Mercedes 770, The Hitler's Car | SLICE EXPERTS

Adolf Hitler and his Mercedes 770K parade car, Charles De Gaulle and his DS 19, Pope Jean-Paul II and his Popemobiles, Donald Trump and The Beast, his ultra-safe limousine… All these Heads of State have given their cars a place in the great book of automobiles. Sometimes using these vehicles for their propaganda, certain of them didn’t hesitate to use custom-made cars.
Discover the secrets of the prestigious objects that have put their mark on history.
Documentary: Wheels of Power
Directed by: Jessy Picard
Production: RMC Découverte / A TV PRESSE Production
#documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #experts #itw #politics #tech #technology #wheels #mercedes #mercedesbenz #mercedes770 #hitler #hitlercar #history

[@serdarcam99]

Never ask: A mans salary A womans age A German company what they did between 1933-1945

[@jjoheld]

Quite a few of them are very open about it and germany is generally one of the most upfront countries about their history. but i guess you could say the same about a lot of other companies. older american companies? Slaves most definitely, sometimes even active supporters of the confederacy. Every old company from the former british empire? Slaves and all the fcked up shit. The japanese? Dont even get me started. Yeah sure, we did a lot of shit wrong, but we payed for it big time and are probably some of the only ones sorry for it. We are no saints but we dont claim to be. basically every other country? Same shit, just a different time or place, so stop acting like your countries did nothing wrong, they definitely did, you just dont know about it.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

​@@jjoheldLook into the history of Henry Ford. He openly supported Germany during the 1930's.

[@EasySurffer]

IBM too

[@JayDubber]

And Prescott Bush..

[@shhshs9139]

⁠@@jeffrobodine8579if the soldiers who fought against Germany saw what their countries have become today they would’ve supported Germany too

[@bftdr]

adolph hilter was a car guy.

[@HiThereZoomy]

All car guys like hitler???? Yep!

[@citruss5737]

wHo iS adolPH hItLer

[@wekt6666]

Adolf

[@Adrian_Nel]

Hitler never got a driver's license. And in Germany, nobody drives a metre without a licence. He was driven everywhere

[@katalinjuhasz641]

JÖHETNE UJRA, RENDET CSINÁLNI...

[@MrJayrock620]

It’s crazy how Mercedes went from building a car that’s still running 80+ years later, to cars that repeatedly break after 8 years.

[@respectedprophet6247]

Do you not understand that it’s been rebuilt multiple times it’s not like it’s been run continuously for 80 years either like it’s a daily driver. You don’t know what you’re talking about

[@mrt9368]

@@respectedprophet6247 Well he is also saying that mercedes repeatedly break after 8 years, so no. he doesnt know what he is talking about xd

[@Spartan168]

@@mrt9368modern Mercedes’ have lower build quality than previous models. A simple search will tell you that. Lots of issues. But still amazing vehicles

[@MrJayrock620]

@@respectedprophet6247 there’s a reason 90% of all new Mercedes are leased. It’s because nobody wants to own them out of warranty. Also I am aware it’s been restored and preserved, I’m also aware that’s it’s possible to keep it running unlike the new models

[@iversonjcameron]

Quality has gone down the tubes on German cars

[@DsFk80s]

Its a swiss watch on wheels. That was when mercedes made its reputation. Its still drivable even today. Amazing.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

An over engineered modern Mercedes is lucky to last twenty Years.

[@philhealey4443]

​@jeffrobodine8579 The engineering has been replaced by electronic toys and fragile plastic.

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

@@jeffrobodine8579error codes out the bun hole.

[@whicker59]

​@@jeffrobodine8579How much of it is Made n China?

[@memorimusic420]

One of the most luxurious and oppulent cars ever made! The 770K must've also been one of the most powerful cars in the world at the time!

[@EKTORIOUSPRIME]

Hell cat

[@hassyg4083]

they were below bentley rolls royce bugatti etc

[@memorimusic420]

@@hassyg4083 absolutely not...

