The Cars They Couldn't GIVE AWAY

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Find These Sales Flops For Sale On AutoTEMPEST - www.autotempest.com/s/YxPHg3 Which one is your fav?!

[@slimshaddy4047]

What's crazy is that people were unwilling to spend$300000 back then but they want to buy one now at $1000000

[@josephj807]

True but, inflation.

[@sandiswashange7070]

The LFA, the Viper and the Guilia deserved more love and recognition. Man, I love the Guilia. Did the Kia Stinger GT get love?

[@3v4761]

Acura missed out on making an NSx type R....all they had to do was remove the electric motors and batteries plus add 40hp on a slightly stiffer chassis........it would have cost less than the type S to build at the same time charging more for the limited production numbers😂😂

[@briankim6148]

Tell me you know nothing about engineering, without telling me you know nothing about engineering lol thats cute how you think its that simple to create a new car, or even a variation of a car lol

[@pastperformance2285]

Most seem to have a price point resistance in common! A couple, I really like and one answers the question that nobody asked. That Subaru!

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Viper!!!! I would’ve bought one if I had had money at the time. I still would…if I had money.

[@criticalevent]

It's interesting how flops for manufacturers often turn into collector cars that generate more than double their original MSRP on the second hand market.

[@giojohn9807]

Good cars flops are good because the less and rare examples there are the more valuable they become

[@criticalevent]

@@giojohn9807 They don't even have to be good, Pontiac Aztek for example :)

[@samrosen9823]

The NSX was way ahead of its time. Now twin turbo V6 hybrid supercars are very common. Artura, 296, MC20(not hybrid but V6). It was also blisteringly quick even for today’s standards, and objectively good looking. Hindsight will do this car very well

[@Michael-H23]

Sad the SS was tough quietly a dope car... the Ford foucas rs was dope but Mark ups killed it... great video

[@GDAWG.]

The LFA only flopped because of its price. They were losing a fortune on every one that sold too.

[@criticalevent]

As a true halo car should :)

[@gimoyjoseph6584]

The LFA may have flop but now they are a gem in the car world worth over a mill now

[@FENIX-527]

Not at all, the LFA normally goes for around 680,000 the lowest prices you'll find are around 480,000 and the highest you will see is around 920,000 the car definitely doesn't go over a million

[@GDAWG.]

@@FENIX-527still goes for around double what it was priced at initially.

[@FENIX-527]

@@GDAWG. True

[@gimoyjoseph6584]

​@@FENIX-527the LFA Nürburgring sold for 1.8mil

[@user-nifinei34jd9]

​@@FENIX-527Nurburgring Edition is well over a million. Bring a trailer sold Nurburgring Edition for 1.6 million back in 2022. $1.7 mil in 2023. Even normal LFAs are selling for $800-900k. Please find me one for $480k.

[@gdanny5]

I used to sell Alfa Romeos at a dealership. Never even heard of it until I worked there. I like the drive and feel of it but I had multiple clients say they hated it after some time. Per factory recommendation, you have to change the timing belt at 30k miles. That’s just wild to me. I grew to hate them. Extremely overpriced too

[@robertborne895]

SVT Contour was a great car with an awesome sounding engine. Handling was great, even if they had a pain in the butt hard size to find tire. And if they would have come with the 3.0L upgrade (taken from a donor Taurus), it would have been worth the extra cash.

[@dsd174]

Can you explain how the TT was a flop having three generations over 25 years, that sparkled a flux of affordable sporty, stylish coupes in the car industry since its release and helping fight back the SUV craze in this period? Being fair, it wasn't a bonkers car in any aspect, it was built as niche car (imagine selling a 2+2 car for families), often a second or a single person's car, but it was constantly and positively compared to other entry level sport cars from Porsche, Mercedes, BMW and even some Alfa Romeo and Lotus of its time. All that said, it has sold more than 660.000 units in its run. Where's the flop in that?

[@criticalevent]

Probably because Audi just killed it due to poor sales. The most recent examples will definitely become collector cars. The R8s even more so.

[@agrippa1234]

My son looked seriously at a Focus RS new. All you stated was true, huge markups (at Pierre Ford in Seattle, what a slimy dealership known locally as the place to go when your credit sucked), credit app just to drive it (though my son is financially successful so he demanded to drive one without the credit check which they finally agreed to. Fifteen K over list at the time which they refused to budge on). End of story? He walked away and about two months later they offered it to him at list (oh boy!) and not soon after under list and would not stop calling him.

