- Have you ever craved something so much that you once like,
once you quickly get it
you realize that it wasn't worth it.
Like you get nervous talking to that, like cute guy or girl.
Finally putting all that work into the dating process
only to quickly realize the reason
that they've been single for so long
was because they were just
a terrible (electric buzzing) human being.
That happens, but with cars.
I'm Alex, @Alex.FI on Instagram.
And today we're gonna be talking about
the opposite of the Miata,
the antithesis of the Porsche 911,
the yin to some of the best cars ever made.
No way Jose.
Today, we're gonna be talking about the cars and our lives.
Just that the exact opposite of make us happy.
These are the ones that just didn't live up to the hype.
And if you're just jumping into one of these videos.
Oh, oh, hey, hello, hola. I'm Alex.
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Now for the soggy fries and the cold popcorn of cars,
we take a look at the sports cars
that predominantly promised us something.
People like you and people like me, some sort of experience,
but at the end of the day, they didn't do that, all right.
They were like a M.Night Shyamalan movie of a car.
Whether that was through pure power, speed,
driving experience or commitments and technology
or styling, that just didn't make it
to the final production model, because that happens.
And no, we aren't gonna touch on cars that we didn't like,
just because it's fun like the Toyota Supra or the BMW Supra
or whatever it is that you'd like to say
because that's more of an opinion.
We're talking about the cars that truly broke our heart
and then posted about it afterwards.
And what better place to start than with the classic,
the car that was iconic
the car that was supposed to change the game
and bring us back to the histologic roots of Mazda the RX-8.
When the RX-8 was initially debuted into the world,
people were stoked.
It was a successor to the RX-7
and we would finally have something
that was born back into the new world,
was new technology and new stuff.
Mazda had new money from daddy Ford
who had a controlling interest in the Japanese brand
from a buy-in in 1996.
Which gave him a little bit of extra funds,
almost a decade later, just started doing something fun.
Mazda also saw the sports car interest rejuvenated
in the late 90s and into the early 2000s
which meant there was a great time to bring back
a rotary RX series sports car to the US market.
'cause they thought that this was the best time to do it.
And they were gonna do it better than ever before
except for the fact that it wasn't a good idea.
It was a bad idea.
It was very, very bad, all right.
The RX-8 that was released was actually pretty incredible
out of the gate but the hype didn't last all,
but like 30,000 miles.
Cars were finding themselves immediately back in for repair
to the Dam ECU alarms going off
and ECU flash is causing the injectors not to actually
put enough oil in for lubrication,
which was a huge issue with the actual motor.
However, in addition to that, dealerships were actually
misdiagnosing some of the engine failures
and essentially just replacing it with a new motor,
when the failure that was actually occurring had nothing
to do with replacing the motor.
Now, the remand engine that went back in
was it ended up being remanufactured by a company
by the name of Caterpillar
who didn't really understand the QA and QC checks
and ultimately resulted in extremely low rebuild quality
and specifications, and those motors,
those remanned motors made their way back into circulation
for motors from dealerships and then would ultimately
get put back into these RX-8s
that didn't actually need a whole new engine rebuild.
And the vicious cycle of poor experience plagued these cars
because of the remanned engines and the new ones.
And while we don't have to go
into the super weak apex seals, poor cooling system
and its allergy to force induction because we can't do it.
The car simply didn't survive long enough
for people to love it.
When Ford got stuck in the water in 08
and sold the rest of his controlling interest in Mazda
the car would ultimately also be put to bed
and people just kind of moved on from it.
They just, they still own them
but they're just you own them because they're on live,
it was kind of exactly like the RX-7.
The hype died and sorry Gels, I still wanna see yours built,
but like is (mumbles) you're up,
you're going up hill snow, no salt.
On the other side of the fence, there was the classic
but oh, too early brand new Acura NSX, all right,
that just didn't live up to the hype.
We all know the old school generation
the classic, the iconic, the now somehow $130,000
Japanese Supercar Killer.
I remember when those cars were 30 grand.
The first generation NSXs were something special
and truly plans at Honda is a brand that could do it all
if it truly wanted to.
And after its introduction in 1991,
automotive enthusiasts look to Honda,
not only as a brand that could provide
affordable performance in a platform,
unlike anything else out there.
It could also compete with some of the most
untouchable names in the industry.
Essentially slapping the faces of the exotic car industry
time and time again, year over year and planting itself,
similar to Ford during its days of the GT40.
Like Honda had a good name.
They didn't mess around.
And so when Honda and Acura teased at the thought of
re-introducing a second generation into the world,
people lost their minds, all right.
