The time Chrysler made a talking car

In the early 80s Chrysler pushed to rebuild the company by building something called the K Car. On this platform they would release many important and successful cars and vans, but the topic of todays video is the strange and ridiculous Electronic Voice Alert, essentially, talking cars.
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[@392hemi9]

The fact that my Mom's 1983 Chrysler E class could talk, enabled the car to save itself. To her a red overheat light on the dash ment continue driving and maybe it will go off. This worked until her Chrysler said to her "YOUR ENGINE IS OVERHEATING TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY ". At that point she pulled over and called me. After a head gasket replacement problem solved. The funny thing is when it came time to upgrade to a later model, which couldn't talk, she said she missed the old E Class.

[@kimd7300]

My dad also had an E class. It was pretty reliable until one day he tried to jump the battery incorrectly.

[@JessicaFEREM]

@@kimd7300 probably just blew a fuse I did in my honda accord and turns out the main fuse was a proprietary part. we had to get it shipped to the honda dealership, which we got treated like royalty and it took a few days.

[@jgrc73]

that's a feature that should be an all stellantis today

[@joealbert7773]

Back in the late 70's to early 80's I worked for a Dodge dealer. I got a car as part of my salary, basically any used car I wanted to drive. One late night I was driving a LeBaron wagon home. I lived out in the country and the roads were quite dark. As I was rounding a corner, some guy blurted out "your fuel is low". It scared the devil out of me even though I knew the car had this feature.

[@bartscarstories]

That's amazing

[@jeffl1460]

A lot of peole dont know just how many patents & innovations, inventions were made by Chrysler. They were pioneers in many no automotive applications as well. The speed selector on old record players, 33.45.78 was from a prototype transmission invented in the 1920's. The grid style rear window defroster, intermittent wipers, rear air foiler, Hemispherical combustion, cruise control, torsion bar suspension, viscus drive systems, reverse threaded lug nuts, the mini van and others I cant think of. But they always seemed to never grab the #1 or 2 spot in American automotive sales volumes. But they made some very iconic vehicles.

[@darylkik777]

Your correct and its too bad the Airflow was really a masterpiece of engineering and after that it seems they were a bit more careful. What other company made real "Jet" cars and let the public try them out for free? I grew up a Ford Fan but always knew that Chrysler was ahead of the times. Come on, a real Jet (Turbine) car. Awesome.

[@seed_drill7135]

They were actually ahead of Ford during the 1940’s, (through four divisions instead of Ford’s three).

[@jeffl1460]

@@seed_drill7135 True. Owning a Chrysler in the 1920"s & 30's was a status symbol world wide.

[@seed_drill7135]

@@jeffl1460 I meant they were the #2 automaker. Old Henry almost drove Ford into bankruptcy during the Depression and again after Edsel died during WWII.

[@patrickharper9297]

Chrysler stole the hemispherical head from a diesel tractor

[@brentboswell1294]

The first talking car on the market in the USA was 1981 Datsun 810 Maxima. It had a phonographic recording (which was adapted from a talking kid's toy) that said "please turn off the lights" in a female voice with a Japanese accent. My dad bought one, and loved to show off the talking feature...it was a one hit wonder in this car. I heard that Nissan later added more recordings for more events in later model years... my parents eventually succumbed to buying expensive K cars, and I took my driver's license road test in my mom's talking 1987 Chrysler New Yorker 😅

[@sawboss216]

I had a Datsun 280 zx that talked to me too!

[@brentboswell1294]

@@sawboss216 yeah, the rear wheel drive Maxima was built on the 280ZX chassis, in the same factory 😎 Not suprised that they shared features like that...

[@sawboss216]

I also had a 77 810. But the talking Japanese lady wasn't born yet! 😏

[@coletrickle-km7cl]

Bong! You passed your driver's test.... Bong! That means we're in a committed relationship... Bong! If you get a girlfriend I will annoy her and run her off.... Bong! You are the only driver for me.... (Drives strait to the hardware store and buys a for sale sign)

[@superaa6779]

I had a 1982 Datsun 200sx with an American female voice.The novelty wore off fast. Give me a chime any day. I loved that car though.

[@ATLcentury334]

We had a car in the early 90’s that said “a door is a jar”, and I would sing “and a horse is a horse, of course of course”.

[@darylkik777]

That is of course unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed. Go right to the source and ask the horse....... (Its stuck now. lol)

[@garyt123]

The door is never a jar. It's always a door. The word both you, and the maker of the video, are looking for is "ajar". The door is ajar.

