How Mercedes Benz Lost Their Mind, and Won

2024 ж. 15 Мам.
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#AMG #LeMans #Mercedes
The only machine that could ever beat Gordon Murray's F1. A monster so destructive it left entire championships shattered in its wake. Powered by a beating heart that would propel Pagani to the stratosphere, The CLK GTR was one of the last great supercars that opened the gates to the era of the hypercar.
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Credits:
Writer: Ken Steinberger
Editor: Dhananjay Singh
Music used in order of appearance:
Our Last Stand by FORMANTX
Superior by Silver Maple
Platform 9 by Bonnie Grace
Ravenhead by DEX 1200
Earth by Ben Elson
Triumph Hill by Bonnie Grace
In Continuum by Dream Cave
Niyama by Van Sandano
The Great Ascension by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
0:00 - The Silver Arrow
3:08 - BPR Global GT
5:27 - The Schnitzel Swing
8:37 - Four Months
10:05 - Great Artists Steal
13:28 - A Taste of Victory
15:39 - Mispronouncing Straßenversion
20:14 - Ruining All of the Fun
21:19 - One Darkest Day
22:14 - A Return
24:30 - The Flying Car
27:13 - Ferocious Monsters

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  • For organization's sake lets just file all complaints about my mispronunciations of Straßenversion here. ^__^

    @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • Was already getting ready to type lol Brilliant video though. I grew up in germany with posters of these cars on my wall, though I honestly never knew much about them beyond looking cool and going fast. Thanks for sharing the story!

      @bongwaterbojack@bongwaterbojack Жыл бұрын
    • Could only find 1 flaw in the speech [Hence this section :) ], The B is a "ringle S" so they pronounce it a ss. Don't really know the origin of it but is could be to get rid of the dreaded written SS in German writing (as a NONE German I can be very wrong indeed) !

      @ArnoModelstate@ArnoModelstate Жыл бұрын
    • the german pronouncement of "ß" is like a "ss" false: StraBenverion ok: StraSSenversion. the simple S is pronounced like Zzzzz the ß/ss in the middle of a word is pronounced like a comon sharp sssss Attention: the beginning of "St..." is pronounced like "Sht..." and in german sounds like "ShtrassenVersion" (StreetVersion) eng: sh ger: sch PS: french is more difficult :D ..just to clarify hopefully in other great videos to come.

      @_n-Dee_@_n-Dee_ Жыл бұрын
    • @@_n-Dee_ no sorry, you're wrong ^^ double consonants like "ss" mean that the vowel before it is spoken shorter. Since there is *only a small "ß"* (in many fonts at least; there is no use of it because a word can't begin with it), it is sometimes *replaced with a double S in block letters,* but this would lead to a wrong pronounciation following the German orthography. The ß actually means the exact opposite, so the vowel before it is pronounced longer. as -> as ass -> às (very short a, longer pronounced s) aß -> ás (longer a) but there are many exceptions to this, for example after following a vowel mutation (au, eu) this mutation is pronounced short again.

      @logiarhythm6285@logiarhythm6285 Жыл бұрын
    • @@ArnoModelstate It's called a Scharfes S (sharp S) or Eszett which one is used tends to be a regional preference. It's use is dependent on the vowel(s) preceding it.

      @EinKerl3554@EinKerl3554 Жыл бұрын
  • Huge respects, its hard being the first race car that invented flight

    @NotLegalButByLaw@NotLegalButByLaw Жыл бұрын
    • 🛫

      @Ketchup991@Ketchup991 Жыл бұрын
    • 🛫

      @reisakashiya@reisakashiya Жыл бұрын
    • That was the CLR, not the CLK GTR...

      @kinger41@kinger41 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@kinger41my guy!

      @Indicant@Indicant Жыл бұрын
    • There was another that I remember in Le Man that flew into a crowd way before the Mercedes took flight.

      @Jay_the_AV8R@Jay_the_AV8R Жыл бұрын
  • The drivers walking away from those insane incidents with only minor injuries all three times really says a lot. Mercedes staying true to their values even in racing.

    @MrReese@MrReese Жыл бұрын
    • not just Mercedes I personally think we should give a huge shout out to the mostly unsung hero's the engineers I think they should get a lot more parse than they do

      @db-rusty-db8616@db-rusty-db8616 Жыл бұрын
    • @@girishs1755 Even McLaren doesn't deserve any credit since all of their success still rides on Murray's genius and perception. The man was looking decades into the future and forced McLaren to do what was in their best interests when they couldn't begin to comprehend what he was doing.

      @JorgeChavez-du5vm@JorgeChavez-du5vm Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@JorgeChavez-du5vm and today we have Gordon Murry's own automobiles - GMA. ❤ This guy is a living legend! And he is underrated. Huge respect to him.

