We Found an Abandoned Car Factory Still Full of Items

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Forgotten Buildings

Forgotten Buildings

Күн бұрын

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@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
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@michael-dy8tz
@michael-dy8tz Жыл бұрын
Wow, get you a free car.
@michael-dy8tz
@michael-dy8tz Жыл бұрын
Who's paying for the electricity the lights are on?
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
@@michael-dy8tz they are windows
@michael-dy8tz
@michael-dy8tz Жыл бұрын
At 5:46 they are electric lights turned on, what do you mean about windows?@@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
@@michael-dy8tz those are skylights in the roof not lights
@bmw440mppsk6
@bmw440mppsk6 Жыл бұрын
As a car guy and lover of abandoned buildings this was very enjoyable to watch. Also very informative and nicely edited! What great cars where made here!
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support and kind words!
@BarnaT-f7t
@BarnaT-f7t Жыл бұрын
Same lmao
@Desperatetopia731
@Desperatetopia731 6 ай бұрын
Same, all videos from this channel are always very entertaining and give intresting information about the abandoned places they’re visiting
@donreid6399
@donreid6399 Жыл бұрын
It truly breaks my heart to see all this production equipment - super high tech for its day - going to waste.
@evanrhildreth
@evanrhildreth Жыл бұрын
Equipment of that era was usually controlled by Mini Computers that were already museum pieces when this factory closed. Impractical to keep it operational.
@pasqualedimariano2759
@pasqualedimariano2759 Жыл бұрын
As an Italian this breaks my heart
@lukemallory7832
@lukemallory7832 Жыл бұрын
As an Irishman this breaks me heart so you must be in bits...!
@romulomendesferreiravale2657
@romulomendesferreiravale2657 Жыл бұрын
As a Portuguese this broke mi heart to ! I dream years for one Brera and now for one Gullia !
@ypcgnx7766
@ypcgnx7766 Жыл бұрын
Same for me (frenchman)...😢
@maplelafe7671
@maplelafe7671 Жыл бұрын
This breaks youre heart??? Been to a big Italian city lately?? They look even worse than this repo 😁
@pasqualedimariano2759
@pasqualedimariano2759 Жыл бұрын
@@maplelafe7671 last December I was in my home city Palermo. It's gone down into the drain in the last 15 years or so and it's a shitty mess. I know what I'm talking about.
@kaydesign
@kaydesign Жыл бұрын
Alfa’s designed 20 years ago still look stunning today 🍀🇮🇹🤩
@zoransirucka3629
@zoransirucka3629 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, and Alfas today still leak oil, catching on fire and break down often...😂
@bradleystam7888
@bradleystam7888 Жыл бұрын
@@zoransirucka3629yeahhh and that is what Driving is like things like chat makes You appreciate the car
@kaydesign
@kaydesign Жыл бұрын
Jeremy Clarkson went so far as to say "you can't be a true petrolhead until you've owned an Alfa Romeo". True 🇮🇹🍀😊
@raynalddalmasso
@raynalddalmasso 8 ай бұрын
La voiture c'est plus ce que c'était ça ce casse la gueule et c'est partout dans le monde 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@kaydesign
@kaydesign 8 ай бұрын
@@zoransirucka3629 I guess you don’t own a Alfa? Because if you had one you would know better 😅🇮🇹
@Pandamonium128
@Pandamonium128 Жыл бұрын
As a massive car nut it was great to see the inner workings of such a pivotal company in 80's and 90's car design. It's just a shame that we're seeing fewer and fewer marques making use of their bold designs today
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Totally agree, lot of modern designs are quite bland especially compared to what Pininfarina and Bertone once made
@ajdahun
@ajdahun Жыл бұрын
Stellantis....
@Sonny_McMacsson
@Sonny_McMacsson Жыл бұрын
But isn't a plastic clad crossover with an oversized grill the truest expression of bold?
@BigGuy10Points
@BigGuy10Points Жыл бұрын
Half of this process has been moved into a single facility fitting entirely into a laptop.
@Dark_Flame_Master
@Dark_Flame_Master Жыл бұрын
⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@ForgottenBuildings I really like the Peugeot 406 coupe which was done by Pininfarina and the Opel Astra G coupe and convertible which were done by Bertone. I think cars like these are peak car design. I wish at least some car designs would go back to this, also with offering more coupes, convertibles and "classic" types of cars instead of basically just flooding the market with SUVs and half-SUV cars that mostly look the same and sometimes don’t even have a real purpose (imo, and some of these are more of a computer on wheels instead of a car actually)…
@markyamaguchi9571
@markyamaguchi9571 8 ай бұрын
Ferrari wouldn't be were there at today if not for ( PININFARINA ) design.
