10 Classic Cars They NEED to Bring Back

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to come back. back, or else. This is... - List D. - Before we move on to today's episode, I have to make a very special announcement. List D. And so, I, James Pumphrey, are now sponsored by Valvoline, but I have to admit, between you and me, I'm pretty nervous because when you get an oil sponsor, you have to do one thing very well, pour, and I'm not so good serving anything. (playful instrumental music) (coffee maker noise) (playful instrumental music) (ice noise) It's all yours. - Oh God! - It's really hard to see, but this is an incredible opportunity.

I mean, this is an automotive history exhibit, and if there's one thing that stands out about Valvoline, it's its more than 150-year automotive history. Now I can't let you down, I can't let my team down, I can't let you down or my country. It is time to train. First oil made for racing. First high mileage oil. First synthetic blend. They introduced motor oil to the United States. (groans) (liquid pouring) Your engine should have that good, fresh Valvoline. (exciting orchestral music) I am the most dynamic man in automotive edutainment today. And I was born to pour! (broken glass) - You got this, brother.

This is for all the kids who have ever dreamed of being a spokesperson for something. Hey, listen, nail that pour. What a man. (bell rings) - James is going to have his first drink of the night. The moment we were all waiting for. Tremor on approach. He is having some problems with the hood. Come on, James, I'm rooting for you. (James groans) Watch out, James! He is taking off his cap. He is tilting the bottle. And he does it! It is the most beautiful pour I have ever seen in my entire adult life! (audience applauding) - I just want to thank my family and my partners at Valvoline.

Nolan! Nolan! Now, back to the show. ♪ Whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ Plymouth Barracuda ♪ - We made a post on the YouTube community and this was by far one of the most requested. Some of you may not even remember Plymouth, much less the 'Cuda, but Plymouth was Chrysler's budget brand, hidden just below Dodge. Basically, the third-generation Cuda shared the exact E-body chassis with the Dodge Challenger. They basically had the same engines and everything, but the 'Cuda was marketed as a more economical car. Now Plymouth went bankrupt in 2001, six years after Post Malone was born, which is why the Plymouth PT Cruiser became the Chrysler PT Cruiser, so when Dodge brought back the Challenger a couple of years ago, people understandably , was upset because the old 'Cuda was left dead on the docks.

There is no catch and release here. They didn't even eat it. They just grabbed him and threw him there, fucked up. Then his eyes turned white and he stank. Then a group of children hit him with a stick. Today I saw a dead sea lion. But I don't bother anymore because I received a little proposal for my Mopar associates, and yes, I am affiliated with Mopar. Since the 'Cuda and Challenger were basically the same car, it wouldn't be difficult to bring back the 'Cuda and finally give the people what they want. Now, Dodge already has, without exaggeration, 13 different variants of the Challenger, so for this one to stand out, we'll have to do something a little extreme.

Our version will have no power windows, no power mirrors, no Hessian seats, where are my Hessian boys? A back seat that's one giant molded piece, like a police car, and the infotainment system is just a plug for your phone. You have to use your phone. There are speakers, but your phone is the interface. The only luxury in the car is a pistol grip shifter connected to the 392 (bleep) Pack V8 with the shaker hood. Naturally. Change the front to look like the original, put some gills on the sides and bam, bam, thanks, Margera, you've got a 'Cuda.

Please build this, Dodge, please. ♪ Whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ Toyota MR2 ♪ - This is another car that you and the girls in that post couldn't stop talking about, like that time last week when I shaved my beard and everyone thought I was different. person. I'm the same guy. I just look worse. (fun trumpet music) The Toyota MR2 is one of the most beloved cars in the brand's long history of making beloved cars. It is an affordable two-seater with a mid-engine. Literally the closest thing we have right now is the Corvette C8, which is a very good value, but still costs $60,000.

