Car Acronym Challenge!

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Today Doug DeMuro, Kennan Rolsen, Filippo Bulgarelli, and friend Sam Weisman, see who knows the most automotive acronyms and abbreviations by testing their knowledge against one another. Will Doug finally lose?
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 CARS & BIDS!!!
00:40 Explaining The Rules
01:39 SH-AWD
03:11 ALFA
06:06 ST
08:09 VTEC YO!
11:08 SVJ
13:23 ESP
15:45 PDK
17:43 PDCC
19:27 STI
21:15 BONUS ROUND!
28:43 Outro
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[@m124182]

Time for Doug to ruin another family game night 🤣

[@sinasouls]

he is so competitive about it, It’s hilarious 😂

[@mobbinReelDeep]

​@@andrewhart9941 spoken like someone who doesn't ball

[@YOSHIMOTO_HI_SPEED]

@@andrewhart9941your @ is spelling homosexual differently, weird.

[@robwaters8848]

​@@andrewhart9941All of you are arguing over a silly video that isn't mandating your time. What an absolute waste of brain function.

[@hertzair1186]

Like when I got 3 Yahtzee’s in one game at game night….

[@MudvayneS10]

Kennan pronounces Getriebe like we Germans pronounce the German word for corn 😄

[@chartreux1532]

Well as a Bavarian, "Getreide" is one of the major ingredients for BEER. And in Bavaria BEER is considered to be "Liquid Bread", so not considered Alcohol at all. And i'm 100% sure our Engineers at BMW create their Cars with at least 1-2 Beers during Break Time. Joking aside. Kennan is still the ONLY American ever i heard pronouncing a ton of German Car Words correctly. this is the first wrong one. For those curious, "Getriebe" is pronounced like "Guh-Tree-Buh"

[@Raaaphael]

Though of the same 🤣🤣

[@ct48727]

differenc ist the "ie" to "ei" ... ---> "Getreibe" Wheat, barley, oats are all "Getreide" with an "D" you make the same mistake than Kennan and looked from the wrong side. ie-ei b-d

[@ThePwig]

@@ct48727it’s even easier to remember to just pronounce the second letter, not the first one. (I or E)

[@dylanrieck6671]

Now I know what my wife means when she says that I take fun family games way too seriously

[@drivinginthedcbaarea]

2:20 gave Sam the point even though it was Filippo’s… oopsie

[@Poopsticle_256]

Seems like Sam’s and Filippo’s pictures were swapped for the whole game

[@jb1016tennis]

And Sam won by a single point. Wait until Doug finds out that Sam was credited with the victory when it should have been a tie...somebody's gonna get fired, lol

[@Games_and_Music]

@@jb1016tennis Yeah, was Sam editing this one, hah. Also kinda funny that it's a tie (assuming the only mistake was to add 1 point to Sam), between Doug, Sam and Filippo, because Kennan still loses to all by 1 point, in typical Kennan fashion.

[@jb1016tennis]

When Filippo wanted a hint on the J in SVJ, Doug should have told him to just jot a word on his board

[@jeckwhite9099]

So happy with what’s become of the cars and bids channel. The guys are so entertaining!

[@E38Bimmer35]

They did Filippo dirty again!

[@Killroy13]

I learned from Jeremy Clarkson on old Top Gear that "ST" stood for "sanitary towel".

[@abhinavmj1613]

29:30 ES stands for executive sedan but yeah its all very confusing 😄

[@drivinginthedcbaarea]

Perhaps it changed meaning overtime then?

[@kirkericson2722]

As a former 911 owner, I was ready for those Porsche acronyms. FYI, a 991 without a sunroof or convertible/targa top would not even have the "divot" in the middle of the center console between the buttons - that center area would be blank plastic, flush with the rest of the console cover panel.

[@bdoginit]

SH-AWD is not just the Acura RL, it’s on literally every Acura model that they make now

[@atmartens]

Right? Besides the Integra. These guys are so out of touch for everyday cars.

[@just_justin_11]

It's on the 5th gen Honda Prelude. I own one and it's the higher spec model. I'm pretty sure that's the 1st one they used it on

[@atmartens]

@@just_justin_11I think you’re right. Honda debuted the system in the Prelude but it was manual only. I don’t think it became mass marketed until the Acura RL. Even then, the first MDX said VTM4 like the Pilot. They don’t really fully seperate it until the RL and second gen MDX and Honda’s Ridgeline and Pilot kept saying VTM4.

[@quintonulm2435]

True, but they were at least right that it debuted on the 2005 RL

[@j.p.5702]

Originally, the „K“ in the Mercedes acronyms meant not „kompakt“ (compact), but „kurz“ (short), it was first used for the SSK (Super Sport Kurz) in the 1920s.