@Bohemiahotrodandcustom
@Bohemiahotrodandcustom Жыл бұрын
Same thing happened in Australia 🇦🇺 we lost ford, Holden, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Leyland since 1980.
@7s29
@7s29 Жыл бұрын
The Chrysler name badge was disappearing by the late 70's, then Mitsubishi took over. They still produced Valiants until 1981. They kept it going, reason being, the profit from 1 Valiant would take 4 Sigma's to equal.
@VanquishMediaDE
@VanquishMediaDE Жыл бұрын
I love Pinninfarina designs. I am not Italian, I am Polish. I have 2014 Vovlo S60 and 2016 Maserati Gran Turismo both designed by Pinninfarinia. I love Italian cars, food and culture. The arts, the music, the craftsmanship!
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Nice collection man!
@VanquishMediaDE
@VanquishMediaDE Жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenBuildings Thank you, and thank you for making the content. It really is sad to see these Factories close down. These is how people make their money to support their families. The Italian, The British, the German and the American auto industries were once so popular and many people all over the world had jobs in these respective industries but we do not build much in our countries anymore. We are now how I say "disposable nations" we do not repair, we replace. What little we produce we have to import the materials from other countries because we are not producing the steel, the electric wire, the rubber like we did long ago.
@joshfoley8862
@joshfoley8862 Жыл бұрын
Curiosity is getting the better of me, so I need to ask; why is it important to know that you are Polish?
@shtupidmate
@shtupidmate Жыл бұрын
​@@joshfoley8862emphasizing that his love of Italian culture is not due to him being from said country
@VanquishMediaDE
@VanquishMediaDE Жыл бұрын
Curiosity killed the cat@@joshfoley8862
@LocoCanada
@LocoCanada Жыл бұрын
My Cadillac Allanté #2617 in 1987 came from there. Thank you for making this video.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Glad you've enjoyed it and nice car!
@louiehorwood660
@louiehorwood660 Жыл бұрын
I wanna learn about the chair leg heist. Like someone broke in, saw that robot and all that equipment and thought. “We gotta steal all those chair legs”.
@stevn9071
@stevn9071 Жыл бұрын
Easy answer. Because they made from aluminum
@burns0925
@burns0925 11 ай бұрын
Some were aluminum and other were copper I have seen school chairs made from copper I made good money on them
@jeremywentworth1833
@jeremywentworth1833 Жыл бұрын
Regarding Cadillac the car was built here in Europe so why not sell it here as well like the Cadillac BLS that was a Saab 93 it was built at Trollhattan sold in Europe but why not also sell it in North America, GM really were crap at marketing there cars no wonder they ruined Saab and sold Vauxhall/Opel .
@welles28
@welles28 Жыл бұрын
For the same reason that the Allante failed in the US - the Mercedes SL was a much better car at a very similar price.
@jagboy69
@jagboy69 Жыл бұрын
That's very true! While the SL was much better quality, the design was getting long in the tooth when the Allante came around. Too bad Mercedes had to replace it with the garbage R129. Quality was ruined and the new sporty was a joke.
@keno77
@keno77 Жыл бұрын
It's always sad to see this kind of abandoned facilities, doesn't matter if it's an old factory,an old hotel or amusement parks, just to see places once full of life and people rotting away, touches something inside.
@kimberleyjerreat106
@kimberleyjerreat106 11 ай бұрын
This is True
@smOOdiebOOdie
@smOOdiebOOdie Жыл бұрын
You forgot that they also built the true “poor man’s Ferrari” or “baby Ferrari” - Fiat Coupe, in that factory.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
I totally forgot indeed, thought they were built at Gruigliasco (other Pininfarina factory) during my research. Would've been worth the mention.
@Schlipperschlopper
@Schlipperschlopper Жыл бұрын
They also built the Fiat Dino Spider and Fiat 130 Coupé and the Fiat 124 Spider
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
@@Schlipperschlopper they did, also in Grugliasco. Which was also abandoned for quite a long time.