      @doggSMK@doggSMK Жыл бұрын
    • @@doggSMK I couldn't agree more with you

      @db-rusty-db8616@db-rusty-db8616 Жыл бұрын
    • @@girishs1755 I never said that Murray did everything and built the car singlehandedly so spare everyone the semantics. This discussion is solely about the design aspect and Gordon did all of that by himself during a time when computers and manufacturing equipment were primitive to say the least, and that's if it even existed. According to your logic (actually a complete lack thereof) the raisin brain in another thread who claimed that Paganis are just rebadged Mercedes would be correct.

      @JorgeChavez-du5vm@JorgeChavez-du5vm Жыл бұрын
  • "Ferocious monsters. Tamed and hidden Never tasting the blood they were meant to feast of." That line goes so hard and really makes me feel bad for the super cars being in a museum instead of the racetrack

    @technoghost68@technoghost68 Жыл бұрын
    • This monologue gave me goosebumps

      @gurusainath7559@gurusainath75596 ай бұрын
    • Velocity invitational is one of those events every year that these cars get to breathe for three days straight of hard-core racing

      @IgorPolegkiy@IgorPolegkiy5 ай бұрын
  • My most familiar memory of the CLK was using it in need for speed hot pursuit 2 (2002), there was a track that had a hill that you could launch this thing off and send it flying. Years later when I saw that it actually did that in real life I couldn't believe it lmao.

    @jehscee@jehscee Жыл бұрын
    • NFS HP3 was the same for me. That was the best car in the game due to it's fantastic speed and unbeatable handling

      @kyleeverly9243@kyleeverly9243 Жыл бұрын
    • Damn that what took me here😭💓

      @ssravan8003@ssravan8003 Жыл бұрын
    • Hot Pursuit 2, what a game. Probably one of the best soundtracks of any racing game, ever.

      @davidnguyen9409@davidnguyen9409 Жыл бұрын
    • @@davidnguyen9409 completely agree. Still listen to it

      @jehscee@jehscee Жыл бұрын
    • @@kyleeverly9243 HP3 ????

      @arislaf@arislaf Жыл бұрын
  • It's amazing how this car took flight 3 different times at around 200mph and the driver only came out with a few scratches.

    @lefata@lefata Жыл бұрын
    • Mercedes safety standards

      @chiefdenis@chiefdenis Жыл бұрын
    • Mark webber lemanz 1999

      @timhuggins1993@timhuggins1993 Жыл бұрын
    • CLR was not the gtr.

      @jamesjohnson3910@jamesjohnson3910 Жыл бұрын
    • Props to Webber who flipped it the first time, and then went back and drove it again. And flipped it again. Reminds me of Zora Arcus-Dontov quote about the Corvette Stingray having aerodynamics that were "just enough to make it a bad airplane". The fact that no one died is a tribute to the engineers.

      @jfan4reva@jfan4reva Жыл бұрын
    • @@chiefdenis i wonder if it was mercedes or say Dallara. Dallara used to make carbon tubs for everyone those days. Until recently most mclaren carbon tubs were made by dallara. Same with Bugatti.

      @hagestad@hagestad Жыл бұрын
  • The CLK GTR is special to me, my grandmother owned a CLK 500 and when she passed I bought it back. Without the GTR I wouldn’t have the car I own today. Thank you for this video

    @fordcent@fordcent Жыл бұрын
    • Our pleasure!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • wow, a granny with a CLK500, I wonder what the story is behind this. Sounds fascinating!

      @Ustaleone@Ustaleone Жыл бұрын
    • wait you just casually dropped the teaser of the week. Whats the story there???

      @FirestormX9@FirestormX9 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Ustaleone They weren't always a granny, most of the time those people buy them new and the vehicles remain special to them into old age. That's what happened in my own and a friends family at least.

      @NFCloud@NFCloud Жыл бұрын
    • @@FirestormX9 my granddad owns a Porsche 911 Turbo S, so she wanted a car that could “keep up”. Since she had watched the GTR race ahead of the Porsche, she decided on the CLK 500 the same year I was born. Because of her I have the ultimate first car and will never forget what it meant to her.

      @fordcent@fordcent Жыл бұрын
  • The nineties were the absolute pinnacle of automotive engineering. Miss it so much it almost brings a tear to my eye

    @TheTrueChuckNorris@TheTrueChuckNorris Жыл бұрын
    • The nineties were the absolute pinnacle of everything...if you think about it...

      @kornelhuppert5654@kornelhuppert565410 ай бұрын
    • @@kornelhuppert5654 truth

      @TheTrueChuckNorris@TheTrueChuckNorris10 ай бұрын
  • It's still quite incredible they allowed the CLR to keep racing after the first flip, health and safety was different back then and that's not even that long ago. Incredible cars.