[@memorimusic420]

@@EKTORIOUSPRIME ???

[@hassyg4083]

im afraid so. mercedes average people drive where as rolls royce not so average

[@jmuhairwa2566]

German engineering never disappoints

[@MLC...]

Unfortunately it does today. Modern German cars are not the same quality. Buy a W126 Mercedes while they still are affordable.

[@1940limited]

It's amazing all the things they built.

[@XINJINPIIG]

Transmission 👋

[@WizardSoon]

Wow Mercedes Kompressor was here since 1930s. Amazing.

[@bobbysenterprises3220]

The Mercedes 6/25 hp and 2.6 litre Mercedes 10/40 hp were the first production supercharged cars I believe. In 1923

[@cbizkit36]

I have one now lol. At least a modern example.

[@diablocls55]

@@cbizkit36same

[@Loulovesspeed]

Yeah, maybe so, but a 1935 Mercedes 500K had a straight 8 cylinder engine mit kompressor, but it only produced a pathetic 160 HP! The German-American Duesenberg brothers made a 1935 straight 8 DOHC hemi with a supercharger that produced up to 400 HP!!

[@memorimusic420]

@@Loulovesspeed only two Duesenberg had 400 hp tho. But i do agree that Duesenbergs were far far ahead of anything in its time!

[@worldtraveler930]

I really wanted them to talk about the six wheel drive version that he was seen riding in!!! 🤔

[@musikbastler1484]

Thats a different model, it is called the Mercedes G4

[@1explorer]

there's one of those at the lyon air museum in california

[@userhessenone1469]

Thats a G4. But the one in Sinsheim is not his.

[@1940limited]

I like those!

[@tadficuscactus]

Mercedes should make an add. Merceds-Benz, the Fuhrer's choice.

[@memorimusic420]

😭😭😭 ah yes nothing wrong with that at all

[@soundofprice]

@@memorimusic420 yes perfect

[@xXAlmdudlerXx]

Maybe in 10 years from now...

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

That would definitely sway me to buy one

[@BrainDeath89]

❤

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

Wilhelm Maybach was at that time an engineer and developed plane engines and 16 cylinders

[@ronwilson896]

Good video but Mercedes had been using superchargers since the 1920s. It wasn't a new thing for the 770K.

[@EKTORIOUSPRIME]

Hell cat

[@sagew7377]

They’d probably kick me out of the museum for drooling over this car

[@eurasianlynx]

13:25 those are some beautiful gauges

[@bluegtturbo]

Adolph would have been a great guest on Clarksons stars in cars...

[@GIN.356.A]

LMAO can you imagine? Clarkson's banter with him about the Battle of Britain and the superiority of the RAF over the luftwaffe lol Would'be been a banger.

[@matt64601]

I know he did some crazy stuff, but you can’t deny his wagons went unfathomably hard

[@sovetski8893]

That supercharger sounds terrifying in a good way

[@simonf8490]

So MB is obviously distancing itself from that part of history...including build quality.

[@eastbaystreet1242]

Maybe in their mid and lower lines, but my 2017 S Class is really well designed and built.

[@memorimusic420]

@eastbaystreet1242 yes obviously they still build some good cars up untill 2017 but nothing compared to the old cars

[@BenzAddiction]

Amazing technology, history and engineering 👏

[@wafi3187]

When Hitler war around Mercedes was worried about reliability

[@GeorgeBritten-tr5jk]

All the armour, yet every time he was in it, roof was down and he was stood up saluting 😅

[@blurredlocalcat]

He's not saluting, he's hailing himself!

[@IceTTom]

Did you even watch the clip? They went over this and talked about it 😐

[@ramishrambarran3998]

Germany NEVER had good snipers !

[@hefellump1]

Shows how popular he was I suppose.

[@johndoles3713]

The chosen one🎉

[@josesigala7520]

Probably the most reliable mercedes in the world xd

[@antonykuo3809]

If benz brought these classics back for remakes, it would sell so well

[@packardcaribien]

That's a whopping 4 miles to the gallon, folks.