Now the Mr. 2 has been rumored to return for a couple of years, and the rumor is that the Mr. 2 could return as a hybrid or even electric. (upbeat rock music) Now listen to me. I think that makes a lot of sense. Toyota aims to launch a full line of electric vehicles by 2025, so what better halo car than the MR2? Basically, Tesla already proved that this platform was good with the original Roadster, which was based on a mid-engined Lotus. Guys, I understand why we are reluctant to accept things like this. Change is difficult, but electric cars are already faster than internal combustion cars and I want someone to make one that normal people like you and me can drive.

Unlike the Mustang Mach-E, this one has the potential to be an electric rebirth, an electric rebirth, that won't disappoint an entire fan base. No, no, this could be a revelation. ♪ Mercury Cougar ♪ - The number eight is another underrated muscle car from the past. The Mercury Cougar was the more mature and slightly larger cousin of the iconic Ford Mustang. Most muscle cars of that era were marketed to power-hungry young people who didn't care about things like being comfortable. (scoffs) But the Cougar was designed and marketed for an older customer. You may not have realized it, but the Cougar was around for a surprisingly long time.

I'm talking about 35 years. I'm talking about eight generations. The last Cougar was a far cry from its muscle car origins, fading like a front-drive cube, but the Cougar name used to mean something, so if they bring back the Cougster, it has to be much more. vascular than that front-drive bucket, but like Plymouth, the brand that built the Cougar no longer exists, so we have to make the Cougar a trim level for an existing model in the Ford family. Just like the original Cougar, this hobby cat should be very comfortable. What I'm saying is a mega-luxury Mustang, a Luxstang, if you will.

I'm talking ultra-premium leather from Lincoln, which Ford also owns, charcoal wood on the dash, air-conditioned massaging seats, and a magnetic suspension that would allow the Cougar to eat up miles on the interstate, and if that doesn't sound right to you , you're not old enough. The question is, what engine do you use in a gentleman's muscle car like this? Well, if it were up to me, and this is a fantasy, I would put the Coyote V8 in the Mach 1. Yes, I'm talking about putting an engine named after a dog in a car named after a horse in a car that It is named after a cat.

It sounds like the most dangerous turducken possible, but if that big fat puppy barks too loud for your liking, the 3.5 EcoBoost would be really nice too, maybe even adding an extra electric motor to the front wheels. This is my fantasy, guys. Also, why don't we go ahead and make this the four-door Mustang they keep talking about? (moans) It's my fantasy, guys. Do not look at me like that. But don't stop looking at me. That is, don't stop. Top this off with some old-school touches like hidden headlights and some seriously fancy wheels, and you've got a car you wish came out tomorrow. ♪ Honda CR-X. ♪ - This next car was technically revived, more or less, but a lot of people wish it wasn't.

The original Honda CR-X was a flat derivative of the Civic produced between '84 and '91. In just seven short years, the CR-X made a huge impression, much like Game of Thrones. Despite the car's humble appearance, the lightweight chassis and simple suspension made it feel like a go-kart, and not like one of those go-karts at a mini-golf place that hasn't been tuned since 1997 and is totally possible. You won't win if you're fat. I mean a good kart from Mario Kart Land. Damn Donkey Kong is as fast as Toad. They were slow on the straights, but they were fantastic, and Honda tried to alleviate the nostalgia with the CR-Z in 2010.

Now, today, people look down on the CR-Z, and I think it has to do with these four words . It was a hybrid. Even though the CR-Z came with a manual transmission, which is very, very good for a hybrid, many people didn't think the performance and driving feel were on par with the original, and the styling was. It was a little weird, it was a little weird, it was weird, okay, it's a little weird. It's not that weird, I'm a little weird. Now, that's not to say that the car doesn't have a small but very devoted following today, but perhaps it could have been bigger if it had a little more power, so how can we right this wrong?

This time we will call it CR-X. While the CR-Z was a spiritual successor, our car will be a direct sequel, like 2 Top 2 Gun. Just like the original, all a CR-X

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s is a flat-back Civic Si. Here is this crude render that the director and editor of this program, Max, put together. Tell me you wouldn't want to drive this. Tell me. Say it to my face. Tell Max's face. He would give it the same Turbo VTEC engine found in the Civic Si, connected to a six-speed manual transmission. Duh, duh, duh, duh. I think a little turbo could redeem that tuner credibility and make a resurrected CR-X a serious contender against similar weird hatchbacks like Nolan's favorite car, or my set of twins' favorite car, the Hyundai Veloster.