@smOOdiebOOdie
@smOOdiebOOdie Жыл бұрын
When I first researched where the fiat coupe was built (since I owned one for 16 years) I found it was built at San Giorgio but upon further investigation from Italy I today found this: “Pininfarina was entrusted with the mass production of the Coupé (on the reliable and versatile Tipo platform) at the Grugliasco plant. The production capacity was 80 cars a day that were tested at the San Giorgio Canavese plant north of Turin. The Fiat Coupé was produced from 1994 to 2000 for a total of 72698 units.” So basically they built them on both plants but the vast majority of them at Gruigliasco plant what it appears.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
@@smOOdiebOOdie Didnt knew they were using both facilities. Its pretty incredible that they transported them all over just to test them in San Giorgio Canavese.
@kadien2006
@kadien2006 Жыл бұрын
Proud to be an owner of a gorgeous Brera in rosso red with just 22,000 miles. Been with me for 10 years and I am still in love with its looks and charm.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Stunning car!
@kadien2006
@kadien2006 Жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenBuildings Thank you 🙏🙏
@ciclope463
@ciclope463 Жыл бұрын
​@@kadien2006another driver of a brera rosso 2.2 jts here.Nice to meet you.Greetings
@kadien2006
@kadien2006 Жыл бұрын
@@ciclope463 Thank you 👍 you have excellent taste in cars 🙏🙏
@ciclope463
@ciclope463 Жыл бұрын
@@kadien2006 thanks a lot
@robingray1302
@robingray1302 Жыл бұрын
I had a tour round this place back in 1994 (??), at that point there were Fiat Coupes, Ferrari 456GTs and Peugeot Convertibles all on the same production line seemingly at random, this was followed by a trip round part of the test track in a 16V Turbo Fiat Coupe, so sad to see it now but thanks for showing it !!
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
That must be weird seeing it in such state. Never knew they made the 456GT there. Pretty cool to hear!
@Leg_ion
@Leg_ion Жыл бұрын
Where is this place
@daveyboiyeah
@daveyboiyeah 11 ай бұрын
​@@ForgottenBuildingsthe 306 Cabriolet was also built here from 1994 to 2002.
@prazskekoksarny9469
@prazskekoksarny9469 7 ай бұрын
Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo 1994 was my first car, oh those times...
@michaelking550
@michaelking550 Жыл бұрын
This has been happening, for decades In the US.. I recently lost my manufacturing job.. so I really feel for the workers ...😢
@jesses1589
@jesses1589 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if we had to produce equipment for another conflict like WWI. We would be destroyed...We lack no only the factories but the skilled personnel that occupied them. Think about it, back in the 50's Chrysler engineers designed a jet powered car. Not long ago they had to recall the remainder of the surviving engineers to rebuild one of those old engines for Jay Leno.
@ottomueller4425
@ottomueller4425 Жыл бұрын
@@jesses1589 The United States remains the largest arms exporter in the world and we do have the factories.
@Miata822
@Miata822 Жыл бұрын
I had the chance to drive an Allante back when it was in production. It was an amazing car compared to anything made in America, especially during that era.
@HDnatureTV
@HDnatureTV Жыл бұрын
Sadly, it was overpriced and failed big time - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXOagqSHh5yUqKM
@Subgunman
@Subgunman Жыл бұрын
Seat bases can be sold for scrap iron / steel. The plastic has no value. It would be nice if the office area could be restored and act as a museum for the company. They could also clean up the production lines and display some of the recent models produced there.
@simonroyle2806
@simonroyle2806 Жыл бұрын
In the UK the sites of the historic industries (ship building, coal mines, steel, large manufacturing etc) have been eradicated so you wouldnt know they ever existed. Usually replaced by souless housing or retail/distribution.
@TomasGraf-rr6co
@TomasGraf-rr6co 8 ай бұрын
Sadly, it's all in China now.
@forestghost7
@forestghost7 7 ай бұрын
​@@TomasGraf-rr6comakes me think of what happened to MG. I own and ❤❤ 2 MGBs, China will never reproduce the real thing 😢
@TomasGraf-rr6co
@TomasGraf-rr6co 7 ай бұрын
@@forestghost7 Last year I rented a car in Mexico for 3 weeks. They gave me an MG5. From far away it didn't look bad. Up close.... awful. The absolutely cheapest materials - cheap plastics everwhere, fake chrome on the hand brake switch that was already wearing off at less than 30 thousand kilometres! dreadful underperforming tiny motor that couldn't keep up with other traffic. But it did have LED headlamps and a touch screen inside. I'd rather have a 10 year old Golf than the flimsy Chinese MG.
