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The Car Nerd with Jason Hassett
Welcome to The Car Nerd by Jason Hassett, your go-to destination for all things automotive excellence. From legendary classic cars and cutting-edge engineering innovations to the thrilling world of racing, F1, and electric vehicles, this channel dives into the heart of the past, present, and future of the automotive world. Originally launched in 2020 as "The Grand Prick" and later "Wheel Sports," this channel has evolved alongside my passion for all things racing and automotive. While Formula 1…
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The Car Nerd with Jason HassettMitsubishi Pajero Evolution: The SUV That DOMINATED Dakar
In 1998, Mitsubishi entered the Dakar Rally with a 260-horsepower V6.But in Japan, you could walk into a Mitsubishi dealership and buy a Pajero with the same…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettAlfa Romeo GTV (916): The Most Controversial Alfa Romeo Ever Made
For decades, Alfa Romeo had built its reputation on one simple formula.A beautiful sporting coupé.An engine at the front.And power going to the rear…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettPeugeot 806 Procar: The Most Ridiculous Race Car Ever Built
In 1995, Peugeot entered one of the most ridiculous racing cars ever built into the Spa 24 Hours. A family people carrier. With sliding doors. The Peugeot 806…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettThe New Tesla Roadster: Why It REALLY Took 9 Years to Build
Nine years.That's how long Tesla customers have been waiting for the new Roadster.In November 2017, Elon Musk unveiled a $200,000 electric supercar that…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettDAF TurboTwin: The Truck That HUMILIATED Peugeot
In January 1988, a television helicopter over the Sahara caught something that should not have been possible. Ari Vatanen was flat out in a works Peugeot 405…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettFiat Multipla: The Ugliest Car Ever Made Was a Masterpiece
In 1999, the Museum of Modern Art put a Fiat Multipla on display beside the General Motors EV1 and the Toyota Prius.Top Gear named it Car of the Year.They also…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettToyota GT-ONE: The Boldest Con in Racing History
In 1998, Toyota arrived at Le Mans with a car that barely pretended to be a road car.The rules said GT1 cars had to be homologated for the road.They also had…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettAudi TT: The Greatest Volkswagen Golf Ever Built
In the mid-1990s, Audi took a sports car proposal to Porsche. Porsche passed. Audi built it anyway. Underneath, the new TT shared its basic architecture with…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettVolvo 850 BTCC: Why Volvo Raced an Estate in the BTCC
In late 1993, a Swedish race shop arrived at Volvo’s factory in Gothenburg to collect a bare 850 bodyshell. They wanted a saloon. The production line was…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettLada: The Soviet Car That Outsold Honda
In October 1974, a convoy of Soviet cars arrived at a former RAF nuclear missile base in East Yorkshire.Twelve years earlier, three American-controlled Thor…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettMcLaren F1: The Record Even Bugatti COULDN'T Beat
In 1988, four men from McLaren were stuck in an airport after the Italian Grand Prix when a conversation began that would change road cars forever. McLaren…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettJaguar X-Type: The Greatest Ford Mondeo Ever Built
In 2001, Jaguar launched the car that was supposed to transform the company. Ford had spent billions rebuilding Jaguar, but the brand was still selling nowhere…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettBMW E30 M3: Mercedes Accidentally Created the BMW M3
In 1983, Mercedes built a car that BMW couldn’t answer.The 190E 2.3-16 had a Cosworth-developed cylinder head, sixteen valves, and a set of world endurance…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettRenault Clio V6: The Worst Renault Clio Ever Built
In 2001, Renault built a hatchback that could barely outrun the hatchback it was based on.The doors were standard Clio. So was the roofline, tailgate and…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettMetro 6R4: The Failed Metro That Created a Supercar
Group B Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRHygh59386nA5Cost2pUW4p3OkNMlK7 In 1984, British journalists watched a rally car charge toward them…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettLancia 037: How Lancia Beat Audi With a Slower Car
Group B Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRHygh59386nA5Cost2pUW4p3OkNMlK7In January 1983, high in the mountains above Monte Carlo, men working…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettNoble M12: The £45,000 Car That Humiliated Porsche