[@ATLcentury334]

thank you so much for clearing that up Gary. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I was a complete moron. I also enjoy watching “The Munsters”.

[@FirstLast-dy4gt]

@@garyt123LOL!

[@FirstLast-dy4gt]

@@ATLcentury334awesome response I’m modeling yours after my next opps

[@привид666]

Your timing is insane in this. I was just telling my wife yesterday about the Chryslers that this whole family of kids had at my school. The dad worked at the plant and they all had some New Yorkers or something.

[@andregonsalvez9244]

Great show 😊 ! When I was in high-school back in the early 80s my auto shop teacher had a talking Chrysler LeBaron wagon which had the talking voice command system . I thought that it was pretty cool lol and I thought my parents Pontiac Parisienne wagon seemed old fashioned compared to my auto shop teacher's wagon .

[@randyedwards3244]

I knew a person from Montreal who had a talking Chrysler - AND you guessed it - the car spoke French. Considering his primary language was English, I asked him about it. He told me the dealer could swap in a "French" module. Furthermore, by this time he figures out the translation regarding the phrases and thought his "French" car was kinda neat.

[@Zebra_3]

the French word for idiot is idiot.

[@sunbeam8866]

Yeah! At the Virginia shop where I worked back in the day, a Chrysler came in from Canada, and that gruff male voice was speaking French!

[@coletrickle-km7cl]

It spoke French, or was it rude in French? 😆 Bong! Hay stupide, you leave la porte open! Je vais(I'm gonna) bong you to la mort (death)if you don't fermer (close) la port!!!! (Door)

[@sunbeam8866]

@@coletrickle-km7cl Nah. Just those short warnings in French ("La porte est ouvert"), with that same irritating gruff male voice as the US versions!

[@Zebra_3]

@@coletrickle-km7cl KZbin: Elvis Gratton - Un chars qui parle

[@itsnotme07]

I liked Eddie Murphy's version from Nissan. "Hey man, someone stole your battery. I say we go get the MFer!" LOL

[@morganahoff2242]

The reason we don't have talking cars now is they would say, "CHECK ENGINE....TRACTION CONTROL OFF...RETURN TO DEALER FOR MAINTENANCE....TIRE PRESSURE LOW...CHECK ENGINE..."

[@marshmower]

Newer Toyotas need a freaking off button for all the madness

[@bobsolem6034]

I had a Nissan 200SX in the ‘80s that talked. Most of what you said the Chrysler could do, this model could too. I really liked it, especially because you could turn it off, but I usually had it on. I would often thank the car. A friend recorded it and sampled it for his band Happy Coat of Flesh for the song “Lights Are On” and it was played live for a neon art opening. After that car I had problems because I relied on the voice notifications and had a hard time adapting to not having them. I left my lights on and drained my battery because the car didn’t tell me to turn them off. On two occasions I ran out of gas because the car didn’t tell me “Fuel level is low.” I thought it was a great feature would like it back, actually. So much more helpful than a dash light that is easily missed. But I would want to configure which alerts were spoken and which were not and … no Alexa, Siri, or Hey Google, thank you.

[@kirdot2011]

Depends on what you're used to. I check what it says on the dash constantly

[@jutnezproductions]

I can't say I grew up in the era of 80s cars, or that I had a lot of interest as a kid, but I've been learning more about cars recently, and I have a bit of a funny story about where I remember hearing the phrase "A door is ajar". Basically, there was this show I watched growing up called "Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)" which was all about gaming which took place in, well, a garage, and they had a couple of episodes where they renamed the show "Gaming Show (In My Uncle's Car)" in which, well, the garage has a car in it. I swear it was more entertaining than that, but basically, they have a car in the garage where the show takes place. But what I remember in this episode is them sitting in the car, and a voice says "A door is ajar", and two of the hosts of the show, Ian and Julia, try to figure out what that means, taking it as of course "a door is a jar" and trying to understand what that means, then it turns out to be the other host of the show, Jesse, doing an impression of an automated voice. It was a really funny joke to me, but I didn't know about real talking cars until this video. A very informative video on a lesser-known topic, great job!

[@danmorgan9256]

Electronic Voice Alert was not available on the larger RWD Fifth Avenue (sold as the New Yorker Fifth Avenue in 1983 alongside the FWD New Yorker, and then just called Fifth Avenue from 1984-1989). Also fun fact, in 1984, due to complaints from buyers that their new car nagged more than their wife, Chrysler eliminated many alerts, and also added a button in the glove box to disable the system entirely.

