Dodge Viper vs Plymouth Prowler - Battle of the '90s Concept Cars

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When is a concept car not a concept car? When it gets added it to the showroom line-up with a price in the window, reckons Paul Cowland. Concept cars are the window to tomorrow that make us want to swap our cars of today so join us as we take a look at two classic Americans: the Dodge Viper and the Plymouth Prowler.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:33 Concept cars that came to market
02:09 Chrysler Viper history
04:39 Viper boot space
05:02 Viper body panels
05:33 Viper engine
07:02 Viper Interior
08:51 Viper test drive
11:56 Plymouth Prowler history and overview
13:43 Prowler suspension
14:06 Prowler engine
15:12 Prowler wheels and stance
15:35 Prowler boot
15:53 Prowler Interior
17:12 Prowler test drive
20:57 Summary
Presented by Paul Cowland
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Filmed & Edited by Mark Taylor-Hankins
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@reventon4547 7 ай бұрын

The cars that got me into cars. I was 8 when I first saw a Prowler just like this one, and a Viper GTS (blue with white go faster stripes). I've been loving cars ever since.

@brianciofani4698 8 ай бұрын

We love our Prowler!! As we have gotten into a world of 3.0 second 0-60 times out of suvs its fun to just have something that gets and gives smiles. Also, it drives like a waffle ball.

@user-uh8dz3tu7n 5 ай бұрын

I also have a 1993 Viper and 1999 Prowler and couldn’t agree with you more-they are so much fun and get cooler the older they get. I was 10 when the Prowler came out and remember how insane it was. To learn that it drives as well as it looks was a great surprise. Great video!

@johnallam7860 8 ай бұрын

Great feature Paul, 2 real iconic 90's cars as you say ! The styling of the Prowler though does it for me everytime, just a shame they couldn't afford a bespoke interior with a manual V8 - now that would have been a car !!

@ericcarabetta1161 8 ай бұрын

Two of my all-time favorite cars 😍🥰🤤

@david340r4 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video thanks. Of the two the Prowler would be my choice - I love highboy style "Deuce" hot rods and the Prowler definitely has that vibe in a modern interpretation. BTW the Lotus 340R is another great example of a concept car that made it to the showroom both quickly and on a small budget, although it did reuse a lot of what had already made the Elise such a fantastic car while dispensing with all those heavy and expensive to develop little luxuries like HVAC, a roof and even doors.

@azreal082 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful cinematography. Also it's great how you appreciate the cars for what they are. Most reviews are just critiques- yours was inspiring! These are two of my favorite cars of the period. Really great seeing them compared.

@scalewarmachines 9 ай бұрын

Good stuff!

@lundfamily816 2 ай бұрын

I have the gen 1 viper, just waiting for the right time to get the prowler. You got the right color for both. Really enjoyed your video. Your comments on the viper were spot on.

@kfm908 Ай бұрын

I have a purple 99.it is a very unique car.It puts a smile on your face every time you drive it

@charlieryan1736 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for featuring these two American icons 🇺🇸👌🏻

@R196BMX 9 ай бұрын

Great video and some great presenting, more of this please!

@DGT73 9 ай бұрын

Nice show 👍

@ProMotivUK 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@pavelkravchenko4367 5 ай бұрын

This video deserves much more 👍

@haroldm2441 5 ай бұрын

Great job on the video! What more can one ask for on a Dodge Viper or a Plymouth Prowler. I have the 1999 Prowler in red and we enjoy that vehicle very much. It certainly is a looker.

@Richard-xw8jt 9 ай бұрын

I do like both of these cars & would quite happily own both as well as an SSR

@ProMotivUK 9 ай бұрын

Another one of my favourites!

