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Classic Car Conversations
Добавлен 28 дек 2022
I tell interesting automotive stories
The Past, Present and Future of Electric Sports Cars
There have been few electric sports cars to date, but the story of those few is far from dull. The future is far more exciting, though, with plenty of upcoming models planned.
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From Racing Team to EV Company: The Story of Polestar
Просмотров 54021 день назад
Polestar's short journey so far is far from mundane. Here's the company's story so far and what the future could hold for the brand. Big up @EesaWorldChamp for all the thumbnails he's made this year! #cars #automobile #vehiclehistory #carstories #polestar #volvo
Are Car Manufacturers Done With Electric Vehicles?
Просмотров 834Месяц назад
EVs are causing problems in the car market in a way that's never been seen before. Here are these problems and what they could mean in the future. Sources: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20626dy9d6o www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8n3n62wq4o www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx5pe4r0xo www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/02/volkswagen-vw-germany-plant-closures-cars-electric-vehicles www.autoc...
The Interesting Backstory of London Taxis
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London cabs are everywhere in the UK, but their story predates cars. So, how did they become popular and what did the future hold? Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for making the thumbnails! Image Credits: Bersey Front: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Bersey_Electrical_Cab_Front.jpg Bersey Rear: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Bersey_Electrical_Cab_Rear.jpg Austin High Lot: commons.wikimedia...
When Car Manufacturers Go Crazy
Просмотров 8182 месяца назад
Sometimes car manufacturers make something so far out of the ordinary you didn't even consider it to be possible. Here is a list of these cars. Image Credits (in order): Espace F1 Rear: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_-_Retromobile_2014_-_Renault_Espace_F1_-_1994_-_004.jpg Espace F1 Engine: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renault_Espace_F1_1.jpg Espace F1 Front: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki...
5 Car Brands You Probably Forgot Still Existed
Просмотров 7502 месяца назад
Car manufacturers come and go, but there are some that have stood the test of time, yet many are unaware that they still exist. Here are five of them. Image Credits (in order): Hispano Suiza logo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_Hispano_Suiza.png Hispano Suiza WW1 aeroplane engine: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hispano_Suiza_8_A_Brussel.jpg WW2 aeroplane engine: commons.wikimedia.org/wik...
Here's Why the Chinese EV Tariffs Are Nonsense
Просмотров 7983 месяца назад
The EU recently announced an increased tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. I'll explain why, and why the idea is ridiculous. Sources: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly20n4d0g9o www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/04/eu-chinese-ev-tariffs-split-vote-germany-car-firms www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm29j4kx4vmo www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/diesel-demand-more-evs-private-buyers-september #car...
The Crazy Story of Rolls-Royce and Its Five Owners
Просмотров 9353 месяца назад
Rolls-Royce is known for making some of the most luxurious cars in the world, but here is the story of the ownership of the British brand. #cars #automobile #classiccars #carstories #bmw #vw #rollsroyce
What's Happening to BMW?
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.4 месяца назад
There's been plenty of discussion about BMW in recent months - and most of it hasn't been positive? So, what's going on and is it really that bad? #cars #bmw #bmwm5 #electriccar
Are Electric Cars Really the Future?
Просмотров 3955 месяцев назад
There's been a lot of talk about EVs, but how suited are they to mass use and what are the alternatives? Thumbnail image credits: Elon Musk: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elon_Musk_in_2023_(cropped).jpg Background: www.freepik.com/free-vector/finance-stock-market-downfall-red-arrow-crisis-background_24243581.htm#fromView=search&page=1&position=6&uuid=937d5c0b-314b-47be-ba06-24c8efb53bda Infor...
Over 70 Years of Excellence: The Story of the VW Transporter
Просмотров 6565 месяцев назад
The VW Transporter has set the benchmark for vans across nearly seven and a half years. But how did its life begin, and what's next for the range? Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for the thumbnail! Image Credits (In order of appearance): Plattenwagen: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volkswagen_Plattenwagen.jpg Prototype: www.flickr.com/photos/geralds_1311/5101064099/in/photostream/ 1950: www.flickr.c...
How Green Are Electric Vehicles?
Просмотров 1136 месяцев назад
There's plenty of conflicting information and opinions about electric vehicles, but how environmentally friendly are they? Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for the thumbnail! Sources of information: Department for Transport (2023) Transport and environment statistics 2023 Available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-and-environment-statistics-2023/transport-and-environment-statistics-2023 ...