    @Skreamies@Skreamies Жыл бұрын
  • Ahhh, the car that killed off an entire class! Seriously tho, I'm fascinated by the late 90s GT1 era of the FIA GT Championship and I want more people to learn about the series overall.

    @kinger41@kinger41 Жыл бұрын
    • It was such a magical couple years of racing, really wish we had something like that in the modern era with all these hypercars running around.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd there's the new hypercar category at lemans what do you think about them?

      @MrBoost96@MrBoost96 Жыл бұрын
    • @@MrBoost96 I spent last night watching videos of the Cadillac LMDh obsessively.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd my brother

      @MrBoost96@MrBoost96 Жыл бұрын
    • That 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9 and C11 are some if the baddest of ass sounding V8 biturbo engines. German engineering precision and a American-esque V8 firing order, howlygrowls to tighten your pants up real good.

      @threadtapwhisperer5136@threadtapwhisperer5136 Жыл бұрын
  • The CLK GTR might be one of the most beautiful examples of a clash of two worlds. Where the quad headlights of luxury meet a screaming V12.

    @shadxwslash44@shadxwslash44 Жыл бұрын
  • The Porsche GT1 also did a back flip in Road Atlanta, the main problem with the GT1 class was it didn't have the same front overhang restrictions as the prototypes. Mercedes and Porsche exploited that to extend the splitter and create more downforce, but that allowed massive front lift if the nose lifted too high at speed.

    @johnjones928@johnjones928 Жыл бұрын
  • "ferocious monsters tamed and hidden, never tasting the blood they were meant to feast upon." that line went so hard it struck my heart.

    @keyboarddriverspecialist@keyboarddriverspecialist8 ай бұрын
    • One of my favorite lines I’ve written here!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd8 ай бұрын
  • Maaann .. that line "never tasting the blood they were meant to feast upon" it really, literally made me cry. Honestly, for a racing legend like this one, that fate is worse than death.

    @QuantumS1ngularity@QuantumS1ngularity Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching to the end!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@the.squidd Who didn't watch to the end!? That was gold! Thank you!

      @vpweber@vpweber Жыл бұрын
    • @@vpweber Not everyone has 30 minutes to spare! I always appreciate that anyone watches any amount of the videos at all.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@the.squidd this was 30 mins 😮 you're good at this! I was glued.

      @MuneebSid@MuneebSid11 ай бұрын
  • I remember the 1999 lift-off so vividly... I was shell shocked to watch the CLR filting off (for the 3rd time in the same weekend) and honestly feared for Dumbreck's life. I was also destrought for the fact that my fellow countryman Pedro Lamy was forced to give up on the real prospect of winning at Le Mans. He'd have the opportunity again at Peugeot but he really was never on the leading car.

    @Gois83@Gois83 Жыл бұрын
    • I remember watching it too. It was quite the sight and totally a scary thing to witness with regards to fearing for the drivers life.

      @Cafferssss@Cafferssss Жыл бұрын
    • Was watching that year and it was unbelievable to see

      @dustinmoritz6634@dustinmoritz6634 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Mercedes for contributing in the creation of 3 of the coolest race cars ever build. 911 GT1, F1 GTR LT and obviously the CLK GTR

    @marcthesharc991@marcthesharc991 Жыл бұрын
    • You forgot about McLaren F1

      @d.a.h1562@d.a.h15624 ай бұрын
  • A beast, built for the track, bred to dominate the competition. only to be caged away because the one thing she was built for was brought down because she was so good at it. nobody could beat her. such a sorrowful ending for something so great. terrific video squid!

    @Astrophysix1@Astrophysix1 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you Richard!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Even if you had left out the flight at 26:24 I'm sure that 98% of your automotive enthusiast audience would have been able to re-play those images from memory, like I can, and always will be able to. Another story told like never before. Thank you for what you do! :)

    @kevinsellsit5584@kevinsellsit5584 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you Kevin for watching!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Your videos are on a different level 💪🏻 And Mercedes getting, not one, but two of these monsters built and race ready within 128 days is a feat beyond words.

    @derrickallen2054@derrickallen2054 Жыл бұрын
    • not that much of a feat when you realize they ended up copying off their classmates answers

      @BeastModeXCIII@BeastModeXCIII Жыл бұрын
    • you like the overly dramatic cinematic heroic music? 😅

      @xd1be9nb7v@xd1be9nb7v Жыл бұрын
    • @@BeastModeXCIII aight, do the same then I dare you

      @MaticTheProto@MaticTheProto Жыл бұрын
  • Man, never seen any documentary on car history so good before. The work you're doing is awesome dude. I would definitely love to see a Hudson Hornet documentary or a Ford vs Ferrari, or even a Group C documentary (you know with the Porsche 956, Jaguar XJR-9 and Sauber C9), and a Group B rally one. Sorry if it sounds like a lot, i Just hope to live enough to see it

    @mcda_b0556@mcda_b0556 Жыл бұрын
  • One of the best races I ever attended was watching the CLK-GTR beat F1 GTRs and 911 GT1s at Sebring in ‘97. Looking at the results, there were many legendary drivers that weekend. And FIA GT was so unknown, and Sebring so hard to get to, that chatting with Norbert Haug and Greg Moore in the pits was like chatting with other drivers at a club race. And security couldn’t care less about walking on track to get some of the Champaign spray under the podium. Quite a change from F1 race lockdowns.