@BlondieDanish
@BlondieDanish Жыл бұрын
The history with Cadillac goes way back to 1959-60 where they did exactly same thing as the Atlante model,though in a smaller scale ,building 200 Eldorado Broughams bodys and fly them to Detroit for final assembly. Crazy expensive ,but still with a great loss ,it was more important to show with extreme models who was the leader in the luxury car field in those days
@SmallBlogV8
@SmallBlogV8 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes even being good at what you do isn't enough. The 406 Coupé and Brera* were beautiful attainable cars, but forces above that level intervened. Thankfully Pininfarina itself goes on. *the Brera Spider was also designed by Pininfarina, but ironically the original Coupé is actually a Giugiaro design, so I'm surprised to learn that Pininfarina manufactured that version as well!
@lukemallory7832
@lukemallory7832 Жыл бұрын
They did sometimes manufacture cars they didn't design: for instance the Volvo C70, second generation. It was co-produced between Volvo / Pininfarina, but it was designed in-house at Volvo, which is the reason it didn't get a 'Pininfarina' badge... which I think it deserved.
@paultaylor9652
@paultaylor9652 Жыл бұрын
Very sad to see any factory abandoned, but one with such heritage is even worse to me.
@paufernandezboj5517
@paufernandezboj5517 11 ай бұрын
That's like a serious crime abandoning a Factory of The most famous car designer of The 80's and 90's
@c-moneycantrell
@c-moneycantrell Жыл бұрын
I love these kind of videos especially being a car guy , it’s just amazing how the thieves grab the coppers yet leave the millions of dollars robots untouched.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Was probably a lot easier for the copper thieves to just steal the wires.
@bitelaserkhalif
@bitelaserkhalif Жыл бұрын
How they would loot the robots? It's gotta be easy to spot them
@HDnatureTV
@HDnatureTV Жыл бұрын
Saying the millions of dollars of robots is like saying the millions of dollars in Obama's BlackBerry phones - LOL. Old tech is worthless like the Billion dollar ULA rockets from the Shuttle years leftovers.
@juangomez7335
@juangomez7335 9 ай бұрын
El cobre tiene una venta asegurada, en muchos sitios te lo van a comprar, los robots como tal, son difíciles de vender, es complicado encontrar un comprador, y más siendo robados.
@Awsom47Merc
@Awsom47Merc Жыл бұрын
* Great Mission Guys ! Such a shame. The EB Bugatti plant is another beautiful state of the art plant left to rot. We have many abandoned plants here it Detroit too. Packard, Dodge Main, Chrysler Lynch Road etc. Most have met the wrecking ball others to follow. 😔
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Thanks! The Bugatti plant is slated for demolition sadly enough.
@Awsom47Merc
@Awsom47Merc 10 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenBuildings What a shame. There's a vid on here where a guy takes an EB110 back to the plant and drives though the final assembly line. Now empty. They talk to a maintenance guy who empties the buckets that catch the rainwater from the leaking roof. I remember the vids on that plant when it was running back in the 90's. It was such a modern high tech place. 😖
@ausmartin1
@ausmartin1 Жыл бұрын
Nostalgia is one thing, but the ownership costs & reliability of owning Italian automotive art 🎨 is why it happened.
@bicyclist2
@bicyclist2 Жыл бұрын
I love Italian cars so very much. This is so very sad to see. I wish that the cars that were sitting outside were sold instead of being scraped. Pininfarina has reached legendary status amongst many European car fans. Thank you.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
I'm afraid they all went into the scrapper as they probably waren't officially production cars but test cars instead. But who knows, maybe they are stored somewhere.
@kittyhawk9707
@kittyhawk9707 9 ай бұрын
Those car would have probably needed a full rebuild , also they were not up to legal standard of a production car .. Test vehicles.. I dare say most of the vehicles live on as parts for other cars
@mrspandel5737
@mrspandel5737 Жыл бұрын
I happen to own a 406 Coupé, so it it very interesting to see what the factory where my car was built looks like nowadays. After four years of ownership, I can safely say that San Giorgio Canavese made some high quality Automobiles (in 2000)
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Stunning car man, really a future classic in my opinion.
@oldschoolski3983
@oldschoolski3983 Жыл бұрын
I have one Too. Last Edition V6. One of the best looking cars ever
@mrspandel5737
@mrspandel5737 Жыл бұрын
@@oldschoolski3983 Mine is only a lowly 2.0L but I needed something that was cheaper to run and maintain, as at the time it was my daily driver. But I got it for cheap and it still works almost flawlessly
@frenchbred2081
@frenchbred2081 Жыл бұрын
Me too I have 7 of them! Amazing cars. 👍
@daveyboiyeah
@daveyboiyeah 11 ай бұрын
I own a 306 Cabriolet, which was also built here. Quite sad how Pininfarina ended this way. It seems all they make now is coffee machines.