[@gamechip06]

Thank you I am an American and only understand patriotism not metric.

[@DjDobleU809]

Cutting edge technology for the time. 😅

[@paulh7798]

My truck gets better than that ... barely 😂

[@Winning9999]

2.9 MPG in UK gallons for any British 🇬🇧😂

[@1940limited]

About the same as a Cadillac V16.

[@bayareaomg]

the fact this beast gets 4 miles per gallon with a turbo i8 making 400 hp in 1939 is insane

[@1940limited]

Talk about range anxiety...

[@graflattenschuss8126]

770K is still a beautyful Car

[@marcom2248]

The name of Ferdinand Porsche is not "Porsh". The letter "e" at the end of a word in German is never silent. So please for gods sake call him (and the brand) PORSCHE. Thank you.

[@vasiovasio]

Tell them! In my country Bulgaria, this car is pronounced Порше, Porsche and it is so cringey when Everyone from US said Porsh or even Porsha! 😂😂😂

[@vikinglab79]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't have eight 7.7L cylinders (a 61.6L engine)

[@walter348]

Mercedes wasnt merged with Benz until 1926, so he couldnt have got a Mercedes-Benz in 1923

[@tehbone8604]

Learned more from the comments then I did the video.

[@tadficuscactus]

Greatness recognises greatness.

[@bobbysenterprises3220]

The engine doesn't have 8 cylinders that are 7.7 liters each. They all together add up to 7.7 liters.

[@peterduxbury927]

Yes, and I also noticed this error, and the Typo in the Title.

[@DarkSession6208]

@@peterduxbury927 Its also weird someone talking about a compressor in English. Im german myself and i its always kompressor for us, but i guess its called supercharger in english? Not sure since i don't know if what they used is comparable to modern superchargers so it still can be right to call it compressor then.

[@peterduxbury927]

@@DarkSession6208 In English, when talking about air, this can be compressed. The Mercedes 770 would have a Supercharger, which compresses the air before entry into the Cylinders. As you would know, Turbochargers are also compressors, and they arrived later, and were more efficient. Even though the modern Mercedes cars were named Kompressor, they had Turbochargers. I often wondered why Mercedes named their modern cars as "Kompressors", and not thinking about the fact that the cars were fitted with Turbos. Greetings from Australia.

[@bobbysenterprises3220]

@@DarkSession6208 yes. Typically here any engine driven forced induction (twin screw or the roots style) is refered to as supercharged. As where exhaust driven are refered to as turbo.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@DarkSession6208 - They are one and the same. The German word for supercharger is kompressor. The American name supercharger translates to the same meaning. It super - charges the mixture which means the same as compressing it. Mercedes Benz was the first auto company to use a supercharger, designed along with input from Dr. Porsche, in 1921.

[@GarrisonNichols-ow1hb]

As for politicians cars go these years of Mercedes Benz are just so awesome. This and the 1960s Lincoln Continentals really commanded respect and had so much elegance and class. Perfect for world leaders.

[@pixelnazgul]

Maan, I'd like to ride in this car at least once. Just to feel like what's like to be the most awesome person of the 1930's and 1920's and 2020's. Thunder Hello!

[@SeamHead33]

Germany 1933-1945 and Mercedes Benz - The Best or Nothing

[@gabordercze1566]

Beautiful car❤

[@bearlogg7974]

Something about politicians riding armored cars where the entire upper body is exposed

[@mv6113]

That man had Style

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

Style and a flair that no leftist who hate him will ever have

[@carbob9964]

His car is longer than the 2024 chevy suburban!

[@Seedkevin]

amazing content!!

[@linosoriano2083]

Remarkable documentary!

[@lukaszimmermann2215]

Those big Mercedes are brutaly beautyfull.