    @rdspam@rdspam10 ай бұрын
    • I love shooting Sebring. One of my favorite tracks on the planet.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd10 ай бұрын
  • How does this channel only have 140k subs? These are masterful videos. The Squidd deserves respect!! Keep up the amazing work 👏

    @chrislenzi6676@chrislenzi6676 Жыл бұрын
    • I dunno 140k is a lot of people to me! Imagine that many people in a movie theatre? Wild.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd Yeah. Only couple of stadiums in the world have room for 150k people. So soon you are bigger than a football stadium.

      @annoyedchef7124@annoyedchef7124 Жыл бұрын
    • TOTALLY AGREED 👍

      @benjaminblakemore9704@benjaminblakemore9704 Жыл бұрын
    • I remember everyone saying that including myself around 60k or less.

      @karma3092@karma3092 Жыл бұрын
    • This channel is relatively new. 140K subs is not bad at all

      @Jay-jb2vr@Jay-jb2vr Жыл бұрын
  • Classic squidd. How many masterpieces can one man make? Man I still remember watching this lemans with my dad and uncle when the clr took flight. This was no end, this was the moment Mercedes transcended auto sport.

    @L3GHO5T@L3GHO5T Жыл бұрын
    • @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • Wunder macht

      @mk6315@mk6315 Жыл бұрын
  • Only Gordan Murray can defeat Gordon Murray.

    @Borntoride125@Borntoride125 Жыл бұрын
  • Now that vid was my all time Easter treat!!!! Being a C63 AMG Black Series Owner, this history lessen was truly appreciated.. Loved every second!!!

    @amg2rs236@amg2rs236 Жыл бұрын
    • So jealous. I got to lap a C63 Black years ago and MAN that traction control drift setting was fun.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd To me besides the V8 growl the gearbox is poetry in motion!! those down shifts are unbelievable like the car is reading your mind!!! Best motor i have ever owned...

      @amg2rs236@amg2rs236 Жыл бұрын
  • the reason the car flew was because of its high downforce but they forgot to account for the fact that mark webber was Australian, so the downforce turned into uplift hence launching the car

    @xtreme814@xtreme814 Жыл бұрын
    • 😂

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • When The Squidd uploads, it's time to grab some popcorn 🍿

    @A__EthanGoh@A__EthanGoh Жыл бұрын
    • I'm about to buy one

      @fartzilla123@fartzilla123 Жыл бұрын
    • Dude I’m literally making one rn😂

      @keknutiy9943@keknutiy9943 Жыл бұрын
  • Mercedes's clk line up is crazy. From your grandma's clk 230 to the insane clk gtr as well as everything in between.

    @dankmemer2774@dankmemer27748 ай бұрын
  • Totally unique , instantly recognisable in a world of look-alikes, CLK s are legendary.

    @Leonardo555ZZZ@Leonardo555ZZZ6 ай бұрын
    • what's funny is the CLK GTR is kind of a "look alike" as it stole most of its body lines from the Porsche 911 GT1

      @the.squidd@the.squidd6 ай бұрын
    • @@the.squidd True,,,I guess I was referring mostly that iconic four headlight frontal design , which carried on to the C208 and similarly to the C209 production CLKs.

      @Leonardo555ZZZZ@Leonardo555ZZZZ6 ай бұрын
  • Its time for another masterpiece, this man doesn't miss just hit after hit 🎉

    @saucegodishall2103@saucegodishall2103 Жыл бұрын
  • when playing forza with my cousin years ago we had unkowingly banned this car ourselves and never used it because it was too op in the game. Now I learned that it was indeed too op in real life aswell. Huge respect to the engineers and everyone involved. Great Video man!

    @barsgecgil3437@barsgecgil3437 Жыл бұрын
  • Have to say I completely stumbled across your channel by chance but so far every single video you've put out has given me goosebumps. Absolutely loving it! You'll hit 5 million subs in no time I'm sure of it! Keep it up!

    @huze5@huze5 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you like them!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • I feel like you are one of the few people on this platform that can tell a story this well, informationally and make it so exiting all at once. Aboslutlely loving the videos can't wait for the next one!

    @1weirdpotato426@1weirdpotato426 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you friend!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • I can't agree more

      @siddharth44410@siddharth44410 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@JustBeowulf He's the coldest educational speaker on KZhead. I've been watching him for years.

