Why Nobody Bought These

Just because a car is great doesn't mean it sells well. Unfortunately, some of the best cars ever were complete failures from a marketing standpoint! We put together 9 of the coolest cars that flopped in the market. RIP, this is the D-List.
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[@joeyparnell9573]

I had my first kiss in a contour svt ☺️

[@bruhnt5063]

Pinned and hearted, 0 likes and 0 comments like wtf Edit: _oh,_ *nevermind*

[@SoupyTofu]

xD I was here at 18:12

[@The_Room_Of_Arachnids]

Here before this comment gets popular

[@d.m.e.b.m.f7649]

What was his name?

[@rodneyjones1990]

Lol.

[@hurlah]

You nailed the Ford RS. I was actually looking to get one and the dealers in the SF bay area were marking it up almost 200% even before the car hit the dealer. At a dealer I got into an unintentionally heated argument when I said "well, for that price I can just walk across the street and buy a Cayman GT4". He said "well then do it". I did, no regrets.

[@johnsimon8457]

$50k is already in the range of “Buddy … with that interior? The Audi lot is just over there.”

[@sebastianromero420]

GT4? They’re marked up even more. Good luck finding one tho.

[@yuhmadorwah]

@@sebastianromero420 he already found one. He said he did, no regrets.

[@Lancr-jq2or]

Lol. U wonder if people read comments before commenting on said comments lol.

[@hurlah]

@@Lancr-jq2or yeah that's why I didn't answer. Even my only video on KZbin is me driving it around the racetrack lol

[@TheGardenSnake]

“If you wanna know more about hell read the Bible” 😂🤣 I wasn’t expecting that and it killed me

[@nhksam9203]

fr

[@chanceroberson7517]

Holy shit. Fancy seeing you here

[@markkindy8991]

I love that he sent them all to hell, the absurdity of it is why i watch every video with Pumphrey’s face in the thumbnail.

[@jarrodjohansen7925]

I was drinking a soda when he said that, Don of a butt, lol

[@IamMarkHoppus]

Nobody: James "If you wanna learn more about hell, read the bible"

[@SICMICKSIC6]

There is someone in my hometown that has a focus RS. They caught me marveling at it in the parking lot of Wal-Mart. The dude was excited that someone even knew what it was, all he had to say was "thanks man, its nice to get a reaction from someone for what i pad for it".

[@theapplepaul]

While it has its flaws, I will never forget my test drive in the Focus RS. The first right turn, it did something I had not felt before. Amazing. Ford should have kept this one.

[@harvardford8752]

the death of the Focus RS was incredibly unfortunate. the ST had a chance of survival, as well as the RS but the dealerships really fucked Ford over

[@peterlee5535]

It still did well in Europe as does it's successor :)

[@up0820]

Yeah it did well in Europe because it was being sold for the price it was marked at since it was just a regular high end Focus. You guys in Europe had these before we did, just like you had the Ford Escort Cosworth RS, which we never had in the states.

[@alexc9434]

I had an ST and then upgraded to the RS and it was not all that good. Super over priced for what it was. I don’t recommend it to anyone.

[@scottpaulhubbard8771]

What a fantastic fucking fantasy car the cozzie was you guys missed out on something else. But I have heard that you guys are living it up now 😂😂😂

[@DrMidnight-oz1rk]

The Ford Fuc us

[@DatBoi-xp7nf]

The vipers death was the saddest thing to ever happen to dodge Rest In Peace GOAT

[@Audfile]

If they bring it back make it much more refined and expensive.

[@julianc.6589]

o shit waddup

[@michaelb4415]

@@Audfile why do you want it to be more expansive? And it was refined enough. The reason it had low sales was the extremely poor safety, and that it was too similar to Corvettes, but worse. If they will ever revive it, it needs to be something revolutionary, or at least special. For example, electrical.

[@axelurgiles2909]

@@michaelb4415 or a V-10 lol

[@pauliewalnuts240]

Well see the new viper in less then 5 years. Its a Hybrid 3 cylinder "sport" suv with a low sloping roof line. I heard it actually makes glaciers freeze back solid and the regenerative braking grows kale and alfalfa. Rumored to be only $65,000 and have almost 130hp.

[@Th3R4junC4jun]

"- and it kinda had head gasket problems." All subi owner laughed at this one.

[@fabulousprofound]

At least focus owners only had to deal with one head gasket instead of two (and yes I had a Subaru that went boom 😓)

[@cabrones]

*laughs in subaru*

[@daeganj]

*laughs in I really want a Subaru and is okay with that*

[@pete_lind]

@@fabulousprofound Its just that Ford Focus RS Mk3 series production ended in 2018 , but its been a bit weirdo Ford model , Mk1 2002-2003 , Mk2 2009-2010 , Mk3 2016-2018 ... RS is a bit better than the normal top model , Focus ST , 2002 - present , now Mk4 . Now when Ford is investing $9 billion in to production plants outside US , to make electric and hybrid car models , hard to say if they make another Focus RS .

[@fabulousprofound]

@@pete_lind when Ford said they were going to stop selling anything that isn’t a suv or truck in North America (excluding the Mustang) I lost all hope for a new Focus-anything 😓

[@angelogagliardi6660]

I appreciate this style of video so much more. It's real, with no unnecessary fluff. Well done.

[@LuckyCharms777]

No unnecessary fluff?! You do realize James entire manufactured tryhard personality is fluff, right?!

[@notachannel7495]

Experienced the same "No, you can't test drive it," with an STI. I was young-ish (late 20's), but could afford it. Sales slug looked me up and down and declared, "Yeah, we don't really do test drives because people are hard on the vehicle." I was happy to agree that I didn't want to drop my hard-earned cash on something too delicate to test drive. I spent all of 10 minutes in that dealership, and it was 10 minutes too long. I ended-up buying a G37 X which the sales person encouraged me to open-up on the test drive. It was a great vehicle for the years that I owned it. Pro tip, car sales people - know your buyer persona.