The Story of Genesis: From Car to Company
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Genesis makes some of the most interesting luxury cars, but it wasn't always this way. Find out how Genesis began, and what the Korean brand has planned. Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for the thumbnail! Image Credit: Hyundai Genesis Facelift: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013_Hyundai_Genesis_3.8_sedan_front_left.jpg Code: IBWQMFYB3VSATCB4, KAIB8GSIZH7Q2GYD, A5ZK1YMJCEMFLIHM, 0WV0JLC5RKGBSYQK, 6I...
How Renault REVOLUTIONISED Family Cars
Просмотров 1927 месяцев назад
Renault's family car know-how goes back decades and saw them become a massive brand. So how did this begin and what does the future hold for family Renaults? Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for the thumbnail! Image Credits (in order of appearance): Scenic I: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renault_Mégane_Scénic_I_Phase_I.JPG Scenic Rear: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1998_Renault_Mégane_Scénic_1.6E...
The Best Classic Daily Drivers
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.7 месяцев назад
If you're looking for a reliable classic for daily driving, this video is perfect for you. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe and let me know what you'd like to see next. Thanks to @EesaWorldChamp for the thumbnail! Code: JWO0X1RR0MTUDCCB, DUGXV1YR56RDYDSI, DFUOOQWHJGC9UQRN, 7HH0ARN5AMUBDE5O #cars #classiccars #dailydriver
The Best CHEAP Classic Cars (Under £10k)
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The Best CHEAP Classic Cars (Under £10k)
How One Man Changed The Car Industry Forever
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How One Man Changed The Car Industry Forever
How Porsche's Ugly Duckling Became A Success: The Story of the Panamera
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How Porsche's Ugly Duckling Became A Success: The Story of the Panamera
The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Alpine
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The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Alpine
How Dacia Became Everyone's Favourite Budget Car Brand
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How Dacia Became Everyone's Favourite Budget Car Brand
How the Lamborghini Urus Changed the Supercar World
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How the Lamborghini Urus Changed the Supercar World
The Hidden Story Behind the Bugatti Veyron
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The Hidden Story Behind the Bugatti Veyron
yes... volvo keep going
Let's go!!! You know it's gonna be a good year when classic cars conversations uploads!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the enthusiasm! Hopefully 2025 will be an even better year for the channel!
Very good and informative video! Maybe to improve you could try and slightly reduce the gaps between sentences, but other than that, you are doing great, keep it up!
They WANT to be done.... but... they are bound by EU legislation and severe penalties for not following 'orders'
Cheaper and better from lower cost imports
Legacy car makers are done with EV’s. Legacy automakers will be gone in 5 years and all that will be an available will be Tesla and China…
Wrong!Tesla is fucked!
I agree that legacy brands are fed up with EVs, but I'm fairly certain most will still exist in 5 years due to not everyone wanting a Tesla and the problems with Chinese EV adoption that tariffs in the EU and US are going to cause.
@classiccarconversationsto be honest, it doesn’t really matter whether the west adopts EV or not. China is the biggest car market with 1/3 of all cars sold there. EV penetration is now over 50% of all new car sales. The legacy automakers have made huge profits there for the last 20 years, now they have lost 15-16% of their sales and they are going down because their EV offerings are rubbish compared to Tesla or China.
I think it does matter in the west from both a climate perspective and because of the stringent mandates. I don't think sales in China are struggling due to legacy manufacturers' EVs being bad, but because Chinese luxury buyers don't want EVs, which is predominantly what foreign manufacturers mainly sell. Domestic producers will always be cheaper in China.
It's funny how wrong you are. Have a look at the actual sales numbers year over year. IC cars are loosing and EV's are slowly but steadily taking over the market. The fact that the legacy manufacturers resist change and have consistently failed to invest in technology is entirely their own fault.
Yo kid, buy a car first, drive it in the winter and then comment
I mean this is only partly true, manufacturers are mandated to have EVs be 225 of their sales. Many are withholding the sale of ICEs due to the massive fine they will get. If you look at annual EV sales they are struggling to keep up with this, they are actually under target for 2024.
In September (I think), more diesel vehicles were bought by private buyers than electric vehicles, which, considering diesels are significantly less popular now than petrol cars says a lot about the demand for electric alternatives. EVs are becoming more popular but there are major problems that are leading to manufacturers beginning to lose patience with them.
