Why Volkswagen is the Gamestop of Cars - Past Gas #76

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3 жыл бұрын

Before Gamestop revolutionized the world of stonks, there was… Volkswagen. Over a decade before Reddit made GME a meme, one of the craziest short squeezes in history involved VW and Porsche. How did VW briefly become the most valuable company in the world? And how did it all go down in flames. On today’s episode of Past Gas, we’re trading in the short shifter for the short squeeze. It’s time to talk Volkswagen-- the GameStop of cars.
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Пікірлер: 180
@siggy6044
@siggy6044 3 жыл бұрын
Would definitely like an episode on the bailout of America's automotive industry. It's a big part automotive history, despite being relatively recent.
@DonutPodcasts
@DonutPodcasts 3 жыл бұрын
might be in the works!
@Brock_Corb
@Brock_Corb 3 жыл бұрын
Yeaauuupp.. That's gonna be a no for me big dawwg.. ** insert Randy Jackson meme **
@jawknee21
@jawknee21 3 жыл бұрын
What US car company was the only one that didn't get a bailout?
@SynthiaVan
@SynthiaVan Жыл бұрын
@@jawknee21 ford
@jawknee21
@jawknee21 Жыл бұрын
@@SynthiaVan bingo!
@jesseshexton7602
@jesseshexton7602 3 жыл бұрын
Working for GameStop for many many years, this sounds RIGHT lol
@nighthawkcm8872
@nighthawkcm8872 3 жыл бұрын
Donut is the juggernaut of automotive KZfaq and it’s because the amazing charismatic hosts. All of them are a win. (Even Felipe)
@eustahijelifetips
@eustahijelifetips 3 жыл бұрын
Except pumffrey
@jawknee21
@jawknee21 3 жыл бұрын
Even the guy that looks like what hotdog water would be if it was a person?
@nicka3526
@nicka3526 3 жыл бұрын
a “Domination Agreement” historically sounds VERY German... makes sense
@ml8628
@ml8628 3 жыл бұрын
you could say this about any nations on planet earth if you know enough history
@danny5104
@danny5104 3 жыл бұрын
You guys have no idea how important these podcasts are to my mental, I appreciate you guys a lot
@amirnaim3675
@amirnaim3675 3 жыл бұрын
A podcast on the Dale car scandal would be interesting
@DonutPodcasts
@DonutPodcasts 3 жыл бұрын
good suggestion!
@deejeh9494
@deejeh9494 3 жыл бұрын
@@DonutPodcasts Nice comment!
@elmeri9237
@elmeri9237 3 жыл бұрын
Video on history of Volvo and Volvos part in car safety today and how they are still one of the most safest car brand. Volvo has invented alot of safety features.
@taylorbyias
@taylorbyias 3 жыл бұрын
The Volkswagen focused and automotive misadventure episodes are my favorite, keep up the amazing work everyone!!
@abnormaleyes3020
@abnormaleyes3020 3 жыл бұрын
Donut and mcm are the only shows I actually follow for more than 3 years and wait for with anticipation. You guys are the best on the internet . I love the podcast alot keep up the great work 🔥
@benabusthethird9751
@benabusthethird9751 3 жыл бұрын
Haha. Amazed you're covering this. Sick tho. GME and AMC squeeze bois!
@aramakaraka
@aramakaraka 3 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this one guys, would listen to more!
@omarzambrano7578
@omarzambrano7578 3 жыл бұрын
Roaring kitty and DeepFuckingValue are the same person.
@chilevalentina27
@chilevalentina27 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@joeleonard9965
@joeleonard9965 3 жыл бұрын
For guys who tried to come off as unknowledgeable at the start, you really got the macro picture right at the end. Awesome episode!
@talonmadara926
@talonmadara926 3 жыл бұрын
Great episode guys, love your content
@user-mx1fq6qm6i
@user-mx1fq6qm6i 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: this is the 69th Donut podcasts vid. You really need to stop here to embrace the NICE
@ariez12r
@ariez12r 3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading updates of all this in car n driver. Such a throwback.
@fahadmunib2422
@fahadmunib2422 3 жыл бұрын
Just watched this very podcast for the 3rd time. Goosebumps :3
@estreaper7393
@estreaper7393 3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite show out there
@buckkylem
@buckkylem 3 жыл бұрын
God I love this channel. I’ll be right there buying when Donut Media does it’s IPO!