[@nicknsb1064]

"It also had headgasket issues" Subaru Guy: Yeah, I feel that

[@FSXflyermaster]

It’s a feature

[@Lofi.z34]

Subaru at the service center for head gasket issues: "Oh that's normal don't worry about it"

[@FUNKOfilms]

I've never thought about this. Do Subarus have 2 sideways head gaskets?

[@nicknsb1064]

@@FUNKOfilms Eeyup. Very fun!

[@vernonmodglin5502]

2/2 of my subarus needed headgaskets

[@nb7466]

I love how marketing always makes a car that is for young people but priced it for retired people

[@Mggggssss]

*cough* Type-R Civic *cough*

[@HalfBreedMix]

Well, to be fair, most of the people who would be test driving it would just be doing so for $h!ts and giggles. By the time the 4th Ken Block wannabe gets done roasting the tires,,,,,,,,,,,, would you want to buy it ? The obvious solution would be to "screen" the potential buyers to see if they are actually serious customers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but now you have the PR nightmare of stereotyping people,,,,,,,,,,,, which funny enough, would probably end up with allowing test-drives to only the people who could afford it, but don't want it. The method I've been hearing about (like what they are doing for the Type-R Civic) is to have a customer do the test drive as one of the LAST things before closing the sale. This pretty much keeps out the riff-raff, but still depends on buyers basically being sold on the car before even setting foot on the dealer lot.

[@Shadowx157]

@@HalfBreedMix No, no, what they're talking about is not the ability to 'test drive', its the fact they make cars completely styled in mind to look/seem cool to young people, but then the *price* is so dang high only people at the end of their career's can actually afford buying it off the lot or like the top 25% of money makers. Which is dumb cause those type of people usually aren't car people and settle with an SUV or luxury sedan etc.

[@HalfBreedMix]

@@Shadowx157 Yeah, I get what you're saying. The problem here is that unlike making an animated movie where we can just change the art style, theme, and plot lines to cater to different audiences but still keep roughly within the same production budget; the hardware/software and R&D that goes into a car shoots the price tag up in a hurry. My parents would tell you that "Kids now-a-days want all the fancy stuff, back when I was in high school - college, just having a car that ran was cool enough". Yeah, yeah, I know "old people talk", but there is some truth to it; younger car people today are spec-sheet comparing,,,,, so up the price tree we go ! Subaru tried to find a middle ground solution with the WRX TR (and I think Mitsubishi had a similar Lancer) where it was a bare-bones car except for the motor and powertrain being the upgraded fast version.

[@FFM0594]

Thank goodness they did. Can you imagine how many idiots would have wrapped that thing around a pole and themselves with it?

[@AudreysKitchen]

The Chrysler Airflow history is cool, glad that was included Good list, cool cars. Nice video

[@Tallnerdyguy]

I had the contour svt for about 2 weeks before it was totalled from a street sweeper. The car wasn't in that bad of shape, but insurance considered it totalled because of cost to repair

[@jamieweeks1531]

Every UK viewer seeing the contour is like "wow that mondeo is sick"

[@freddie832]

hell yea

[@KG_Grandpa]

Not only UK, also Europe

[@jamieweeks1531]

Had no idea they were mondeo elsewhere do like a mondeo honestly

[@v6tex]

UK spec mondeo ST200 look 10000000x nicer, that rebadge is way too over rounded

[@lynpendry]

Every EU viewer*

[@DaveyKnavey]

One of my neighbors has an SS. I appreciate hearing it drive past the house.

[@StochasticWolf]

My best friend is in the market for one, he's just waiting for the right color with a manual.

[@sfsdfdsfsdf5068]

@@StochasticWolf import one from Australia they r everywhere here

[@LogieT2K]

Honestly just import a commy fron aus or nz they are all over the place here, they are gonan be worth alot soon too especially a genuine right hand drive one

[@davidvelazquez9473]

The Chevy SS is one of my attainable dream cars. I see one around my neighborhood in which the owner replaced the Chevy bowtie badges with the original Holden badges. I feel like I’m the only one who knows what those lion badges are.

[@LogieT2K]

@@davidvelazquez9473 thats a sin tho, if its lefthand drive it should have holden badges on it. Just as bad as all the bogans down here chucking bowties on theirs😂

[@GambittheGray]

First time seeing one of your videos. LOVE your delivery! Glad to have subscribed!

[@ready4sea301]

I would love a Chevy SS.. when I was in the Middle East I drove a Holden-made Chevy Caprice with a 5.7 L engine.. it was like a 4 door Corvette. It was governed at 230 kph (144 mph). I discovered this personally on a road trip through the desert. That was a fine car.

[@brentmcfield60]

“If you want to learn more about hell, read the Bible” -James Humphrey. 😂

[@pretzelmonkey3]

humphrey

[@samuelmoon2766]

humphrey

[@willpoirier8087]

humphrey

[@Idfkwhatimdoing]

Papa pumphery

[@small_SHOT]

humphrey

[@dontfallyoumighthurtyourse4694]

5th gen viper is my "Somewhat Attainable" ™ dream car.

[@Viper3048]

Prices are on the rise, better move quickly. Those that have them don't care to sell them.

[@GigaTechWolf]

Theres still Plenty of Unsold Last Gen Vipers

[@schmo7777]

My fiesta st is an affordable dream car for me lol

[@mashedt8rs290]

Same! I would love to have the first year viper, in my opinion its the best looking one!

[@Laedds]

Okay ?

[@chaseteter]

178mph in a 1963 Avanti. Whoever verified this has the brassiest of balls. The thought of hitting 90 in that car on those tires is scary enough.

[@sierra8451]

My husband has a Chevy SS and it's so much fun. What's funny is a few months after he bought it, the lady who sold it to the dealership saw him at a gas station and talked to him. Then a couple months later we were adding different dealership for other reasons and saw the exact same year and color for sale!

[@MikeDion94]

The viper's not only in hell...it's ruling it!

[@blackpanther300.]

