Originally yes, but now they just an over priced under powered unreliable little nazi commuter cars. When they were cheap in a good condition I’d buy one. Now I’d get a hilux. Way better.
"The Kharkovchanka" - Russia's Colossal Antarctic Cruisers which have been continuously operating in some of the most extreme environments on Earth for over 50 years. Produced in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic and originally operated by USSR, the 'Харьковчанка' (literally 'Kharkiv Women'), these amazing Snow Cruisers were built in the late 1950s and featured everything a polar explorer could need in the field. In their half-century mission, they have crossed thousands of miles on Antarctic Ice, visited the South Pole, the pole of inaccessibility as well the dozens of outposts and research stations on the continent.: th-cam.com/video/f6R-h06IsJw/w-d-xo.html
I lived in the Canadian Arctic for 13 years. Cars and trucks are shipped up by ship, or flown on an aircraft. I had a 2003 grand caravan in Iqaluit Nunavut. It worked great. You need synthetic oil, a battery blanket and block heater. There were many typical vehicles up there. But out on the tundra and off road you need snowmobile in winter and ATV in summer. There is no real travel over the Arctic ice unless you had a Bombardier, but good luck finding one. A few years ago, three men towed a brand new Ford F-150 on a wooden sled behind a Bombardier. Attached to the truck were two new snowmobiles. The drove from Churchill Manitoba to a community in Nunavut. When they stopped to sleep, the Bombardier broke threw the ice. One man got out before sea ice clogged the hole, the other two drowned. As the bombardier sank, it slowly pulled the truck and snowmobiles under, but the survivor managed to get one snowmobile started and raced for help. 2 days later, navy divers retrieved the bodies and the bombardier, pickup truck and remaining snowmobile sat perfectly on the ocean floor.
Not surprised it was a Beetle, they’re basically the platform of choice for dune buggies. And really the only difference between a giant sand dune and a giant snow drift is the temperature
VW beetle? No surprise! When I was a kid, I remember a TV ad where they asked what the snow plow operator drove on unplowed roads to get to the plow in the first place - a VW beetle! I owned 2 beetles, a fastback, and now a VW kit car I need to restore. My favorite American car was the Corvair (owned 2). Wish I could get my air-cooled beauties back!
GP....I was a Junior in High School in 1968 and I had a 1966 Beetle...loved it....lots of fun in it....ordered stuff from the J.C. Whitney car catalogue...floor mats, speakers, shifter extension. I had a part time job after school and a full time job in the Summer to pay for it all and to keep me fed at the local Dairy Queen and for dates...lol..!!
@@MrTheHillfolk i mean the car is cool too, especially with like 1.6 or some swap it might be even a pleasure to drive fast because of rear engine, rear wheel drive, really good project car in my opinion
During the entirety of the market reserve, also VW had a very high autonomy from the German HQ resulting in a lot of unique models for the Brazilian market.
they could easily put the 70s era beetles back into production and people would fight over them. they got great mileage, they were durable, cheap and easy to work on.
They're also extremely versatile, being easy to modify. I'd have the suspension lifted and some slightly larger tires fitted to help with rough terrain, but other than that, I'd keep it stock. I can imagine parking in a forested area to just climb out and observe. I can't think of any prouder moment for a car owner than to go somewhere beautiful, just them and the machine, just because they can. Sorry if my wording is bad, it is 5:28am and I have not slept. Cannot brain, me tired.
Welldone Ed. My first car, a 69 Beatle, was terrific in the snow… I have stories…like looking for an exit off the 401 in a blizzard, finding it blocked by a ridge of snow, about 4 ft deep, left by a snowplow. I swallowed hard, floored the accelerator, and blasted through!!
