15 BEST CARS EVER but they're all yellow

- I don't know what to do. I'm going crazy. I guess I'll continue making car videos. Why do you paint a car

yellow

? To give it some oomph? To make a declaration? So you can always find your car in a parking lot? What

ever

the reason, you can't paint just any car

yellow

. And on top of that, you can't use just any yellow paint. But if you do it right, you just created a legend. These are the 15

best

yellow

cars

ever

made. There's even a yellow conspiracy theory on this list, so stay tuned. This is List D. Before we start, we make these videos for you.

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way to know that we are doing a good job. Officially this episode is dedicated to you, Guy Fieri. In 15th place, the Dodge Viper in dandelion yellow. The first generation Dodge Viper was introduced to the world in 1991, when it became the honorary pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500 and was driven by the only number one man in

cars

of all time, Mr. Carroll Shelby. Out of nowhere we had a two-seat, front-engine, American-made sports car, no traction control, no anti-lock brakes, no airbags, because in the minds of the guys who built the car, those things were too heavy.

He looked like Hulk Hogan if Hulk Hogan were a car. 400 hours, 465 pound-feet of torque in a car that only weighed 3,200 pounds. My jeans cost over £3,200. The Dodge Viper RT/10 was an incredible car to drive, so naturally it came in a color called, why do you call it dandelion yellow, of course. Dandelion, dandelion, dandelion yellow is the color of the flower. Don't be fooled by the name. Dandelion yellow is everything to all men. At midday it takes on a much brighter, almost diurnal appearance. But stalking the streets of Detroit after dark, this Viper's bold yellow fades and merges with the amber hues of the street lights, lending Viper's body an eerie calm.

But do you know what you don't want to trust? A snake when it is calm. It's just waiting, waiting patiently to attack. Number 14, the fifth generation Chevy Camaro in rally yellow. Now, when the fifth generation came out, the Camaro had been missing from the scene for almost a decade. So Chevy knew that with their debut

they

really had to make a bang. The first time America saw this Camaro in this color was in a little movie starring Shia LaBeouf called Transformers. That's right, this car is fucking Bumblebee, the Nolan of the Transformers Universe. The sensitive, kick-ass Autobot was the first chance the public had to see the new Camaro and its new rally yellow color.

Now the rally yellow is as loud and impressive as the Camaro it covers. It is vibrant but respectable. It is for lack of a better word, delicious. It's also an interesting note that NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick purchased all four Bumblebee Camaros last year at auction for half a million dollars. Strange bending. I want to dedicate this one to my boy from the great north, Yuri from The Straight Pipes. Number 13, we have the Plymouth Prowler in a very appropriate shade of Prowler Yellow. The 1997 Plymouth Prowler is a polarizing car. Some people love it, some hate it.

But what no one can deny is how well it looks with the painting that bears its name. It's like I made up a color and called it Pumphrey Pink because I'm a pink guy. The Prowler began life as a 1993 concept car called the Prowler. Chrysler commissioned it to be a sister car to the Dodge Viper we just talked about. It was initially built using the Chrysler V6 that produced 214 horsepower, but in 1999 it was changed to the more refined and powerful version that would now produce 253 horsepower, which was nothing to sneeze at in those days. In fact, this V6 was more powerful than the Magnum V8, which was Dodge's V8 at the time.

So for anyone saying, "Man, the only problem" with the Prowler is that

they

should have put a V8 in it. You're completely wrong. I mean, it's okay to be wrong. I used to think the same thing until I started looking into it and it turns out. which I was completely wrong. And I'm a grown man, so I'm willing to admit it. So what is Prowler yellow? Well, it's almost a pale yellow that we yellow fans know is very risky move. know something? Plymouth really knocked it out of the damn park Number 12, the Honda S2000, oh this one is good, in spa yellow I know it's named after a race track, but I'm thinking about the lying down steam bath. on my towel with a group of other guys.