      @digitalcamaro9708@digitalcamaro9708 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@JustBeowulf cool, but C&Rsenal is the king of firearms history on KZhead.

      @EmyrDerfel@EmyrDerfel Жыл бұрын
  • The ability of this man to dramatise every single thing is unmatched, I'm always left wanting more!

    @rocket009able@rocket009able Жыл бұрын
  • Outstanding video, thank you for taking the time to put this together! Very well done.

    @rossmclaren2522@rossmclaren2522 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you so much Ross! We worked super hard on this and I'm glad it was worth it.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Great video for such a racing icon! Thanks for making it!

    @BGWarrior86@BGWarrior86 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you liked it!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • That video made me subscribe to the channel and opened the gates to other great stories! Thanks again & keep doing this!

      @BGWarrior86@BGWarrior86 Жыл бұрын
  • The CLK GTR is one of the cars that really got me interested in racing in the mid to late 90's as a kid. I remember sneaking out of my room to watch the 24hrs of Le Mans on mute so I didn't wake my parents LMAO. Great video dude 🤙

    @jdmmike7225@jdmmike7225 Жыл бұрын
    • The 90s GT1 period was probably the most exciting coolest periods in motorsports as so many manufacturers entered cars.

      @supertouring1@supertouring1 Жыл бұрын
    • @@supertouring1 It's definitely up there. But there's so many cool groups. Group C was amazing and I personally love the Group 5 Super Silhouette cars. But GT1 was definitely one of the most fun to watch. I remember watching the Mercedes do a flip in the air & that was one of the first times I actually feared for a driver's life.

      @jdmmike7225@jdmmike7225 Жыл бұрын
  • It's almost a shame to just say this video is another hit out of the park. Your vibrant story telling and excellent choice of history reckoning made me have a very enjoyable hour. (Watched it twice just to be sure...). Thanks again for this masterpiece. By the way, we need more recurring character alert :)

    @florentk6447@florentk6447 Жыл бұрын
    • XD There's usually 2 or 3 per video. Might get annoying!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd Maybe just an icon then. That alert really took me by surprise and I got to rewind 10s just for the fun I got. Keep up the good work anyway, and as I said your storytelling is out of this world. Cheers.

      @florentk6447@florentk6447 Жыл бұрын
    • Take a shot every time Gordon Murray and the BMW engineer gets mentioned.

      @PlebCentre@PlebCentre Жыл бұрын
    • @@PlebCentre Will do for the next video. I have this Vodka/Cointreau/Lemon cocktail at the ready (named Kamikaze for some reason)

      @florentk6447@florentk6447 Жыл бұрын
    • @@PlebCentre Surprised no ones called out the Thomas Bscher appearance. He was piloting the F1 in the crash in this video, and he was the guy who took his F1 to the mechanic in the F1 vid.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • F1 GTR will still be my favorite from that era but this story is incredible, and so is your story telling. Great work!

    @ani_mesh@ani_mesh Жыл бұрын
  • What a movie. The background music, the build ups, the narration all came together very well. Out did your self again squiddd

    @gumdakji7207@gumdakji7207 Жыл бұрын
    • @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Great video, just a small note: the ß symbol (born as a fusion of the archaic elongated s, written as ſ, and a regular one) that appears in the street legal version's German name is actually a double s and it should sound as such.

    @TheSummoner@TheSummoner Жыл бұрын
  • The flying Mercedes. Those images are legendary just as much as the actual car was lol. Changed racing forever. You are right there.

    @no_lft_shft@no_lft_shft Жыл бұрын
  • This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Love the breakdown of a GT1 legend.

    @Paladin1034@Paladin1034 Жыл бұрын
  • Being born in 1978, i got to watch all groupe B AND BPR/GT1 era. As a motorhead, i can die at peace! I watched every single BPR race back in the day. Never in my motorsport life had i nor will from then on experienced something like this.

    @cestusfr@cestusfr Жыл бұрын
    • I’m glad you got to experience that! I sadly had no idea it was going on at the time but thankfully every race has been uploaded on KZhead to relive again

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Dude...your videos are unbelievably good. Keep on making them. Each one shows how much you love the cars and history of auto racing. I literally rush to watch them as soon as they drop. Kudos.

    @yukonc4@yukonc4 Жыл бұрын
    • @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @Not-a-bot222@Not-a-bot222 Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd you are the only love here bro 🥰

      @cyoann8050@cyoann8050 Жыл бұрын
  • This is fantastic content. It is also well laid out. Thanks, I will be watching more. I remember as a little kid when the CLK GTR was arriving on the racing scene, my Dad, Brother and I were big fans.

    @bahaboy89@bahaboy89 Жыл бұрын
  • I just found your channel and man, this is the best car culture content I've seen on KZhead; hell, probably the best content period. The writing, the editing, the passion, you are crazy talented and I can see your channel easily growing to millions of subs. Keep it up and thanks for the work you do!