@@EdsAutoReviews ..sure if they had been around during my deep snow transit. But I would have had a lot more to say to them about the shady service department at York Volkswagen. At my first regular warranty service they said they found a stripped sparkplug. I would have to come back to get that fixed. Then they said since the engine would have to come out, they might as well do a valve adjustment. Projected cost was nearly the same as what I paid for the car new..close to $2000CAD. i decided to drive it until the next maintenance visit but went to a small garage specializing in VWdubs. I never said a word about the sparkplug thing. When I picked it up I asked any issues? Nope. All good. I drove that car another 100k miles with no issues. It was a great car. Dealerships at that time 1970 were to be avoided at all costs. I'm still pissed about it and all the little old ladies who got ripped off at that place..BWAHH The only time that car failed me was north of lake superior towing a sailboat. The engine red light came on and it stopped. 10 minutes later I was back on the road with a new fanbelt which was included with the car plus a few tools. I had that car for 120k miles until the floor literally fell apart from rust. It took my pregnant wife and me 45 km into Toronto to have our first child. The temperature was minus 35. The shifting was hard, the suspension was hard, my wife suffered, but we made it. It owed me nothing!!
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by New Zealander, and first man to climb Mt Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, used farm tractors as their means of transport. The tractors, Ferguson TE-20s, were totally standard - two were even fitted with a standard farmyard hydraulic front-loader for loading and unloading supplies. The tractors were fitted with an extra wheel on each side and full caterpillar tracks, developed by the expedition in the Antarctic. The track kits were easily removable and in light conditions the tractors were used on standard wheels and tyres. A canvas cabin was added for windproofing. (1955-58).
Car manufactures test extreme cold starting and driving conditions in Northen Ontario and Northern Quebec. Yes people live there where it can easily get to minus 40 or below. This is lumber country. Most daily drivers that the residences have put in plug in block heaters and a plug in oil heater. Funny to see a power cords hanging out of the grill. They don't salt the roads either because it would not melt. Sand is used for icy roads but not often. Saw as many cars as trucks.
Very true. I grew up in North Bay, Ontario, which is just the beginning of the north, and winter was bloody cold! I remember as a small kid in the 70's my parents both drove old school Beetles. We froze our asses off in those cars, but they always got us there. For those who don't know, while the old Beetles were fantastically reliable cars, their heaters were the most useless things on the planet.
Pick up some vintage 1909 abandoned snow tractors from the 1910-1913 British Terra Nova Expedition that began (after constructing a series of supply depots along the way) on 17 January 1912, led by Robert Falcon Scott, that reached the South Pole (90° S) second after Roald Amundsen's Norwegian South Pole expedition that got an earlier start on 14 December 1911 and was the first to plant a flag on the South Pole in this historic race. In the 2019 film, Amundsen, Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen had some good suggestions to Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition: - Wear arctic wolf fur clothing as that is best for extreme cold and removing moisture from you instead of Scott's cotton parkas that got wet easily and took long to dry out. - Use Greenland sled dogs as they are the best and they will eat fellow dogs fed to them, but Scott used automotive tractors from 1909 that quickly broke down, his Siberian ponies quickly died, and he only had a small amount of sled dogs remaining until they died and the explorers had to drag their sleds slowly to their exhaustion. - Start as early as you can and build supply bases as far as you can, but Scott started later, his progress was slower, and his expedition died within 11 miles of a supply depot on the journey back when they arrived at the South Pole to see Roald's Norwegian flag planted there nearly a month before.
@@themoviedealers Wise move on his part. Actually, Amundsen disappeared in June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia that crashed in the Arctic. So Roald died trying to rescue fellow Arctic explorers. RIP!
Last really big snow fall in BC I had a 4 speed dodge colt (mitsubishi mirage/lancer) with chains, that beetle looked about the same. Hand break turns with chains is the best thing ever!
Yours is the second video I have found regarding “Antarctica 1”. It is perhaps the world’s second most famous early ‘60s (specifically 1963) VW bug, second only to Herbie. It’s a shame they did not put it in a museum! If you have not already, you ought to do a separate video on Antarctica 2. I have been in love with early ‘60s VW bugs ever since I was a kid. I owned four of them back in the day.
New Zealand did a similar thing to the Australians in 1964 by driving around in an orange Fiat 500D nicknamed "snow kitten". Unlike the "Red Terror" though, it had some more extensive modifications, like two batteries, reinforced suspensions and a heat exchanger
A fellow on youtube here by the name of Calum did a couple of much more in depth videos on the Snow Cruiser, going deeper into the engineering behind it. Such as why the smooth tires weren't as bad of an idea as a person might think, and finding a photo of what appears to be its remains after being lost.
