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Piech praised as the man who shaped industry 'more than any other'

Piech, right, with German Formula One and sports-car driver Gerhard Mitter at the world premiere of the Porsche 917 at Geneva in 1969. Piech invested two thirds of Porsche's annual racing budget to build 25 Porsche 917 race cars with an untested radical 600 horsepower air-cooled 12-cylinder engine design. (Porsche Museum)
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August 27, 2019 05:08 PM

Following his death as the age of 82 on Sunday, his family, colleagues, peers and politicians have been reacting to the life of Ferdinand Karl Piech,  who not only shaped Volkswagen Group but also had an enduring influence on the entire automotive industry.

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