[@ppxhbqt]

And this vid is full of M-body New Yorkers, New Yorker Fifth Avenues, and Fifth Avenues.

[@coletrickle-km7cl]

Some guys saw that button in the glove box and wondered how they could attach that button to there wife!

[@Norton4080]

My aunt had a New Yorker in 1985, and I always loved it when it talked. I really wished they bring back that

[@bartscarstories]

That's awesome, I'm with you, they should bring it back

[@katkatthecat]

Especially with todays technology it can say more than just a few phrases but become KITT

[@seed_drill7135]

We had an ‘85 Lancer. Unfortunately one of the prompts wasn’t “ your transmission has failed”.

[@rodneyhopper22]

Yeah that's funny you can install a passenger like a woman for the same reason

[@kirdot2011]

The only time a car should talk to you is when it's time to change oil

[@billst.1044]

I had a1983 Nissan Maxima that talked. I liked the fact that I didn't have to guess why it was alarming. It told me if I left the lights on or if I didn't take the key out before I opened the door. I remember once seeing another Maxima in a parking lot with the door open and engine running. The driver was Asian and the alarm was in Japanese.

[@anthonynelson9136]

I was an English teacher and vocal coach for many years. My wife and I bought a talking Chrysler. I tried for months trying to convince the car that a door is not a jar, but I was having no success. I tried bribing it with full-service car washes, premium gas, and even a new garage. It became an absolute obsession. I was in the garage day and night with that car. I lost my teaching position and was put into a mental institution. While I was getting treatment my wife divorced me and the only thing she left me was that talking car. They now have me on suicide watch and want me to get the talking car off the institution's property.

[@jettesides420]

Lol, Lmao even.

[@proteus778]

if you were an English teacher, you would know of the word "ajar" and you would think about Slightly Open. The door is certainly not A JAR, its AJAR.

[@anthonynelson9136]

@@proteus778 I know the joke went right over your head so I will be kind and just say have someone smarter than yourself explain the spelling to you.

[@4xeFanatic2023]

My dad had one as a kid and my uncle would always say “the door’s not a jar it’s a door ya idiot”

[@youdonegoofed]

And everyone clapped

[@BaumInventions]

Renault started to sell a talking R11 in 1983. It was also a Texas Instruments speech synthesizer. The first version of this synthesizer in R11 had a "dealer demo mode" where it talked around 4 minutes about how awesome the system is and wich functions are monitored. They also used the same system in R25 until 1992. After that the Safrane and the Laguna got a sample based system this got sold until 2001. The last Renault with speech was the Laguna 2 until 2005 (pre Facelift). I always wanted a talking car... just because. and then they stopped making them.

[@Deadrockstarz]

Chrysler owned Renault up until 1987

[@demetriusb.213]

Cool facts

[@mrspandel5737]

​@@Deadrockstarz no they didn't. Renault bought a stake in AMC in 1979, which lasted until 1987 when Chrysler bought AMC outright. Renault and Chrysler went their separate ways afterwards, although Chrysler inherited the Renault based Eagler Premier model which later heavily influenced their own LH Platform. Chrysler DID own the french Simca though, part of Chrysler Europe which was sold in its entirety to PSA aka Peugeot in 1978.

[@toddsoliday3173]

Growing up we bought a damaged mercury cougar from our neighbor for $300. And it talked. My poor father use to try to go for a peaseful drive without my mother and it was not much different. He finally just disconnected as much of it as he could. He said the car reminded him of our mother always telling him what to do.

[@alexanderbhartley5549]

My first wife and I did have a talking New Yorker for a bit. And yes, when it would thank me I would say, You're welcomed. When it told me my door was ajar of course I'd tell it, No fool it's a door. For the time we had it though I did enjoy it. Before we'd had a New Yorker 5th Avenue. I have yet to find a car that could beat the ride of that nor the comfort of those double padded, button down, corinthian leather, seats. During that time I'd had an umbilical hernia and that car was the only place I could sit that didn't hurt me. I truly liked that car with the 318 engine. It was a fine ride. Thank you for this video...

[@HymnOfTheWeek]

I own an 82 LeBaron Convertible! Unfortunately, it is not a talking model. I still love that car! Great video!

[@danmorgan9256]

Oh memories, we had an 86 New Yorker when I was a kid and when it would say a door is ajar my brother and I would say a door is a door, it’s not a jar. But the EVA system came in quite handy when the digital dash died lol. Just like how digital dashes came back, I can totally see voice alerts coming back to cars. Everyone is too busy playing on their phones while they’re driving to glance at the dash and notice that their car is about to run out of fuel or overheating.