If you ever notice me looking over here, it's because I'm chatting on Google with Max and he's directing me and I'm trying to make him laugh. It turns out that Honda is the best at making yellow cars. So much so that three of them appear on this list. The S2000 is one of the coolest cars to ever come out of Japan. Revered for its perfect weight distribution, balanced handling and. Incredibly reliable, high-revving two-liter four-cylinder VTech engine that produced 247 horsepower and nearly three pound-feet of torque, all in a car that weighed less than 3,000 pounds. Now, it wouldn't be until 2001 for that glorious spa yellow we'd all grown accustomed to seeing and lusting after to be added to the US domestic market.

And it wasn't a moment too soon. Spa yellow is like the smell of a freshly washed sweatshirt. It's like the smile of an old friend in a room full of people. You remember the rooms full of people, I do. Spa yellow is what is known as a three-stage paint, meaning a base coat is applied first. This case, yellow. Secondly there is a translucent layer made up of pearlescent elements. And finally a clear coat is applied to amplify the colors underneath and protect them from the elements. And that's why these more complex colors are often added extras that cost a lot of money.

For every Honda S2000 owner who decided to pay extra to get yellow, D-List salutes you. Next, let's keep this Honda train rolling. Number 11, Integra Type R in the legendary, absolutely legendary Phoenix yellow. I mean it's an Integra, okay? It is the Integra Type R and the Integra, as we all know, is one of the emblematic cars of JDM culture. When it was released first in Japan in 1995, and then around the world, finally here in the US in 1997. It was an absolute revelation. It was a car with 197 hsprs with maximum power and torque at 8,000 RPM. Vtech, baby bop.

The US-spec car was only available in Championship White for all but the last two years of its production. And then it could be ordered in two colors pearl black and phoenix yellow. Now Phoenix Yellow is a non-pearl version of Spa Yellow, but having that deep, flat yellow color gave the Integra a completely different vibe. This wasn't a garage queen, okay? This is not for sitting in a trailer. This was a car built to drive and built to drive fast. If you screw everything up, you don't care, man. This car looks better covered in brake dust and grime.

And how flexible is it for Honda to release a yellow car with a red interior? It's like Ronald McDonald was the best front-wheel drive car ever made. This is the third episode of this show and it's the first episode where every car on this list is one I want. I don't know, I used to hate yellow cars but now I love them. I think they are great flexibility. I don't know if it's because the colors of the donuts are yellow. I don't know if it's because our logo is yellow. I have this yellow microphone now. I have these, look at this.

FFD-515, that's the official yellow donut. I don't know, Max, maybe we'll cut that out. Number 10, the Honda NSX in the beautiful Rio yellow. I guess it's named after that movie where Johnny Depp plays a gecko who's a cowboy. Rio Pearl Yellow was a color inspired by the yellow of the Brazilian flag, the country of origin of Honda's adopted son, Ayrton Senna. And it was added to replace the spa yellow during the last two years of NSX production as a treat to some people, myself included, considered the greatest drivers of all time. Rio Yellow had a much higher metal content than Spa Yellow, which meant it was darker in flat light, but when the sun came out, that's when that color really came to life, just like Superman.

Number nine, the Mazda Miata in bright yellow. Now the Miata looks nice in any color, on any road or track in any condition. Garage queen or car beater, I don't care. The Miata is great, but for my money, the Miata had a hit when in 1992 they made the little, little baby stroller in the beautiful bright yellow color. Now sometimes the car chooses the color. Other times the color is chosen by the car. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the sunburst yellow was a one-year only special edition in 1992, meaning only around 1,519 units were produced.

That's only a couple hundred more than the total number of Ferrari F40s ever produced. So not only was sunburst yellow incredibly rare, but almost all sunburst Miatas were also incredibly basic, which somehow makes them even cooler. Speaking of Ferrari F40, number eight, the Ferrari F40 in supposed yellow. The Ferrari F40 is possibly the Scuderia's most recognizable road car. Its famous boxy looks and undeniable beauty are matched only by the tortured harmonic screams emanating from its mid-mounted, twin-turbo 2.9-liter V8. The F40 is known throughout the world as Ferrari. And it really was a car meant to be enjoyed in red.