[@CaptainCJ97]

3:27 i don't even remember this car

[@bodieb1233]

Always enjoy your vids and also learn something. It all makes sense. My biggest disappointment is that BMW-Supra. Hope the Celica is ALL Toyota.

[@violetturner9248]

@IdealMediaChannel Mercedes R63 AMG!! Same 6.2L V8 in the C63!! AWD!! They didn't sell well and now they can be had with 60k-ish miles for $25k-$35k, depending on how picky you want to be!! They also didn't make a lot of them, so there might be a future in collectability!! Sounds Ideal!!

[@Slkguy230]

Bondurant race driving school used SVT countour's as entry level training cars at Sonoma raceway in California before moving to firebird raceway in Arizona.

[@monkeyboy8115]

370z a flop???

[@businessbunni8423]

Viper was and IS the fastest manual around the nurburgring and it looked amazing, idk why it didn't sell

[@criticalevent]

I know they were incredibly expensive to insure near the end, people who could afford to keep them on the road started looking at cars with more prestigious badges.

[@leroybryant619]

I had Ford Contour SVT my mom gave me in college. I wish I would’ve held on to it

[@nickphillips2125]

In my opinion: the NSX was... almost... perfect. Except, as you said, it was over-priced, Honda/Acura missed the boat because of the retail price, could have sold for less money and still made a profit ~ more importantly though, could have created its own niche sorta' like what GM did with the Corvette

[@giojohn9807]

Most cars in this video Failed because they were too expensive for what they offered compared to other cars at the time. Sure the LFA is great and all but 300K when you could buy something faster for less The NSX was an expensive disappointment because people expected something else The Viper is a legend and one of my dream cars. But only 640 BHP for the price when you could get a 707 BHP Hell Cat for less. Perception matters the most when it comes to sales. All these cars although in the video were better than competition even though they had less power but that wasn't enough to sway people and justify the price

[@BroVCam]

This list is painful but so true..... 😢😅✌🏽❤️✊🏾

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Its didn't need a digital tech meter was a marketing stunt , Jason Camisa proven it with the Gordon Murrays T.50

[@michaelschmitter8725]

I have a chevy ss. And its cammed and i love it

[@GrandmaKeith]

You forgot about the Dodge SRT-4

[@mikemaloney2949]

Loved my Caliber SRT-4. Fairly cheap, but maintenance costs were crazy. One year I needed new brakes twice! But the clutch lasted until I traded it in at 142,000 miles.

[@DonMegaPLP]

If they would have watered down the tech and luxury (make it cheaper) of the LFA, changed some body panels, put a turbocharged 6cyl in there (probably their V6) and called it "Supra" - it would have sold like hot cakes. Look what it did with a BMW. GTRs are selling at a price point above 100k. I can't imagine that they couldn't slim down the LFA and reconfigured it to a Toyota and keep it under 110k

[@averycalderon3917]

Heres an idea, lets gets some of our besy engineers and make some of the most high tech, luxurious and best looking cars of our time.... during the silent depression and dieing economy

[@Stormtrooper_Accuracy]

I've seen enough QuintonTv to know the Viper @0:29 is not a gen 5. It's a gen 3 or 4, hard to tell without seeing the hood.

[@shikarbabulall3897]

You pay that much for an Audi Lamborgini and a VW Porche I'm surely you can buy the Lexus LFA for that price , why not

[@falconinflight6235]

Good job

[@baramor_2684]

Imagine a car being considered a flop and I still can’t afford it😂

[@Gh0stly_n0t_Foun5]

Can you credit the dude for the vipers short at 0:38

[@t-roy2418]

I’ll take 2019 Chevy SS…PLS

[@criticalevent]

They should have just called it a Commodore, and the G8 a Monero, and kept the Holden grills. People were familiar with those from Top Gear and I know I wanted a Monero from the moment I saw it.

[@TraIsKind]

2:27 AWD LFA? EXPLAIN!!!🤣

[@brightsons8733]

Because Toyota owns Lexus why u may ask they made Lexus’s cuz they wanted to make something luxury’s hope that helps.

[@TraIsKind]

@@brightsons8733 Lol I know that, I was specifically asking about the AWD part, because these cars are RWD from the factory.