You absolutely bet it is

[@nelsonruiz222]

😂

[@BigggyK]

And it’s drug a lot of viper owners there with it lol

[@jdraven0890]

Better to rule in hell than serve dinner in heaven... something something?

[@ballislife2121]

@@jdraven0890 makes no sense at all.

[@lawrencefearon6830]

LOL craziest revenge part of Viper lore is that those last Gen 5's, are appreciating in price. People realize that they may be the most visceral, mechanically pure sports car driving experience of the century.

[@raymonds7492]

And they are beautiful. Plus a couple of turbskis turn them into liter bikes.

[@pihermoso11]

probably the only sports car i know that has leaf spring suspension on the rear wheels... yep that's the viper, and probably no traction control too if i'm not mistaken...

[@lawrencefearon6830]

@@pihermoso11 adjustable strut/spring units at all 4 corners. Traction control standard with off switch. Gen 5’s got more refined.

[@raymonds7492]

@@pihermoso11 The C7 corvette hade leaf springs front and rear the viper has coilovers. The last viper (gen 5) was the first with traction control as standard.

[@robertplatt643]

The only times I ever saw a Viper in the wild were on a flatbed.

[@jaidenknight1160]

If I could afford an LFA, I’d buy it without question. Thing sounds beautiful. I had to settle for an LC-500. Planning to put an Artisan Spirit body kit on it as soon as it comes in.

[@MrGamingCookie]

"Settle for an LC-500".... My heart bleeds for you buddy! xD

[@MaestroDraven]

I used to cruise in a beautiful cobalt blue '97 Viper RT-10, and it's still my favorite driving experience to this day. Unfortunately, it lost something when the remodel came out under the SVT brand. It just wasn't the same.

[@biggabenne]

the focus RS being discontinued is heartbreaking, it's such an amazing car. really confusing move by Ford there.

[@droopyaguacat3185]

I mean they named a fully electric suv a mustang machine e... confusing? No, more like stupid af

[@DevinEMILE]

Not really. I live in KC. A reasonable sized city. Seen one RS ever. It’s just not a car people really wanted. It was marked up way to much. And for a Car Ford recommended 41,000 for a mark up makes it more expensive then a GT at some dealers. It was a very small group of people that actually wanted one and could afford it. And it’s hard to justify paying 41000 for a Focus . It was a great car just to pricy

[@OllamhDrab]

@@droopyaguacat3185 Still if I were in the market for an electric, that might be what I'd pick. (Possibly I'd debadge it though cause that's not a Mustang.)

[@recipoldinasty]

@@droopyaguacat3185 best mustang made in fords history tho, mustangs are well known shitboxes lol

[@TheShadeManGuitar]

Who wants to pay 40k plus for a focus?

[@Topshot_37]

The SS just makes me sad. I found out about it and fell in love with it. Noone ever knew what I was talking about and I had to defend myself multiple times that yes it is the SS not the trim. Breaks my heart

[@Garfield36900]

The LFA is amazing, the sound track it produces is one of the best stock sounds ever, right next to the 787B.

[@scorpiongt9378]

The Viper isn’t in hell, it’s in purgatory hoping it doesn’t get brought back as an SUV

[@eatsnowanddie]

Apparently its coming back this year, I'm hoping they can do better then what they did before they killed this b e autiful monster.

[@trav2404]

@TwinTurbo Ray I hope not 🥺

[@Mggggssss]

Viper suv? hmmm

[@blacksrt3791]

Everything is going gas/electric to eventually get everyone on the electric train. Instant torque is cool but I love that rumble

[@xmo552]

I hope to God the general public boycotts electrics all the way.

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

AHHHHH! It still hurts seeing the Viper dead

[@THESLlCK]

especially knowing that it's among the most dominant prostreet platform in the world

[@scope81]

Yap :(

[@tartaruszelus5473]

But also know it’s not the first time they stopped production of the viper Though with no srt it just gets more complicated

[@gameriot5823]

@@tartaruszelus5473 SRT is technically still a thing. It's just not its own team now. All the members of the SRT division are still working for dodge. they were just integrated into more projects. Such as the TRX, the trackhawk, and the wrangler 392. The SRT babge is still going to be used as well. FCA would be stupid to kill SRT

[@memes_6980]

It’s gonna come back. It has to

[@selanryn5849]

The Contour SVT sounds like Ford's replacement for my first car, the Taurus SHO. There's nothing quite like driving a way-too-fast version of a very boring sedan.

[@N4tur4lb0rnch1ll4]

I tried to read plenty of comments, but I might have missed some. I drive a Focus RS in Nitrous Blue. I wanted an Evo back in F2F times but when I actually was able to buy one I went for the RS (maintenance/better efficiency/...) and I have been so happy ever since. I'm even looking forward to some spray on the street to get it a tad more sideways on any regular day. The smile is there - since 5 years now. Otherwise, I love the content and your videos! Keep on going doing this informational and somehow weird stuff! :-D

[@anklesocks8553]

That LFA sound🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@whitechocolatethunder3078]

Me: Dad, do good cars go to heaven? James: The viper is in hell... Me: d...dad?

[@EBO47]

@Ken Norcott haha a cartpusher at my job was talking about dropping money on a new Saab car from a collector

[@wangxing994]

Or... from the hell, like the hellcat

[@predaxgamer6396]

@BroknWingedHawk 777 the lord has a collaboration with satan

[@predaxgamer6396]

@BroknWingedHawk 777 haha im joking bruh

[@VirtuallyMainstream]

The Contour SVT engine is the same engine that's in the 8th Gen Mercury Cougar. I loved my Cougar. It was my first car and it was so much fun.

[@jonanthonylosito2004]

The LFA, the Viper, the SS, the Contour SVT, the Baja truck, and that old Airflow are my favorites on this list!!

[@carywhozawhastit2024]

And you forgot to mention that Chevy dealers were incentivized to sell the Impala and Malibu when the SS was on sale. You had to ask for it and fight to see one.

[@kolinmartz]

They wanted to kill the SS. It was sold just to fulfill a contract. Producing x amount of cars from a factory before they could close it and turn Holden into a full time Malibu and impala importer. Of course they didn’t want it to succeed and necessitate that plant being open for longer.

