The Best of Crockett's Cars | Miami Vice

Do you know all Crockett's Cars? Testarossa and Daytona were the only two of the five vehicles Crockett drove as part of his undercover work! Enjoy all of them!
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[@Streetrocker28]

How about a special collector s edition on blu ray for Europe , with al Miami’s Vice artwork on it .? I would buy it hands down

[@sergiocano5902]

I have a question. sonny, do i use the ray ban wayfarer carey or the wayfer 2?

[@lucasignorello6512]

Crockett drove a 1982 Camaro berlinetta in season one.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

@@lucasignorello6512 The Pilot episode I remember. Lol

[@my1vice]

Well done. One of the few videos with accurate information....

[@Scalihoo]

The story is Ferrari offered a real one after they saw the Daytona was a replica , the show was really popular by then & great for the company advertising the car

[@seanfree3821]

Ferrari send 3 cars. 2 in black for the show. One in grey for DJ

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Michael Mann also got one, but idk if it was apart of the same package.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@seanfree3821 Don’s was an ‘89 model. Are you sure they gave him one in ‘86 too?

[@seanfree3821]

@@retro-dademusic6403 in not sure. I read it on a magazine in that time. It was DJ and his testarrosa in a picture. Of course it could be a mistake . there was not internet by the time😎😄

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@seanfree3821 the internet is not always right either😅 cheers friend

[@seanmetro3496]

Fun facts: TUBBS drove CROCKETT's sleek, black Ferrari Daytona Spyder only once...and never the Testarossa.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Sean Metro, that Ferrari Daytona was actually a replica body on Corvette drivetrain chassis.

[@lesevesel2898]

Cait: The Testaroni? Sonny: It's Testarossa. Still cracks me up to this day.

[@goldenmanuever1176]

If you ever get to see a Testarossa in person, do so. Its insanely smaller and lower than you can ever imagine. The camera work makes it look like a 1970's Cadillac, but in reality, its an oversized go-kart.

[@alfreddominguez2750]

I saw it while they were filming on Flagler Street and little Havana. Very wide but after going to the Grand Prix it was typical 80's styling.

[@goldenmanuever1176]

@@alfreddominguez2750 I wouldn’t say “typical” 80s styling….more like defined 80s styling.

[@siddiqahmad5193]

I've seen a couple. Two things stick with you besides the cheese grater intakes: 1. It's very low slung as you indicate above; 2. It's extremely wide, especially so at the rear. I will not agree that it's anywhere near small, it's a big car, just low and squat.

[@lebojay]

They are wide. Mine barely fits on my standard-size lift. The rear tires overhang the lift on both sides.

[@detonator2112]

It's the same for other vintage sports cars... like the old air cooled Porsches (that cost pretty much the same as Testarossa these days). They're much much smaller than new Porsches. "Sports cars" today are oversized GT's with full of electronic driver aids. That's why people are looking more and more for these real sportscars that still had analog, raw driving experience.

[@615capone]

That 190/300 convertible Mercedes at the end is worth its weight in gold right now!

[@detonator2112]

It was worth a lot back in those days already. That's why the bad guys (those two music industry goofs were the worst bad guys in the show history) took a cheap Dodge/Chevy/whatever for that final scene where their car crashed and burned. LOL.

[@iliafigueroa4820]

That’s a 300.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

Sonny Crockett is the coolest character in television history.

[@johnwestbrook952]

The GOAT of TV

[@allthecolors6900]

This show is immortal. If they do decide to reboot it, Don Johnson better be at the helm and none of that progressive bullshit stuff

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

@@allthecolors6900 Don't reboot it, something's are better left alone.

[@johnaustin209]

@@allthecolors6900 No need for a reboot. It already had a black protagonist...😏

[@bawintermage8351]

Sorry, Tubbs has him beat by a mile

[@Just_Pele]

My uncle bought one of the stunt Testarossas (a Pantera with a body kit), after shooting on the show had wrapped up, it was in rough shape but he had it restored. However, by the time it was complete, he spent so much money on it, he could have almost bought a real used Testarossa. 😆 Several years later he sold it to a collector who loved the show and got twice as much as he had in it, but he really regretted not keeping it.