In the summer of 2000, evo magazine strapped timing equipment to a British sports car almost nobody had heard of.It hit 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and 100 mph in…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettMitsubishi Lancer Evolution: How 22-Years of Failure Built an Icon
In 1974, a four-door Japanese family saloon entered the most destructive rally on Earth.The East African Safari Rally covered roughly six thousand kilometres…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettAlfa Romeo 166: The Most Miserable Car Ever Built
In 2009, Glass’s Guide examined more than six thousand three-year-old cars in Britain to find which had lost their owners the most money.Second, third and…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettSmart Car: The Most Expensive Mercedes Ever Made
In 1993, the man who saved the Swiss watch industry decided to reinvent the car. Nicolas Hayek imagined a cheap, colourful electric runabout that people could…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettFord RS200: The Fastest Failure in Racing History
Group B Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRHygh59386nA5Cost2pUW4p3OkNMlK7In the Ford RS200, the engine sits behind the driver—but the gearbox…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettReliant Robin: The Car Built to Dodge the Taxman
In 1972, a Grand Prix engineer who tuned Formula One cars for Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart sat down to design a cheap runabout for people who couldn't afford…
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1992 Suburu Impreza: The Car that Saved Suburu
In 1993, Subaru was on the brink of collapse, burdened by crashing sales and oddball engineering. But out of this desperation emerged a compact, turbocharged…
The Car Nerd with Jason HassettAustin Montego: The Masterpiece that Killed the British Car Industry
The Austin Montego didn't just challenge the survival of British Leyland; it stood as a fascinating, flawed monument to the desperate final years of Britain’s…
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Lancia Delta S4: The Car that Ended Group B
Group B Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRHygh59386nA5Cost2pUW4p3OkNMlK7The Lancia Delta S4 didn't just challenge the visual and physical…
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Ferrari F40: The Last Car Enzo Ferrari Ever Approved
In the late 1980s, Ferrari faced a crisis of identity. Porsche had just unleashed the 959—a computer-controlled, four-wheel-drive technological marvel that…
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Ferrari 288GTO: The Greatest Ferrari that Never Raced
In 1984, the fastest road car on the planet emerged from Maranello wearing a badge Ferrari hadn’t touched in twenty years: GTO. This wasn't a cynical marketing…
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Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500: The Ugliest Car in Racing History
In the mid-1980s, Ford had a massive problem: their radical, aerodynamically obsessed family sedan—the Sierra—was a sales disaster. Desperate to change its…
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Porsche 959: The Greatest Rally Car That Never Raced
In the mid-1980s, Porsche set out to build a Group B rally car, but accidentally ended up creating a technological spaceship that redefined the modern…
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Peugeot 205 T16: The Greatest "Diesel" in Racing History
In the mid-1980s, the fastest rally car on earth hid its monstrous capability inside the shell of an everyday French supermini. By taking the heavy cast-iron…
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Ford Probe: The Failed Front-Wheel Drive Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is an American automotive icon, but in the mid-1980s, Ford was quietly preparing to kill it off. Facing lingering anxieties from the oil…
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Group B Rally: The Most Dangerous Era in Racing History
Group B Rally Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRHygh59386nA5Cost2pUW4p3OkNMlK7Group B didn’t just push the limits of rally racing; it…
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Volvo C30: The Greatest Ford Focus Ever Built
The Volvo C30 didn't just challenge the premium hatchback establishment; it did it with a quirky, glass-backed Scandinavian swagger that completely flipped the…
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Audi Sport Quattro S1: The Car Built Completely Backwards
The Audi Quattro S1 didn't just rewrite the rallying rulebook; it tore it to shreds and set the pieces on fire. In the mid-1980s, the World Rally Championship…
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Jaguar XJ220: Why Jaguar Sued Its Best Customers
The Jaguar XJ220 didn't just break production car speed records; it shattered the hearts of the billionaires who ordered it. In the late 1980s, the supercar…
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Lancia Stratos: The Most Audacious Lie in Racing History