[@octane613]

They also didn't want any of their own cars stealing market from the camaro and vette

[@haiUnderground]

@@kolinmartz nice to see someone else knowledgeable on why the SS is gone. I'll never understand why they never gave us the GTSR variant but they did for NZ and UK. I would take that over any dodge charger any day of the week

[@kolinmartz]

@@haiUnderground Sorry this is gonna be just me rambling on. I’m sleep deprived and it’s late at night. dodge is killing it in the performance full size sedan market right now. They’re the only one of the big three from Detroit even selling a sedan anymore. GM and Ford missed out on this. Chevy could’ve had another section to duke it out on the current horsepower wars brought on by nostalgia over the muscle car era. Excluding the move to cannibalize Holden in Australia, GM in the US especially pussyfooted and put the SS in the market while they already had a full size sedan in their lineup. If they really wanted it to succeed, the SS would’ve taken the Impala nameplate and they would have killed the Epsilon II LWB based sedan. You can also tell they wanted to have both a full size sedan that sips gas and a full sized sedan that has power because they also sold the Caprice to fleet contracts that required power and speed and was willing to compromise on fuel efficiency. And a full-size sedan that dips on gas is pointless anyways. You’ll get a car that sucks at doing both, CUVs get away with this because in the mind of the market they’re SUVs (which they’re not) that is fuel efficient. I got it. This is why sedans are dying. When you have two platforms that have the same performance (a sedan and a cuv), but one offers less practicality but doesn’t give you the performance that it trades off that practicality with, you’ll end up killing the lesser of the two products. This is why sedans are being killed over the cuv. You’re choosing between two vehicles. The compromise is supposed to be between performance and utility. But with one, they never give you the performance just all the trade offs in the utility department. This is also why fwd compact and midsize coupes died.

[@genesutton6383]

Vipers bite the dust! Ah hell no

[@SSj5Alan]

It’s been 4 years and I’m still kinda mad about the viper dying lol

[@DonLambJr]

Let's just hope they depreciate a bit, so we can enjoy them.

[@Hanzer-ns5bh]

I am still mad about Pontiac. It... never goes away.

[@MerrittGamez]

@@Hanzer-ns5bh when Pontiac closes a year before the Camaro returned smh a modern Firebird would’ve been the sheet

[@Gasolineworld]

@@MerrittGamez dodge should make a light weight challenger named the cuda

[@MerrittGamez]

@@Gasolineworld Dodge making a lightweight car? Good meme lol the Hemi’s power and their well managed pricing makes up for the boats they push out. If they didn’t make the Hellcat variants, they’d be known as the slower cars in they competition bracket. They’d need to make the body out of carbon fiber but, unless they put some beefy safety features in the cabin, every car accident would result in the Cuda driver under a tarp.

[@jackcoleman5248]

forgot to mention a big reason the viper wasnt bought was bc you needed premium insurance to drive it and it could only be sold to an age range of i think 30 or up, but that may vary.

[@CahlilWesson]

Well no wonder why ppl didnt buy it. They should do that for a couple more sports

[@shred1894]

Also you gotta remember that between 2012 and 2017 the economy was still struggling to recover from a minor recession caused by the War on Terror and the economic policies implemented during Obama's first term. When the economy is bad people won't spend money on 'luxuries' and things like 'fun cars'.

[@dionne681]

The Viper will be back as always. I worked at Conner Assembly in Detroit for 2 years. Production last typically 4yrs then gets discontinued 2 yrs for re-engineering. The 5th generation Viper was built for LeMans due to the high european demand on the track. The base started at $80K they never expected it to sell in high volume in dealerships. They generated good revenue from LeMans and international sales, they just decided to sell a cool street version of a supercar that was successful on the track.

[@possiblegames2953]

The Viper was a legend while it lasted. Legends never die.

[@emmanuelwil-jeff]

And legends are reborn so mabey in the coming years we'll get another viper *stares of into the sunset*

[@thebeardedgolfer9819]

Their drivers do.

[@sepg5084]

@@thebeardedgolfer9819 duh 🙄

[@possiblegames2953]

@@thebeardedgolfer9819 lol

[@FreezinFlamesGT]

@@emmanuelwil-jeff nah, let's hope it stays dead, unfortunately. Otherwise it'll come back as an electric or hybrid crossover. 😓

[@powera10]

Really wish I could have got my hands on a Chevy SS I can appreciate the Aussies affinity for power and spacious-ness

[@rezzomane1457]

best car i’ve ever owned, if you can get your hands on one

[@StochasticWolf]

You still can. My best friend is in the market for one, he's just waiting for the right color with a manual.

[@rezzomane1457]

@@StochasticWolf yeah but right now they’re a little pricy, at least the ones i’ve seen.

[@lupavo1738]

@@StochasticWolf Well he'll be waiting forever. What kind of color he needs? I mean literally all the ones on sale are in black and manual.

[@StochasticWolf]

@@lupavo1738 Na he will definitely find it, he wants a white one and almost got one but someone got to the dealership literally 30 minutes before he did and bought it.

[@jasonjuster8388]

I've got a chev ss 6 sp with suspension, cam, intake, exhaust n 550hp also sounds sweet.

[@1forddan]

Contour was sick!!! Specially when I saw the Mondeo in the BTCC in the late 90s

[@VasilyBuilds]

The contour platform finally got some recognition.

[@jeremyperraud1357]

I see you're a man of culture 😉

[@robcarle]

irrc they were pretty common in Europe , as the Mondeo. just to correct myself , they changed most of the car minus the underpinnings, because Ford

[@altergreenhorn]

@@robcarle Mondeo Mk1 wasnt really good but monedeo Mk2 was a good car

[@argxz4200]

@@altergreenhorn Ah a man of english culture

[@teejayb5902]

The Mondeo is still literally EVERYWHERE in Europe. It's basically a European Fusion. When I went to France it was like 1 out of every 3 cars was a Mondeo. I think they use only the Mondeo for their public taxis because they all were but I could be wrong. They're also manuals ;)

[@jeremystclair6709]

I got a manual SS a few months ago and it is awesome! Everytime I hit the starter button and it rumbles to life it just makes me smile.

