This car won Le Mans, and it changed the sport FOREVER

Man the 80s were just the peak of racing. Massive turbos in F1, Group B in WRC, and Group C.

Even in idle that Mercedes V8 sounds absolutely menacing

Fun fact: The "C" in the name of Saubers cars has nothing to do with group "C" those cars were racing in, but is the first letter of Peter Saubers wife Christiane. A tradition that Sauber started with his first designed racing car chassis and even though Peter Sauber stepped back in 2016, this tradition is still going and today Alfa Romeo - Sauber races the C42 in F1 with the helm. I truly hope that the Sauber team/brand will be going strong and successfull in the future and that the partnership with Audi will boost their performance in F1 as they are already helping Audi on their aerodynamics for their e.g. LeMans racing cars.

I was at LeMans in 89. I will never forget seeing and hearing those silver Mercedes thundering around the track all through the night....." A truly awesome experience."

And that's how AEG was burned into all of our brains until the end of time. Love this car on sim racing titles. Great video!! Thank you sir!

Love the GT4 music in the background! Combined with learning the original legend of legendary cars in GT4 makes for a very pleasant video!

Group C was the most incredible time in motorsports, bar none. The amazing C9, 962C, XJR9, 787B, TS010, R90C, state of the art automobiles.

I did not believe the speed record of 248mph. So I looked it up. That is insanity, holy hell.

That C9 is such an awesome looking car. The C11 as well.

You definetely need more recognition/views/subscribers. This is quality, great narration and the facts that you present are actually researched. Great work :)

The gran turismo music + the content....💣💥💫

I was at Le Mans in 1989 and was awake for 22 of the 24 hours sleeping from around 10am to noon (in a tent on the inside of the track). I can confirm that the Sauber Mercedes were the best sounding cars out there. Mind you I could still hear the Aston Martin on Monday afternoon.

These cars were beautiful!

I always hated racing against this car in Gran Turismo, It was the only car that could keep up and give me a challenge. "Hopefully I can get through this pit stop fast enough!!!" lol

A lot of fanboys always brag about the Mazda 787B being "too good" but it was actually rubbish in race pace, having the next best result as 5th. When Group C dominance is discussed, only two cars come to mind. Sauber-Mercedes C9 and TWR-Jaguar XJR9.

After watching ALL the videos of your channel I can certify that this is clearly one of the most amazing channels I EVER seen on youtube. Thanks a lot for your crazy work and also for your good tastes in music (thanks GT ;) )

Awesome channel, you cannot imagine how fond I am of seeing some of these cars that filled my GT3 and GT4 garages. As an idea for a video why not do a mini-documentary on the appearance of wings and spoilers in race cars. I remember reading that the origin of the rear wing was actually to keep exhaust gases from reaching the driver and it ended up benefiting the car aerodynamically.

Nice to see some of the history behind the C9. I have a 1/12 scale die cast of it and it looks like the real car in every respect. Thanks.

Posting a Sauber C9 video without including its sound is criminal

So many cars have forced changes in regulations, because they were so much better than the competition. The earliest I can remember, are the Ford GTs with the 427, then the STP turbines at INDY, the Dodge and Plymouth winged stock cars, the Porsche 917's, the Chaparral 'vacuum' car, the six wheel F1 car, the F1 vacuum car, the list just goes on and on, all to slow down, or stop a particular maker from completely dominating a class. Oh, I forgot the Williams active suspension F1 car!