When the ripoff of a car ends up being better than the original?

[@alfredosantos7926]

Tyler is 1000% better than whining Doug DeMuro

[@porleg]

I'm surprised by dougs popularity, he is ok but I can't sit through a 30 minute video of him talking

[@ocasioangel]

Omg YES!!!

[@PontiacPower79]

Agreed!

[@thadsgudenuff]

I agree! While Doug seems to know his stuff, he is seriously difficult to listen to for any length of time.

[@memertmemes2586]

@@porleg Yeah I tried watching a video of him and his 2 buddies/employees and the autism was real.

[@good4jg]

The HHR (Heritage High Roof) was inspired by early generations of the Suburban, but (fun fact) was designed by the same guy who was responsible for the PT Cruiser. That would make it both a tribute AND a ripoff.

[@ItsABassDammit]

Holy shit it makes sense now. I always thought the HHR was a ripoff

[@MK-1010]

Yep, came here to say that!

[@t.l.robinson2162]

Who is Tom Gale.

[@Mac65]

You forgot the Opel GT trying to look like a mini Corvette!!

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

GM had one sports car design. Opel and Chevy got to make a version, Pontiac got told to cram it with walnuts.

[@Dave-in-MD]

Designed by the same guy.

[@SingleTrackMined]

Good morning. You guys are doing great! Love the banter, the chemistry and the Jake.

[@NorthernChev]

No, the PT Cruisers really only had one big problem and that was the blown head gasket by 75,000 miles on EVERY SINGLE one. Which was EASILY fixed with the addition of an MLS replacement head gasket, and you were good to go for the next 200,000 miles. The supposed transmission problems were created from insufficient cooling due to the extreme overheating problems the engines had.

[@josebrown5961]

My favorite is the 89-97 Ford Thunderbird. It is a rip off of the BMW 6 Series. I drove those almost my whole adult life. They came with a V8 and were very cost effective. The last one I bought was in 97 and it was loaded with leather seats and a V8 and only cost 25k. I put 300k miles on it before I let her go and got a Caddy CTS-V.

[@truthserum5310]

Tyler is the kinda guy that April calls Nut Master.

[@tzd8035]

😂😂😂

[@mimosaboyz]

💀

[@Franczakae]

Just love you guys!! Laugh everytime I watch!😂 Thank you❣️

[@donsaunders5348]

You missed one!..... Second gen Mazda RX7 is a stylistic rip-off of the Porsche 924/944....... The Celica you featured was second gen as well....

[@andrewsuppa7468]

Love your content. Been watching for a couple years. I just wish everyone could stop hating on the PT. I'm on my second one. I find them to be comfortable, practical, and capable. I'm not into speed or going around corners on rails. It's called a cruiser for a reason. And I love the styling. Admittedly, I thought they messed it up with the convertible. But now I own the GT version of one. It's a lot more fun then the base wagon I owned. It sits more like a roadster. And that's the.way I look at it. Admittedly, I spent too much sorting it out. But when I buy something I like, I plan on keeping it for as long as I can. Anyway, they're not as bad as you think. I still enjoy your content, though.

[@garyforsythpastoratlarge7684]

I always thought the BMW 3.0 SC and the later 635 coupes were a design inspiration for Acura's 1st gen legend coupe and then Fords Super Coupe thunderbirds in the 90s.

[@brettversher596]

1976 Celica ST was my first car. 25 years later and I still miss that turd.

[@JeffreyLewis-c2f]

When April said Doug I was thinking Doug from the Disney cartoon not Doug demuro😂😂😂

[@dipren443]

New Bronco is a ripoff of the original Bronco…

[@scottbenke7182]

IMHO Looks more like a IH Scout 80

[@Iwannadrive]

Hoovie is a ripoff of Eddie Haskell. "That's a lovely dress you're wearing, Mrs. Cleaver."

[@carmudgeon7478]

I could make a car comment, but these two are a guilty pleasure. Great content to waste time and not feel bad about it.

[@dzwicky8218]

Remember in the late 1980s where Ford made the Granada and had commercials comparing it to a Mercedes?

[@carynmcentee6725]

We had a Granada! It was my father's work car

[@davidjernigan8161]

It's easy to make a better Elan when you build it thirty years later.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Yeah, wasn't just the Elan though - MG-GT, Triumph Spitfire, Austin Healey Sprite, Sunbeam Alpine and so on...

[@sburns2421]

If you could have a time machine and take a Dodge Challenger Hellcat back to the 60's, none of the muscle cars would even compare to that monster.

[@russelljacob7955]

None of the muscle cars of the era would compare to a camry.

[@brandonfilep1415]

A Demon 170 would be something completely unheard of. A factory-made 1000+ horsepower drag car that can be officially outfitted with a parachute? Insane.