I am PISSED at 6:00! NEVER call your videos trash! I love all your vids and absolutely look forward to the new ones when they com out. Cheers, from always sunny and hot Florida, USA
You're one of the funniest and best car TH-camrs out there. I can't wait to see your next video. Also, are you thinking of opening up other social media accounts?
But it was such American overkill, spend a fortune to produce a masive ship on wheels that didn't work. The Australians had the right idea, they got an unmodfied Beetle from the nearest VW dealer to Antarctica in Hobart and it worked just fine.
Great video, I love it! I have an idea on something for this series, it would be cool to see someone talk about the Yugoslav car industry and Zastava, and not just the overplayed Yugo, the Zastava 750, 1300, 1400, and 101 deserve their time in the limelight too.
Beetles’ advantage is in part because physics favors “less” (an RC car jumps hundreds of miles for its scale), and Beetles are way lighter than it seems because they have insect-like exoskeletal structural design using high strength sheet metal. Anyway a Baja bug is far beyond that with fiberglass fenders and aprons and bigger tires to help with flotation and grip. Been there, jumped that, out-mudded everything else. Truly incredible stuff.
Somewhere here I've got a 1987 photo my Dad took of what looks like an ordinary new red Jeep Cherokee - but it's got a Mandarin character tailgate badge from the Beijing Jeep factory, and it's parked at the Great Wall Station on the Antarctic Peninsula.
After watching almost all of your videos I finally subscribed. Great research, great editing and a great sense of humor go beyond the enthusiast's interest! That added to the fact that there isn't a stupid "talking head" looking for fame makes all the difference. Congratulations from Brazil.
Thanks, very amusing as always. I always think I'll watch your documentary film for a few minutes and then get to work. I blame you! No work done for last 20 Minutes. Regards from Loutraki Greece
As a proud VW Bug owner (or Fusca, as we call them here in Brazil) I can only nod in satisfaction everytime you confirm the obvious, my good sir. Excellent videos, already subscribed! Keep up the good work!
Another excellent video! Edward, you rock buddy! I have been with you for a good while now and I must say that your videos always deliver! Can’t wait for the “Aussie” episode! Be sure to put a shrimp on the manifold!
I really enjoy your videos Ed! I have a 1965 Buick Electra Custom Convertible - had it since 1981 and it has not moved in 17 years :( You are making me think of bringing it back to life...
Wonder how a Jimny would go in Antarctica. Remember the Top Gear Botswana episode where they had to cross the Makgadikgadi Pan and Oliver was the only one to not get bogged? Also the backup car, a Beetle, was the only car to not suffer any mechanical mishaps. Another one for the Beetle then!
@@Vengir An Opel Kadett, if I remeber correctly. An relatively cheap and popular Opel model, in this case from around the 60s. The sucessor of the Kadett-models are the Astra-models.
It's not inherently a car or related to car industry, more so to tank industry to be honest, but the Kharkovchankas, soviet track vehicles for antartica, have a great history too
Slightly off topic but...... Some of the researchers and other staff who spend time in Antarctica used to (and perhaps still do) spend their leisure hours doing various crafts. I met a person some years ago who showed me a small wood carving and on the bottom was inscribed - "Made in Antarctica." Pretty cool! Probably very few people in the world can claim to have such an item.
There's a TH-camr called Callum who has videos on that Mini, the Snow Cruiser, the Soviet Kharkovchankas, and the (Arctic) LeTourneu Overland Trains. Worth a watch
For some reason, I now have a sudden urge to test drive a VW Beetle. A surprisingly capable car in the Antarctic, I believe its rear mounted engine also provided great traction, without the need for 4WD.
Very true. The Beetle was one of the few everyday cars which could easily get around in snow when I was growing up. I once visited Dunstable gliding club in the winter in my 1971 Beetle to the amazement of onlookers in the clubhouse as I was the only non-4WD car to have made it up the hill that day. Imagine one with modern snow tyres and an LSD!
Here in Finland I've heard a joke that beetle is a good winter car because if you get cold you can just step outside to get warmer.