[@stopthebus]

A door is a jar? No. A door is a door. A jar is a jar. 🤣

[@pepepantuflas1]

"Your uh bloo-uh-tooth de vice is redy tu uh pear"

[@TJY2K]

😂😂😂

[@splender88]

Chrysler wasn't afraid to take chances they came up with some of the most radical-looking cars, especially in the 60s with lots of power and some colors that were way out of the norm.

[@rcaive0875]

Back in high school, my buddy used to give me a lift home in his mom's '87 New Yorker once in a while. When we pulled up to my house, I used to open my car door before he stopped just to set off the "your door is ajar" voice. This used to annoy the hell out of him. One day I set the voice off one too many times and he slammed the brakes, slammed it into Park, and got out of the car to run around and get me. I quickly got out and he chased me down the street on foot about 2 blocks. 🤣🤣🤣 I never laughed harder in my life and I still laugh thinking about it 30 years later.

[@chrisphoenix77]

My mom had a 1984 New Yorker E class, 2.2 turbo. That thing was a blast. The washer fluid monitor was broken, so it would always, every start, proclaim, "YOUR WASHER FLUID IS LOW." I didn't hear it say anything else for ages, then mom said "oh it says other stuff too, watch." So she unbuckled her seatbelt and the fucker shouted, "PLEASE FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT!" I laughed and said it would be great if it thanked you upon buckling. She said it would be, but she didn't think it did. She buckled up, and sure enough, the fucker opened wide and screamed "THANK YOU."

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

My dad had a late 80's Oldsmobile Delta 88. It had the digital instrument cluster and the talking voice. I still try to find one like it, but they seem to be way too rare or just nonexistent. Such nostalgia though.

[@xijinpingsfavoritehemorrho1328]

Ive seen a few, theyre just all roached.

[@orbie1715]

My mother had one of the talking station wagons. She told the car to shut up often. Other than the verbal annoyance s, it was comfortable and fun to drive.😁😁

[@lessbs]

Chrysler did not aquire Plymouth. It developed it in-house. GM also had models that talked in the 80's after Chrysler. Olds 98 comes to mind.

[@nicholasyoder]

My Grandpa Yoder had a New Yorker back in 1985. I remember when I first heard it talk I thought it was so bad ass. I was 8 years old and I did love knight rider too.

[@philipjarosz2773]

I had a Dodge 600 es Talking Car. Loved It. Especially on Family Trips from Buffalo to St. Lous MO. Door Ajar was annoying , but Fuel is low and digital read out and spoken words keeping track of milage was a great idea.

[@fob1xxl]

We all that was pretty cool back then. A car telling you if something was wrong. I also remember the running jokes as well, like, "The door is ajar ! The tire is a bottle. The trunk is a cookie!" 😂

[@jakereal3604]

I’m a car guy and while I like technology I find most of the stuff on todays cars very distracting and make for WORSE drivers !! Touch screens IMO are very dangerous and cause you to take your eyes off the road. All these blind spot warnings and cameras make for lazy inattentive drivers that are less defensive etc. Give me cruise power windows seats locks, trunk opener, auto climate control and a good stereo and keep all the other crap that becomes obsolete tech within a few years and breaks

[@schizophrenicgaming365]

We need cars that tell the driver to get the hell out of the left lane

[@lancehudson6327]

I am with you on that one that crap is so annoying and frustrating and when you finally get to pass them by and look 👀at them they have the look on their faces they are in the right or act like the lane is reserved for them.👎👎👎👎👎

[@GordonTurnerpark]

I owned an 86 (?) New Yorker. I called the Speak and Spell guy “George.” My friends loved arguing with George about how the door wasn’t a jar, it was a door.

[@Joescotterpuss]

"Life is a journey, time is a river, the door is ajar."

[@sasz2107]

My college friend drove a 1983 Chrysler E Class. The car is shown in an ad at 10:29 - 10:35. It had the electronic voice alert. Mostly, it made us laugh as it told us different things. I remember if the radio was playing, and the car had to tell you something, the front speakers would shut off while the rear speakers kept playing the song on the radio. The front speakers would go "beep beep beep!" and then say whatever message it had to say. Sometimes my friend would make a turn which caused the washer fluid in the bottle to move around. Then the electronic voice alert would come on and tell him his washer fluid was low. I definitely remember the car saying "thank you" for taking the key out of the ingition, for shutting the headlights off, and for putting on your seat belt. There were other situations where hte system activated when it really shouldn't have - like if you turned the key on but didn't start the engine. After a little while it would tell you your oil pressure was low and you needed to bring the car in for service. I think the computer should have known the engine wasn't running yet so of course there was no oil pressure yet!