[@Tiredsoutherndad]

​@@russelljacob7955 True.

[@foodandsleep2417]

for about 1000km until the engine is caked with lead

[@chrisplummer5857]

Lotus for me I want all that loads of trouble usually serious type smoke in my life 😂

[@hawkinsjd11]

Let's copy the cybertruck! Said Nobody.

[@xploration1437]

Jealous?

[@orangecayman520]

@@xploration1437I don’t think he is but you definitely are considering you leave hate comments on every video 😂

[@xploration1437]

@@orangecayman520 jealous of what? Terrible people making money off hatebaiting? Sure.

[@barriobajaj]

Hoovie is a ripoff of Don Knotts!

[@TheRoadGlideRider]

👀😄😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@joshua_J]

Lmfao

[@sadiejustin]

😅😅😅😂

[@BogeyTheBear]

You know, thanks to _The Incredible Mister Limpet_ Don Knotts has an actual cinematic body count.

[@richdickman9731]

😂

[@chriscomfort1378]

If you're going to tell April she looks like someone make sure that person is drop dead gorgeous. Way to go Jake.

[@juliamiller2299]

The Miata has been a great car for over 30 years. Unfortunately, Hoovie will never be able to fit in one, but April could. April should review a Miata, and see if she likes it.

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGG3laegeLSrnqM How tall is Hoovie?

[@daveclark8337]

Tyler did an episode of Car Issues with a nice original Miata. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap-7mYpsrJ2IY68

[@Fossillarson]

​@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus 6.1 I can fit I'm built 100 same tall slender 175lbs ish. My 1st car was 74'spitfire

[@tsoupakis]

Hoovie had a mx5 before. For sure he had a low mileage na and I want to believe he also had a hoftie at some point

[@juliamiller2299]

@@tsoupakis Yeah, back in 2019, I forgot about that video. I wonder if he still has it, but I’m sure he sold it down the road by now.

[@IanHobday]

The original Honda Civic was a ripoff of the original Mini, and Honda openly admitted it.

[@forresttm]

So was the original micra. It's a 90s mini.

[@JetFire9]

What?? Asians copied a design from the West?? I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED, I tell you!!!

[@IanHobday]

@@forresttm Micra was always a hatchback, even the earliest versions. The original Civic had a small trunk, just like the original mini did.

[@gkvair65]

I think the BMW and the Corvair have a similar look at the C-pillar from certain angles. I own Corvairs and have noticed that before.

[@cloudyview]

That's how to start a fight - nice start 😂

[@mikemoxley9477]

Another FUN show ! Plus great content !

[@BrianHurry]

The PT cruiser in the HHR designed by the exact same guy

[@CarswithNash]

April is apparently not familiar with classic styling... Also, both cars were designed by the same person. I would argue the PT Cruiser is much better built and I see a lot more them around still than I do HHRs or even the Cobalts they were based on. I literally use a PT Cruiser for a snow plow, it handles my 400 lbs snow blade no problem.

[@wyrazowfkp]

Some PT Cruisers were exported to Europe, it was also sold here with some weak engines like 1.6 :) You can still see them -- but no HHR, maybe there are some - but very rare. You never see them here.

[@kuebby]

@@wyrazowfkp My best friend has a manual HHR that still runs great, he never has any problems with it.

[@wyrazowfkp]

@@kuebby In Europe ? What country ? I know there are some, but very rare. PT Cruisers you can still see in normal traffic sometimes as they were sold here. Slowly they are classic cars as they can be 25 years old next year and the newest ones will be 15 :)

[@yardarm5]

. Movie scene , 1941 , Spielberg , “ we need to make these smaller “ getting the radio 📻 into a sub . 😂 .

[@wyattdean5658]

Love Slim Pickens

[@marktuyet]

That Celica was a beautiful little car .

[@200degrees]

The Bronco didn't rip off the Jeep as much as it carbon-copied the International Scout.

[@Hamsteak]

Hoovy and April should definitely get a Toyota land cruiser

[@tombache3426]

My $.02. The PT Cruser was a good thing to drive until you had to pay to get the timing belt changed. The C8 is impossible for mature adults to get into. I tried, no sale.

[@captnjim44smith74]

Hoovie was a GM salesman, and April likes her Lincoln, and I am on her side, and other reasons 😅

[@hughbarton5743]

Although you would have to admit it tipped it's cap to countless, nearly forgotten British sports cars, the Honda S2000 is absolutely dynamite.....and, not surprisingly, pretty effortless.to own. And:Bonus! Just barely larger interior than the Miata, so I can actually drive one......Its like a TVR/Marcos/Turner in character, if not in appearance. Nice video, kiddoes.