[@wouter4730]

I wonder why Mercedes didn't copy the DOHC design of the Duesenberg model J engine. That engine was the most powerful engine in road going cars and was very robust.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@wouter4730 - You are exactly right! The 1935 Mercedes 500K Special Roadster had a common 306 cu. in. straight 8, overhead valve with a supercharger that made a paltry 160 HP. The mighty Duesenberg 420 cu. in. straight 8 with dual overhead cams and a supercharger produced as much as 400 HP, and was the most powerful and fastest production car in the world for many years. The Germans, especially back then, were not ones to copy others, but rather set the mark for others to follow! Apparently the brothers Duesenberg, German immigrants, were the only Germans to practice that philosophy!

[@1940limited]

The Duesenbergs were German, too.

[@regisdumoulin]

I saw one of these Mercedes, a convertible one, at the Lyon Museum of Automobile in France, a very impressive sight.

[@brittakriep2938]

German person here. A mistake, it is ,der Führerschein ', not ,das Führerschein '. ( In some cases a change of der, die , das changes the meaning of the same word, but not here. For example: Der Schild/the shield, but das Schild/the sign.) I visited this museum several times, a lot of Intressting items. When you hear the museum technican speaking, clearly swabian dialect, only watered down. According to a german arms magazine, in at least some of the Große Mercedes, armoured or not, ordered by Governement, there had been one or two hidden pockets, containing a loaded Luger pistol and a spare magazin, but i couldnt proof this in the museum, you can' t go such close to the car. Now an armoured car with convertible roof. Risky, someone could throw a handgrenade or a heavy stone into the car, or shooting from a house or otherwise from above ( see Kennedy in Dallas). True, but european assassinations, 1914 Sarajewo or 1934 Marseille ( assassination of jugoslawian king Alexander and a french minister, newsreels of this incident i saw in KZbin) had been done by pistolshooters, firing from sidewalk level. I don' t know if in 1934 the car was armoued or not. When yes, the assassin must have shot through an open window. But armoured cars then had sometimes no bulletproof glass, but only moveable steelplates, which had to be moved in case of danger, and the driver could only see through slits. Who had in 1930s an armoured car? Not only presidents or kings, also dubious figures of US organized crime, for example Al Capone. Some of those gangster cars had been proffesionally armoured, some only partly or improvised for example by adding simply an Aluminium sheet. Remember: In 1935 .357 Magnum was introduced, rare and expensive, 7, 63 Mauser was seen as dangerous in penetration context, but pistols for strong cartidges ( 9mm Luger, .45 Acp etc.)had been large and not so practical for concealed carry and surprising use. The more concealable pistols/ revolvers in.22, .32, .38 ,.25 had no good penetration, so the armoured cars of 1930s had been protective for this era. I have read somewhere, could be wrong, that in 1941 US President had no armoured car, but i was decided, for war reason he needs one. According to the article, also first armoured car of an US President was similar to shown car , a convertible and as first substitute Al Capones confiscated car was used.

[@Red_Spirit11]

Your right the US Treasury Department used Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan for Franklin D Roosevelt.

[@glennleslie6127]

very interesting video, thanks...

[@1940limited]

Fascinating!

[@The_Riddler21]

Interesting 👌

[@eugenedolcini695]

“Dad, you stole hitler’s car” “Hitler had it coming” John Lovitz, to his daughter, Rat Race. He stole it from the Barbie museum.

[@abs0luteOne]

funniest movie ever

[@groovysmith]

​@abs0luteOne you may like its a mad mad mad mad world😅

[@jules263]

Beautiful car. Master engineering

[@andrefiset3569]

It will be interesting to know how they can stop a car so heavy, especially going down the Kehlstein road.

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

Brembo carbon ceramic engineered by Mussolini. But only until 1942 🤡

[@Loulovesspeed]

The answer is, not well at all! No disc brakes yet!

[@1940limited]

I'm sure it had fantastic brakes, too.

[@Cypher791]

Didn’t Cruella De Vil have one of these? 😆

[@1940limited]

Similar, but not exactly. It had RS in the hubcaps. I think it was more of a take on Rolls Royce.