[@hubbaman9885]

I am an 80's kid, and I remember a few of these cars back in those days. I personally like digital guages over analogue ones. But the cars that talked, those I remember well.

[@paulwieben4948]

Interesting comments ! I had a 1985 New Yorker with a 2.2ci turbocharged engine . The car could excellerate like a bullet , faster than the Olds Cutlass 350ci I traded in . It had the most luxury leather interior equal to a 1974 Imperial i still have , just smaller than the Imp. I still have a shop manual for the NYr and it lists all the messages that were available , i believe a total of 39 . You could run a test and it would voice every message in the order shown in the manual . It also had a digital desplay just above the console that had several readouts similar to todays cars like instant or total gas milage , estimated arrival time , etc. It was a very enjoyable car to own . BTW , i still have (for 35yrs of its 37 yr life) , a 1986 Dodge Omni . Its my every day driver with 142000mi and i love it . Quick and easy handling in parking lots and has just the equipment i enjoy , super AC , delay wipers , cruise control , and updated premium radio/cd from a late model T&C van that dropped right in . Im now 87 and had several gorgeous cars starting with a used 46 Cadillac sedan , then one of my favorates , an almost new (while in high school) 1950 Olds 88 2dr ht . What a bomb that was with its new Rocket V8 and 4sp Hydramatic . The young friends all had Fords and were envious of the new "go power" of the famous Rocket Olds . What great memories -- the 50s !!! In my estimation , never another decade to match -- but maybe being in teens and twenties helps -- lol !!

[@cblizz730]

One feature I'm glad came back was the digital speedometer readout. all new cars have that now.

[@michelleruss9877]

I had a Speak and Spell when I was a child. It was amazing. I am still a terrible speller.

[@John_Locke_108]

My grandparents had a talking Chrysler back in the 80's. It was almost as cool as Kitt.

[@noalowenstein6741]

I drive a Ford Focus for work (can't remember the year) and I was surprised to see a message pop up one day that said "tire pressure monitor fault". Most cars these days will just give you an MIL (for good reason), so it was nice to have the vehicle tell me exactly what was wrong with it

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Had it in my 83 Dodge 600. 5 speed 35 MPG. Loved it. Was like having the Starship Enterprise computer give me updates. Never ran out of gas etc... in that car. Niece who was 4 would argue "A door is a door, not a jar." Much better than my Toyota touch screen that only reads 40% of taps. OPEN THE POD BAY DOOR, HAL!

[@handyatmusic]

In the early 80s I learned to drive on an Aries K four speed. My grandpa had one of the talking cars, I guess it was a New Yorker, and was so proud of it.

[@pageseven1792]

I was a kid when those cars came out, but my father worked for Chrysler at the time, so we got to experience them all. He would take them home from the tech center. If you held down the status button on the dashboard, it would run through a test sequence and say ALL of the phrases it was programmed with. My brother and I also thought it was hilarious that the car thought the doors were jars. Chrysler made a poor choice of wording in an effort to sound sophisticated. It should've just said, "A door is open".

[@KevinSellsWNY]

Cool video although it really wasn’t THAT annoying I remember Electronic Voice Alert well my uncle is a retired Chrysler dealer and we had 4 cars with it. The first, was the very first one with it my Dad had a 1983 New Yorker that was the most gabby one, they refined it afterwards. In the first ones it always said a door was ajar when it opened and keys in, fastened your seat belts too. They changed it right away. The car had to be in gear for it to go off door open, and in drive Without driver death fastened. You show the Fifth Avenue in this video that did NOT talk… he got an 85 Fifth Avenue after the NYer, but my mother had a 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTC, that was a talker too. By 1987 they put a switch to shut it off behind the unit under the glove box and it’d only say a couple things then. My dad brought my mother a 1988 LeBaron convertible for Christmas and that one was one of the ADVANCED systems you spoke of. Then I had a used 1987 New Yorker myself when I learned to drive in the late 90s, I absolutely adored my New Yorker. Not sure if anyone is still following on the feed. You asked for any experience with it so I bit! ❤Oh PS. You REALLY had to school everyone on Speak 🗣️ N’ Spell??? You made me feel really old, I had them all as a kid 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤣

[@VincentLoGreco]

My neighbor had the talking Chrysler. My family had an Aires K. I always loved going for rides in the New Yorker with my friend and laughing at the voice. When I was in college I had a Dodge 600 which had the indicator lights for all the things the New Yorker would say; every time I saw the “Door Ajar” light on the dash I would read it out loud in a robot voice, “A door is ajar!”