Seeing as each and every one of the 1,315 F40s produced were finished in the Marquee's classic rossa corsa red, every single one of them. Except maybe not all. In fact, there is a legitimate conspiracy theory that claims numerous F40s left the factory in other colors. Now these supposed non-red cars were smuggled out of the Marinella factory under the cover of darkness, destined to be part of the Sultan of Brunei's alleged $9,000,000,000 car collection. Now reports vary on how many F40s were painted and in what colors. The only one people are absolutely sure about is yellow.

And the only reason we know is because it never made it to Brunei. Instead, it was stored in the UK for when members of the Brunei royal family came to visit and needed a car to, I don't know, go shopping. Most people don't have a vacation home, let alone a vacation home. car. And then I'd say most of the time it's a damn Jeep. To this day, Ferrari claims that every single F40 was rosso corsa red. And they flatly deny these yellow cars. But regardless of who actually painted it, the thing looks (bleep) sick. Now, no yellow car list would be complete without this next car.

The Ruf Yellowbird, raise the roof. The Ruf CTR or as it is more commonly known, the Yellowbird, is simply one of the most impressive sports cars in the history of this entire damn planet. It is based on a 1987 911 Carrera 3.2S. All aluminum panels replace virtually all of the factory steel Porsche panels, resulting in a 441-pound loss over its factory cousin. Added to this is an increase in displacement from 3.2 to 3.4 liters and the ignition configuration of a 962 race car. Oh, and also two huge rotating boi turbochargers that increased the power output up to 463 horsepower in 1987. Are you kidding me?

Do you like turbos? Look at this shirt. We started a gang. It's called Boost Creeps. You don't have to have a turbo to be part of the gang. Go to donutmedia.com and get one. It's a very cool t-shirt. It's my favorite we have. The story goes that the night before the car was to do some high-speed testing at the famous Ehra-Lessien test track, one of Ruf's technicians had the brilliant idea that if they painted the car a color other than red , which is what they were going to paint it originally, then it would stand out and really pop.

They painted the CTR the night before testing and the next day during that test someone said the bright yellow roof looked like a yellow bird fluttering on the horizon. And that's why the name stuck. Now a lot of people, myself included, are very nostalgic for this car because for a long time it was the only Porsche you could get in video games. So if you played a video game with a Porsche in the late 90s or early 2000s, it was a Ruf. Number six, the BMW E36 M3 in Dakar yellow. Now, why is Dakar called yellow?

Because the Dakar is yellow. ♪ Digga doo doo doo ♪ Now BMW has made quite a few really cool yellows over the years. Something to highlight would be the Austin yellow on the current M3 and M4. Or the Phoenix yellow that came on the E46 M3, also known as cat urine yellow. Many people hate him. I like it, but inIn my humble opinion, which in my hostile opinion means, the best yellow car BMW has ever made was the E36 M3 in Dakar Yellow. Dakar yellow takes its name, as you might imagine, from the Paris Dakar endurance race. BMW's air-cooled adventure bikes have always been very popular and have been very successful at this rally.

And BMW has a habit of naming colors after areas of motorsport in which they find success. Laguna Seca Blue, Metallic Silver Stone, Mola Red, Mali Blue, Kalahari Beige. It is named after a South African rally. Now, objectively speaking, I would say that Dakar Yellow is a pale yellow, a very bold choice to paint your company's Halo Fast sedan in such a dull shade of yellow. But BMW knew what it was doing. They knew they had a car good enough to sport this shade of yellow without becoming a laughingstock and having the lemon label. They didn't want to be called lemon, why did they paint their car yellow?

Now this is one of the few cars that has ever been able to make light yellow look absolutely bad. And for that reason it was one of the first cars I thought about when we decided to make this list. Number five is a fun little car and that's why I put it on this list because I think it looks funny, the Saab 900 in Monte Carlo yellow. Saab is an early adopter of one of my favorite things and they are terbachergers. And Saab is the only manufacturer that could pull off three-spoke wheels, yellow paint, and a convertible all in the same car and still look incredibly cool.