@antonioaugusto646
@antonioaugusto646 3 жыл бұрын
An episode about the fittipaldi family would be cool, not just because im a brazilian but i think its an interesting history, 3 time world champion, radio tycoon, their own f1 team and etc.
@brentmcdonnell360
@brentmcdonnell360 3 жыл бұрын
That was excellent! I look forward to the bailout video 👍
@jadinburney6604
@jadinburney6604 3 жыл бұрын
The intro 😂🔥
@asherdales
@asherdales 3 жыл бұрын
26:57 That anime already exists. It's called C - Control.
@Kingz2100
@Kingz2100 3 жыл бұрын
And the greatest thing of that anime is when you lose, you lose the personified "future potential" of your own . :P
@robbyjones1990
@robbyjones1990 3 жыл бұрын
I've been watching all the KZfaq versions now for the last few weeks keeping me going up here in Canada 🇨🇦. I don't want it to end!!!!!
@MoosesquadonPC
@MoosesquadonPC 3 жыл бұрын
First time watching donut podcasts on youtube since I mostly listen on spotify
@heathcliffhappy2582
@heathcliffhappy2582 2 жыл бұрын
wow, those NASCAR -NASDAQ, and Stock Car-Car Tock were absolutly hilarious!!!!
@ThistleThings
@ThistleThings 3 жыл бұрын
This easily makes my Top 5 episodes, this and the one about the GM strike maybe my top 2
@BluesBoyJonny
@BluesBoyJonny 3 жыл бұрын
This was a good one!
@briancristoni8413
@briancristoni8413 Ай бұрын
Still exciting to watch!
@keicarguy7908
@keicarguy7908 3 жыл бұрын
Strong 'The Rains of Castamere' vibes from Piëch and Wiedeking towards the end there
@pl3a5enophotoz
@pl3a5enophotoz 3 жыл бұрын
Great episode bois
@graysonparker9266
@graysonparker9266 3 жыл бұрын
I have firsthand experience with Diamondback Bikes. They make awesome stuff. I have four Diamondbacks. I love them.
@superrad1659
@superrad1659 3 жыл бұрын
This episode was way more interesting than I thought it would be. Stock market is a F***ING wild place.
@clockworktoastboy
@clockworktoastboy 3 жыл бұрын
James' Wiedeking sounding like Werner Herzog
@Flexo3D
@Flexo3D 3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this and I’m ready for the bailout episode. Just FYI. Ford didn’t get money from TARP like GM did. But they got a $9bil line of credit from the US government. IMO they did basically the same thing as GM, but didn’t get the criticism for it.
@fernandoraimundo0339
@fernandoraimundo0339 3 жыл бұрын
Please do a podcast on the Argentinian IKA Torino car and also another podcast on Fangio. Thanks
@kirkpatrickconstruction897
@kirkpatrickconstruction897 3 жыл бұрын
Best part of my Sunday
@thememegod3328
@thememegod3328 3 жыл бұрын
great story, you should totally make the anime. would love one on the bailout of the industry. good job hosts for explaining it so well, and great job writers for pulling the story together.
@spikes_johnson
@spikes_johnson 3 жыл бұрын
Someone teach Joe how to pronounce Doge
@ml8628
@ml8628 3 жыл бұрын
they dont phrase it like the meme
@crunchy5855
@crunchy5855 3 жыл бұрын
If this was an anime it would be like death note, but better
@brettlasky3
@brettlasky3 3 жыл бұрын
Now my Sunday is complete.
@Darkl3y
@Darkl3y 3 жыл бұрын
Great episode, when’s the Soichiro Honda episode coming though?!?!
@ayrtonf1262
@ayrtonf1262 3 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the music in the background of the ads
@Matthew_Danger
@Matthew_Danger 3 жыл бұрын
I liked the episode off of the opening alone
@scott1hn
@scott1hn 3 жыл бұрын
Rupauls drag race is awesome! 🙌
@tkb871
@tkb871 3 жыл бұрын
Y’all need to get on Gus Johnson’s podcast. Loved that video you guys did together.
@Steady_Hands_
@Steady_Hands_ 3 жыл бұрын
Did you say Modern Baseball was getting back together?
3 жыл бұрын
That $75 DOGE would now be worth around $750. It's a weird world we live in.
