937 to Anton and Louise Piëch. His mother was Ferdinand Porsche's daughter, making him a grandson to the famed auto engineer. Piech also pursued a career in engineering and started working at Porsche in 1963. His first major project for the company was spearheading the development of the 906 race car. He remained an integral part of the company's motorsport operations even into the introduction of the fabled 917.

 

[LaArtist]

Sad

 

[A.P.]

R.I.P

 

[EnI]

The Emperor is dead. Long live the Empire!

 

[DeDe]

Wow, I re-read Auto Motor und Sport's first drive of the 2002 Phaeton only a few days ago feautring the comments of Piech.

R.I.P.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

Ingenius engineer, a brilliant albeit at times ruthless titan of the automotive industry. Often accused of being a meglomaniac, he was amazingly cunning and brutally machiavellian. An unwaivering, ascetic disciplinarian. Tough on others, tough on himself. A self-proclaimed warrior.
Ruhe in Frieden, Ferdinand Piech.

 

[Centurion]

The Emperor is dead. Long live the Empire!

I sat two rows behind him and his wife at the Frankfurt auto show 7 years ago. They are spiritual King and Queen of Germany.

Piech legacy is unmatched by anyone in the auto industry and he undeniably lived during a golden era fir the industry. The years to come will be defined by product portfolio contraction, industry consolidation and commoditization of cars. Basically he won't miss much.

R.I.P

 

[Deleted member 25]

Rip. This is very sudden

 

[dalab]

I knew it was important but never measure how much, not counting the enormous number of iconic models that had the courage to launch, in addition to having acquired, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Ducati, MAN, Scania - along the way and, of course Porsche.

VW and the large corporations that prevail in history are blessed by the appearance of people like him.
A documentary about his life, showing how he performed certain models, the motivation he had towards the acquisitions he made concrete and how he did it would be unmissable, imagine the fight he had to implement the Audi Quattro, a pioneer, and the Veyron! To mention just a couple, going through how he bought Rolls Royce and forgot to buy the logo and rights of the name, for VW, it would be beneficial to show the best of his modern history through it.

 

[klier]

Sad

A billionaire at age 82, and you call it sad.

LOL!

RIP nevertheless. He built an empire unlike the world has ever seen. Respect for that.

 

[LaArtist]

A billionaire at age 82, and you call it sad.

LOL!

RIP nevertheless. He built an empire unlike the world has ever seen. Respect for that.

Its always sad when people die.. unless they are suffering and he didn’t seem to be suffering much.. you know billionaire and all lol

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

He managed to perform a master intrigue with the help of Wendelin Wiedeking enslaving Porsche under the rule of VAG. This was a bitch slap in the face of Porsche family.

 

[KokkenTor]

R.I.P

A real Alfa-male has left this world; 12 kids with 4 different women.

 

[Centurion]

He managed to perform a master intrigue with the help of Wendelin Wiedeking enslaving Porsche under the rule of VAG. This was a bitch slap in the face of Porsche family.

Yupp. No one in the family is allowed to work for Porsche but he found a clever way around that rule.

 

[klier]

Its always sad when people die.. unless they are suffering and he didn’t seem to be suffering much.. you know billionaire and all lol

People die. It's kind of the norm wouldn't you agree? It would be sad when people stopped dying.

A real Alfa-male has left this world; 12 kids with 4 different women.

I foresee many lawsuits between them up until the very last penny and VAG share is accounted for

Ingenius engineer, a brilliant albeit at times ruthless titan of the automotive industry. Often accused of being a meglomaniac, he was amazingly cunning and brutally machiavellian. An unwaivering, ascetic disciplinarian. Tough on others, tough on himself. A self-proclaimed warrior.
Ruhe in Frieden, Ferdinand Piech.

He once got the whole team together when creating the new Golf (years ago), and he simply said something like "If I come back here in three weeks I want to see shutlines no more than 3 mm and if this isn't dealt with the whole team is fired", and he left.

Many anecdotes like this. He was a true boss, yes.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

If I come back here in three weeks I want to see shutlines no more than 3 mm and if this isn't dealt with the whole team is fired", and he left.

This probably shows how the diesel affaire started.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

People die. It's kind of the norm wouldn't you agree? It would be sad when people stopped dying.



I foresee many lawsuits between them up until the very last penny and VAG share is accounted for



He once got the whole team together when creating the new Golf (years ago), and he simply said something like "If I come back here in three weeks I want to...

...and that very "incident" (involving the B5 Passat, I believe) was the origin of a nickname given to him (but probably never mentioned to his face): "Fugen Ferdi" ("Shutline Ferdi"). Ferdinand Piech was obsessed with the tightest possible shutlines, insisting that it was a major element of "displaying and promoting visual quality". That actually led to an issue of abrasive friction between panels and skirts removing paint/primer/galvanization and thus causing corrosion.

 

[Yaz]

This counts as a tribute

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