The Lancia Stratos didn't just change rallying; it completely broke the concept of homologation. In the early 1970s, the dirt roads of the World Rally…
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Porsche 928: The Car Porsche Built to Destroy the 911
The Porsche 911 didn't just survive execution; it defined the limits of engineering stubbornness. In the late 1970s, the automotive world was dominated by…
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Nissan Skyline GT-R R32: The Car So Good They CHANGED The Rules
The Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 didn't just win races; it ended an entire era of motorsport. In the early 1990s, the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) was…
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The Dacia Sandero is SURPRISINGLY Interesting
2024, while automotive giants like Volkswagen and Stellantis struggled with shrinking margins and European market share, a budget Romanian hatchback starting…
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Lotus Carlton: The Car the Police Couldn't Catch
In 1990, a Norfolk factory took a brand-new Vauxhall family sedan off the production line, drove a plasma cutter through its wheel arches, threw the engine in…
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Toyota Celica GT4: The Most Elegant Cheat in Racing History
THE FIVE MILLIMETER LIE: TOYOTA’S BRILLIANT WRC FRAUDMy New Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9TKPBH (History Written by Losers)Video Description: By 1995…
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Ford Escort RS Cosworth: Why Ford Faked Their Most Iconic Car
THE GREATEST FAKE FORD: THE ESCORT RS COSWORTH STORY My New Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9TKPBH (History Written by Losers) Video Description:By the…
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Mercedes 500E: How Porsche Built the Last Great Mercedes
THE MERCEDES THAT PORSCHE SECRETLY BUILT: THE 500E STORYWhen BMW dropped the E34 M5, it rewrote the rules for performance sedans, leaving Mercedes-Benz with…
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The Economy Car That Literally Burned Fuel
HE SPORTS CAR THAT GM BUILT TO FAIL: THE PONTIAC FIERO STORYMy New Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9TKPBH (History Written by Losers)Video Description:By…
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Why EVs are REALLY Failing for Big Automakers
THE 2026 EV BLOODBATH: HOW DETROIT LOST TO CODEWhen legacy automakers promised a seamless transition to a 100% electric future, corporate boards and regulators…
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The 22-Year-Old Lord Who Destroyed Ferrari’s Ego
THE PLAYBOYS WHO BEAT FERRARIWhen Lord Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh arrived in the Formula 1 paddock, the establishment laughed. He brought a luxury yacht…
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How Aston-Honda Got it So Wrong (& What Happens Next)
The 5 Hertz Earthquake: Is Honda Destroying Aston Martin?History Written by Losers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9TKPBHVideo Description:The most anticipated…
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Ferrari Just Offended Everyone (And It Might Save Them)
THE ARCHITECTURE OF SACRILEGEFerrari just revealed the interior of the Luce—their first fully electric car—and the internet is having a complete meltdown…
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The Billion Dollar Plot to Kill the Seatbelt
The Billion Dollar Plot to Kill the SeatbeltIn this episode of The Car Nerd, Jason investigates the dark, forty-year conspiracy by the American auto industry…
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How BMW Stole Rolls Royce from Volkswagen.
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How the Dodge Viper Saved Lamborghini
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The $3 Million Land Ship That Vanished in the Ice
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The Most "Illegal" Car to Ever Win an F1 Title
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The Car Nerd with Jason HassettThe 'Nazi Killer' Car that the Germans Banned (and Copied)
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The Car Nerd with Jason HassettThe Forgotten Car That Invented the Crossover
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Why Detroit Had to Kill the Tucker 48
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Ford Transit: The Van Was Used in 95% of British Bank Robberies
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Can Tesla’s “Flying Roadster” Beat History's Odds? | Storytime Ep. 10
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Is Verstappen's Title Bid Over Despite his Epic Drive? | Your Biggest F1 Questions Ep. 18
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Chrysler Destroyed the Car that Could Run on Tequila | Storytime Ep. 9
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