@terbo9873
@terbo9873 3 жыл бұрын
Yo I’m gonna need some fact checking on the claim that Modern Baseball is getting back together
@fablebass2815
@fablebass2815 3 жыл бұрын
My like was like #69😎. I Love this show
@DonutPodcasts
@DonutPodcasts 3 жыл бұрын
if you love us so much you would slap your bass 69 times
@deejeh9494
@deejeh9494 3 жыл бұрын
@@DonutPodcasts if he posts a video of it then Donut should send him a sticker or a shirt
@EddieFly00
@EddieFly00 3 жыл бұрын
Can we get an episode on Long Way Up, Long Way Down, and Long Way Round?
@pondum_
@pondum_ 3 жыл бұрын
Y'all should livestream one of these.
@ambrosefarquhar8666
@ambrosefarquhar8666 3 жыл бұрын
Please do an episode on "the king of the mountain" Aussie legend Peter Brock. Would also shed a bit of light on the Australian racing heritage
@bruhnt5063
@bruhnt5063 3 жыл бұрын
Day 80 of wanting Up To Speed back
@bruhnt5063
@bruhnt5063 3 жыл бұрын
@Giovanny Rosales whoa i forgot about that
@liammaupin9492
@liammaupin9492 3 жыл бұрын
What about science garage?
@abalakrishnan4152
@abalakrishnan4152 3 жыл бұрын
@@bruhnt5063 but he found his miracle whip so the series ended
@bruhnt5063
@bruhnt5063 3 жыл бұрын
@@abalakrishnan4152 Oh, thanks for the information
@bruhnt5063
@bruhnt5063 3 жыл бұрын
@@liammaupin9492 new B2B has pretty much become Science Garage at this point
@jchrizzy6995
@jchrizzy6995 3 жыл бұрын
Nice shirt Joe
@grandcouncilorvarmon4495
@grandcouncilorvarmon4495 3 жыл бұрын
Howdy yall!!!
@thomasream7532
@thomasream7532 3 жыл бұрын
Link to the music heard in the intro???
@abonacci8795
@abonacci8795 3 жыл бұрын
I'd watch an anime produced by Nolan no matter what it was 😆
@Post_Maquel
@Post_Maquel 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder why Joe does not like gambling but plays and advertises Poker hahaha
@bradrepellent
@bradrepellent 3 жыл бұрын
what strain is pumphrey smoking? I gotta cop
@chilevalentina27
@chilevalentina27 3 жыл бұрын
Well the difference is that, the short weren't payed off yet and the short squeeze is still happening right now. The shorts aren't forced to close till the hedge funds get a margin call. GME still has potential to reach a high $ amount maybe even higher than VW but what to I know
@mishaelotaishan4337
@mishaelotaishan4337 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, what's up, mate, how is going. GUYS, please make a video about Heavy trucks such as KAMAZ. THEY ARE LEGENDARY in Russia. It would be sick if you made it!!!
@Robert1187
@Robert1187 3 жыл бұрын
Badass!🤓🤟🏻
@ripex7778
@ripex7778 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve made it to the donut underground
@braidanminers3922
@braidanminers3922 3 жыл бұрын
Week 6 of asking for an episode on the Australian V8 Supercars
@beowulfevox6408
@beowulfevox6408 3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to start a youtube channel that only makes all the idea they come up with and call dibs on!
@Jim_Layhey
@Jim_Layhey 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Nolan, James, and Joe can you pleassssssssssssssse do a past gas on Dale Earnhardt's career because it's one of the greatest stories of all time
@Drummavore
@Drummavore 3 жыл бұрын
DEFINITELY do an episode on all the bailouts! good to know which companies to support. As americans, we vote with our money.
@chazzbranigaan9354
@chazzbranigaan9354 2 жыл бұрын
buy Ford then
@Nigel_Tberry
@Nigel_Tberry 3 жыл бұрын
James you need to water that plant!
@andyhernandez8229
@andyhernandez8229 3 жыл бұрын
Do an episode on baja 1000
@jacobboomhower1432
@jacobboomhower1432 3 жыл бұрын
You should do one on how gm just destroyed saab
@jchrizzy6995
@jchrizzy6995 3 жыл бұрын
VitaKing sounds like a sports drink
@Seitzberg
@Seitzberg 3 жыл бұрын
nice
@eurosonly
@eurosonly 3 жыл бұрын
I thought this was about how VW buys cars for cheap from other manufacturers and sells them to the consumer at a mark up not the stock exchange story.