Also you dont need seatbelts as you will freeze on to seats...
I learned from the best to just leave Finns alone. They know what they're doing. Man, I'm gonna miss Kimi when he retires from F1.
It *could* get warm inside. Routing the exhaust back into the cabin works well!
That’s if it starts!
I can verify that!
Types of cars for navigating hostile terrain
Polar zones: VW beetle
Deserts: (read above)
Forests: (read above)
war zones: (read above)
water zones: (read above)
jungles: (read above)
hilux for war zones
Toyota pickups for war zones and deserts
@@nubreed13 The VW beetle was developed in nazi germany and was often used as a staff car in the North african campaign
Your objectively wrong, Toyota forever will and have for a long time have shit on beetles in rough terrain.
Originally yes, but now they just an over priced under powered unreliable little nazi commuter cars. When they were cheap in a good condition I’d buy one. Now I’d get a hilux. Way better.
The Soviets built two separate and distinct giant vehicles for this purpose. They seem to work reasonably well.
Sadly not mentioned :(
"The Kharkovchanka" - Russia's Colossal Antarctic Cruisers which have been continuously operating in some of the most extreme environments on Earth for over 50 years. Produced in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic and originally operated by USSR, the 'Харьковчанка' (literally 'Kharkiv Women'), these amazing Snow Cruisers were built in the late 1950s and featured everything a polar explorer could need in the field. In their half-century mission, they have crossed thousands of miles on Antarctic Ice, visited the South Pole, the pole of inaccessibility as well the dozens of outposts and research stations on the continent.:
th-cam.com/video/f6R-h06IsJw/w-d-xo.html
@@sovietdominion cold war collateral damage.
they could literally not give a damn and just send a Ural 4320 unmodified
They are nore like a tank. Looks like the video define "cars" as having wheels.
"Air cooled, alcohol fueled car that was going to be the billboard for the upcoming Scottish car industry."
Sounds Scottish alright.
Unintenionally it does, yeah.. hahaha!
Air cooled under the bonnet? More like air cooled under the kilt.
@@EdsAutoReviews ed in the future you can review the Scottish car industry
If you drive it recklessly, you'll get kilt.
@@emilyadams3228 Rectum? Damn near kilt 'em! Alcohol fueled = self propelled.
I've always been curious about vehicles in locations like the antarctic and artic regions so I'm glad to see someone make a video about it
Thanks! This is just a quick overview, please feel free to check out more detailed stories made by other channels!
8
I lived in the Canadian Arctic for 13 years. Cars and trucks are shipped up by ship, or flown on an aircraft. I had a 2003 grand caravan in Iqaluit Nunavut. It worked great. You need synthetic oil, a battery blanket and block heater. There were many typical vehicles up there. But out on the tundra and off road you need snowmobile in winter and ATV in summer. There is no real travel over the Arctic ice unless you had a Bombardier, but good luck finding one. A few years ago, three men towed a brand new Ford F-150 on a wooden sled behind a Bombardier. Attached to the truck were two new snowmobiles. The drove from Churchill Manitoba to a community in Nunavut. When they stopped to sleep, the Bombardier broke threw the ice. One man got out before sea ice clogged the hole, the other two drowned. As the bombardier sank, it slowly pulled the truck and snowmobiles under, but the survivor managed to get one snowmobile started and raced for help. 2 days later, navy divers retrieved the bodies and the bombardier, pickup truck and remaining snowmobile sat perfectly on the ocean floor.
@@gregt722 damn.
I respect someone who isnt afraid to admit that we have been clickbaited
Isn't that what TH-cam is all about, to be continuously clickbaited and dissapointed? :p
Not surprised it was a Beetle, they’re basically the platform of choice for dune buggies. And really the only difference between a giant sand dune and a giant snow drift is the temperature
VW beetle? No surprise! When I was a kid, I remember a TV ad where they asked what the snow plow operator drove on unplowed roads to get to the plow in the first place - a VW beetle! I owned 2 beetles, a fastback, and now a VW kit car I need to restore. My favorite American car was the Corvair (owned 2). Wish I could get my air-cooled beauties back!