The thoughts and nostalgia that ran
through the hearts and minds of all Dam near
millions of enthusiasts, just spark it ignited, all right.
You ever see those weird commercials
where they show the explosion of intimacy
it's like that, okay?
And let me just say, if you want a car to really over hype,
if you really want to over hype a car,
let it sit in limbo rumor mill for like 10 years.
That's practically what Acura/Honda did.
2007 Acura said they're making NSX for 2010
and then it was shut down in 2008.
Can't imagine why.
Then the HSV-010 GT car,
where they insinuated a potential road car variant
that was going to be the rebadged NSX,
was teased and then halted, 'cause it never happened.
Then in 2011, they officially announced a production car,
then it wasn't heard of again.
Then it was unveiled at the 2012
North American International Auto Show,
and it stayed this time, and all the production car
came three years later and it came with a 3.5 liter
Twin Turbo charge B6 with three electric motors,
all wheel drive, 600 horsepower and a nine speed dual clutch
which is like everything you could possibly want in a car.
It fell on Dam near zero sales.
The car itself is fantastic.
A performer of every second
and is valued to be a functional car
that should carry the NSX name in all of the right places.
But it just didn't hit the market the same way
as the first Gen did.
The nostalgia wasn't there.
The supporters of the NSX didn't feel it.
And they saw the price and the six figure car
really to compete with entry-level Supercars
where it would perform marginally better for the most part
with the risk of failure on a new platform.
And while the platform carry technological advancements
like its predecessor, the interior had mountains of plastic
and not enough exotic to convince those oil lovers to jump
into a Honda versus something like a McLaren.
The prices have actually dropped dramatically almost
into the R-8 region tO which a few people
have picked them up.
But that's all post hype and we will likely only see
movement on this new Gen NSX for people like us
when it's like a hell of a lot cheaper.
The hype was so good on the NSX
and then when it was released
at the price point that it was at,
it was too far away for mostly anyone
that truly loved the car.
But another brand that was in there that held the hot potato
for just to touch too long would be our boys and girls over
at the Chrysler facility.
Thank God they just now stuffed big ass motors into Dodges
because that seems to really work out for them.
But we're gonna be talking about the good old,
the classic, the Chrysler crossfire, okay?
It had high hopes when initially teased
at the early 2000s because it was cool looking.
who else thought aggressive flared coupe car
coming from the domestic brand, which there's essentially
nothing more than a rebadged Mercedes-Benz R170,
a car that won North American car of the year in 1997
and made it to top 10 bestsellers car driver for that year,
it should do well.
Like it had all the right recipes
and it should have just been fine,
but it wasn't (electric buzzing) fine, all right.
The Crossfire, however, wasn't inherently really any good.
Like all dealers had a 230 day supply as a model by 2005
whereas Chrysler actually ended up selling the car
on overstock.com, which brings us into our sponsor.
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Our boy Clarkson didn't really enjoy it either,
slamming the interior performance and the fact that people
should just go buy the Mercedes instead.
Why would you pick a Chrysler over to Mercedes?
Just get the Mercedes, right?
And he did say the back end looked
a little bit like a dog pooping.
So not your Chrysler as much of a fan of that,
but hey, at least Chrysler tried something,
it just ultimately didn't end up working.
There was a lot of new Gen sports cars
trying to come into the woodwork and early 21st century,
most of them failed.
And last but not least, you can't go without stating car
that probably no one here cares about
or would likely ever own to be completely honest
because it's from a time past
but you have to talk about it, okay?
And to the three people out there,
the thought about slamming these
and making a cool unique car don't.
The DeLorean DMC would likely go on paper
as one of the most significant cars
that come out of the 20th century.
That was a colossal failure
and truly did not live up to the hype, okay.
The brand itself featured so much noise, drama
and overall negativity and press,
that the DeLorean would likely
never see any success anyway, all right.
But there was a chance for a brief period of time
for that DeLorean DMC to truly do something cool.
And the DMC was touted to actually be a supercar
with supercar par performance.
That looked pretty decent.
And then when it was released,
it fell right on its ugly little mug.
The zero to 60 was 10 seconds
and a brand that would rather behave
in some illegal activities is actually a really good story.
And then retain the warranty agreements
of their favorite car.
It just didn't really pan out for them.
And it turned into more
of a hobby than an actual car company.
And people that ended up buying them
were very, very upset, like truly.
There are lots of cars out there
that never really did that well,
but for you, which one sticks out the most?
Let us know below and of course,
if you're looking for aftermarket wheels
tires or suspension,
be sure to hit us up over @fitmentindustries.com
for your unhypey cars or otherwise.
We don't judge just throw them on the ground.
If you don't like them.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
we'll see you later, good bye.