[@MrModeller]

My dad had a New Yorker. It was hilarious. It wasn't so much the door but the wiper fluid tank was tiny and it would constantly tell us to refill it.

[@DarrenMartin-x9v]

The father of comedian Bill Hicks owned a talking car. Bill said that he and his friends went for a drive in it one time and they got high on drugs. Bill said 'So we're high on drugs and the car starts talking to us. It says 'The door is ajar.' and we're like 'Huh? The door is a jar?' How'd they make a door out of a jar?''

[@nonelost1]

In the 1986 movie "Tough Enough" with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, the Kirk Douglas character got exasperated with one of those talking cars saying (paraphrase) "When will this broad shut up?" (referring to the female AI talking car voice). 9:57...If commercials must have caveats, THIS is how to display them, with not more than 3 lines of clearly legible print. What a contrast to today's TV ads showing a multitude of disclaimer lines requiring one to get up and get close to the screen, or else freeze frame it in order to read it.

[@jeffarchibald3837]

Stupid car. A door is never a jar.

[@Bort_86]

„Your washer fluid is low. Your fuel is low. Your electrical system is malfunctioning“ caught me off-guard

[@Brian-cr6rb]

I was just a kid when these cars were made. Growing up in a Buick dealership too. My father wasn't mad at me when I told him how much I loved that system. Even still, it deserves respect! I think today, it's super cool!

[@ericeisele2497]

Love that you're doing car videos as well 👌

[@chadmark88]

I ordered a new 1985 Oldsmobile 98 with all options, and it talked, too . . it said at least fifteen different things . . the one I remember most is "The Park Brake Is Not Fully Released" - it was a man's voice, and it sounded more like FARK brake.

[@dontmesswitbill9161]

It's funny that you should mention that. Because there's quite a few people who didn't know that General Motors had a voice system. I'm not sure why GM abandoned it because it was actually pretty sophisticated

[@chadmark88]

@@dontmesswitbill9161 In November of '84 when I ordered my car, it was VERY sophisticated . . I had never heard of it before then. My car also had a calculator built into the dash, next to the radio, too ( I had never seen that option either and used it many times - no "smart" phone back then )

[@josephconsoli4128]

My Aunt got one and used to joke "you're door is ajar" - "hmmm....looks like an ordinary car door to me!" corny but cute :)

[@XY_Dude]

Never saw a "Jar" door! Perhaps the voice was saying: "Ajar" meaning not closed.

[@bartscarstories]

No way, I didn't know that...

[@RaymondHaley-bi8lx]

Chrysler 5 Ave, Chrysler's last vestige of American luxury,a chassis that dates back to the 60,s in 1988 the fifth avenue was the very last luxury car built from the the same chassis that built the first Plymouth valiant and dodge dart in 1960.

[@walterbatman7949]

My dad had a 1986 5th probably the best car he ever owned just maintenance items the only week area on that car was the headliner material on the A B and C pillar trim didn’t last long

[@tedlogan4867]

"A door is a jar" always a classic.

[@JerzeyBoy]

That car for the thumbnail. Dude you drug up so many memories...😢

[@rmyers99]

I had an '85 New Yorker with the Turbo I engine and was a talking car. What I remember most about it was how unreliable the transmissions were. The car was in my family for a little over a decade and we replaced the transmission four times. But that's Chrysler for you.

[@keisera]

Your channel reminds me of Ed's auto reviews. Good job !

[@bokesnmokes]

What a goofy statement, when did the British take over the American car market? Also, Chrysler didn't bring in Plymouth, they created Plymouth.

[@carriesimons]

I had a Chrysler Turbo Laser with the talking computer. The turbo was so hot my husband accidentally melted plastic on it pouring in power steering fluid and it caught on fire. My kids (ages 3&1) were inside and I was right next to where children waiting for the bus. Nobody was hurt in the end. The car saved our lives because the computer started talking garbled and I knew there was a problem and I shut it off. According to the fire department if I hadn't shut it off when I did, the car would have blown up with us inside. The engine wires were fried and the gas line was almost burned.