@crazyman1650
@crazyman1650 Жыл бұрын
Never tell people about an abandoned location. Before you know it there will be nothing left of the place
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
This was filmed in 2021. The factory has already fallen victim to vandalism unfortunately.
@crazyman1650
@crazyman1650 Жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenBuildingsoh. That’s life I guess
@sietse9920
@sietse9920 Жыл бұрын
Haha: as if it is impossible to find out where the Pininfarina plant used to be…. (Sssst! Don’t tell anyone about the internet. They might find out!!) Uhuh
@petersellers-dy9mm
@petersellers-dy9mm Жыл бұрын
The Peugeot was a beautiful car. Great video 👍
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
I agree, thanks!
@jwalster9412
@jwalster9412 Жыл бұрын
As a car "nerd" i do love seeing half finished cars. And one of thesenwould be an amazing project for a automotive restoration channel to take on. But Its also kindof depressing to see
@Wreck-Gar
@Wreck-Gar 9 ай бұрын
There is a video on KZbin with Andreas Pininfarina showing off the Cadillac Allante at the Birmingham NEC Motor Show in 1986. The title of the video is: 1986 Motor Show - Highlights - Birmingham NEC. Uploaded by MontyMotorsport and the timestamp is 33:32.
@Cableguy211
@Cableguy211 11 ай бұрын
Not to beat a dead horse but as an American, a car lover, a Testarossa owner, and an owner of a shop here in Massachusetts, the site of this breaks my heart as well. The whole property, the test track, all those beautiful, super expensive machines that are worth untold millions. Someone like myself would love to take a few of those tools home!! And to hear that it’s been vandalized since this video makes it even worse!! So sad. They scrapped all those cars?? I could cry. Anyway, side note, Pininfarina is still in operation, they are a pretty large and very successful design firm still in operation today. So, that’s one nice thing to know. I don’t know when they last designed a car, but I know they are designing other item. Oddly enough, I noticed that familiar logo on a fancy Coke machine recently. I can tell you it is the sexiest coke machine I have ever seen!! Check out their website, but yes, they have done some beautiful cars back in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Iconic cars like the Testarossa, 328, and even the Cadillac Alante. All very sexy vehicles. Ok, I’ll cut this off as I could go on for days. Great video as sad as it is.
@JoachimSadan
@JoachimSadan Жыл бұрын
As a south African this too breaks my heart.
@fasthracing
@fasthracing Жыл бұрын
I had a 406 Coupe brand new when released here in the UK, so its interesting to see where it was made.
@bmused55
@bmused55 10 ай бұрын
The Peugeot 406 Coupé I owned 10 years ago was likely built here. It's a a shame the factory closed :(
@carlosbarragan1673
@carlosbarragan1673 Жыл бұрын
i have that car 406 coupe by pininfarina.. love it good looking car.. and it looks even better if you put bigger 18 inch wheels and tires and lower it 2 inches..
@giogio4833
@giogio4833 Жыл бұрын
That brera is a fine looking car.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Totally agree, timeless car still to this day
@Journey_to_who_knows
@Journey_to_who_knows Жыл бұрын
seeing a parking lot full of Alfas rotting away almost makes me cry
@kittyhawk9707
@kittyhawk9707 9 ай бұрын
lol park an Alfa up for a day and it more then likely won't start .. Those things would have had 0 chance of ever starting again, not to mention the electric system would probably be shot to hell ..
@morrispartow759
@morrispartow759 Жыл бұрын
should be turned in to a museum for pininfaria cars
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Would've been a nice idea!
@dm5374
@dm5374 Жыл бұрын
There is one already, at the R&D center in Cambiano, Turin.
@giorgiogrillo7418
@giorgiogrillo7418 Жыл бұрын
Che terrificante e crudo documento di una deprimente situazione che fa paura: il massimo del massimo, la Pininfarina in Italia, in pochi anni è passata al fallimento e alla dismissione. Una situazione che è precipitata così rapidamente da fare abbandonare strutture di prima qualità, costate molti soldi e studiate da esperti: piste di prova, impianti ma soprattutto know-how, procedure di costruzione e progettazione che non si creano in un giorno. Uno spreco incredibile. Ed ora queste strutture ed il loro degrado restano lì, grazie a questi documenti, a testimoniare questi tempi in cui tutto il meglio e l'apparentemente solido può, dall'oggi al domani, non valere più nulla
@michals547
@michals547 5 ай бұрын
This is what the scandal-mongers from Wall Street and the city of London want. They want to destroy the entire European industry.
