Cody Detwiler, aka YouTube’s WhistlinDiesel, Who Destroyed a $400,000 Ferrari in a Fiery Accident, Signs With CAA
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Apparently, totaling a super-expensive luxury car can get you noticed in Hollywood. Cody Detwiler, the YouTube creator behind automotive DIY, stunts and vlog channel WhistlinDiesel, has signed with CAA.
Detwiler, alongside partner Matt McGuire, will next focus on expanding Nashville, Tenn.-based WhistlinDiesel into new genres, premium content, consumer products and other areas, according to CAA.
In August, Detwiler posted one of WhistlinDiesel’s most-viewed videos — in which his Ferrari sports car caught fire as he was racing around a cornfield in Waco, Texas, and was completely destroyed. “I regret to inform everyone that my $400,000 Ferrari F8 and rental minivan with only 5,000 miles on it has recently burned down to a pile of ash,” Detwlier wrote in the caption to the video, which has more than 10 million views. “This was a complete accident and I originally intended on filming so many more things with the car, but this was a great lesson to do even more crazy things before your car catches on fire.
Tis But A Scratch! We will be back Ferrari…” Detwiler first started posting on the YouTube channel in early 2015, and WhistlinDiesel now counts more than 6.5 subscribers and over 778 million video views to date.
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