I stop at minute 2:00. Can you, or someone from the classical manufacturers, explain why thay cannot produce cheaper? Because they want big profits? Because they are greedy? Why can Tesla (let's put away the boogie man China). produce cheap? Why does BMW have to ask you a tariff for auto pilot or for seat heating? They are doing expensive cars, bad EVs, poor batteries and ranges and do not want to evolve. They have to suffer the consequences. Otherwise there will be no free market and competition. VW had 60% of Chinese market. Now they have, maybe, 10-12%. They did not saw this coming? Then it is a company poorly managed. Any VW employee in Germany has a salary of over 6000 eur per month? Is that normal? Maybe. For them, but they will not be competitive with hundred thousands employees with huge salaries and still producing monsters like Touareg with 3-4L diesel engines. That should end.
Many are selling EVs at significantly reduced profits (even at losses sometimes) just to sell them and avoid the heavy fines in the mandates. Tesla sells a lot more electric vehicles than traditional manufacturers, so can benefit from a lower average cost due to this. What you're suggesting would likely cause the market to crash, which is desirable for nobody.
@classiccarconversations Do you have any data? Who is selling at losses? Why? Do you find it normal to sell a BMW X3, not even full option, with 85.000 Eur? Just think of a i4 vs serie 4. I think combustion engine is more expensive. But why? Because they have huge costs. Because they do not want to change. Change means new costs. They lost 10 years compared with Tesla and China. It is a lot. Why do Tesla sell much more? Because they build pretty good packages of EVs.
I don't know off the top of my head who is selling at losses, but I read today that the core VW Group sells EVs at just a 2.3% profit margin, which is insanely low. New cars are getting ridiculously expensive but that is the way it is.
Ford loses around $50,000 reportedly on every electric vehicle it sells. Tesla can sell for less because it makes only EVs, so there are fewer platforms and battery tech needed for development as it can be shared. If major companies were selling electric cars on a similar scale, I have little doubt it would be at similar prices.
@classiccarconversations I also have seriously doubts that for a 40-50k electric car they have a loss of another 50k. Can t be 100k.
The thing with EV cars is that in the time they've been available and I've been in the market for a second hand car I've never seen one in a second hand car dealership. Possibly at a main dealer but I stay away from them.
Used dealers are definitely wary of them at the moment. This is mainly due to wavering demand for all EVs and poor demand for used ones as there are concerns about the remaining battery health.
Trash cars. I really want to see what's going on 5 years from now on. Haha, it's going to be a comedy on service matter. They are not bad, not trash, but expensive and they provide nothing reliable. Tell me of any EV produced that lasts more than 10 years. This comment will age like wine.
While I'm not a fan of EVs by any means, I think this comment is a bit harsh. EVs can often be more reliable than combustion cars due to fewer moving parts being involved and need to be serviced less regularly. Electric vehicles from over a decade ago are still on the roads in small quantities, albeit with poor ranges due to low battery health, but this should improve over time. There are also some really good manufacturer warranties for electric cars, including the battery, for extra peace of mind.
In keeping with bonkers vehicles like the Espace F1, Alfa Romeo made the 164 Procar.... a MENTAL V10 powered beast with the engine mounted in the middle, well worth looking up
What a crazy car! I'd never heard of it before!
@classiccarconversations It sounds amazing
Tip, please show us a little more than the brand logo a bunch of the time.
I would have liked to, but it’s hard to find relevant photos for more obscure brands with the right usage permissions.
Really enjoyed your video. I'm a huge VW van. Currently own a T6.1 high top which I patiently waited for 2 years 3 months after ordering.
Thank you!
China intends to be the only mfg country.
Your choice of Beetle convertible is a home made roof chop (many of which are not safe as the strengthening to the chassis was omitted and not a real VW convertible. The genuine one was professionally converted at the Karmann factory.
China builds quickly to flood foreign markets with very low prices. If the sales makes them happy they will continue for as long as possible . If there are massive product failures they will shut down the company and enjoy what they made and stiff multitudes of foreign customers.
I think these manufacturers are here to stay for the medium term at least. They are giants in China, so presumably won't mind losing money in Europe with the long term view of increasing their market share massively. If it doesn't go well in the West, they could obviously pull out but these manufacturers wouldn't be the first to do that.
F#@k these overhyped and flawed EV's! The vast majority of car buyers are intelligent enough not to buy them in the first place anyway...
The Ford T-model brought cheap mobility to the masses, now its the Chinese... Taxation without Representation leads to Revolution, according to the Yanks
Too stupid for words
nobody cares about the so called "green future", it always has and always will be only about profit.