    @mixedrealityworkshop586@mixedrealityworkshop586 Жыл бұрын
  • easily your best video. perfect tone. perfect blend of engaging and informative commentary. perfect editing. i also love how we're getting a SCU (Squid Cinematic Universe) with murray and DK showing up

    @unpass@unpass Жыл бұрын
    • SCU I love that. It’s definitely a thing. I make a video and learn about a person and suddenly I’m making another video about that person.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • “That is, until one company lost its cool, took it by the schnitzel…” I literally snorted that took me by complete surprise. It’s the reason I love this channel. The seriousness of the stories mixed in with what can only be described as perfectly timed and flawlessly executed humor. Well done, sir. Well done.

    @taysonhale8389@taysonhale8389 Жыл бұрын
    • Gotta thank my writer Ken for that one, he has a dry, hilarious attitude that really brings a lot to the videos. Couldn't make this stuff without him.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • @@the.squidd I would go crazy too if as a german I'd eat austrias national dish

      @divinus9364@divinus936411 ай бұрын
    • I think he said “took a bite of schnitzel “

      @Wargasm54@Wargasm547 ай бұрын
  • Bruh 5:21 minutes of pure F1 being a menace truly shows how incredible the F1 was.

    @sanskargour6673@sanskargour66735 ай бұрын
  • Literal chills man! I never was such a fan of mercs but i'd have to be stupid not to appreciate the fire spitting masterpieces they have brought to life. Driving such a car must be an experience which is impossible to be compared to literally anything else. At this point of engineering marvel, you're not just driving a metal complexity of parts any more. You are literally driving the collective passion and knowledge and ideas and goals, of the people who helped bring such a stunning masterpiece into creation. Just woah.

    @skyfox7969@skyfox796910 ай бұрын
  • Wow I never knew the design process of this car, being that it was basically an amalgamation of the F1 and 911 GT1. What an amazingly well done video, sir. The CLK GTR is one of my all-time favourite cars, funny enough, alongside the 911 GT1 and F1. I was but a toddler back then, but that Era of racing is something special, and something we will never see again, be it for good or bad.

    @ValkyrieLightwing@ValkyrieLightwing Жыл бұрын
    • I'm optimistic there is still good racing to be had out there. Probably everyone in 1999 wasn't thinking they were living in the golden era either.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • The early era of GT1 was special and raw compared to modern standards. That being said, look at top-level endurance sportscar racing today. In the US we have Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, Acura… and abroad (with similar rules) we have Ferrari, Glickenhaus, Peugeot, ByKolles, with Lambo and Alpine joining next year. That’s a WAY deeper field than BPR GT or FIA GT ever had… And I’m totally here for it 😁

      @andrewrobertson5508@andrewrobertson5508 Жыл бұрын
    • @Andrew Robertson both good points from y'all. I haven't kept up much with the new Prototype racing at all aside from just seeing the new cars (which look absolutely mad, and the Cadillac is one of the meanest sounding cars ever) but it does seem to be the closest to that Era of racing we have. Although admittedly I have been obsessed lately with V8 Supercars and how incredible the racing and competition is within it.

      @ValkyrieLightwing@ValkyrieLightwing Жыл бұрын
  • You know it's good when you get intense chills from the first 2 minutes

    @kevinalves1959@kevinalves1959 Жыл бұрын
  • this video was top notch, thanks for putting the time in

    @NEVER-LIFT@NEVER-LIFT Жыл бұрын
  • As a kid, I had so many toy versions of this car. It was simply iconic.

    @OKingSizeTv@OKingSizeTv5 ай бұрын
  • I’m just going to say this, and I don’t often comment on videos. Your editing and pacing is out of this world. It is criminal that you don’t have at least a mill subs. Can’t wait to catch up with your channel. New fan for sure.

    @JuanOssaArango@JuanOssaArango Жыл бұрын
    • Eh. I’m not chasing sub counts or anything. I’m just happy people like my stories.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • To the whole team of THE SQUIDD, y'all are just hitting bullseyes after bullseyes. It's astonishing how guys make it this exciting, video after video. And honestly, I'm absolutely glad i clicked on that LFA video, cause I'm a fan. Keep these videos rolling, you guys are the best!

    @vingaHere@vingaHere Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks friend! Hope you continue watching!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Honestly one of the best put together videos I’ve seen in a while, I love how the narrator talks about this, it sounds like the crazed beer uncle who actually went to college and knows his stuff and isn’t just rambling about mk-ultra

    @walkerduncalf8630@walkerduncalf8630 Жыл бұрын
  • Great videos, I love the stories, and how these cars aren't just objects but heroes in them. keep up the fantastic work

    @madsholmkristensen8453@madsholmkristensen8453 Жыл бұрын
    • Cara are built by hundreds of hands and driven by dozens of legends. I think it’s a delight to go beyond the horsepower and lap times and get to the core of what makes a car important, and that is the story.