[@225filmz]

That’s what Holden does to ya😀

[@jeremystclair6709]

@@225filmz and after that the sound of the Borla hooks you 😁

[@jesseraina1614]

The 97x aero was amazing. The trailblazer ss was sick but the Aero was a luxury version but same engine and handle almost as well

[@isaacshively6705]

I owned a Contour SVT when I was 18 and I also won a 5.0 Pace Car Mustang from the DAV while I owned it that ran a 11.2 in the quarter and Owned a 84 442 Hurst Olds that was too scary to drive so I sold it but the Contour was the funnest out of all of them... Something about a fast fwd manual car that people don't expect to be fast is a blast and recently thought of buying another one but I owned mine in 2000 and now they're really old so it's not hard to find one but hard to find in good shape to warrant the price

[@Guamboyshuugaful]

My dream car was the Viper, then I saw the price and now I love my Camry

[@wrench4203]

Bro took a 180 really went from a viper to a Camry

[@tommurphy4307]

good choice- V6 camrys are the shit- right? and you might be able to still get parts for it in 10 or 15 years.....

[@eksentrysyti]

@@tommurphy4307 Hey, it might actually still be running 10 or 15 years without needing parts for it.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@tommurphy4307 My 2007 V6 camry has headers, exhaust and intake and it’s beating R/Ts from 40-60 rolls

[@EzraEpic]

Oof man. Camry is still a great car

[@eternaldarkness3139]

"Who would buy a car without even driving it??!!" Elon Musk: Hold my beer...

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

every ‘CARVANA’ customer. (not me.)

[@GigaTechWolf]

My Oldest sister bought a car without test driving

[@DarkMan2555]

@@jamesbulldogmiller Or other online dealers such as Vroom. My parents bought a 2016 Lexus GS350 at the end of 2020 for my Mom's new car

[@deraelevans222]

@@jamesbulldogmiller from their Website you get 7 Days to return the An I believe a review I seen they even let you test drive it sometime before the driver leaves

[@warboyrb]

Fools born every day.

[@aaronHthelastharbor]

I owned the Contour it was my first car, I loved it so much, no one had any idea how fast it was, so much fun.

[@nevoyu]

I've been falling in love with my forrester so the Baja is quickly becoming a dream car of mine.

[@VCGConstruction]

Pretty impressed that the Ford Contour SVT was part of a list that also included the Dodge Viper!

[@unkulwilly]

it was basically the ford mondeo st200 for American

[@christianb1134]

That engine for the ford contour svt was made by porshe just straight up porshe engine basically ina ford contour lol

[@charlesanzalone5846]

My sister has one mint with 24 thousand miles on it ,fun car to drive

[@eriks87cam702]

The contour svt was bad ass and more reliable than a taurus.. but shit.. ever drive the taurus s.h.o..? These cars arnt advertised ... But these dealers have great mid model cars if you can afford it...kind of like the new dart... Look that car up.. that too model srt or what ever has over 300 heurspers...in that tiny shit...

[@MrEvtmazda]

Good cars. Terrible to work on

[@riverswing2502]

That RS story still makes me so sad almost 3 years later, I wanted one so bad.

[@sirloin4372]

Just because it’s discontinued doesn’t mean you can get one. Now you can buy a used one and not fork out over 40k!

[@Scamuel31]

Come to the UK we have loads of them!

[@RSKev]

I know, but used market it much better! I just picked one up

[@kwbalance108]

Nothing stopping you! Think about it this way, you can get one more that already had the head gasket issue addressed

[@TK-zw8xe]

I wouldn't say "Nobody bought" the RS, fairly sure they sold everyone made. I have a 2017 and bought it used in 2019. Has a small oil weep from the head gasket change though but not enough to need to add oil.

[@sannyassi73]

Saw an LFA out in the wild a couple Weeks ago. Beautiful Vehicle!

[@DanArnets1492]

Pontiac GTO, G8 and the Chevrolet SS (all left-hand versions of the Holden Commodore SS) were all AMAZING CARS and they failed to sell every single time

[@LuckyCharms777]

Whaddya mean, I’ve seen about four Pontiac GTO’s in the last two years with the most recent one being today. 😂

[@DanArnets1492]

@@LuckyCharms777 - They flopped, no discussion, that's why they kept changing the name despite being just different gens of the same car

[@LuckyCharms777]

@@DanArnets1492 I was joking. My comment supported your point.

[@mannoxv8500]

I rewinded the LFA sound part 5 times

[@shred_zed1]

I said this on another comment, but this was my poster car as a teenager. The TV commercial with the exhaust note breaking the wine glasses was a thing of pure beauty and sold me forever.

[@SumoPoweredAlanLi]

LFA's sound is dubbed as "Angel's roar" (天使の咆哮, Tenshi no Houkou) by some Japanese car media.

[@tray6441]

@@shred_zed1 Dude, that is the only car commercial that's been burned in my brain from my childhood. That's literally what got me into performance cars lol

[@Johnnyynf]

That engine is absolute instrument

[@j.p.robinson1343]

I vaguely remember from an episode of Top Gear that Toyota partnered with Yamaha (manufacturer of both motorcycles and instruments) to develop the exhaust sound. So that's one of the reasons why that sound is so intoxicating!

[@Mikejones4five]

I bought an acura legend with out driving it, still my favorite car till this day

[@marshalldcarpenter]

Honestly, imo, it's the only Acura that was really worth being called an Acura. The Integra was cool, but it's a rebadged civic, NSX was too short-lived. They started getting it right with the RSX/TSX, but the legend is... well, a legend.