[@toughmoneytv4618]

My grandpa had an 1988 Chrysler New Yorker . I loved that car super luxurious. Digital and automatic everything plus it talked

[@musicnerd72]

My aunt had a car that talked as well. Whenever it said "a door is ajar", she'd reply "Actually, it's a potted plant" My 14 y/o self at the time thought that was hilarious! 🤣

[@howebrad4601]

Eva was a 66 dollar option on my parents new 84 Chrysler E Class. As a kid i talked them into it. Still like the idea. Later i owned an 86 Nissan Maxima that had its own voice alert. Still think this was cool stuff. I now own another 84 E Class without eva and also an 84 New yorker turbo with eva.

[@sethmaki1333]

One of my first cars was a 1982 New Yorker K car with the 2.6L Mitsubishi 4 cylinder. It too, was a talker. When the engine blew, it said, "Catastrophic loss of oil pressure detected.

[@MazichMusic]

I remember looking at and test driving a Dodge 400 in 1983. The car was fine, the voice alert was novel, but I ended up buying a 1983 Mercury Marquis Brougham. It woul be another 40 years before I would buy a Chrysler vehicle. I bought a used 2020 Pacifica at the end of January, 2023. I love it!

[@lukewilson1092]

"a door is a jar" NOOO a door is a door (this is a joke)

[@VSTARMAN51]

... ice try, Chrysler - but that horrible 4 cyllinder mill in most of them - Oh my - thanks for the fine Corinthian video!!

[@JJPelszynski]

I’ve got a talking motorcycle. It’s says BRAAAAAAAAP!

[@gkstanfield]

I was a valet at a POSH country club in the Late-‘80’s…and yes, the talking Chryslers were unpopular on the ‘80’s valet scene.., we always raced back to the front door to drive the Mercedes, Porsches and Bentleys…wonderful cars without all that electronic crap..! We only wanted to do donuts on the golf course..!! (we totally didn’t do that in the ‘80’s…) wink..;)

[@jettesides420]

As a kid, I'd ask my parents what was in the door (Peanut butter? honey? Smuckers?)

[@neilduncan8657]

I have a 1985 Oldsmobile 98 Regency Brougham that talks to me. "The charging system has failed!" Cuts out on the parking brake warning. It is ultimately quite useless, but very cool to have. Every time it warns me about the parking brake I say, "Shut it old man!"

[@fishbone470]

I remember driving my mom's Chrysler Lebanon convertible when i was a kid and just got my license. it had the talking feature.. I remember it was cool at first but quickly became really annoying! I think everyone will remember "A door is ajar" I also think it displayed the same message on a little LCD panel in the dash as well. just in case you didnt hear it I guess..

[@yodoglover400]

5:12pm. My dad bought a 1983 Chrysler E Class. It did that talking. He had it until he passed, then my mom drove it for a while until she bumped a transit bus. Did a little damage to front, but still usable. My brother drove it for a few years and he still has it in his barn.

[@demetriusb.213]

Both of my great uncles had talking cars in 1985 one had a chocolate brown '85 New Yorker the other had a silver '85 Maxima. I remember my uncle's joking about the Chrysler being polite with its "please fasten your seat belt" and the subsequent "thank you" after the belt was fastened and the Maxima was rude with its shrill robotic voice that didnt say please or thank you. The Chrysler was named George (male voice) the Maxima Harriet (female voice) (I wonder possibly after Mrs. Harriet Olsen from Little House on the Prairie who was frequently a rude b*itch). LOL on what your mom said about "a door being a door and not a jar". That cracked me up! My uncle would say the exact same thing every time a door was "a jar". My uncle Dick would intentionally run low on gas for me (i was a tech loving 10 y.o. at the time) so that the car would advise "your fuel level is low" going out of his way to indulge me he could make it say key, lights, door and gas warnings cause I wanted to hear anything it would say. Apparently, (thank you KZbin creator whose vid taught me this lil gem) pressing the drivers side open door sensor button in a certain sequence would cause the EVA system to speak ALL of the available alerts (a service department "backdoor" to initiate the EVA) Im sure that would have delighted many owners/kids to have known that trick. As a 10 y.o. both of those cars amazed me I thought they were SO cool and futuristic. Plus, with your clip on Texas Instruments Speak & Spell I learned they shared the EXACT same voice, too funny a top of the line Chrysler and a kids toy sounding the same,no one can say watching KZbin vids isn't educational now lol. Ahhhh the '80s, a FUN decade to be a kid. Thanks for creating & sharing. You brought back some fond memories for this viewer.