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • You briefly touched on them, but please do some more videos on Porsche. They’re truly the mad men of the racing world, building some of the greatest racecars to ever grace this planet

    @NoiseBombS14@NoiseBombS14 Жыл бұрын
    • Um, isn't the point of this video to show that Mercedes' designers went insane and accidentally killed off their own racing class?

      @largol33t1@largol33t1 Жыл бұрын
  • Such an amazing video, filled with cool history. As a massive fan of the car I get chills from the intro and outro every single time. Job well done!

    @JunkerYardov@JunkerYardov4 ай бұрын
  • Amazing video my man! 👏

    @victator8099@victator8099 Жыл бұрын
  • 16:38 FYI you misread the word, the weird B in straßen is actually a german character that replaces a "ss", so you read it "strassenversion", "strassen" meaning "street", you can note the similarity between both languages :)

    @s1nenomine@s1nenomine Жыл бұрын
  • Funny thing about the McLaren F1 GTR, it started out as a road car that was begged to be raced. Tif Nealon was my first introduction to the McLaren F1

    @CrackedCandy@CrackedCandy Жыл бұрын
  • Well put together, really great content! Top notch!!!

    @timsikhosana9092@timsikhosana9092 Жыл бұрын
  • Again amazing content! Absolutely love ur documentary! These legendary cars getting the appreciation they deserve!

    @LivncA_Dis3@LivncA_Dis3 Жыл бұрын
  • I get the chills while watching every single one of your videos and this one was no different. I love the CLK, such an amazing car, an iconic super car imo.

    @NicoParasite@NicoParasite Жыл бұрын
  • The CLK is ONE of my favorite Supercars ever along with Lambo Murcielago and Pagani Zonda being behind it. The Car just FLIES really well! It's also one of my favorite Cars along with the MR2 SW and Viper too! But it owning and driving one was no more than just a dream for me. I bet it'll send me *higher* on that one.

    @moisesezequielgutierrez@moisesezequielgutierrez Жыл бұрын
  • My new favorite channel! Thanks.

    @fskk00@fskk00 Жыл бұрын
  • This video is perfection! Really. Last video I mentioned minor audio issues - there are no such issues this time around. You nailed it in every aspect.

    @nemonym2466@nemonym2466 Жыл бұрын
  • Sir, congrats on the one year of videos and I would like to say, if I may, that you are one of the best story tellers I've ever heard. Thank you for existing and for making this wonderful videos. See you on the next one, cheers!

    @octavianpopa3635@octavianpopa3635 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for existing friend!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Mercedes has truly the most amazing events in its racing history

    @9242marcodc@9242marcodc Жыл бұрын
    • I would love to take one these beasts through LeMans just once...

      @largol33t1@largol33t1 Жыл бұрын
  • No kidding, I had full body chills at the end of this. Bravo.

    @KMakoENVtuber@KMakoENVtuber Жыл бұрын
  • Broooooooo...... once again absolute masterpiece. Goosebumps brother, literal goosebumps!

    @blakegatts@blakegatts Жыл бұрын
  • I just recently found this channel and I gotta say, there is just something about these videos that keep me coming back for more and more keep up the great work!

    @pineapple6295@pineapple6295 Жыл бұрын
    • Welcome aboard!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • for me that something is the amount of work, time and sheer passion behind the editing. It feels like it's own little Tribute documentary movie

      @divAPEX@divAPEX Жыл бұрын
  • my favorite Benz. I still have my childhood RC model of this proudly displayed in my room...

    @KiLDELTA@KiLDELTA Жыл бұрын
  • never has a video made me experience more of an emotional roller coaster as this one

    @dagsgustavsgarancs145@dagsgustavsgarancs14511 ай бұрын
  • What an incredible video. Love the work you put into this. As a car guy I was into it from the beginning to end.

    @ullcringe2895@ullcringe2895 Жыл бұрын
  • I absolutely love this era of sports car racing. It was so exciting, and innovative. I remember reading about some of these races in what ever car magazine I could get my hands on at the time. Back in the mid 90's, I had a 1/18th die cast of a McLaren F1 LM GTR, and a Mercedes CLK GTR. There was two 911 GT1's, the 996 is the one everyone sees, and was homologated. I much prefer the look of the older 993 GT1. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.

    @bicyclist2@bicyclist2 Жыл бұрын
  • This is the highest quality storytelling automotive channel without even a close second place. Super impressed with every one of these videos and I can only hope that THE SQUIDD keeps going, hires some help to pump out more videos, and becomes a top channel in automotive KZhead. When all the success comes you will have earned it!