@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS
@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS 8 ай бұрын
Wow this is amazing incredible footage and again thankyou for your hard work 😊❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🤝🍺🍻
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings 8 ай бұрын
Thanks mate!
@sdfsdf23232dsfsdf
@sdfsdf23232dsfsdf Жыл бұрын
Amazing to see a detailed video of the place my car was built 20 years ago
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@2wo2wo3hree_7
@2wo2wo3hree_7 9 ай бұрын
in the same factories, they were produced also some Ford and Mitsubishi models for the European market today there remains a much smaller factory where the Pininfarina Battista is built every year factories close throughout Europe to move production first to Eastern countries then to Asia and now also to Africa manufacturers are looking for increasingly convenient places to produce and I end up impoverishing those regions that lived from this plus they have been paying taxes in some tax haven for years
@shocka007
@shocka007 Жыл бұрын
I have a Alfa 156 GTA 3.2 V6, I will be keeping it as one of the best "Ferrari's" missed opportunity !
@jonnaylor3154
@jonnaylor3154 Жыл бұрын
It breaks the heart to see such waste, if only someone could start that great factory up again.
@kittyhawk9707
@kittyhawk9707 9 ай бұрын
I dare say a facility like that won't stay empty for too long .. may not be for cars but there is lots of space for manufacturing other stuff there
@Spectre_101
@Spectre_101 Жыл бұрын
Well Pininfarina is still active making their own car
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Correct, it’s mentioned in the last minute of the video
@neilroscoe9898
@neilroscoe9898 Жыл бұрын
And it’s an absolute beauty
@deepred6502
@deepred6502 Жыл бұрын
One of many casualties of the global car market trending towards increased consolidation. That includes design and manufacturing being done in-house instead of by specialist companies like Pininfarina.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
It’s a shame, was a great time when these coach builders were still around
@AndrewVanDay
@AndrewVanDay Жыл бұрын
Probably where they made the Fiat Coupe too. The Peugeot 406 Coupe was designed by Pininfarena but rejected by Fiat who designed it in-house but gave it to them to make.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
The Coupe was made at the Grugliasco plant in Turin, they were tested here on the test track though
@Jeff-fy1fp
@Jeff-fy1fp Жыл бұрын
I have both opened new factories ( super exciting and super stressful ) and closed ones that were no longer needed ( usually depressing because they mark the end of an era,… and job losses). But I never left a factory looking like this. Typically all equipment would have been sold, auctioned off, or sent to the recycler. The building would have been brought back to a state where it could be sold or leased,… hopefully to another job creator.
@pereldh5741
@pereldh5741 Жыл бұрын
Such a shame the italians gave all this to the indians. My car a Fiat Coupe was made there too, 1998. Funny the Brera/Spider was produced there, being Italdesign cars
@hectorae86
@hectorae86 Жыл бұрын
Je moet wel ff aan je uitspraak werken.
@mogesabel5358
@mogesabel5358 Жыл бұрын
Idd
@湾岸ジャッキー
@湾岸ジャッキー Жыл бұрын
Use to Travis Pastrana's gymcana.
@Gritt982
@Gritt982 Жыл бұрын
None of their cars made it to north america
@randomchannel1712
@randomchannel1712 Жыл бұрын
the san giorgio canavese plant the place where my beloved alfa brera was built, Ah I wanted sooo bad to see those prototypes, those notes, how a small scale production was handled.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Beautiful car man, the factory must’ve been even more amazing when everything was still intact
@h5mind373
@h5mind373 Жыл бұрын
With the obvious value of a facility this enormous, it's ludicrous the company wouldn't spend a paltry sum to safeguard the premises. In the UK, large and/or historically significant buildings are rented at very low cost to caretakers in exchange for keeping our vandals and looters.
@PurityVendetta
@PurityVendetta 7 ай бұрын
Yeh right, the uk does a top notch job of looking after it's 'heritage', in your dreams. The uk is a dump filled with idiots who wouldnknow their own heritage if it fell on their heads.