@explorer909 4 ай бұрын

OK, HERE'S MY EXPERIENCE AND MY OPINION BASED ON MY RESEARCH: I remember driving at night on a dim light road when I came to a 4-way stop sign and saw a dark colored (possibly black) Plymouth Prowler in the opposite lane across the street. It was also stopped at the stop sign. Initially, I didn't think it was a car at all. I thought it was a motorcycle. The left and right-side headlights are so close together, and because the area was so dark, I couldn't really see the rest of the car. The lights on the car were very dull and pale yellowish in color. It wasn't until the car slowly passed me that I was able to take a closer look. The first thing that stood out was how low the car was, and the front wheel fenders. When I looked in my rearview mirror and saw the red taillights, I couldn't believe how wide the car was. It was Ferrari wide, Lamborghini wide at the rear. In fact, the contours of the car places it in supercar category. The only real unattractive angle of the Prowler is the overhead view from a drone, or if you're in a high-rise building looking down at it parked on the street. It really does look like a slice of pizza. lol. The front view in the daylight makes it look like a Formula One Race Car, specifically, when the front bumpers are still attached. It just so happened that a week earlier, I had been browsing the internet with my mind set on buying a Prowler. That was when it all came together and I realized that I actually saw a Plymouth Prowler in person, on the road that night. It got me thinking twice about buying the car. I know that if I still want to buy a Plymouth Prowler, I can't get rid of the car I have now. I got it when it was new. It's my everyday car (the car I drive to the store and everywhere else I need to go). As long as I don't drive like a mad man, the car I have now is not bad on gas. I usually need to head to the gas station every 2 weeks. I fixed everything that ever went wrong with it and it runs perfectly. Getting a Prowler would be like buying a motorcycle. It's definitely a "better-weather-vehicle", not something you want to drive in the winter, or in a torrential downpour of rain with the possibility of flooding in certain areas (viaducts). The Prowler is also a car you would want to keep in a garage when you're not driving it, or properly covered and protected from the elements if you have to park it outside, but in a reserved parking space. ALL SAID, a Plymouth Prowler still might be in my future.

@Boatfisherz1 9 ай бұрын

Clarkson loved the Viper

@lddeckert 9 ай бұрын

lots of 1.5 lane roads there :)

@ProMotivUK 9 ай бұрын

Bit tight at times, huh? 😂

@neilperry2224 5 ай бұрын

The Prowler was designed by Chip Foose as end of term thesis, car design, but it had a tray out back. But Chrysler didn't want a pick up after watching the failure of the SSR(which l actually like)

@derekgaliee4351 4 ай бұрын

Tom Gale is The Designer of The Viper & Prowler Not Mr.Foose. he admitted he was not the original designer.

@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542 3 ай бұрын

Not putting a V-8 [or 10] in the Prowler is what killed it.

@benmarshall787 9 ай бұрын

Great to see 2 US cars on "our" roads. Great presenting and what a lucky lad you are Paul. I was a teenager when these came out and I had models of both. There was a great clamour to see the Viper as everyone knew it as the "new" Cobra. Alot of the truck engine myth went with it , and sadly it and the GTS coupe version were sort of saddled with the Footballers Wives image. I think the test press car had the reg WOW HOT which perhaps was a bit naff, and not really as you have shown for both what they actually were. The Prowler much rarer here but both are lovely cars. They were part of a USA sales drive where here the Jeep Wrangler and Cherokee made a big impression. My dad bought a new L reg Wrangler , which I insisted on having with the high power straight six engine shared with the Cherokee. The car was fine round town, similar to a V8 defender , most amusing at the lights, esp when revved as the entire car wobbled! The best bit was in the snow however where it was absolutely unstoppable. The downside was the mpg (tho no worse than the puny 4cyl 2.5 version) and refinement on the motorway above 60. I think on a nice day it might do 110, 15 maybe! Great video, the viper and prowler can happily join the fancy lotus engineered Corvette ZR1, the Syclones and the F150 lightening as being icons. Great video , more please. It's just such a shame that none are RHD though isn't it. Best wishes, Ben