Some people from Argentina once drove a Torino racecar on Antartica. Love your videos!
@Hanni Rahmi ha gayyyyyyy
As a Beetle owner, this makes me even more proud of my little VW ❤️
GP....I was a Junior in High School in 1968 and I had a 1966 Beetle...loved it....lots of fun in it....ordered stuff from the J.C. Whitney car catalogue...floor mats, speakers, shifter extension. I had a part time job after school and a full time job in the Summer to pay for it all and to keep me fed at the local Dairy Queen and for dates...lol..!!
I had a red 67, similar to that Antarctica one. But no snow in my part of California.
nazimobile
@@jozefm3044 something they actually got right.
@@MrTheHillfolk i mean the car is cool too, especially with like 1.6 or some swap it might be even a pleasure to drive fast because of rear engine, rear wheel drive, really good project car in my opinion
Ed, you produce some of the finest "trash" videos on the innnerweb. I like the credit you gave to Mustard. That's integrity!!
Can't wait for the next 4, really hope you did one on the Brazilian auto industry, we had some pretty interesting cars during the military regime.
During the entirety of the market reserve, also VW had a very high autonomy from the German HQ resulting in a lot of unique models for the Brazilian market.
Queria também....
7
I'd watch that just for the Volkswagen SP2, which I think is the coolest looking VW ever made. Even cooler than a Karmann Ghia and a Mk 1 Scirocco.
@@catjudo1 SP in portuguese stands for "Sem Potencia" or "No Power" in english
they could easily put the 70s era beetles back into production and people would fight over them. they got great mileage, they were durable, cheap and easy to work on.
Considering they only stopped making them in 2003 that's a very real possibility
They're also extremely versatile, being easy to modify.
I'd have the suspension lifted and some slightly larger tires fitted to help with rough terrain, but other than that, I'd keep it stock. I can imagine parking in a forested area to just climb out and observe. I can't think of any prouder moment for a car owner than to go somewhere beautiful, just them and the machine, just because they can.
Sorry if my wording is bad, it is 5:28am and I have not slept. Cannot brain, me tired.
Welldone Ed. My first car, a 69 Beatle, was terrific in the snow… I have stories…like looking for an exit off the 401 in a blizzard, finding it blocked by a ridge of snow, about 4 ft deep, left by a snowplow. I swallowed hard, floored the accelerator, and blasted through!!
Canadian, eh? ;)
@@frankvanderstaay7564 …ja, en ook Amsterdam gebooren.
@@fredherfst8148 Ah the inverse of me thus. Toronto born, living in Rotterdam
Should've told VW's marketing department! "Hey the Antartica 1 is great and all, but have you seen me doing tricks on the 401 lately?"
@@EdsAutoReviews ..sure if they had been around during my deep snow transit. But I would have had a lot more to say to them about the shady service department at York Volkswagen. At my first regular warranty service they said they found a stripped sparkplug. I would have to come back to get that fixed. Then they said since the engine would have to come out, they might as well do a valve adjustment. Projected cost was nearly the same as what I paid for the car new..close to $2000CAD. i decided to drive it until the next maintenance visit but went to a small garage specializing in VWdubs. I never said a word about the sparkplug thing. When I picked it up I asked any issues? Nope. All good. I drove that car another 100k miles with no issues. It was a great car. Dealerships at that time 1970 were to be avoided at all costs. I'm still pissed about it and all the little old ladies who got ripped off at that place..BWAHH
The only time that car failed me was north of lake superior towing a sailboat. The engine red light came on and it stopped. 10 minutes later I was back on the road with a new fanbelt which was included with the car plus a few tools. I had that car for 120k miles until the floor literally fell apart from rust. It took my pregnant wife and me 45 km into Toronto to have our first child. The temperature was minus 35. The shifting was hard, the suspension was hard, my wife suffered, but we made it. It owed me nothing!!
Thank you for the wonderful praise of the great VW beetle!! Love them all…
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by New Zealander, and first man to climb Mt Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, used farm tractors as their means of transport.