[@DennisFreitas-bn7nh]

Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Porche 🙌👏👏👏

[@user-vu4uv7el5f]

A.H plot armor was thick he survived 26 attempts on his life

[@oppositeofthetruth]

Impressive video

[@wackerburg]

Mega Karre! #DasBesteOderNichts 🤩

[@bayareaomg]

german guy at the end looking a litttle to happy to call hitler the furor

[@manuzach]

Mercedes should just race this in f1 at this point.

[@eastbaystreet1242]

That comment got a robust belly laugh! At least with this car, George Russell could just push Alonso off the road the next time and keep going. :-)

[@memorimusic420]

Lmao imagine this next to a modern f1 car 🤣

[@josehuerta4398]

Awesome cars

[@Squilliam-Fancyson]

So Renault apparently invented both common variants of force induction.(compressor and turbo charging)

[@acersalman8258]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤beautiful cars

[@pierredecine1936]

The first Beetles rolled off production lines in 1938. ! DORKY Video !

[@dinodiciolli7519]

1937

[@hpoonis2010]

So for vehicle dimensions and engine capacity you use metric but fore weight you stick with the out-dated tonnage?

[@kreizyxd]

10:00 they used the infamous 2 soundtrack. it's named "Cole MacGrath" really surprised they used this here lmao.

[@Schecter1989]

Always found it hilarious how his Mercedes ended up in the War Museum in Ottawa, Canada. Bullet holes and everything...

[@regisdumoulin]

There are several of them, another one is in the Lyon Museum of Automobile in France... with bullet-holes too! Thinking about it, it's pretty good: you don´t need to cross the Atlantic to see one of these cars in person!

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

@@regisdumoulin That's the one the Americans found at Goering's house in Berlin. They drove around Berlin for 3 days untill Patton said they had to stop using it. They parked it in front of the Reichstag Building, and threw grenades under it. Nothing happened to it. So they shot it up with a 20mm anti aircraft gun. That's the holes you saw. It pissed off Montgomery because he wanted a pristine 770 as a war prize, for when he retired.

[@peterduxbury927]

@@bennyboogenheimer4553 A little sad. It wasn't the cars fault!

[@bobhill3941]

@Loulovesspeed Thanks very much. I completely agree. I personally loved this video for all the history, technical details, and the beautiful cars. I've always believed that a car is blameless, it doesn't know the era it's in, it was just somebody's (beautiful in some cases) daily transportation. The car and whatever happened in its era are two separate things. Big examples are German cars from the 20s-40s and American cars from the 50s-60s.

[@mrKoncpom]

Oh how Adolf would love the fuhrerbunker-inspired G-Wagen...

[@floriansteinheil5964]

Thats it. The most villainesque, straight up evil car ever. Fits it’s owner pretty well, sadly…

[@SalaKaland]

Beautiful Car❤🇩🇪🙏🏻

[@NapoIeoneBuonaparte]

Honestly I can see why he loved that roofless car, it’s elegant, stylish, and for the time, modern

[@tonychavez2083]

Truly a grand car, the best in the world at the time..

[@BrainFuck10]

Nah Dusenberg better

[@AsadAli72]

1. hitler traveled only in armored cars 2. hitler considered himself lucky and felt protected by a star so why travel in armored cars?

[@jeffrobodine8579]

An open top armored car is an oxymoron.

[@jjoheld]

1. He didnt, as a cabrio is not protected 2. Innovation and development were things he enjoyed, enjoyment of engeneering marvels perhaps 3. It is believed that he suffered from megalomania, hence his absolutely bonkers plans for berlin 4. It might hava just been a characteristic he held up for the public, as there was always the backup plan of killing themselves if things went south, impliing that he was not completely disconnected from reality and quite clever. He definitely saw the advantages of armoured cars, both for public and for safety reasons

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

@@jjoheld The Cabrio had a roof. It's folded up under the cover just behind the passenger compartment. It's made from magnesium plates that look like a duck's back, to shed water.

[@regisdumoulin]

Well, it's not like we must find sanity and logic in Adolf Hitler's behavior... like on another subject the "Arian race", so called master race of tall, blond people... whereas he was short with brown hair, by his own ideology he should not have led Germany!

