Imwe mumibare yingenzi kandi idashobora kwirindwa mubikorwa byimodoka, Ferdinand Pich yapfuye ku ya 25 Kanama, afite imyaka 82, nyuma yo kugwa muri resitora i Rosenheim, muri Bavariya.
Piëch niwe wari ufite inshingano zo guhindura Volkswagen imwe mumatsinda manini akomeye ku isi, mugihe yari umuyobozi mukuru, hagati ya 1993 na 2002.
Guhura nitsinda ryimodoka ryarwanaga nibibazo byubuziranenge hamwe nigiciro kinini - banditse igihombo cya miliyari imwe yama euro - bimwe mubikorwa bya Ferdinand Piëch kwari uguhitamo ubukungu bwikigereranyo nubwubatsi bwa moderi, bigatuma iryo tsinda ryunguka miliyari 2.6 zama euro, ariko ibyifuzo byayo byarenze kure logique yo gushyira mu gaciro.
Yahinduye Audi mu guhanga udushya, ayizamura mu ntera ya Mercedes-Benz na BMW, ashingira ku ikoranabuhanga nko kubaka aluminium (ASF) twabonye muri A8 nini kimwe na A2 nto - ubutumwa bwari bwatangiye mu gihe uruhare rwe nk'umuyobozi wa Audi mu iterambere mu myaka ya za 70, agaragaza ibicuruzwa nka aerodynamic Audi 100, na Audi quattro, yahinduye isura yo guterana ubuziraherezo.
Iyandikishe mu kanyamakuru kacu
Yashakaga kandi kuzamura ikirango cyerekana "imodoka yabantu", hamwe nibisubizo bivanze. Mugihe cyo gusimburana niho twabonye Phaeton agaragara, nubwo nubwo yamaze igihe kinini adashobora gushyira mubikorwa ko twatsinze; kandi na SUV Touareg yatsinze cyane, kurubu mugisekuru cyayo cya gatatu, ibendera ryukuri ryikirango.
Yaguze Lamborghini, Bentley na Bugatti, ndetse na nyuma yo kugenda nk'umuyobozi mukuru, kimwe mu byo yagezeho ni ukuzana Porsche, ikirango cyashinzwe na sekuru, Ferdinand Porsche, mu rwego rw'itsinda rya Volkswagen mu 2012 Byari intambara yo imyaka hamwe na mubyara we Wolfgang Porsche, wagerageje kugura itsinda ryabadage hashize imyaka ine.
Mu mwaka wa 2012, igihangange cy’imodoka Volkswagen cyari kigizwe n’ibicuruzwa icumi, byakoraga ibintu byose kuva ku modoka kugeza ku gikamyo (Scania na MAN), kugeza ku nziga ebyiri (Ducati) n’imodoka z’ubucuruzi.
Nubwo hari intambara, haba mu bucuruzi cyangwa muri politiki, ishyaka rye ryahoraga ari imodoka ubwazo, erega yari injeniyeri, nkuko byagaragaye mu gitabo cye cyandika ku buzima bwe, cyasohowe mu 2002:
Ubwa mbere, buri gihe nabonaga ndi igicuruzwa (imodoka), kandi nizeraga ibyifuzo byanjye kubyo isoko ryashakaga. Ubucuruzi na politiki ntabwo byigeze bimbuza inshingano zanjye nyamukuru: guteza imbere no kubaka imodoka zishimishije.
Uburyo bwe bwo gukina bwari ngombwa, bugaragaza imico ye yiganje, yakundaga gufata ibyemezo imbere, ibyo bikaba byaragize uruhare mubibazo byinshi bivuguruzanya, bigatuma abayobozi benshi bagenda, ndetse bamwe bamutoye kumwanya wa mbere, harimo nuwamusimbuye kuri umuyobozi w'ahantu h'itsinda rinini ry'Abadage, Bernd Pischetsrieder, mu 2006.
Muri Mata 2015, nyuma y’uko ubuyobozi bw’inama y'ubutegetsi bwamurwanyije ku bijyanye no kongera amasezerano ya Martin Winterkorn nk'umuyobozi mukuru - Piëch yamushakaga, inama y'ubutegetsi ntiyigeze - Piëch yegura ku buyobozi bw'iryo tsinda.
Muri Nzeri muri uwo mwaka, ikibazo cy’ibyuka bihumanya ikirere kizamenyekana nka Dieselgate cyatangira. Kubera ko nta kintu na kimwe cyahinduye icyerekezo cyo gufata igihangange yafashaga kubaka, Ferdinand Piëch yaje kugurisha imigabane ye muri iryo tsinda.
Akamaro kayo mu nganda z’imodoka ku isi ntawahakana kandi ntishobora kugaragara igihe, mu 1999, yahawe izina rya Automobile Executif of the Century (20 Century) mu 1999.