[@eag8999]

VTEC = Valve Timing Electronically Controlled

[@chartreux1532]

Those Challenges and the Podcasts are my favourite new Addition on Car KZbin, so i'm glad you started doing those! Also, following Dougs Twitter i'm happy he went on a Trip throughout Europe, especially being in my Area of the Woods (Munich) and i hope one Day he does a whole "Car Review" Trip over here as there are tons of us alone here in the Region from Vienna, Salzburg, Munich and even up to Frankfurt who own a lot of the Cars Doug even mentioned he wants to review but doesn't have the Chance in the USA. Of course his Trip right now is a Family Trip, and when i'm on a Family Trip, i wouldn't do any Work either except (like Doug does) take Pics of Cars on the Streets and i love those Tweets. So i hope he and the Family enjoyed their Time in Europe and hopefully he comes over here one Day because Doug especially needs to review my "Wiesmann" Cars, my "Artega GT", but especially my Friends "Maybach G-Class Landaulet" which Doug mentioned in a Video is in his TOP CARS he wants to review. Don't worry, we won't sell any of them. But definitely do a Trip for Car Reviews someday when it's possible! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@kingcraftgames.985]

22:57 bruh they should've also added LBX and LFA into the mix to make it even more confusing lol.

[@NavGTI]

Bonus points if you know that the concept was LF-A for Lexus Future Advance and the production version was LFA (no hyphen) which stoods for Lexus F-Sport Apex 😅

[@smamq]

@@NavGTI As a Toyota/Lexus fanboy I thought I knew this, but no. Thanks for the info

[@matthewelliott2213]

The nerds took over the world. Doug Demuro is our king.

[@grada4ever]

Acura RL, the most underrated car in history. It’s wild that even Doug isn’t aware of what that car really is. He would go wild on its quirks and features. (Especially the 06+ CMBS version). But, he has not reviewed it yet.

[@carlosl5766]

I have a fiesta ST but I wasn’t sure about the ST meaning!😂

[@guillermor9207]

Fiesta gang!!! That’s awesome man. My first car was a ‘12 Focus SE a year after high school, then I saved up for a ‘19 Fiesta ST, then I sold that for a Focus ST so I’ve been into those Ford Hatchbacks since 2017 😅 the Fiesta ST is easily the most fun and sometimes I regret selling it 🥲

[@carlosl5766]

@@guillermor9207 nice dam my first car was a 05 focus Zx3 5 speed. Loved it and then got an MR2 Spyder now I have the Spyder and my Fiesta ST I can’t get myself to sell it! Perfect daily and fun car!

[@minionz46]

Sorry, Doug. The only acronym in your whole game was ALFA. The rest were just abbreviations pronounced as a string of letters. An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words AND PRONOUNCED AS A WORD (e.g. ASCII, NASA, LASER, RADAR).

[@joetacchino4470]

SHAWD is no joke. Had it on an ‘07 MDX. It was crazy how it turned the car from the rear. That was a great car. (Not so great looking tho…)

[@MikeKayK]

VTEC = Valve Timing Electronically Controlled so Doug pretty much nailed it.

[@dariogarciacapel7524]

Love these videos, keep them coming please!!

[@dandoubleyou_]

Kennans Italian accent is like nails on a chalkboard man

[@seethisrighthere5603]

im loving these videos honestly just car stuff KEEP going guys 👏

[@xsleep1]

Whoever made the question is wrong. Per Wikipedia: "VTEC (described as Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control, but stands for Valve Timing Electronically Controlled)". Doug alone was right.

[@Stok3dgaming]

Hey Doug, what was the quote to put a drop-ceiling in your studio and why didn't you ok it whatever it was?

[@gloriclyoko]

This is a great show!

[@FatTracksMusic]

Damn I love these so much

[@JustinConnell]

This is so good!!

[@AIDANJERE]

These typed of videos are awesome

[@ftwtech]

I love these games so much!

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Doug is overly competitive, he should smoke a J before he plays, lol.

[@ethanmckibbin]

Lexus models is probably the only one I could get right. CT: Creative Touring ES: Executive Sedan GX: Grand Crossover IS: Intelligent Sports LC: Luxury Coupe LFA: Lexus F-sport Apex LS: Luxury Sedan LX: Luxury Crossover NX: Nimble Crossover RC: Radical Coupe RX: Radiant Crossover SC: Sports Coupe UX: Urban Crossover TX: Touring Crossover RZ: Radiant Z-Axis/Zero GS: Grand Sedan LBX: Lexus Breakthrough Crossover

[@spanglish04]

Thanks, didn’t know most of these. Have 2 older ES’s so I knew that one but basically none of the others 😂

[@NavGTI]

You forgot HS means Harmonious Sedan and the concept LF-A was Lexus Future Advance ;)

[@ethanmckibbin]

@@NavGTI LFA was changed after the concept and into its production version. So there's technically 2 meanings. But yeah I forgot the HS, forget they exist I don't ever see them.