    @joncaseyclary@joncaseyclary Жыл бұрын
    • Wow, thank you so much Jon!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • its amazing to see how much ur channel has grown man, good job and keep up the awesome work!!

    @ObanMombourquette-me8ex@ObanMombourquette-me8ex Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you friend!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • You gave me goosebumps with that monologue at the end

    @henrikaaseb-sn8qq@henrikaaseb-sn8qq2 ай бұрын
  • Massive credit to you man as this is one of the best car documentaries I've watched in quite some time. That really was a hell of an era for GT racing

    @TheBlaert@TheBlaert Жыл бұрын
    • Totally Agee on that!!

      @amg2rs236@amg2rs236 Жыл бұрын
  • “Porsche took it by the Schnitzel” Lmao

    @24Ninetynine@24Ninetynine Жыл бұрын
  • Great doc. I adore the CLK-GTR and always will.

    @Kaceydotme@Kaceydotme Жыл бұрын
  • Top notch upload! Really enjoyed this from start to finish, amazing.

    @mritchie85@mritchie854 ай бұрын
    • 🤜🤛

      @the.squidd@the.squidd4 ай бұрын
  • This guy is honestly one of the best story tellers on the platform it is a good day when a new video comes out

    @jasperocks3861@jasperocks3861 Жыл бұрын
  • Great video. Another interesting GT1 story to cover would be the Dauer 962, or how a modified Group C prototype was one of, if not the fastest road legal hypercar and a very unusual GT1 entry at Le Mans. P.S. The ß in Straßenversion isn't a b but a "sharp s".

    @f1fan3000@f1fan3000 Жыл бұрын
    • double s

      @lowfatedes@lowfatedes Жыл бұрын
    • @@lowfatedes you can say both.

      @f1fan3000@f1fan3000 Жыл бұрын
    • @@f1fan3000 it's literally a symbol for two s. If you write it in modern letters it's replaced with ss

      @lowfatedes@lowfatedes Жыл бұрын
    • @@lowfatedes de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F

      @f1fan3000@f1fan3000 Жыл бұрын
  • Glad I stumbled across this video. Beautifully made, definitely worthy of a subscription 👍🏻

    @PooeyCheeks@PooeyCheeks Жыл бұрын
  • If I were ever to become filthy rich, I would build another from scratch just to have one. Always loved the look of this beast.

    @MeritoriousLee@MeritoriousLee5 ай бұрын
  • Great content as usual. Thanks for the closed captions, too.

    @blundy1@blundy1 Жыл бұрын
  • Bro...This video, you yourself have made a masterpiece. The effort, the quality, the script, the pacing, the story telling... Beautiful.

    @zekion.@zekion. Жыл бұрын
    • 🤝 thanks friend

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
    • Have to agree on that.... very educational vid and well put together!!

      @amg2rs236@amg2rs236 Жыл бұрын
  • this is my favorite Mercedes to this date, thank you for giving me a piece of history I never knew, its incredible what the CLK did on LM, also earned a new subscriber

    @marcosljf@marcosljf Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome video, great research packing in nice editing and narration through great script, excellent work as expected from THE SQUIDD

    @PersonManManManMan@PersonManManManMan11 ай бұрын
    • Thanks a ton!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd11 ай бұрын
  • Squidd you know your videos really satisfies my hunger to know more about cars it's your videos i mean the style of storytelling is just amazing. . . . . Eagerly waiting for next video 👉👈

    @Monkey.D.Luffy.....@Monkey.D.Luffy..... Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you like them!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Consistently uploading entertaining high quality automotive videos. It's just a matter of time before you will get your breakthrough :)

    @chrissdevano@chrissdevano Жыл бұрын
    • he is already hitting 2.5 m views in some videos, the guy got nothing left to prove.

      @gtrix3240@gtrix3240 Жыл бұрын
    • @@gtrix3240 Compared to other channels his video quality is much higher while having less subscribers. I don't see that as "having nothing left to prove"

      @chrissdevano@chrissdevano Жыл бұрын
    • @@chrissdevano they'll come in time! Just gotta wait it out😎

      @DjSama@DjSama Жыл бұрын
  • The end made me cry. Awesome video my man. Thank you

    @Zemjang@Zemjang Жыл бұрын
    • My pleasure!

      @the.squidd@the.squidd Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome video. I love the CLK GTR especially the design

    @royal.1359@royal.1359 Жыл бұрын
  • Your videos are unreal. Please never stop since this is a masterpiece, from video to video I’m just more and more immersed and impressed. Hope you get recognised more and land on a show for yourself!

    @mirzasmajlovic1@mirzasmajlovic1 Жыл бұрын
  • Another great story and video and the last minute in particular is pure poetry. And visually, the archer and the flying arrow morphing into the flaming car was just brilliant.

    @alangil40@alangil40 Жыл бұрын
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