[@whatarushlod]

Best cop show ever!!! Period!!!

[@doughaas9007]

Absolutely !

[@jooei2810]

That white Testarossa is so iconic!

[@SIKE01]

the coolest TUBBS' car and cover name, CUBERA was a 1983 ASTON MARTIN V8 VOLANTE from season 3 episode WALK-ALONE.

[@kkdii]

Yes!!! I remember that Episode, too. My favourite car

[@seanmetro3496]

That should have been TUBBS' car for the series.

[@Capa978]

I think, the Daytona replica was the best! 👍

[@cologne2792]

Watching season 3 onward it was surprising how little the stunt Testarossa (Pantera based) was used. There were quite a few obvious examples but in the long chase in""Down For The Count (Part2)" it's nearly all the real Testarossa including the 180 degree spin - I always thought that was really brave. The stunt car was always easy to pick out largely due to the deep dish chrome wheels but it was Impressive stuff though and some tremendous driving with both the real and stunt car.

[@wetsetmarine]

I worked on Vice as a stuntman and the Pantera bottomed out so badly we only used it a couple times in the beginning of season 3. After that, all the real deal. We had a rig/stunt one and the "Picture" one that Don and his double Bobby drove! Fact..I was there!!

[@youngladaustin2012]

@@wetsetmarineA stuntman from mv. I could rattle your ears off with questions.

[@connorbaz5980]

@@wetsetmarine man, that's sick! I'm sure you have all the cool stories! 😄 What an era...

[@seanfree3821]

There is a White camaro in the pilot

[@Rickskicks]

Not That I Saw The First Car Was A Fake Ferrari Daytona Spider Build On A Corvette Frame They Did Use A Real One The First Two Seasons But It Was Towed On A Flat Bed Truck After They Blew up The Fake One They Went To A White Ferrari Testarossa A Fake One At First Then Ferrari Threatened To Sue Them They Were Givin Two Real Testarossas But They Had To Destroy The Fake Ones I'm Not Calling You A Liar I Just Never Saw The Pilot And Can't Find Anything About A Camaro So Maybe You Know More Than Me. What Is Funny Is Someone Is Running Around Saying They Used Lamborghinis Which I Know For A Fact They Never Used And This Fool Says He Was A Stuntman On The Show If He Was He Doesn't Know A Plane From A Boat

[@straidg8590]

Tubbs drove the camaro in the pilot

[@shashijain5084]

This is one series whose charm & attraction can never diminish !!!!

[@the38super911]

I love how Crockett starts the Porsche with the imaginary key on the wrong side of the steering wheel. Ferrari gave the production company the TR because they didn't want the fake Daytona getting screen time. The car company from Maranello is very particular about their brand image. Odd Vice trivia - you saw the interior of every main character's home except for Rico's.

[@lebojay]

I noticed that too! He uses his right hand. That’s not where the key goes in that car.

[@rolltide9547]

They swapped the steering column with a column from a race version 928.

[@joebeus6886]

"Miami Vice" Daytona spider was later also used in 1989 "Speed Zone" ( The Cannonball Run 3 )!!

[@faerieSAALE]

No show like before or ever since. It was one of a kind.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

The best tv cars. Ever. 😎

[@timmitchell3870]

Fan theory: Crockett inherited millions when his rock-star wife Caitlyn was murdered - and bought the car himself when he quit.

[@cologne2792]

I think you're right. She was rich, they had no kids and he was the sole heir. The writers seem to forget that though.

[@lindacollins903]

It was a shame that Caitlin was never mentioned again. When Angelina was killed, they showed the whole team grieving at the cemetery. We saw Caitlin shot and Sonny grieving on his boat, but that's it. I never understood that.

[@sonneyburnett6227]

In the episode, "Smuggler's blues" crockett drove a Wimbledon white 1967 Ford Mustang Convertible when they going to the plane.