[@moonman_8935]

281 330 8004

[@dr.science_0177]

@@marshalldcarpenter tf you talking about. It's a Honda

[@aaryeshg.6526]

@@dr.science_0177 US only had them as Acuras. Not everyone from US knows their exact car existed in other markets. It's the same with the Ford Contour which is a Ford Mondeo for the rest of the world. 🤣

[@dr.science_0177]

@@aaryeshg.6526 I know. The way he said it is as if it was a whole different brand when in reality it's just a Honda like Lexus to Toyota

[@richardm5664]

The Contour as the Mondeo was a lot more successful here in the UK. The V6 version was the ST200 could also be had as a hatch and wagon, in a brilliant dark blue colour. The saloon/sedan version also looks a LOT different at the rear and is far more uncommon vs the hatch.

[@stevenbean9706]

i had one of those 9-7x aeros the suspension was junk we actually swapped it with a non air suspension from a blazer cause it kept draining the battery pumping up and dropping down. its still on the road with nearly 350k miles

[@rodrigogutierrezreyes4702]

"If you wanna know more about hell, read the bible" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adampaseur1190]

See that’s the thing, the Bible still doesn’t say a lot about hell

[@diegotorres1194]

@@adampaseur1190 it does you just have to look for the scriptures that do the thing is most people don't want to read about that

[@onemorething8175]

@@adampaseur1190 Did you know that the Person who talked about hell the most in scripture is Jesus? Google it. It's true.

[@Arexion5293]

The funny thing is, there is no Hell in the Bible. There is an explicit mention of Sheol, loads of references about Gehenna, but none about Hell. Hell isn't a Christian concept originally, but over the years it slowly became one, presumably due to medieval Catholic church. The religion ended up taking ideas from other surrounding cultures over the years anyway.

[@Arexion5293]

@@onemorething8175 He's actually talking about the concept of Gehenna, while the later translations changed it to Hell as the later versions of Christianity had made it a part of their belief despite it not being part of the Bible or the belief overall.

[@tonyl7286]

"Who in their right mind would buy a car without driving it?" Hoovie: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.

[@faithinhisblood777]

Are you tired of this world and the way you're living? Believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be saved! This is the Gospel of your salvation 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: You can give your life to God right now. Repent for your sins, trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life. Have faith and say this prayer. "Jesus Lord I know you shed your blood and died for my sins. I know you were buried, and you rose again on the third day. Please forgive me for my sins. I give my life to you Lord. Thank you Jesus for saving me. Amen."

[@xXSQPRXx]

I'm embarrassed to admit I bought an e46 with manual and only drove it after I bought it because I didn't know how to drive manual lol. Never making that mistake again

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

@@xXSQPRXx I bought my first E39 manual at an auction without driving it. It turned out fine. It was the only car I ever bought without test driving first. It turned ok.

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

A good laugh

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Tesla Owners?

[@steve11211]

The Ford Contour SVT is basically the Ford Mondeo ST 200 in the UK where it became very popular, in fact it helped launch the ST name which is still big and used in at least the UK with the ST and ST-line which is equivalent to M3 and M-sport, first one is performance, second one is a lot of the sporty nature, bucket type seats, harder suspension, aggressive styling but with a more modest engine.

[@thomasrudge]

I think the Contour SVT was sold as the Mondeo ST200 in Europe. Ours wasn't scrapped and we ended up with the Mondeo ST220 up until 2007. They kept creating the Mondeo after 2007, but ST was relegated to a trim level.

[@MrGummybear925]

“A real man, I grew all this corn”😂😂😂

[@criticalevent]

"Who in their right mind would buy a car without driving it?" Looking at you, Tesla buyers.

[@jamslam5641]

I bought a Lexus GS without test driving first. I am so glad I loved driving that car or else I'd have made the biggest mistake.

[@broadside8326]

Tesla...lol. people just eat everything someone throws at them...🤦🏾‍♂️

[@randymiller1610]

You can test drive Teslas, at least I have anyway. I went to one of the displays they had in the mall and they had a couple of them parked in the parking garage specifically for test drives. It won't be the exact car you purchase, but it's the same model.

[@criticalevent]

@@randymiller1610 You can't test drive the one you're buying, and since they can't even manage to fit two fenders the same on the same day,t hat's important.

[@randymiller1610]

@@criticalevent Fender alignment isn't generally what a test drive is for. While test driving the specific car you are buying is important to people like you and me, for most people that would never push the car near its limits they would never be able to tell any difference in driving experience between one car or another of the same model. For a normal person, test driving a random Model S is just as good as driving a specific Model S.

[@johnniemiec3286]

There is actually a really cool piece of art from the '60s based on your throwback entry. It is called "Profile Airflow" and it is one of my favorite pieces in the Detroit Institute of Arts collection. There are several copies, other museums have them

[@allisonlane1102]

One that I'd add to this list is the 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO. Fantastic car, great handling, but ultimately killed by several years of delays that meant it was out of style when it dropped (especially compared to the 'just debuted' Ford Mustang of that year. On top of that, Like the Focus RS, dealers didn't allow people to test drive this car, and GM never really put much publicity into it. But it was freakin' awesome. You could get a midnight purple one... WITH A MIDNIGHT PURPLE LEATHER INTERIOR. IN 2004! You could also get a black or red one with a red interior, and a blue one with a bright blue interior. They were genuinely ahead of their time, but GM doesn't know what to do with exceptional cars, clearly, so here we are.

[@eightymopar]

the gto was basically the same car as the ss. they were both based off of the same holden models and rebaged as GM products. one was a coupe the other a sedan version. otherwise same car

[@Apathesis0]

I own an 04 6 speed GTO. Would definitely buy another one. Fantastic car.

[@rockntrucks9614]

On top of that Pontiac just wasn't the legend it used to be, they started the muscle cars with the gto, and they were beat at their own game by the 70s if I'm correct

[@dannydaw59]

I always thought that it looked too much like other cheaper Pontiacs. There was no retroness to it like the Challenger or Camaro.

[@LoadingScreenPro]

Can't call something dead that was revived. And since 2004-2006 was an attempt to bring it back that failed, the GTOs technical death was in 1974 after almost 10 years in production. Hardly flop.