[@NavGTI]

@@ethanmckibbin oh yeah you're correct that it has 2 meanings, I just think it's hilarious in the most 'Lexus making up these bs acronyms' kinda way that there are 2 meanings for the same acronym :D As much as I find it hilarious that LS, ES and GS have the S for sedan but then on the IS (which was ONLY offered as a sedan) it suddenly means 'Sport'.

[@ethanmckibbin]

@@NavGTI well the IS was offered for a short period as a 5 door and I've never owned either version. I have been told it's an impractical vehicle for the size and for taller people so maybe they figured sedan wasn't the right idea.

[@peterhong1880]

this needs a timer and some Kahoot music

[@AlBasrawi98]

GetrIEbe not getrEIbe!💀

[@TheSvector]

I like how the one guy put FIAT in his answer, which is itself an acronym. lol

[@DavidVaini]

Doug the sore winner 😂 15:21

[@sorokolu]

This the kind of knowledge that noone asked for, yet everyone wanted :)

[@V1Transportation]

Initialism is the term for acronyms that dont make a word. IBM for example

[@shredofmalarchi]

19:40 No way they will notice we snuck in this audio. The mix is flawless.

[@michaelbarrett4760]

these videos are fun

[@sarwat18]

At least zoom in on the pics so we can see them as well

[@2d_enjoyer]

For those of us that like to play along could you guys please make the images bigger half of them i couldnt tell what we were supposed to be guessing on

[@austindoran9746]

Only thing I couldn’t see was pdk. But in the video time stamps it tells you what the acronym is

[@FromMosestoKoufax]

It's like trying to play Jeopardy where they never zoom in on the board

[@aussie2uGA]

I'm shocked you didn't include GTO!

[@dlo7950]

In one example SH-AWD is technically “sport-hybrid awd” on the Acura RLX Hybrid. So Kennan gets a point in my book.

[@jacobyo99]

ST does mean Sport Touring on Buicks. Also SH-AWD overdrives the outer wheel while cornering. Honda’s regular system doesn’t

[@Rimeau]

That may be, but the photo clearly shows a Ford.

[@jacobyo99]

@@Rimeau I know, but the Buick version is probably why they had that in mind

[@damirkvajo]

Keenan's getreibe at the end made me laugh out loud

[@DC5Brandon]

Acura model names for the bonus round would've been just as challenging

[@CarsofGlasgow]

The bonus round was made for me😅

[@laskos02]

Two Doug videos today

[@kenwiebe2473]

the very first questions the editor gave the point to the wrong person lol, i'm typing this soon as I see it

[@tomfurie2996]

OMG. DD plays AA on C&B with BFFL & EE’s FTW. WTF? LOL!

[@Pixeltrooper1927]

Coupe light compact is the CLC. CLK is Coupe Leicht Kurz (coupe light short)

[@betweenthebars256]

Doug the type of guy to get tens of millions of investment in his website and still have terrible audio

[@xsleep1]

Missed a few Lexus models: ES - Executive Sedan, CT - Creative Touring, GX - Grand Crossover, LFA - Lexus Future Advance (or later) Lexus F-Sports Apex, LX - Luxury Crossover

[@kirkericson2722]

Some of these make no sense at all. The LX and GX are based on the Land Cruiser and Prado, respectively, which are the antithesis of crossovers - they are serious, off-road capable SUVs.

[@KSE828]

Zooming in on the acronyms and the participants answers would be helpful.

[@ullcringe2895]

It would be nice to have the pictures on the tv to be on screen. Some of them are very hard to read or see.

[@francoismartineau2519]

It's funny how even car specialists don't know about these acronyms meanings, but they still stick them on the cars. It speaks to how marketing has some very basic/naïve components

[@GD-kf4wt]

part 2 of these with chinese cars 😂

[@ANathan123]

Why is there an echo in the mics?

[@2JRaz]

I think instead of "Doug's Friend" the graphic should say the coolest car they drive.

[@rujigo69]

Doug!, You guys need some acoustic blankets the echo is huge and a little bit distracting

[@MikeKayK]

GUESS THE GAUGES game please!