I can agree to some extent, but electric vehicles are less profitable than combustion variants at the moment and the problem of climate change can't be denied, so something has to be done.
Buying an EV makes no sense.
Yes for some people. But the some others maybe make more sense 😂.
I fully agree, it really depends on what you need a car for.
imagine being triggered by electricity
Hagerty made a video about him.
After me!
Social Media....Lol
It's a travesty that Genesis produce such great cars but deliver such an atrocious after sales service. Just read Genesis customers feedback........it''s generally excruciatingly bad.
aint no way my favourite youtuber just uploaded
BMW® #1!
Very good overview of the models,and history of this much missed business.
Thanks! As someone from Tamworth, it would be great if they were still going.
Hagerty remade your content 😂
😂 They did have a Bugatti at their disposal, though!
If you have access to a Volkswagen bus. Run your inspection down the shaft that comes from the steering wheel to a right angle converter system that allows the shaft to turn left and right and thus turn the front wheels left and right. there's a possibility that that right angle conversion fitting has rusted and maybe rusted out. my son had one and it broke so it wouldn't turn one way or the other. we had to drive it along and push it along and kick the front tire 2 change the direction it was going but it was rusted out and broken. we got a new one glad he didn't try driving it at 50 miles an hour when it broke... It broke in a parking lot maneuvering.
there are other factors less noice pollution is better for animals and human health an can reduce costs of healthcare and construction of sound barriers . the emissions being not produced in city's means billions saved in rainwater clearing hose and window cleaning / painting ,healthier trees that don't have to be replaced that often healthier plant life (leafs not covered in dust are more efficient) produce grown in a garden is less polluted healthier insects (less fine dust) healthier pets less asthma healthier babies and old people most power plants eve coal are more efficient and better filter t then individual cars. if you charge an electric car with a diesel generator it wold still save fuel compared to a diesel car
T8 ...now an overpriced Ford Transit. Made in Turkey...
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Keep up your uploads 🙌🙌 Just upgrade your microphone and you’ll be golden 🙌🙌
Genesis cars are so fancy, interesting that it began from such humble beginnings😮
Oomph
Love the channel and the content concepts but c’mon mate, get a bit of oomph in that voice, a bit of charisma … a great speaking voice flows like a song ya know? Anyway keep it up, I look forward to more
Needs more Hutzpah 😂
one piece of equipment that is a glaring omission from ev's is a motor generator set which could reduce greatly the running cost , greatly increase the range and time spent at charging stations , why isn't it fitted ? economic returns , the Gov has to make money off EV's as the shortfall in petrol revenue will be significant, already a special levy is being implemented on EV vehicle registrations in Australia , twice before the electric car has been introduced and rejected as their effect on the economy is devestatng , make no mistake , you will pay for the priviledge of owning an EV eventually
They were never really alive 😂
Good information straight to the point 👍
Love my 12C spider.
yes . because all the funding ran out ,, now EV owners will have to foot the bill for new charging stations by increasing KW per charges
Fantastic, informative video!
Thank you!
I don’t think they are ! There is an area that is untapped here. A remapping is required to see where the improvements can be made .
I completely agree. Once more affordable options from big manufacturers come to the market, I can see massive growth happening.
Splendid !
Supercar elegance
Great video. I can’t wait for my polestar 3.
I think you've done a great job starting out this channel! Your passion and enthusiasm for cars and car history really shines through in the research you do behind the videos and your writing. Your videos have nice visuals and solid editing that keeps the viewers eye engaged. For a piece of feedback, I think one area for you to prioritize improvement would be the verbal delivery, diction, speaking style, etc. For a viewer like myself who enjoys a good car video, I often find the verbal delivery is what keeps me most attuned to a video, sometimes I'll even have a video playing on the background because I enjoy hearing the presenter so much. I think if you can up your game in that respect, you'll definitely be the complete package. Good luck and keep at it! Looking forward to seeing more from you!
Thanks, appreciate it
Bro your content is gold. Just one tip that would make it even better is that you have to put some more energy into your voice. That would make it more interesting and more fun to watch. No hate just a tip.
The video could have expanded on his “ruthless management style”.
Living the engineering profession is much more ruthless than being a manager. He is one of the few who has always been an engineer deep inside and only then a manager. The same cannot be said for today's car company bosses. His achievements speak for themselves.
He said once in an interview, my employees can make any fault! But only once!
I always buyed used cars ,now i have 6 ,my favorite are "luxury" cars 2006-2016 ,i want to keep them as much as possible