[@keywestfan2503]

Had a friend on the production crew and he used to get me on set when they’d film. I would just kind of hang out of the way. Two identical Testarossas were used. They were originally black, but then painted white because it was felt they didn’t show up well during night scenes. Cheaper to paint them than supply two new white ones!

[@markmorris76]

Michael Mann never had a problem filming a black car at night. Production got lazier I think,

[@keywestfan2503]

@@markmorris76 Another interesting tidbit. One time I was there when they were filming a scene. There was a guy by the name of Joe Hess who was a local martial artist in South Florida. Used to train police officers etc. If you look him up you’ll recognize him from the series. Kind of a big burly guy with a mustache. Anyway, they were filming a scene where he comes up behind a guy in karate chops him in the back of the neck knocks him out in the drag him into a car. Initially he walked up to him and kind of just did this front hand karate chop and I made the comment that it didn’t look real. Like I was telling them that what would look more realistic if the karate chop was sort of a backhand so it look like he put weight into it. So they refilled it with the backhand karate chop and went with that! My little bit of fame I suppose The funny part in all of that, was Michael Talbot the actor that played Zito kind of looked at me with a puzzled look and said “who are you?”

[@markmorris76]

@@keywestfan2503 Great story haha

[@andreyansimov5442]

​@@keywestfan2503awesome . Should be written into history.

[@vegetasolo1221]

Crockett uses his famous "clear my desk" line -- slightly paraphrased to, "I will clear my desk of all my other cases and spend every waking hour making sure you fry for the murder of a cop!" -- for a final time in this episode. He would use the line a total of four times over the course of the series -- the other three occasions being in "One Eyed Jack", "French Twist" and "By Hooker by Crook".

[@mr.goodvibes4126]

Awesome cars from Crockett.... 👍 I personally like the Lamborghini Countach from dude he chased

[@DarinNederhoff]

In the same chase the Countach changes back and forth between two models if you watch the entire chase scene. Watch the rear of the car. They used two cars.

[@RacerXGTO]

6:12 The first generation Testarossa's came pre-installed with major flaw that would not be discovered until the car aged around 15 years. When the Testarossa was designed, no new differential and transmission component was made for the model, instead, a carry-over from the 512 Boxer was used and the car was sold. The Testarossa was a Boxer model with increased horsepower and fitted with wider tires, which was not a good match for the older 512 differential, housing unit and propeller shafts. The 512 Boxer transmission was designed for skinny width tires. The result in the Testarossa was a ticking time bomb inside the differential housing that cracked and sent gears to an immediate grind, resulting in instant rear wheel lockup while driving. Ferrari's solution for the repair was for the owner replace the entire transmission with the newer and improved 512tr transmission,(compatible bolt on and go part) which was completely redesigned to handle the new torque and wider tire characteristics of a more powerful 1990's Boxer evolution, including the 512m. All 80's Testarossa's that have not had this replacement, will suffer dreaded differential lockup in time.

[@jacobrobin306]

Ahhh happy days.. loved this show so much.

[@randytipton4939]

I lived on the street where Carl Roberts shop was located when he was building the stunt cars. Saw the Daytonas and Testarossa’s on numerous occasions……it was pretty cool.

[@matt92fs69]

Carl still has a complete side of a Testarossa hanging on the wall of his radiator shop. Used to ride bikes up to his body shop where he was building them.

[@joebeus6886]

Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona spider in: 1976 "The Gumball Rally", The Best Car movie ever made!! 1984-1986 "Miami Vice", The Best TV Show ever made!! 😎

[@sonnycrockett_92]

What can I say? I have a knack for driving some nice cars.

[@guymorris6596]

I don't blame you a bit.

[@sonnycrockett_92]

@@guymorris6596 Thanks, pal

[@floridaloveclifton5175]

I love the Ferrari Testarossa. Made mine on GTA Online.

[@diegocanogallardo4430]

Laa mejor serie de television de todos los tiempos Miami Vice.

[@stevewagner2152]

Crockett’s Daytona was probably faster than a real Ferrari in that McBurnie installed twin turbo small block Chevy 350s in them. In Nash Bridges he drove a yellow 1971 Hemi Cuda clone. The car was actually outfitted with 340 small block A series engines. So that makes two of Don Johnson’s most famous TV cars a fake. But still very cool.