[@MrDesertmoon]

Our new yorker always said" you engine oil pressure is low, propt service is required " every time we started it lol

[@albertpintor3522]

I can only imagine how these cars would probably be playing that message repeatedly if any of them got killed during cash for clunkers

[@Deadrockstarz]

@@albertpintor3522 I didn't see any of those cars come in for Cash for Clunkers, they had all been blown up by then, the Head Gaskets would mix the oil and coolant together when they went, also the cars in cash for clunkers needed to have poor fuel milage, I killed a Ramcharger, and a few 4.0 Jeeps came in that would not die easily

[@albertpintor3522]

@@Deadrockstarz did you hold those clunkers to the floor?

[@ben._thrc]

This reminds me so much of the austin maestros. They featured a voice in the Vanden Plas / MG trims

[@jgrc73]

you should've had the optional accessory of the Italian grandmother that talked back to it in Italian that was the complete package

[@Peter_Valoczi]

5:22 Sholud have been: "my headlights are on"

[@BIGBLUEk10]

We had an 80’s Oldsmobile Ninety Eight growing up that did the same thing, I distinctly remember “Your keys are in the ignition” “Divers door is ajar”

[@VidIan262009]

My parents borrowed a friend’s 1980s Datsun sedan for a while in the late 90s when we’d just moved countries. My mom and I were going somewhere one evening and I got her all wound up with my bad kid attitude or something. She was busy (rightly) telling me off when the car started telling her that “a door was ajar. Without so much as taking a breath from her she looks at the steering wheel and screams “SHUT UP!!!!” That was decades ago and I still laugh about it to this day.

[@wiegand185]

'the door is ajar' I have a very early memory of a talking car... this connects. Breakthrough!

[@662wc5]

When our car said "A door is ajar", I used to answer "No, a door is a door. A JAR is a jar." It was mildly amusing at the time.

[@nbroca5575]

I had a 1987 Chrysler New Yorker with all the options and can say that it had the most comfortable seats ever and since (I have had French cars, of which Citroen has the best seats, German cars, Italian cars, Spanish cars and American Cars). It was quite simple to drive from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to Greensboro, North Carolina - close to 1500 miles - stopping only for fuel and food as it was so easy on the body. Great car although underpowered in spite of the turbo.

[@pantone369c]

Ooh... that not-so-subtle dig at Doug towards the end there...

[@TVHouseHistorian]

The New Yorker was probably the most reliable and economical downsized luxury automobile in America in those days. I loved it!

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

My uncle had this car. Even in the 2000s I thought that boy was clean.

[@MrTomengle]

My parents had one of these. The grandkids were always answering the car voice.

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

We used to talk back to our car "no it`s not a jar ,it`s just a door" !

[@Theresa-hr4ts]

I remember back in 1985 I had two talking Chrysler New Yorkers one was 1985 and 1987 but this car was so fun too drive. I once drove it in between two 18 wheelers and my dad almost had a shit fit. The second car was back up. I love that car cause of all the reminders it let you knew what was happening. Wish talking cars were still around. Later on I brought a voice micro chip board and put it into a 1995 Mitsubishi Montero sport . It would say Attention please this vehicle is backing up. Also I brought a talking horn that played different songs I had set when I would pass by a friend or relative it also had a microphone . But all this is gone now. Those were indeed the good old days.

[@AdamantineAxe]

It's fun tech until you're working under the dash and it says it the 100th time

[@smokeystover5682]

My parents had a 1983 Chrysler LeBaron that spoke: "A door is a jar", to which we replied, "No, a door is a door".

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

My mom did that for her '87 NYer. I found it for her when I worked at Reedman's in PA. She had a bad reputation for killing cars because she didn't keep an eye on the dash. She named it Ralph after the founder of Reedman's. When it warned her that her fuel was low, I told her in the style of the car's voice, "Your Ralph is barking. Thank you."

[@richardtracy3968]

My mom had a Chrysler 300 . When it would say a door is a jar. We would tell the car to put some pickles in it and shut up. Lol

[@pedroalicea2720]

Had an 87 New Yorker, loved it!

[@ericgregori]

The most valuable features in a car are the features running in the background. In the 80's and 90's it was electronic engine, transmission controllers, and antilock breaks. Today, it is ADAS systems like auto braking and lane keep assist. Tomorrow it will be full self-driving. Yes, Teslas fart mode is fun, but its sentry mode, dash cam, and dog mode are all innovative features that add value. Another background feature with great value is full OTA updates; ask any Ioniq 5 or ID4 owner.