@tomthumb3085
@tomthumb3085 Жыл бұрын
Such a shame. The most innovative and exciting design house ever to come from Italy, just destroyed by market forces. There will never be an equal to this company again, as the costs associated with low volume design and development would no longer be justifiable. I know the bean counters only consider the costs, but no one considers the heritage and beauty of Italian design.
@kotelypiesely1268
@kotelypiesely1268 Жыл бұрын
if there's still parts to put together a Brera/Spyder I think I'll go there and help myself
@skollittie
@skollittie Жыл бұрын
Awesome content, I feel and share your pain of the loss of such an historical part of car manufacturing history. Much like Pininfarina, here in Australia we had the mighty Holden car manufacturer. Decades upon decades of history unfortunately came to an end on the 20th October 2017.
@5ebra1
@5ebra1 Жыл бұрын
So sad to see a great company die.
@michals547
@michals547 5 ай бұрын
This is what the scandal-mongers from Wall Street and the city of London want. They want to destroy the entire European industry.
@TomasGraf-rr6co
@TomasGraf-rr6co 8 ай бұрын
The Peugeot 406 coupé... what a beautiful machine made for the common man.
@horstkaniny3614
@horstkaniny3614 Жыл бұрын
Sad story, nice tour thanks allot
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
@michaellochmueller1100
@michaellochmueller1100 Жыл бұрын
Being a former Shop owner that enjoyed working on Italian Vehicles in American and a big fan of Abandoned Documentary series I must say this is the saddest documentary I have viewed yet amazingly filled with incredible information. Thank You for your efforts in this production.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Thanks man, more great stuff is coming soon!
@arslanafzal8936
@arslanafzal8936 Жыл бұрын
All of cars manufacturing is transfer to china because of cheaper labor😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@ivosins1447
@ivosins1447 Жыл бұрын
Lekker Hollands Engels
@wRAAh
@wRAAh Жыл бұрын
Zo duidelijk een Nederlander joh hee :-)
@keno77
@keno77 16 күн бұрын
It's with very mixed feelings I watch movies like this, I'm glad you are making them, but I'm very sad to see former workplaces in this state,it meant so much for so many people and now the only thing that remains is the buildings and the memories.
@illburnmyselfforreal
@illburnmyselfforreal Жыл бұрын
Poor cars. I wish they could get repaired. I hope no Chryslers were there either
@Boterberg
@Boterberg 4 ай бұрын
Didn’t like the 406 coupe or the brera back then. But I’ll have me one now. A real Italian designed and built car. Bet you they are hard to find in good shape. They don’t age, timeless masterpieces. Unlike the utter sh*t stellantis is producing nowadays.
@automotivemotorbikerebuild3448
@automotivemotorbikerebuild3448 Жыл бұрын
Very cool walk around , sad to see the end of the car factory’s , should save some off those pictures as they will rot or be destroyed , a piece of history
@huabills6621
@huabills6621 Жыл бұрын
the building is surprisingly bright with just natural light, good design
@JP4drumsFarrell
@JP4drumsFarrell Жыл бұрын
As a kid I lusted after these beautiful designs and what drove me into an enthusiast. Without these talented auto designers, we are left with SUVs and the like, that resemble melted-down soap bars.
@pfa2000
@pfa2000 Жыл бұрын
Why would you have a factory that makes abandoned cars? 😕
@BMWEiV-Drivingaroundtheworld
@BMWEiV-Drivingaroundtheworld Жыл бұрын
Can you share google maps location please?
@Cornel1001
@Cornel1001 9 күн бұрын
I knew 406 was special ! Now I have the grounds.
@mishasamorodin9150
@mishasamorodin9150 Жыл бұрын
They should try turn that area into a museum
@voyager188
@voyager188 7 ай бұрын
It is great to see these kind of video's but unfortunately there are always people of opportunity out there that once viewed they track them down and remove anything valuable and often trash the places after. Although it is great to see them, sometimes I wish they could be just left or at least preserved in their original state
@vivostubes
@vivostubes 8 ай бұрын
Peugeot 406 coupe v6 a car someday i wish to own, such a beutiful design
@kurtkaster5666
@kurtkaster5666 9 ай бұрын
This is deeply deeply unsettling for me to watch. Its insane that all this equipment can't be used for anything, at all. It's also extremely inspiring, imagining all the things that could be built there. All the money that building and hardware represents, just sitting, circles me back to unsettled.