[@rayheatley9910]

A friend of mine let me drive his 1962 Avanti way back in 1965. It was one of the fastest cars I have ever driven. I don't know if it was a reliable car but it was fun to drive. It made me realize how long it takes to stop a car that is moving at about 150 miles an hour.

[@crazboy21]

Feels nice knowing I've done some work on avanti's. The guy has the biggest Studebaker junkyard in Texas

[@MartinAston00]

Yeah… I didn’t even know about the SS until years later ! They are pretty dope too

[@rodinas4477]

US: ford contour EVERYWHERE ON THE WORLD: Ford Mondeo

[@tommitcx5463]

F O R D M O N D E O S T 2 0 0

[@billycole852]

Ford is an American company...

[@SHEIKTARIQ]

@@billycole852 yOu DoNt saY

[@Coltsmith101]

@TwinTurbo Ray no, the fusion came first, so the mondeo is a fusion

[@Coltsmith101]

@TwinTurbo Ray i know, I live in Europe🤣

[@blakejackson35]

I was going to comment LFA then he mentioned it dope

[@blakejackson35]

OMG YOU HEARTED IT HOLY MOLY IM A HIGE FAM THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@thenewdislikebutton]

Go hawks

[@shred_zed1]

The LFA was my poster car growing up. Something about that car, seeing the commercials on TV of the exhaust note shattering the wine glasses. Man that was a thing of beauty.

[@user-os1fq8zk9c]

Chubb

[@malishaba4797]

Lfa is faster than the gtr its tested now make potato chpis whit ur gtr😴

[@robertaBooey69]

I always wanted one. Turbo all wheel drive and room for my outdoor gear. 11:42

[@stephenburn8472]

An 05 Subaru Baja was my first car, I still have it today and wouldn’t trade it for anything, those things really grow on you.

[@matts1166]

Are you pumped that Subaru is bringing the Baja back? More pickup, less car this time. Trying to compete with the Ford Maverick.

[@superninja252]

Fun Fact NASCAR Minor League Division aka ARCA Racing Series still use bodies based on Chevy SS on their Chevy Model Cars, so in theory, the SS is still kinda alive as a NASCAR Frankenstein

[@nickiucolino]

I’m pretty early, but I just wanna say that I love this channel. Watching everyday is the highlight of my day. Thanks donut

[@Donut]

Thank you, Nick!

[@mclarenspeedtail8988]

@@Donut hi

[@SplitCascade250]

@@Donut awesome videos

[@The_Room_Of_Arachnids]

@@Donut I love you too

[@bradonvelueta7117]

It's a cool show. All of the shows basically talk about cars in a different way. Bumper to Bumper kinda focuses on cool technology and innovations (Toyota Pickup and 380sx episodes), Up to Speed (discontinued) is a summary and history of a car, Wheelhouse is like car news, especially F1 stuff, Money Pit is a series about upgrading a Miata as well as some other stuff, D-List is talking about cars that have something in common, Science Garage (discontinued) is the science of car mechanisms, and Hi-Low (discontinued) compared really crappy upgrades to high quality upgrades on two 350z's. Those are the main ones that you'll see most often, although there are quite a few other discontinued shows.

[@bradpatterson1949]

Hey man from Australia.. we new by the time the vf commodore or your Chevy ss was released. Holden was dead in the water. That why us lucky owners of the last manual ss's are hanging on to them

[@thespiritualmadman5832]

1984 dodge colt turbo....number 1 sleeper of its time....loved that car.

[@stunna64]

The Viper, SS, and LFA actually made me cry

[@mase002]

Same. I thought the LFA would have better badged as the Toyota Supra and surprised it wasn't. Double disappointed when the actual Supra was released.

[@DonLambJr]

@@mase002 Hugely disappointed by the Supra as well. But I would love for the LFA to continue to go "un-loved"....right into my price range.

[@mikamika9781]

@@mase002 how is it a supra ??

[@bushidobrown2328]

@@DonLambJr the new Supra has a really good platform lmao but sure just be mad that it’s bmw

[@g1g3l]

@@DonLambJr Yet, sadly, the price has doubled and even tripled on the LFA. You won't see it un-loved into your price range

[@busbear6899]

“RIP SRT” rip to the second golden era of muscle.

[@superninja252]

@El CidFredo Flores They are killing second golden era of muscle beacuse now is focus on electric cars

[@EMFAudio]

@El CidFredo Flores Gas prices will DROP as more electric cars come to market. Less demand, greater supply, lower price. 4 cylinders have been making more power than V8's of old for years, it should be no surprise there isn't a demand for V8's either. SRT got killed because Europeans are in charge now and they recognize that the single digit percentage of sales from SRT products aren't worth the image of being wasteful and inefficient.

[@Deagers]

@@EMFAudio Everyone has the story wrong about whats happening with SRT and its actually kinda funny to watch. SRT isn't going anywhere, they just integrated the team into the main dev teams for the sake of linearity in design.

[@EMFAudio]

@@Deagers They'll go away when they change to 4 and 6 cylinders and people stop buying them because they think a V8 with a bunch of power is the only way to go fast and if it's not a V8 they don't want it. SRT cars sell on stigma only.

[@NumbaOne]

@@EMFAudio your wrong and right... It's the v8s Roar people love the most can't get that with a v6, 4 cylinder or electric, then the power is second I don't think I've even seen a SRT without a modded exhaust system everyone wants the head turning SRT V8 Growl.

[@HVYgrandrapids]

We had different names for the Contour (Conturd) and it's cousin the Mercury Mistake when I worked at in a Ford service department.

[@Berghemrrader]

You have a fan also in Europe. I love your videos! Greeting from Italy my friends!

[@JordanPayneLV]

“AIRPLANES?! EVER HEARD OF IT?!” Had me dying

[@johnramon5010]

Same I dunno why😂

[@bootska]

I love my RR ‘18 RS. The wife said my car had to have a back seat for the kids. And a hatch for the dog.