@LucefieD
@LucefieD 3 жыл бұрын
The definition of shorting is a bit off, you can lose an infinite amount of money if the stock keeps going up, not just your initial buy in. AKA if you borrow the stock at $100 and it goes to $1000 you have to purchase it at $1000 in order to return it. As in you spend $900 MORE than initially intended. Shorting is the only way you can lose infinite money, if you just buy in normal you can only lose your initial investment.(unless you're leveraged but that's a whole different thing)
@aaronr5422
@aaronr5422 3 жыл бұрын
Past gas on Fangio?
@aarongonzalez2156
@aarongonzalez2156 3 жыл бұрын
Roaring kitty and DFV are the same person btw
@JacobSmith-wb2tu
@JacobSmith-wb2tu 3 жыл бұрын
hi guys
@jamessizemore7103
@jamessizemore7103 3 жыл бұрын
Can I buy shares in donut?
@sleepy3297
@sleepy3297 3 жыл бұрын
19:22 Jake and paul walker? Lol
@ulyssesjimenez87
@ulyssesjimenez87 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he was talking about She's all That lol
@4thImpulse
@4thImpulse 3 жыл бұрын
Just an FYI @Donut: Ford got bailed out before the crisis even hit. And yeah, the fat cats at fault got bailed out, but things for "the people" would've been way worse if GM ceased to exist.
@albertbrooks6236
@albertbrooks6236 3 жыл бұрын
I install blinds and = not easy. I only learned after the fact
@rose_visored
@rose_visored 3 жыл бұрын
This story as an anime kinda seems like No Game, No Life, y'all should look it up
@asherdales
@asherdales 3 жыл бұрын
There was an anime back in 2011 called C - Control. They fight in an alternate reality called "Financial District" betting their futures and using investments as powerups.
@michaelhodges1391
@michaelhodges1391 3 жыл бұрын
Super excited to see Dirt5 hit xbox gamepass, be on that once i finish lego on forza
@bughuulss
@bughuulss 3 жыл бұрын
Day 109 of asking for the team to design a Dirty Dirk's Blinker Drink T-shirt from the Wheelhouse: Car Terms Every Car Nerd Needs To Know
@NickVetter
@NickVetter 3 жыл бұрын
Bro you coukd have done it yourself by now
@bughuulss
@bughuulss 3 жыл бұрын
@@NickVetter true..but if donut did it it'd look far better than anything I could come up with
@jchrizzy6995
@jchrizzy6995 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, I'm gonna be the 421st like - I know what I must do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it
@awabmohamed5079
@awabmohamed5079 3 жыл бұрын
0 diss likes let us keep it that way
@nigglefiggle
@nigglefiggle 3 жыл бұрын
Can you have Jeremiah on the podcast?
@elnoobdelosnoobs5108
@elnoobdelosnoobs5108 3 жыл бұрын
Porsche: I like the stock
@nick_beasley
@nick_beasley 3 жыл бұрын
in the spirit of companies that cheat big, you guys should do a Past Gas on the Toyota WRC cheating scandal. Or at least have Jerry do a B2B on the crazy turbo cheat.
@loganobrien3525
@loganobrien3525 3 жыл бұрын
James come live in canada I will let you drive my snowmobile if you come down here. If you dont know what im talking about he said as a joke hes thinking of moving to canada
@karlmiller4747
@karlmiller4747 3 жыл бұрын
Day 2 of asking for science garage
@user-mx1fq6qm6i
@user-mx1fq6qm6i 3 жыл бұрын
Bart isn't a part of donut anymore, so Jeremiah kinda fills the hole with b2b
@assaadgreige5900
@assaadgreige5900 3 жыл бұрын
VW ftw❤️💪🏻
@furyofthegame5058
@furyofthegame5058 3 жыл бұрын
Hey
@LucefieD
@LucefieD 3 жыл бұрын
This is 1996.... LMAO
@eurosonly
@eurosonly 3 жыл бұрын
Joe pronouncing dodge coin lol
@cameronohlin511
@cameronohlin511 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for this, guys. I fell asleep to your voices 😴
@redlion145
@redlion145 3 жыл бұрын
Short selling is a necessary function of a financial market. You have to be able to bet on a negative price move the same as a positive price move. Otherwise, it'd be like a betting shop only taking bets on the lakers winning. What if you think the lakers will lose?
@justinchan5415
@justinchan5415 3 жыл бұрын
hey
@yudeshsohan5853
@yudeshsohan5853 3 жыл бұрын
I know the pronounciation of Ferdinand's name is controversial just like his grandfathers last name but I doubt it's "Ferdinand Pish".
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