Monte Carlo yellow conveys a certain serenity. It's almost milky and it's also a color that appears a lot on the Swedish flag, making it a patriotic choice and for that reason I salute you. Shout out to Jesse, he's one of the smartest guys I know and if he has three Saabs, then they're pretty good. Number four, the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk3 Driver's Edition in beautiful Ginster Yellow. The Golf Mk3 is very close to my heart and you would know it if you ever paid attention to my Instagram or me in general, Dad. I love this third generation Golf, although most people tend to call it fat and say that it's really not good at anything.

Kind of like I was in high school. Maybe that's why I like it, I can relate. Honestly, I've had about 15-20 of these, but never one in ginster yellow. Now you've heard a little story about me. A little backstory on this car. In 1997, VW launched the GTI Driver's Edition to celebrate an anniversary. I think it was the 25th year of the GTI in the US and you could get them in two colors, jazz blue, which is amazing. or ginster yellow, which is fantastic. These cars also had special wheels and color-coded stitching on the steering wheels and gear shift boot, as well as a special shift knob.

That's how you knew it was for an anniversary. And a shout out to Eurowise Performance who currently has my car. I hope this all clears up so I can come pick it up one day and drive it again. At number three, possibly the most iconic yellow car in history, the yellow Checker taxi. Now taxis in New York used to be different colors, like red and green, until everyone decided, hey, yellow stands out more. We will know that this is a taxi. But there were all different types of shades of yellow until the 1960s, when the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission took over and made very strict rules about what specific shade of yellow taxi could be, the yellow taxi tone. .

The yellow taxi is an American icon, like me. And from one American icon to another, I bring you number two, the Corvette C6 in speed yellow. Yellow has been the dominant color of Corvette racing cars in America for many decades. Now Velocity Yellow is the slightly darker shade that was applied to the C6 Corvette that was produced from 2004 to 2013. In fact, Velocity Yellow was one of the most popular colors during this production run, which is crazy. Now I think yellow is probably the perfect color for the Corvette, a car that is fast, exciting and even dangerous if you don't treat it right.

But more than all that, the Corvette is about having fun. And who wouldn't have fun in a fast yellow car? I don't know, maybe Scrooge. Now, as long as the sun rises and the birds sing, I guess there will always be a yellow Corvette. It just makes sense. Guys, we did it. We have reached the end of the list. Number one, the baddest yellow car that ever existed, Michael Schumacher's Bugatti EB110 SS, Gialo Bugatti. Gialo in Italian means yellow. It's spelled with a G. Now you've somehow managed to watch this entire video and are still on the fence about how radical yellow cars are, I'll leave you with just a little anecdote and just keep it to yourself. under your pillow and you sleep on it and maybe you dream.

In 1994, Michael Schumacher was leading the Formula One drivers' championship with Benetton and was on course for his first world championship and needed a new day. So he chose a Ferrari? The manufacturer with which he already had a strong relationship and with which he was about to drive during the next season and with which he would claim five championships? A total of seven in his entire career? No, he didn't. Maybe then he would choose something from his home country, Germany. Maybe a really cool BMW or a Mercedes Cosworth. No, he didn't. Michael Schumacher bought himself a 600-horsepower, 218-mile-per-hour Bugatti EB110 SS, the fastest production car in the world at the time.

And not only did he have the absolute guts to do that, but he also painted it banana yellow, aka Gialo Bugatti. Gialo Bugatti is the yellowest of yellows and the most vibrant shade on this list. Traditionally, EB110s and most Bugattis over the years have been delivered in the color of France, French Racing Blue. But taking the world's fastest car, a quad-turbo French supercar made in Italy, and ordering it in banana yellow, requires commitment. And that's something we knew Michael Schumacher had in abundance. And you know what? That's the coolest yellow car ever and I love yellow cars.

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