[@jackpalczynski7884]

The SS went on sales hold shortly after coming up for sale. So only a very few were sold, then nothing happened for the rest of the year.

[@hrdeville7502]

I do not miss my binder full of cds. You nailed that one.

[@THESLlCK]

The viper holds so many records it's absolutely INCREDIBLE

[@ulifehr5357]

Aka 1999 model has the BEST SOUNDING V10 EVER!

[@THESLlCK]

@@ulifehr5357 I meant the Gen 5

[@xxxxxtrxxx13]

@@ulifehr5357 Well, no doubt it sounds good but there are better sounding ones, LFA being one of them

[@ulifehr5357]

@@xxxxxtrxxx13 oh yeah love the LFA, but there was this one guy with some toned straight piped viper, man that was music to my ears

[@xxxxxtrxxx13]

@@ulifehr5357 That's serious stuff

[@bobwalsh3751]

And there's the whole issue of the LFA lacking cupholders.

[@furion..]

OK, thanks for that moment of outright laughter

[@jonnymac8925]

I can do without the cup holders in exchange for that exhaust note! Lol Edit: a side note after much thought and searching on an issue that should have left my head long ago lol. There are lots of cars without cup holders, lots of them being sport cars which does make sense when you think about having a cup with liquid in a vehicle that has the ability to accelerate rather fast, therefore sending said liquid flying around haha The Lamborghini Aventador, gen 3 RX7, Lotus Elise, Alpha Romeo 166, are among those that do not have them. Some Toyota Yaris' do have them, some don't. Lots of Porsches and Volkswagons don't have them and the Bentley Mulsanne doesn't have cup holders....but it does have fancy wine glass holders!! There is an oddly large amount of cars that don't have them, especially if they are pre 1995 which seems to be a date when most manufacturers included them.

[@waffles245]

just tape the cup to the steering wheel. free cup holder

[@mateusvin]

@@waffles245 There could be a problem when you're turning, but I like the way you're thinking!

[@digitalanarchist]

still a million buckaroos

[@psychokineticism]

ive always wanted a baja ever since i was a kid, something about them is just silly enough yet kinda cool

[@johnnyghoul8100]

The focus RS also had block problems between cylinders 2/3 because of a lack of block support anything over 400 hp and a hard launch would split those blocks like firewood

[@deangelosmith97]

The SS HHR, or as I like to call it, the Sssshhhhrr" 😂😂😂😭😭😭that took me out

[@InTheZone85]

it's basically the pt cruiser chevy edition

[@johnv.9408]

The only channel I will watch the ads for

[@lvvalleyrez]

Saw a cherry Avanti last year. Stunning design - at least 10 years ahead of its time.

[@BinManSays87]

That contour's a British touring car that made its fame racing all the sick Volvo's, Audi's and that way back when scope out the mondeo BTCC they look sick AF

[@themark443]

Fun fact about the LFA I learned yesterday: there's only one unsold LFA left in the world right now.

[@nwga.5327]

Do they finance lol

[@ned08089]

@@nwga.5327 yeah it’s on this expo website

[@jordanskene3243]

Fuck I really wish I was rich 🤣

[@chance9069]

I just looked and there’s a fuck ton

[@themark443]

@@hanledeezbars yep. a brand new LFA

[@zaamburancu2734]

“The viper...is now in hell” NOOOOOOOOO

[@itscrazyluke2237]

The viper is now the king of hell my friend!

[@dalewoods7308]

I wish I could afford one😢

[@RanaRandom]

Aww nuts

[@TheRPGentleman]

If you think about it, all cool things go to hell so the Viper doesn't stand a chance at making it into heaven. In heaven there will be Priuses and Corollas.

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

The French took over Dodge and cancelled the SRT division completely. No more fun cars.

[@dariendukes4875]

I pretty much knew that the Viper would be on your list; I wasn't expecting it to be number 1, though, I half expected to see the Ford Excursion somewhere on there

[@iprodigy6723]

Its funny about the viper in 2021 a list came out at our chrysler dealership showing what inventory other dealers had and there was 3 dealers that still had brand new vipers that never sold. And another that had a dodge dart they didnt even know they still had.

[@HllCat]

As a big Dodge fan I gotta say the Viper was the saddest one on the list and was the hardest loss to deal with of all the cars here. The 5th gen Viper was beautiful and I always preferred it over any Corvette.

[@eightymopar]

gotta hand it to dodge though. the govt was like hey, you have to add all these new safety features to your cars like everyone else has too, and dodge was like yeah no, we would rather just not make them anymore.

[@giovanni6643]

@@eightymopar i thought it had something to do with it's poor sales, manual only was clearly a terrible idea.

[@eightymopar]

@@giovanni6643 no it was govt regulations. They actually quit making them for 2 or 3 years i believe it was and brought them back as a "limited specialty manufacturer" to skirt around it. Thats when viper became its own brand like ram is today. It was no longer a "dodge". Also, anyone who wanted an automatic was clearly not the target demographic for the car. Thats not who they were going for. It was for people who wanted a true, stripped down bare bones street legal racecar. The 1st gen didnt even have ac or even glass windows or external door handles. Luxury was not the goal. Comfort and a status symbol was not the goal. It was designed as a pure, raw drivers car. Putting an automatic in it would have gone against everything on that it was.

[@giovanni6643]

@@eightymopar if the viper was genuinely intended to be a "street legal race car" it would've not only mostly have the same type of parts racecars typically have, had both an auto and manual at minimum, and been a 6-8 figure vehicle because of its parts and low volume. what the viper ended up becoming was little more than a manual only sports car that could become a manual race car after dumping god knows how much into the mods required to make it legal in whatever racing league it was used in that allows manual cars. regardless of if you think it was safety regulations it's low sales because of it being manual only was what killed it, the regulations were merely the hammer that drove down the last few nails.

[@BeeaReyoU.]

@@giovanni6643 the car was created by Caroll Shelby and Bob Lutz. Carolls goal was to make a successor to his cobra. The Viper was as pure as a sports cat can be.