The tractors, Ferguson TE-20s, were totally standard - two were even fitted with a standard farmyard hydraulic front-loader for loading and unloading supplies. The tractors were fitted with an extra wheel on each side and full caterpillar tracks, developed by the expedition in the Antarctic. The track kits were easily removable and in light conditions the tractors were used on standard wheels and tyres. A canvas cabin was added for windproofing. (1955-58).
Car manufactures test extreme cold starting and driving conditions in Northen Ontario and Northern Quebec. Yes people live there where it can easily get to minus 40 or below. This is lumber country. Most daily drivers that the residences have put in plug in block heaters and a plug in oil heater. Funny to see a power cords hanging out of the grill. They don't salt the roads either because it would not melt. Sand is used for icy roads but not often. Saw as many cars as trucks.
Very true. I grew up in North Bay, Ontario, which is just the beginning of the north, and winter was bloody cold! I remember as a small kid in the 70's my parents both drove old school Beetles. We froze our asses off in those cars, but they always got us there. For those who don't know, while the old Beetles were fantastically reliable cars, their heaters were the most useless things on the planet.
Pick up some vintage 1909 abandoned snow tractors from the 1910-1913 British Terra Nova Expedition that began (after constructing a series of supply depots along the way) on 17 January 1912, led by Robert Falcon Scott, that reached the South Pole (90° S) second after Roald Amundsen's Norwegian South Pole expedition that got an earlier start on 14 December 1911 and was the first to plant a flag on the South Pole in this historic race.
In the 2019 film, Amundsen, Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen had some good suggestions to Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition:
- Wear arctic wolf fur clothing as that is best for extreme cold and removing moisture from you instead of Scott's cotton parkas that got wet easily and took long to dry out.
- Use Greenland sled dogs as they are the best and they will eat fellow dogs fed to them, but Scott used automotive tractors from 1909 that quickly broke down, his Siberian ponies quickly died, and he only had a small amount of sled dogs remaining until they died and the explorers had to drag their sleds slowly to their exhaustion.
- Start as early as you can and build supply bases as far as you can, but Scott started later, his progress was slower, and his expedition died within 11 miles of a supply depot on the journey back when they arrived at the South Pole to see Roald's Norwegian flag planted there nearly a month before.
And Amundsen ended up in the broiling hot Southern California desert.
@@themoviedealers Wise move on his part.
Actually, Amundsen disappeared in June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia that crashed in the Arctic. So Roald died trying to rescue fellow Arctic explorers. RIP!
1910 - 1913 expedition vehicles powered by alldays and onions (enfield ) motors
Last really big snow fall in BC I had a 4 speed dodge colt (mitsubishi mirage/lancer) with chains, that beetle looked about the same. Hand break turns with chains is the best thing ever!
I saw a new episode was released and I literally dropped everything to watch🎉
#metoo
#metoo
1
Never underestimate the VW beetle.
K.I.S.S. technology. Great video with
surprise answer. Keep up the good work.
Mom the funny dutchman uploaded again!! love you man
Yours is the second video I have found regarding “Antarctica 1”. It is perhaps the world’s second most famous early ‘60s (specifically 1963) VW bug, second only to Herbie. It’s a shame they did not put it in a museum! If you have not already, you ought to do a separate video on Antarctica 2. I have been in love with early ‘60s VW bugs ever since I was a kid. I owned four of them back in the day.
New Zealand did a similar thing to the Australians in 1964 by driving around in an orange Fiat 500D nicknamed "snow kitten". Unlike the "Red Terror" though, it had some more extensive modifications, like two batteries, reinforced suspensions and a heat exchanger
A fellow on youtube here by the name of Calum did a couple of much more in depth videos on the Snow Cruiser, going deeper into the engineering behind it. Such as why the smooth tires weren't as bad of an idea as a person might think, and finding a photo of what appears to be its remains after being lost.
You should've mentioned him as well, he has some terrific videos!
Don't hate the beetle, when you get it right you get it right. They nailed it!
Awesome video about Antarctic car Industry almost as booming as Latvia or for that matter Baltics car Industry
I am PISSED at 6:00! NEVER call your videos trash! I love all your vids and absolutely look forward to the new ones when they com out. Cheers, from always sunny and hot Florida, USA
Great work as always, Ed!