Do you know if The Straight Pipes are fraternal twins or identical twins? I mean, because they look a lot alike, but maybe not exactly the same? Nolan thinks they are identical and I think they could be brotherly but they look a lot alike. Let us know in the comments below. ♪ Lancia Delta Integrale ♪ - Lancia is responsible for one of the biggest, best looking and gnarliest little rally cars of all time: the Delta Integrale. The regular Delta was a front-wheel drive economy hatchback, but the Integrale was an all-wheel drive weapon. It's probably the number one car I would buy if you gave me enough money to buy any car I wanted, and I know I say it a lot, but this time I mean it.

So what is Lancia up to these days? Well, let's take a look. Oh, it's the Ypsilon or Yipsilon. The only company car for sale at the moment. Look at it. Guys, this company needs help and I have a recipe. Bring back the Delta, make it a somewhat boxy hatchback, retro but not too retro, give it four headlights and slap on the Albert all-wheel drive, maybe even an increase in power, and bing, bam, boom . Thanks, we're done. Our creation would fit perfectly on the starting grid of the World Rallycross Championship, and if Lancia doesn't have enough money to develop a completely new car, which is expensive, they should do what literally almost every other car company is doing right now: and join develop it with another person.

Partner with Mitsubishi and bring back a proper Evo. Hell, this car used to be called Evo. Is that a coincidence? I don't know, guys. There are no coincidences. I'm not even a real person. You invented me. All cars are for children. ♪ My Little Red Express ♪ - In 1978, the fastest American car from zero to 100 miles per hour was a truck. This truck also had one of the cutest names of any vehicle of all time. Little red express. So why did Dodge build a fast truck? Well, big V8 emissions restrictions didn't apply to trucks, so Dodge put a 360-cubic-inch V8 with a four-barrel carburetor under the hood of a Ram truck.

They put in a sportier and less practical side platform and installed the most emblematic modification of this model: stacked exhausts. They serve no practical purpose other than to look completely evil. This little red truck was one of the last factory hot rods of the '70s. It basically closed the muscle car era in Detroit. They sold less than 10,000 units between '78 and '79. Of all the cars on this list, the Li'l Red Express is probably the one most likely to make a comeback because Dodge loves building crazy cars like no other car company in its lifetime. judgment would approve.

While other companies are focusing on hybrid and electric products, Dodge is literally throwing a burnout party at the end of the world. Sometimes I talk to Dodge on the phone. I brought them in, told them that, and they said, yeah, yeah, we're going to throw a burnout party at the end of the world. Dodge already has plans to build the Ram TRX this summer, a 707-horsepower tyrant built to compete with the Ford Raptor, but I think they shouldmake a street version too, and what better nameplate than the Li'l Red Express? This is how I would do it.

I would take a regular cab and Ram 1500 short bed chassis. I mean, they already call it the Express. Coincidences, guys. I'd put a Hellcat engine in there. Create some side steps and give it those damn exhaust pipes. I'm telling you, it would pair perfectly with the TRX. Here you have the proof. Alright. Small Red Xpress. Everything is connected! Here's a rendering of the Li'l Red Express that our friend, Abimelec Design, made. He is sickly. ♪ Court that Chevrolet El Camino ♪ - This next one is so obvious I can't even believe I have to put it on this list of cars that need to be brought back.

What if you wanted the maximum performance of a car, but the practicality of a truck? What you get is what Australians call a Ute, and the most well-known Ute America has ever had is the Chevy El Camino. Introduced in 1959 and running until 1987, Elky is a folk hero. Despised by elitists, but accepted by workers. The Camino was an almost perfect concept. He's like the Bruce Springsteen of cars. ♪ I have the front of a car ♪ ♪ But I have the back of a truck ♪ Now, considering how angular Chevy's design language is today, a modern version of the '69 El Camino would probably be the most Chevy appeal.