[@charlesdalton985]

The early Acuras aped the BMWs of the time in styling as well. I loved an early comment on the HHR, "It's a PT Cruiser for someone who wouldn't get caught dead in a Chrysler". 😂

[@GenoBady2738]

While we do have some choice when it comes to car buying in America, there are still plenty of other brands and makes we haven't even Heard of in the state. That's why they should get rid of that stupid import law, prohibiting imports for 25 years.

[@cobras034]

Where’s Steve Gorman!?

[@ToolsPlus-z7k]

I have had HHR's and love them for around town driving.

[@lurkndog]

The Suzuki Sidekick/Geo Tracker perhaps, as a cheap jeep? There were some others in the Cheep Jeep space in the 1990s.

[@nathanm2664]

Also the offerings by Mahindra

[@ryanh4889]

GM hired the designer of the PT Cruiser to design the HHR. I bought my HHR in 2009. Its almost bulletproof. 200k miles no issues.

[@stephenbacks3100]

Pt Cruiser was first, and GM hired its designer to do the HHR. I hate them both, but my in-laws put over 230,000 miles on an HHR before replacing it with my 2001 Ford Ranger, which now has around 170,000 miles.

[@randledmadden]

I was totally not seeing the Melania thing when you brought it up. But then she did the eye thing and it suddenly got really scary.

[@AD-se7ty]

That Jeff Goldblum impression sounded more like Riff-Raff from Rocky Horror Picture Show. #mmmYesuumm

[@orangecayman520]

The Escalade may sell more than the navigator but I’d definitely rather have the Lincoln 😂

[@petershim5900]

April laughs! SSNNUURGHSS!! Snort! I simply adore! 🤩

[@thadsgudenuff]

The most recent example of styling ripoff, Hyundai's Santa Fe copy of the Range Rover. I saw one earlier this week while at a stop light and Wow! A side from a slightly lower ride height it would easily be mistaken for a Range Rover.

[@dewholdingsllc1050]

I do not believe a 2024 Navigator is less than the Cadillac. Rented one recently and it was great.

[@edgewood99]

PT Cruiser was just a NEON...whoop de doo...

[@scottyL.]

Hoovie!! Bronco was not a copy of the jeep but a copy of the international harvester scout!!

[@ericervin4778]

What about the Mercedes CLS? If memory serves me correctly, then I'm sure it was the first "four-door coupe" to market. But I think the Panamera is a better alternative (ripoff).

[@jasonb2606]

First 20 seconds of any GMYT, insert April's laugh lol.

[@GermanCarGuyMN]

As iconic and amazing as the LS400 is, I wouldn’t call it better than a w126. A w126, especially with a diesel, will outlast and LS400

[@Arcturuseyes]

9:06 I recently saw a PT cruiser with a hood scoop, ground effects, and huge wheels, in PA...I laughed at him

[@elevenstravels3644]

The 2024 Hyundai Genesis look like a Aston Martin

[@ericblove1990]

They should do more of these 😅

[@SyOtg]

1:57 that’s one shiny Pontiac Aztec 😅

[@justin_time]

Were there ever any cars manufactured in Kansas? That would be cool to feature on the channel.

[@leongaskell1533]

In Australia, that was known as the Mustang model Celica.

[@LogisticusMaximus]

You’re using the wrong term, ripoff is usually a cheap, poor quality copy. The word that describes most of these is knockoff, which in many cases inspired by the original but often improved upon.

[@LarryNgetich]

British: Add lightness. Japanese: Add reliability.

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

British: Add smoke. Japanese: Less smoke.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus British "Add oil leaks, rust, and a reluctance to start on cold mornings" - Japanese - "No."

[@hkonhelgesen]

Mazda Mx-5 looked like 1960s Lotus Elan. But it wasn't a modern Lotus Elan. It was cheaper, less extreme and more popular. Mazda MX-5 was a modern Triumph Spitfire.

[@LeonBarnes85]

I'm really loving this channel....hey what about some new cars .....the new miui car looking like a Porsche ....make under list

[@RJsCave]

You forgot to mention the 4 cylinder hemi in the 70's celica

[@ldnwholesale8552]

MX5 is what the MGB should have been. Decent performance, tight chassis etc. MGB still look good but are archaic in the engine etc and handling is wet mattress. And yes I have driven MGs and MX5s back to back. Styling? Elan looks similar BUT has a transaxle and the Mazda is std configuration. IF you have an accident in the Lotus it will hurt,, Mazda is a deal stronger. Sillycar, I call them mini Mustangs and have since they were new in what 75. It is smaller all way round. Landrover was a Jeep clone,,, well inspiration but too heavy, underpowered [worse than the Jeep!] and well British where simple jobs are very hard. I have had the misfortune of working on them, only once! PT Cruiser, great looking car. Typical Chrysler junk however. C8 Vette, WHY. Very hard to work on and the engine is in the wrong place. GM sporties? Kept on importing Bogandores from Holden

[@CLCIII]

THE BEST "ripoff" of all time was the Mazda Miata! I'll take a successful "ripoff" over an original turd every time! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@TheLukanda]

The Lotus Elan is a turd???!!!