[@brightsons8733]

@@TraIsKind o my bad

[@TraIsKind]

@@brightsons8733 You’re good

[@bigboy6969100]

The new Gr corolla is selling and the Supra

[@gabepettinicchio7454]

The problem with all of the car's mentioned is that they have been ridden like a rented mule ... As your video suggests!

[@LuckyQuadrifoglio]

all of these you will find on the island of floptropica, along with the chevy chevette and Plymouth neon

[@DominikQuesnel]

And the Dodge Avenger and neon

[@LuckyQuadrifoglio]

@@DominikQuesnel the dodge neon is the Plymouth neon

[@DominikQuesnel]

@@LuckyQuadrifoglio I know I've never heard it referred to as a plymouth

[@rubiconned]

SS - it’s a bloody Holden commodore ffs, give it some credit

[@bobboy5508]

Well I thought my car may end up here. The Cadillac ATS-V. They didn’t sell. Or I’m not sure if it was on purpose that Cadillac only made 2100 of them. From 2016 to 2018. And it was a mix of sedan and coupes. In 2017 they only made 579. I don’t have an exact number on how many were coupes and sedans. I have a sedan 8 speed automatic. I bought in 2017. In 2019 they only made coupes. 300 of them. Now it’s been moved to the CT4. And you can get a V trim but not on par with the original V. The only CT4 V that is on level is the Blackwing. Anyhow I will tell you my ATS-V is a rocket. And the only one I’ve ever seen on the road. So I love having a car that is as fast as a Mustang GT or Camaro SS but not something anybody ever sees. I get looks to this day. Comments. I’ve been asked “what kind of Cadillac is that?”. Everybody knows the CTS-V. But not aware of this not so little brother.

[@johncarrillo518]

Should of given the vipers away for free at this point

[@cy_young_9104]

They can give me an LFA. I won’t mind.

[@dylan4972]

I had a mk4 RZ Supra. They are not that great really especially in stock form.....

[@ACLMSC]

I purchased a 5 speed in the 90's the car was beautiful inside and out. It was an awesome car. I couldn't go anywhere without someone asking about it.

[@dylan4972]

@@ACLMSC someone asking about your car doesn't make it amazing that's the F&F effect. Lots of people asked me about my RZ as well. It was slower than my MR2 didn't go around corners that well and was more of a GT car rather than a fun Japanese sports car. Not saying it was a horrible car just that it was very overrated and it's value was more around it's popularity rather than it being a fantastic car.

[@ACLMSC]

@@dylan4972 The car was amazing. Toyota put a lot of engineering into the Supra from the hollow carpet fibers to the aluminum hood (that flexed in your hand) to the unique dash layout. This was my dream car and I owned it before the Fast and Furious 2JZ hype took over. The turbo competed with top exotics at the time. To each his own but the MK4 was a special car to me.

[@davidjackson2524]

$375,000 for the Lexus LFA ? You could get a Bentley Continental for less.

[@erics8192]

Americans did like wagons in the 80s.

[@ShankayLoveLadyL]

Hey, hey, hey, hold on a second! LFA was a limited production car, and was already sold when others were still looking for it, hence the reason why this car is 1 to 2 milion today. Am I missing something, or what, because either i'm wrong, or you misleading the audience. I might be wrong, but this was one of the ending notes in the last documentary I've watched about Lexus LFA... this was a limited series car, not a mass production car.

[@FENIX-527]

The mark 5 Supra isn't a Toyota it's a BMW which means it isn't a Supra it's got a BMW engine BMW interior BMW drivetrain it's not a super it's a BMW

[@ACLMSC]

Right, it's a slap in the face.

[@Leon_Blade1]

If the person who messaged first did not watch it at 2x speed or click away they are still watching

[@TinoMiller]

Will never pay over $90K for a Lexus sports car .. NOPE !!!!

[@BeaglePops]

To be fair the giulia are sh$t, the Quadrifoglio is the only one that came with the Ferrari engines and those are all most headache free and coveted compared to the giulia that is.

[@Leon_Blade1]

7th

[@bigboy6969100]

That lfa was a flop no one like that car

[@tomnaron113]

First

[@9l65]

Get rid of th Mike and the screen verbiage, and your channel will be more watchable. It's annoying to watch.

[@garrettfun9440]

Yall really fell off😢

[@TinaKrack]

It is inspiring to watch your channel. Your videos are always filled with passion and energy. Keep up the good work!🌟🖤🛴

[@KateMacias-v6o]

Thank you for your hard work and effort. Your videos are a true work of art.🦜☄️🪖