[@my1vice]

Three..... The Testarossa was a kit on a Pantera.

[@iliafigueroa4820]

@@my1vice Incorrect. They used a real one for shots and the fake for too risky action scenes. You can see the difference from the top shot here:

[@iliafigueroa4820]

5:22

[@iliafigueroa4820]

@@my1vice I did.

[@kazee502]

5:35 just wait one second, now that is oscar golden globe style acting stuff here

[@mustainefan]

glad to see this channel growing, great work and clips!

[@billybull6149]

Great video!! Thank you!!!

[@KaiserSoze-vx6vo]

I had a copy of Popular Mechanics magazine from the 80s that went into detail about all the toys on Miami Vice. The Daytona Spyder was a kit car built on a Corvette frame. Also in the pilot episode, when Sonny is chasing Rico through the harbor, he drives a 84 Camaro Z28.

[@joebeus6886]

In the pilot episode it was the real deal Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona spider! 😎

[@cologne2792]

Very briefly yes. One scene with Crockett sat inside reading a newspaper near the beginning.

[@youngladaustin2012]

@@cologne2792 and they still managed to get a ding on the car based on it being used once.

[@jaydawg7]

@@youngladaustin2012 that's why the owner pulled out 😆

[@shanebailey9128]

Sorry Joe, No such car as a Ferrari 365 GTS/4! Just a 365 GTB/4 with the roof hacked off and called (by some) a “Daytona”🙉🙉🙉

[@thegrimyeaper]

The editing in this video is sublime.

[@hamidmiguel2915]

Tribute amazing . The best Miami Vice , the song are sureal

[@MajSolo]

nice ride along memory lane ...

[@masonengel8766]

That Testarossa must have been like a spaceship back in the 80's.

[@Ravewolf24]

Kind of funny that, during their final drive in the Testarossa, there can be briefly seen the Ferrari, a Porsche 944, and a BMW all in a row. If only my neighborhood had that going by just any Tuesday. The 80's in Miami must have been fun.

[@geneobrien8907]

The kit car Daytona was destroyed because Ferrari insisted the show use a real Ferrari. The cell phone wasn't real. Sonny initially used as his main gun a Bren Ten, chambered in 45 ACP. He later used a Smith & Wesson model 465, chambered in .45 ACP. Finally, he used an S&W 4506 chambered in .45 ACP.

[@midnightrun2010]

The Bren Ten was chambered in 10mm Auto, not 45 ACP. The first Smith & Wesson he had was a model 645 the was chambered in 45 ACP.

[@geneobrien8907]

@@midnightrun2010 I stand corrected, thank you.

[@kilroy5166]

@@midnightrun2010 The one on the show was a .45. In the plot it was a 10mm but 10mm blanks didnt yet exist and the gun was converted to .45.

[@iliafigueroa4820]

@@kilroy5166 Thanks. I was going to explain that but first saw yours

[@chocodiledundee1]

Ohhhh my lord the 1959 Chevy task-force step-side man that’s gorgeous ❤

[@dessolivier3954]

serie legende the king

[@ericanderson7059]

Lest we not forget the white 82-83 Camaro he chased Tubbs in before they became brothers , wasn't even a Z28 just a plain Jane w some racing decals ( car couldnt catch a cold ) but Crockett made it cool .

[@spinningbacksidekick]

I was going to say "where's the Camaro from the pilot?" but then I remembered he never owned that one. He just 'borrowed' it.

[@julianaylor4351]

I have a battery operated remote controlled, Miami Vice ( with its box ), White Farrari Testarossa, toy car. ❤️ In Nash Bridges Don Johnson drives a Mustard Yellow Ford Mustang. I can't drive but I love cars and I'm a demon driver on the funfair dodgems. 😁

[@michaelausting9344]

That's a Dodge Challenger.