The TH-cam channel "Calum" also has some great content on the Snow Cruiser, as well as other Arctic & Antarctic vehicles.
Thanks for another absolutely fascinating episode. Very well thought out and edited. Cheers!
You're one of the funniest and best car TH-camrs out there. I can't wait to see your next video.
Also, are you thinking of opening up other social media accounts?
You can see more content on my Instagram page, other than that, for now, not really...
Love the Top Gear clips used here
Thank you for the AMAZING quality content! Been watching you since 2,000 subs and you've come a long way. Keep up the wonderful videos!
Hey thanks man!! And thanks for sticking around so long!
2
@@EdsAutoReviews Your welcome dude, anytime!
The Antarctic Snow Cruiser was the greatest penguin crushing machine ever created.
5
But it was such American overkill, spend a fortune to produce a masive ship on wheels that didn't work. The Australians had the right idea, they got an unmodfied Beetle from the nearest VW dealer to Antarctica in Hobart and it worked just fine.
.
You are the best sir! Please keep them coming!!
Enjoyed!!!
My niece spent 16 months in Anartica at McMurdo station and the South Pole. She also met the love of her life there, how romantic!!!!
Great topic!
Very nice.
Why did the Beetle work so well? Because Beetle, bitches! One of the most amazing cars ever made.
Fact.
Damn straight.
Much love for the peoples car.
It would also help in the beetle having the engine over the drive wheels for traction.
@5:37 hahaha I remember that, classic. :-) Watch the whole thing, witha few cops cars and a snowplow crashing too. Was in Montreal a few years ago
I LOVE this sort of compilation content showing the evolution of machines!
Great video, I love it! I have an idea on something for this series, it would be cool to see someone talk about the Yugoslav car industry and Zastava, and not just the overplayed Yugo, the Zastava 750, 1300, 1400, and 101 deserve their time in the limelight too.
y e s
Very nice and great research too. Thanks Ed
This video would've been even more genius if it were just those Ed-guins standing there shivering for 13 minutes.
4
Clip of the bus sliding down the road is in Montreal. Cars have to have winter tires, but city buses are exempt. Go figure. Great videos Ed
Your editing and the sarcasm is getting better and better!
The designs of the Antarctic Car Industry have been shown to have a significant issue with cold starts, hence the locals prefer to use imports?
Beetles’ advantage is in part because physics favors “less” (an RC car jumps hundreds of miles for its scale), and Beetles are way lighter than it seems because they have insect-like exoskeletal structural design using high strength sheet metal.
Anyway a Baja bug is far beyond that with fiberglass fenders and aprons and bigger tires to help with flotation and grip.
Been there, jumped that, out-mudded everything else. Truly incredible stuff.
Rear engine layout is the biggest advantage with the tire technology of the time. Thats why everyone did it, like Porsche, Alpine, NSU, etc.
Yeeeeeah episode 25 is gunna be the Aussie car industry, cant wait :)
Awesome, I enjoyed every minute! Thanks.
Thanks
The bus you see sliding is in Montreal :)
you never fail to inform, interest and amuse us , Ed ~ just great , great channel .
Somewhere here I've got a 1987 photo my Dad took of what looks like an ordinary new red Jeep Cherokee - but it's got a Mandarin character tailgate badge from the Beijing Jeep factory, and it's parked at the Great Wall Station on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Please do an episode on skoda or the Czech Republic auto history
After watching almost all of your videos I finally subscribed.
Great research, great editing and a great sense of humor go beyond the enthusiast's interest! That added to the fact that there isn't a stupid "talking head" looking for fame makes all the difference.
Congratulations from Brazil.
Well done.
Thanks, very amusing as always. I always think I'll watch your documentary film for a few minutes and then get to work. I blame you! No work done for last 20 Minutes. Regards from Loutraki Greece
As a proud VW Bug owner (or Fusca, as we call them here in Brazil) I can only nod in satisfaction everytime you confirm the obvious, my good sir.
Excellent videos, already subscribed! Keep up the good work!
I hope you do Australia justice. We had way too much going on at any time
Good one, Ed!
I just love this channel.