[@CarsofGlasgow]

Do you remember the BYD copy cat cars that looked like mainstream brands. The Toyota Aygo and BYD F1 sticks in my head.

[@davevan8864]

The PT and HHR had the same designer. PT got turned over to the cheap car crowd who drove them into the ground. Mine died at 179K after a deer hit it was totaled. thx

[@garymcaleer6112]

There are a few phrases businesses emulate: "Strike while the iron is hot;" "Follow the leader;" "Get while the getting is good;" and, "Keep up with the Joneses." 😎

[@robertl2227]

Since April's pre-Hoovie vids keeo popping up in my recommendations I'd like to know if she prefers life as a blonde or a brunette? Also is it true that blondes have more fun?

[@andysupple4838]

Is Barney Fife Hoovies Grandfather?

[@richardmorris7063]

Hoovies cooler cmon!

[@LynnMitchell-wk7po]

Try comparing a Peugeot 403 to a 60s-90s Rolls Silver Cloud/Corniche which they admired was a virtual line for line copy except yjr front, both with Citroen suspension

[@marvindebot3264]

Most of these would classify as "inspired by" but not ripoffs. If you want ripoffs look no further than the Chinese Rolls and Mercedes copies. Now THOSE are ripoffs.

[@Cloxxki]

Wife: I'm really mad at you and I'm going to put you through a month long struggle session before you get to beg me for foregiveness. Doug: Hold that thought. I just got text text from Tyler, him and April are having a break... Do you think she's okay? Wife: You're forgotten, let's go to bed right now.

[@forresttm]

Car company's are like youtubers in a way. The yoink and twist. Take something that works and make your own version.

[@larryeastwood6544]

Love you both! ……..for Americans!

[@theadventuresofjavier8698]

Good morning y’all

[@Bucketroo]

DOUG JONES! Hoovie looks like Doug Jones!

[@jrmotorsports5532]

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, lol.

[@x35mmman]

Looking amazing April Rose....

[@davidshamanik4240]

Figure out a way so that when you cut away to the two of you talking in front of the laptop, there’s still a photo of the thing you’re looking at on the laptop behind you between you.

[@Scoots1994]

"ripoff" seems extreme. "inspired" seems to make more sense to me.

[@alanlevy8655]

The right button on the Tesla car and a Tesla steering wheel will do just about anything you’d need a button for. 😊😊love you guys.

[@clangdon1436]

80s Rx7 and Porsche 944 .

[@Enigma8750]

I have an Idea for a future show. How about all the cars that were cool that America missed out on. Those cool cars that were not allowed to be sold in America that would have been awesome to buy new. And the Lexus was a knock off of Mercedes and Infinity went after Jaguar.

[@rjedro]

April is 1000x cuter and smarter than Melania or Cameron!

[@johnmarino4085]

Thanks for sharing guys !

[@mikelowdermilk5426]

You guys make a perfect team kept up tre laughs

[@djplonghead5403]

There is a Chrysler in town with a Bentley grill. Actually very convincing

[@thatdave86]

No knock offs of April ,but her earlier look with black hair gave her a Sandra Bullock look alike (dont hate me April ) Hoovie shoyld be replying with "Theres only one April Rose ,and I'm the Thorn 😅

[@gorbiebarrow4080]

In Europe the latest 1 series BMW looks like the latest ford focus

[@stanacondasv]

While not a ripoff of an individual car or bodystyle, the ford coyote motor is a ripoff of the gtr.

[@rodneyking4183]

Ahh, the Bullitt Mustangs. That can't be a rip off. It IS a Mustang. If Chevy tried to make a Camaro like that, then it would be a rip off. Like the new 2024 Mustang looks like a Camaro.

[@robertbanks5762]

I saw the Celica on Facebook. Cross between a mustang and a camaro

[@ToreHansen]

Cool video and Sjaaina?! Made a copy of both Austrian village and a London fip off last seen in English review of MG Cybester

[@tycurtin7565]

I wish Tyler played with his hair like April does

[@graemesmith1462]

Not quite Hoovie. Doug starts any word that starts with the letter "T" with his tongue way out and then he pulls it in as he says the word "This". Check it out, it's hilarious.

[@s.d.3236]

"do the thing" wow

[@tmech455]

The original Bronco was a ripoff of the International Scout 80 and 800