[@2ndavenuesw481]

I wonder if JFK's convertible limo had armor of any kind. Yeah, today the Zionists would have had a sniper, but if they'd assassinated Hitler back then they probably thought things would get much worse for them.

[@spg3331]

nice car

[@Swifty-Kommando]

I like how they try and make the car evil as well. Like it also had a personal solution to the JQ. Hilarious.

[@tehbone8604]

You have a point lol.

[@stevenphillips3466]

Just like democrats make SUV's evil....except when They drive them

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@tehbone8604 - You have a point alright.....a very dull one!

[@rputeraanwar]

Practically 4 car brands were involved for the 770K Benz Opel (who financed the buyer) Mercedes Benz VW (F. Porsche - the engine) Renault (kompressor)

[@13infbatt]

Movie pitch: Time travelling vin desiel movie called the fast and the fuherious ?

[@memorimusic420]

😭😭🤣 bruh

[@tristanclark8232]

Gorgeous car

[@realSara123]

I saw one in the car museum in Jordan, and then I came home and saw this video

[@reezevlog]

in Jordan..?.. was it belong to the King..?

[@Beaulocks_]

"Ayedolf....."😂😂

[@leosimmes6993]

At his first speach someone said , i cant hear you ! , from that moment adolf started shouting .

[@AnalogDude_]

14:35 That's incorrect, "fuhren" also has different meaning that has nothing to do with leadership witch is the case for a drivers licence.

[@brittakriep2938]

Also in case of CCW licence/Waffenschein, führen of a pistol means, you carry a loaded , ready to shoot pistol, easy to draw for selfdefence. An unloaded pistol, carried in a locked box without ammuniton is not führen, but transportieren of a pistol . Note: A Waffenschein is in Germany a rare document, but exists. Other context: A Hundeführer is in officials german a person, who handles a dog.

[@sweetsunnyvibes]

Nobody notices the typo in the title?

[@Loulovesspeed]

That's the Japanese word for Mercedes - Mer Credes. LOL

[@BELCAN57]

They must've fixed it. However, the title reads "The Hitler's Car". Does this include all his family?

[@gameg7824]

Beautiful Beast❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@daanbos5918]

Adolf: small man in 6 wheel off-road luxury Mercedes Richard Hammond: small man in 6 wheel off-road luxury Mercedes

[@davidcampbell1899]

This car is in the Ottawa War Museum in Ottawa Canada! I have seen it many times!

[@baconpancakes8899]

I like that last joke at the end

[@meistarkus]

DER Führerschein, nicht DAS!!!

[@rimax82]

I was waiting for the driver's license fact! 😀 Der Führer ohne Führerschein! 😅🤣😂

[@harithbahrin3405]

bro got tinted headlights? thats crazyyyy

[@neriksen]

Still operating. …

[@Pamudder]

I had always thought that “K” in Mercedes model designation meant “Kompressor” or, in English, supercharger. From the early 1930’s, Mercedes had produced a luxury model in a variety of roadster, sedan and convertible styles, designated the 500K or 540 K. This had a displacement of 5 liters, later 5.4 liters, and a supercharger activated by fully depressing the accelerator, very similar to its 770K corporate sibling.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Pamudder - You had always thought correctly in this case!

[@TonyProductions472]

What is a bluzuanze?

[@Jase1nthepLace]

"only drove in armoured cars" which he spends all his time stood up outside the convertable 👍🏻

[@icecorner87]

Kings Car

[@DR-on5by]

Der Führerschein

[@singhjobim9719]

If he didn't have a motoradfuhrerschein, he should at least drive with a motoradfuhrerhelm.

[@surrealengineering7884]

*Der Führerschein

[@paulwee1924dus]

Mooie auto voor Dick Schoof in Nederland.

[@bobhill3941]

@robertbraun7155 Well put, I appreciate the agreement.

[@Heatherder]

God he had fire taste

[@Pirustae]

150kg door 😮 dayum.