Cheers from Colombia South America
Another excellent video! Edward, you rock buddy! I have been with you for a good while now and I must say that your videos always deliver! Can’t wait for the “Aussie” episode! Be sure to put a shrimp on the manifold!
This channel is the equivalent of Netflix, but for the auto industry. I am binge watching all videos now, cheers!
Thanks great episode.
Following strange vehicles, or moovers to be acurate.
Dear Ed, try with 1959 Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 'Bee. :D
Great topic 👏👍👌 I'm hooked
Great video! Subscribed!
I really enjoy your videos Ed! I have a 1965 Buick Electra Custom Convertible - had it since 1981 and it has not moved in 17 years :( You are making me think of bringing it back to life...
Great Great Great video!
Your best yet!
Splendid job!
I predict in 5 yeara you will be Doug level!
I really love your videos, and I think you should make a video about the portuguese automotive industry history.
"Trash videos" bro these vids are informative, well written and engaging you got top tier content
Another great episode
I love that a little red bug beat then all at the time!
Wonderful presentation!!!
Wonder how a Jimny would go in Antarctica.
Remember the Top Gear Botswana episode where they had to cross the Makgadikgadi Pan and Oliver was the only one to not get bogged? Also the backup car, a Beetle, was the only car to not suffer any mechanical mishaps. Another one for the Beetle then!
I used to watch Top Gear, but not that special specifically, but… Who's Oliver?
@@Vengir An Opel Kadett, if I remeber correctly. An relatively cheap and popular Opel model, in this case from around the 60s. The sucessor of the Kadett-models are the Astra-models.
@@99Cafer99 Ah, so they nicknamed their cars. That makes sense.
The video about the snow cruiser really is excellent if anyone is interested and hasn’t seen it
my current favorite series on youtube, love your videos!
Great work Sir thank you
It's not inherently a car or related to car industry, more so to tank industry to be honest, but the Kharkovchankas, soviet track vehicles for antartica, have a great history too
Danm the beetle really is great for the ice
"Take that, Americans."
Proceeds to discuss the large and heavy vehicles used in modern Antarctica.
_Heavy is good. Heavy is reliable._
Slightly off topic but......
Some of the researchers and other staff who spend time in Antarctica used to (and perhaps still do) spend their leisure hours doing various crafts. I met a person some years ago who showed me a small wood carving and on the bottom was inscribed - "Made in Antarctica."
Pretty cool! Probably very few people in the world can claim to have such an item.
again proving to be the best car ever
Thanks ED for your great video.JDS
Thank you for all the laughs I loved every minute
thank you for including footage of the STM in montreal sliding down the hill
The Aussie Beetle was built in VW’s Melbourne assembly plant !
I wonder how a Saab model 96 would do in the Antarctic? It is water-cooled but was designed for very cold winters.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................ The idea of an Antarctic car industry leaves me "cold"!
Damn, what a nice video! Waiting for the next episode!
OK, now I wanna drive a car in Antarctic but... I liked this very much. Thanks and go snow!
IIRC, the wheels and tires from a Snow Cruiser were used on a certain of the Bigfoot monster truck
Love the tracked mini at 9:44. A full story on that would be cool.
There's a TH-camr called Callum who has videos on that Mini, the Snow Cruiser, the Soviet Kharkovchankas, and the (Arctic) LeTourneu Overland Trains. Worth a watch
For some reason, I now have a sudden urge to test drive a VW Beetle. A surprisingly capable car in the Antarctic, I believe its rear mounted engine also provided great traction, without the need for 4WD.
Very true. The Beetle was one of the few everyday cars which could easily get around in snow when I was growing up. I once visited Dunstable gliding club in the winter in my 1971 Beetle to the amazement of onlookers in the clubhouse as I was the only non-4WD car to have made it up the hill that day. Imagine one with modern snow tyres and an LSD!
Inspired. 🍿 ready for episode 2.
Fascinating info on the vehicles of the Antarctic, especially the VW bug!!! 👍👍
Very cute Ed, good work ;)
Fun fact about the snow cruiser, the tires weren't the problem.
As you mentioned in passing, it was the weight distribution that crippled it