@PaulRothwell-qo4qf
@PaulRothwell-qo4qf Жыл бұрын
Great video but very sad also 😞😞
@Maxx1066
@Maxx1066 Жыл бұрын
If you get a chance Visit the Holden Factory 🏭 Sad the way Great places are treated then demolished and forgotten.
@KnightsblooD.Of.thE.RedcrosS
@KnightsblooD.Of.thE.RedcrosS 10 ай бұрын
this is a old clip, nothing of the factory is left only the front gates exist.
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings 10 ай бұрын
Really? Is everything demolished today?
@rwdplz1
@rwdplz1 Жыл бұрын
I've been in many car factories, running and empty, that was a nice one.
@dm5374
@dm5374 Жыл бұрын
I believe my Lancia Gamma Coupé was built there too.
@gabrielperez3137
@gabrielperez3137 Жыл бұрын
Those Comau robots are still really expensive piece of machine for many modern car factories, its very sad to see how this iconic car designer ended up
@casamia995
@casamia995 9 ай бұрын
same as jaguar, this happened when you sell company to India😅
@winterlamaster
@winterlamaster 9 ай бұрын
Very insightful exploration. You seem to really do your research and explain everything very clearly.
@sesamone
@sesamone 8 ай бұрын
💔💔💔💔😔,es una pena. Me gustaría visitarlo por una vez en la vida.
@jhz94
@jhz94 Жыл бұрын
Those wheel multiples are worth a lot. Surprised that no one dismounted them and sold them.
@lukamilic
@lukamilic 9 ай бұрын
That abandoned Brera Spider breaks my heart 😢
@MoosesValley
@MoosesValley 7 ай бұрын
A sad end to such an iconic factory. Greetings from Australia. 👍 😀
@GUERRINO1973
@GUERRINO1973 9 ай бұрын
Pininfarina also built the Ford Street Ka
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings 9 ай бұрын
Indeed, totally forgot that one during editing it!
@carsyoungtimerfreak1149
@carsyoungtimerfreak1149 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Sadly the status of this factory, belonging to one of the most famous car designers ever, shows very well the current status of the car industry in general. An industry that, willingly, went to bed with politicians and green fascists...
@dirtypaws6328
@dirtypaws6328 Жыл бұрын
You will own nothing and be happy....2030
@blublum7916
@blublum7916 Жыл бұрын
Love the amount of history you added in while showing the current state! Definitely subbed
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Welcome and thanks for the support!
@Dinotti
@Dinotti Жыл бұрын
So sad...
@raynalddalmasso
@raynalddalmasso 8 ай бұрын
J'ai eu les 1er punto en 95 maintenant j'ai une panda 🐼 🐼 🐼 depuis 1 ans 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@tanguyruchti
@tanguyruchti Жыл бұрын
A friend goes there a month ago, nothing’s left😢. All is gone since 2022
@ForgottenBuildings
@ForgottenBuildings Жыл бұрын
Damn! Even the robot arms?
@tanguyruchti
@tanguyruchti Жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenBuildings All. Now it’s just an empty shed. 😢
@SlkSedna
@SlkSedna 9 ай бұрын
Videos like this help that kind of stuff to happen...
@riaskolamulathilabdulla552
@riaskolamulathilabdulla552 8 ай бұрын
Government itself killed all such factories. They must have promoted own cars through tax benefits to customers or could have taxed more to imported cars to make own cars more competited. Sad to see such abandoned factories and layoff struggled the employees.
@michals547
@michals547 5 ай бұрын
This is what the scandal-mongers from Wall Street and the city of London want. They want to destroy the entire European industry.
@repairdroid77
@repairdroid77 Жыл бұрын
The tech nerd in me would want to get that stuff running just to play with it. Imagine the fun things you could do with that robot.
@real_yomchi
@real_yomchi 11 ай бұрын
As a 2002 406 Coupe owner (since 2009), this video is absolutely fantastic. Lovely seeing where my car was made!
@bramesque
@bramesque 9 ай бұрын
Writing this when sitting behind the wheel of my 2004 coupé. letting you know, you are not alone!
@TomasGraf-rr6co
@TomasGraf-rr6co 8 ай бұрын
The 406 is the last beautiful Peugeot. I don't have the coupé, but I love my 406 STDT sedan.
@bramesque
@bramesque 8 ай бұрын
@@TomasGraf-rr6co a few months ago i was overtaken by a sedan in the area of Massif Central, it was a downward road and the speeds were high. It amazed me that the Sedan was driven at those speeds, the rear wheels almost lost contact while cornering. it must be a nice car as the driver was very confident.
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