Look, I know I've annoyed a lot of you Aussies over the course of the last few episodes, almost the entire history of this show, with my unforgivable mistake of calling Holden Maloo's bathtub a bed, but I'm still trying. to right that wrong, okay? And to do this, we will build the Elky in Australia. Open the Holden factory, stimulate the economy, you will have so much money you can buy all the roasted food you want. Grilled crab. ♪ Suzuki Samurai ♪ - I love jeeps. ♪ I love jeeps. ♪ There's nothing like driving a Wrangler with the roof on and also with the roof off, crawling over rocks and through creeks and streams, but there's just one problem.

Jeeps go beep beep, but they sure aren't cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap. Furthermore, they are now thirty meters long. There has to be a cheaper, dare I say, more delicate option for those who like off-roading. We have to get the Suzuki Samurai back, guys. We have to bring back the Suzuki Samurai. Say it with me, we gotta bring back the Suzuki Samurai, kid. In 1987, the Suzuki Samurai started at $6,500, just under $15,000 in today's money. They were minimalist, but well built. People weren't expecting anything luxurious. They just wanted to drive with the top down and shirt off and get off the road, and the Samurai was perfect for that.

Now, like the CR-X, the Samurai is back. Suzuki has the Jimny. It's very basic like the Samurai, it's cheap like the Samurai, and it looks tremendously fun, like the Samurai. It is also important to note that it is very small. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the Jimny is coming to the US anytime soon, which sucks. And unless Suzuki spends a ton of money updating the little off-roader to bring the technology up to speed, it will never get here, even if we wish it would. If you want to know more about why certain cars aren't allowed to be sold in the US, it's pretty infuriating.

Watch this episode of The D-List. In fact, it's our first episode about cool cars we didn't get in America. ♪ Ford Escort RS ♪ - Okay, this is going to be difficult, but I don't care because you need to come back. Ford no longer makes cars for the United States, okay? They killed the Focus, then the Fiesta in the US, and the only cars they build now are the Mustang and the Fusion. It sucks, but here's the twist. I'm not saying we bring back the Focus and the Fiesta. I'm saying they're bringing back another hot hatch that they killed years ago.

The Ford Escort. Back when rallying was crazy, Ford built a Group A homologation race car out of the Escort, the docile economy car, but they made a beastly version. This beast version was literally a beast. The Escort RS Cosworth was all-wheel drive, turbocharged, and had one of the most beautiful wings the world has ever seen. It never won a WRC title, but it did win hearts around the world before being replaced by the Focus, and here's how it would win it back. Ford had a turbo all-wheel drive rally beast in its stable until recently with the Focus RS.

Now we're going to take that, make it a two-door, give it a more aggressive fastback hatchback, and give it a swallowtail spoiler, like the Escort RS. Then we'll call it Escort and watch people all over the country make dubious financial decisions to afford the crazy profit margin this thing will have. Now I'm not saying it would be a success. I'm just saying it would be great. Like most of the kids I looked up to in high school. It's time for our number one pick of classic cars that need to be brought back. We had a lot of fun with this episode of The D-List.

It's like a fucking brain party, and if there's one thing that Max, Nolan and Joe and I love, it's a fucking brain party. So let's call an Uber and send this brain party home. In 1974, Dodge took on the Blazer and Bronco with its own loud off-roader called the Ramcharger. It was based on the Ram truck, had two doors and a removable roof. It was designed for fun and it succeeded. Dodge built the Ramcharger in the US until 1993, but versions were sold outside the US until 2001. Now, I'm no Jurassic Park scientist, but I think the formula is pretty simple.

You take a short-bed Ram, give it a long, removable roof, the (bleep) Pack 392, and all-wheel drive. Lift it up a little bit and put some knots in there. Bing, bang, boom, let's go off-road. Do you want to go camping this weekend? Alright, yeah, let me check my calendar, it's here. I'm available. We have a bit of an affinity for the term Ramchargers here at Donut. - Ramcharger. - But beyond that, we think it will be a very, very fun truck and that we will have a very, very good time. So, I don't know, if anyone from Dodge is watching, consider it.

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