[@mercator79]

I thouight some of the K's in MB lienup were for Kompressor

[@matthewcmeagher]

Let’s get a video of you guys playing a tennis tourney

[@bmwjetsm]

I would just like to say, I knew the Alfa Romeo one. Yes, I am that much of a nerd.

[@markcraddock3241]

Next one: who can do a simple oil change on a basic car the fastest 😉

[@Ittenga]

It's Getriebe; not "Getreibe", as Kennan says. 😅

[@onquarter]

When showing the contestants, please also overlap the full image on our screen. I can’t see it

[@SergeantZaf03]

Hoping to see SAAB on the list

[@raysstuffz]

RX-reasonable crossover😁😁😁😁

[@matthewcmeagher]

I really wanna come compete with the cars and bids crew. I would have crushed you on the Lexus

[@ftwtech]

Those aren’t all the Lexus models though. What about the GX, TX, LX, etc.?

[@spanglish04]

2:03 Doesn’t sound like we’ll be getting a review on the 05-08 Acura RL anytime soon… Which is disappointing to me because I own one. 😂😂😂 If it ever happens, however, I will be ecstatic lol … The A-Spec maybe?? Came with a body kit that is somewhat quirky. And they almost decided to put a V8 in it instead of the J Series V6

[@grada4ever]

Very strange that Doug has never reviewed that car. It is the most underrated car of all time. Plus, the 06 CMBS model was the first car in the US to have the automatic emergency breaking, aside from Adaptive Cruise. It’s crazy that Doug has never reviewed this car. I think he just does not know.

[@circuitbreaker77]

So much echo, can yall get some more tapestries?

[@invermere2879]

Surprised for none of them to know vtec had extra letters. Everyone focused on dohc and that wasn’t what they were looking for 😂

[@davinlaroche3029]

Actually, ALFA stands for "Alberto Loves Fettuccine Alfredo."

[@StriveDad]

Doug the type of guy to let the whole world know that Alfa is in fact an acronym 😂

[@Randolph_]

Was really dumbfounded upon seeing for the first time the ATTESA E-TS acronym and what it stands for

[@PrioCaptSend]

It’s Anomina Lombarda* Fabbrica Automobili by the way

[@Jessecwebb]

My exes Dad had an RL until 2 years ago. He was the type of boomer Dad to buy an RL.

[@tatethatcher4440]

I love the completely incorrect score keeping by both the graphic and the guys the entire time💀

[@vahidhaghkhah9211]

Doug is the type of guy that after sex he doesn't say "I Came" but says "I Won"

[@kjhee12500]

GS will always mean Giugiaro sedan to me.

[@captainmarvel5600]

I want Jay Leno as a guest contestant.

[@jumbowana]

I'm so good at your games normally but I would have done as well as my wife on these.

[@hankstar.1]

Doug's such a sore loser he can't even be happy for his friends doing good.

[@dampaul13]

initialism = where letters are pronounced individually, ie. BMW, CIA. Acronym = letters are pronounced together as a word, ie. ALFA, POTUS.

[@anthonyw5261]

Acronyms should be visible to the audience so we can play along no matter what device it's on. Still a fun video 👏👏

[@shanecahill7623]

Filippo is wrong, the RC and RX are gorgeous

[@spanglish04]

Surprising coming from the regular car guy Arguably some of the better looking new cars imo

[@MercedesW210MN]

Hey Kennan, how’s Emily?

[@CarsofGlasgow]

Lbx is the smallest lexus currently

[@turbo2g2003]

Looking at the thumbnail I thought it was Hoovie

[@kirkericson2722]

me too! Disappointed it wasn't.

[@Ittenga]

It's Lombarda; not "Lambarda". Minus one point for the organizer. 😂

[@philcarrizzi]

I can't be the first one, but some of these are not acronyms. ST is just an abbreviation.

[@aldairperez5464]

Did you know that Lexus is an acronym for Luxury Export United States (U.S)?

[@Tiax776]

"Theories of the etymology of the Lexus name have suggested it is the combination of the words "luxury" and "elegance", and that it is an acronym for "luxury exports to the U.S." According to Team One interviews, the brand name has no specific meaning and simply denotes a luxurious and technological image."

[@TheStigHCE09]

No it isn't. The marketing team tasked with coming up with the name for Lexus have said themselves that it is based on the name Alexis.

[@Fast_Catz]

For a future video they should be given the model names of european cars not sold in the us and have them match or guess the manufacturer.

[@classyhillbilly]

You need headphones like Joe Rogan so that you don’t talk over each other. Otherwise love the podcast.

[@stevemcclary5308]

Some of these aren't acronyms but initialisms.

[@c3vzn]

Every challenge "Fillipo how did you know that." The guy obviously knows his cars, just not to the autistic level of Doug.