[@craigkearns6425]

@@michaelausting9344 no it’s not a Mustang or Challenger, it’s a ‘71 Plymouth ‘Cuda in Curious Yellow” (Nash did drive a yellow Hellcat with the roof chopped off in the recent reboot)

[@my1vice]

Thank goodness someone knew the facts.

[@doughaas9007]

@@michaelausting9344 Close....it was a Plymouth Cuda'

[@chrisgrace67]

Very well done. I like to think he left the Testarossa at a Pier when he got on a Boat to go "Further South" He probably takes people Fishing for a living down in The Keys or Bahamas.

[@bawintermage8351]

Like Magnum, it's funny how no one ever recognized the cars elsewhere in the city and put two and two together.

[@eddieetheridge8085]

I Loved The Daytona Spyder!!

[@lindacollins903]

Crockett to Tubbs: sometimes you're no fun at all! I think that was the only time they stopped at a red light

[@my1vice]

Excellent job..... Nobody mentions the Pantera kit..... Very well researched.

[@detonator2112]

Does that Pantera kit have some visual giveaways that you can spot it being a replica?

[@my1vice]

@@detonator2112 It's my understanding that it was so perfect that it was even used in close ups. But you could operate the front and rear brakes independently for some of the J turns and such.

[@iliafigueroa4820]

5:24 There it is.

[@jmjfanss]

They need to do a prequel to Miami vice, set in the 70's early 80's.

[@JohnBakerKKK]

Horrible idea lol

[@markmorris76]

Missed one. The White Camaro in the pilot episode. Granted Crockett may have "borrowed" it but man what a classic scene.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Remember folks Don Johnson was a legitimate off shore world powerboat champion!

[@MIAMI.VICE-CROCKETT.MADRID]

The fisrt episode... The white camaro in the chase boat...

[@craigkearns6425]

That white Camaro belonged to Crockett’s former partner Scott Wheeler, by then a DEA agent (and corrupted by Calderon)

[@MIAMI.VICE-CROCKETT.MADRID]

@@craigkearns6425 yes...its correct

[@bestprice1776]

I had a car phone.... It was so cool. God I miss those days.

[@twisterwiper]

Funny how a cop could live a high roller life for years while putting king pins away and still go unnoticed 😂

[@RichWeigel]

Yeah even in a city like Miami the bad guys would have caught on a long time ago in real life.

[@michaelmencher156]

Pure Vice, Miami. 🌴 Mikey from 🌞 Southern Florida. 😃

[@takayatakeuchi3685]

The original car, Daytona is a "Corrari". Enzo did not approve, so he gave the show real Testarossa and demanded the show to blow up the imitation. Of course, I loved the Corrari much better than the Testarossa.

[@KZBPCCAIIK]

I think the trunk of a Ferrari Testarossa fits one less bag of potatoes than the trunk of a Daytona Spyder 😂

[@mic2cam137]

Beau 🤩 travail 🤩👍👍💫

[@bobsmoot8454]

Good history

[@ruthresetar5940]

The Daytona was my favorite.

[@retrosniperrus]

Eddie Kaye face always reminds me Manny from Scarface

[@shootfirst2097]

The fake Daytona still looked the best, IMO

[@ykjiohuct7677]

3:01 ,,Don't scratch it,, - Boom! )))

[@devonclash3993]

testarossa siempre lo ame

[@markmonroe652]

The Black Daytona was my favorite car of the two.

[@tanman7627]

I loved Miami Vice when I was a kid !!

[@Eric-steele]

God dammit I use to love watching this show. Kids today missed out. That launch they had was boss as well

[@rodgerjohnson3375]

I had a friend in that unit when it was first organized. They drove leased Chrysler K cars.

[@THEWOLFE-007]

Yeah the man in the White Lamborghini sez "Don't scratch my $100,000. car" when houses in my city had like a median price of $70-80 Thousand Dollars at that point in time!

[@constipatedparker5879]

Even if they're not genuine, those are some amazing replicas.

[@iliafigueroa4820]

They are real. The fake is at:

[@iliafigueroa4820]

5:24

[@detonator2112]

Never understood the long hair on Crockett in season 4 and 5. It was also lighter and didn't suit him at all. Well... that was the eighties and I guess it was mandatory LOL.

[@carlosgutierrez3968]

I remember watching that Daytona being blown up on the reruns

[@gavinvalentino6002]

1:57 the manual Ferrari V-12 sounds very much like an automatic Chevy V8.

[@rickastley2308]

You can see GENUINE Daytona in the pilot, just for a few seconds. Scene with Don Johnson and Mykelti Williamson before "Somebody's watching me".

[@jayanxiety]

Most non-fans will point out how Miami Vice was "unrealistic" by having the cops drive Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other luxury cars that no cop would be able to afford. They fail to see the fact that these vehicles aren't actually theirs, but cars seized in drug busts and used for "official" reasons!

[@doughaas9007]

And the Testarossa was black when vice confiscated it .

[@jayanxiety]

@@doughaas9007 Ever see Cannonball Run? That Lamborghini got a repaint while driving!

[@doughaas9007]

@@jayanxiety Wasn't that the one with Adrianne Barbeau in the Lambo ?

[@jayanxiety]

@@doughaas9007 Yes! They did a quick repaint in order to evade the police! So Crockett repainting his Lambo white isnt out of the realm of believability, at least by Hollywood standards!

[@MIAMI.VICE-CROCKETT.MADRID]

The best the testarrosa

[@benhartart9487]

3:55 the guy that shot a missile into the Car also played the Lead in the Film The Lawnmower Man

[@63bplumb]

There a Huge flea market in Ft Lauderdale, FL that has a sizable building of shops. In the center of the building there are several cars including the Testarossa. It's been a long time since I've been there. At the entrance of the building are line of super cars the guy that owns the flea market rotates. Nice

[@julioarruda4379]

Miami vice expetacular seriado oss

[@zurnie]

So, the Testarossa had a similar problem to the original Miura. In the Miura when you pegged the brakes, the fuel in the carbs would slosh forward and starve the engine.

[@theodoreschlimme8696]

8:02. I'll take that Mercedes 300sl over anything. Elegant beauty.

[@deborahrowland4264]

I lived in Miami in the 80s I was downtown, at the time of shooting a scene, I saw Don Johnson. from a distance, He was standing near the court house.

[@ismailmarhfour4720]

that base tho

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

He had to give up the Daytona because it was shot in Miami. 😜 Now, you did miss one; the white Trans Am or whatever it was, in the chase scene where he met Tubbs.

[@EagleTwo758]

Camaro

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

@@EagleTwo758 Thanks! I was sorta close... 😁

[@j.poppema8210]

They’ve used 2 white countaches in the scene. Different backlights. I’ve noticed that when i saw the episode in the eighties

[@christophertmunro4503]

Fun fact: As a result of using a Testarossa in the series, Ferrari gave Don Johnson a gray Ferrari Testarossa for himself.

[@rustydemz7919]

Everybody went crazy over the white one and I thought that was the worst one really. lol...

[@joeday4293]

I preferred the Daytona too, but you must admit, a cocaine-white Testarossa is the most Miami car possible.

[@mccrackenphillip]

What about the Berlinetta Camaro ep 1

[@DM-co3rh]

Yup! They totally overlooked the white Camaro that Crockett drove when he first met Tubbs.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

0:42 the best part about that scene was the engine sound and music. Without it it ain’t half as good

[@nikkiidol22]

I was 49 years old when I found out that Ferrari was not a Ferrari...lol

[@obryan240]

The tail lights changed on that countach during the chase with the Daytona

[@machinadiabolika]

the testarossa (the two) were delivered in black you can see her in the episode with Liam Neeson then painted white... the most beautiful car in the world :))

[@mccrackenphillip]

What about the berlinetta Camaro used in Episode 1 I wonder what became of it

[@bsidenbend]

My guess, Crockett dropped off Tubbs parked the Testerossa, and then handed the keys to an airport cop and told him to call Castillo. After that he hopped a flight to see Caroline and his son.

[@AdamG1983]

I like how they could only sell Crockett in 1979 was having DJ wear a hat. Nobody had spiked hair like that unless they were in a UK punk band.