(gagging loudly)
- That's the most disgusting car I've ever seen in my life.
- Today, we are looking at failed concept cars
and we're gonna decide if they should have been made
or if they belong in hell.
I'm James, he's Nolan and this is The D-List.
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First up, we got the Dodge Super 8 Hemi.
In the early 2000s, Dodge wasn't known
for powerful family sedans like they are today.
You could buy a Viper or you could buy
an Intrepid or a Dodge Stratus.
So in 2001 Dodge unveiled this boat looking thing,
and apparently it was inspired
by the timeless design language of the 1950s.
- I'm gonna have to dispute that it's timeless.
It's possibly one of the ugliest cars of-
- It's not good-looking.
You can definitely see the Chrysler design language
in there a little bit.
- Especially like those stripes down the side.
- It's not often that you see a windshield that goes in.
- Yeah, that's bizarre.
- I wonder what that does to the air dynamic.
- That is crazy.
- The features, Nolan.
Had bench seats, they had TVs with the internet on them.
- Oh wow.
- They had a 5.7 liter Hemi that made 350 horsepower.
This was just a design exercise meant
to show off new technology that would eventually be used
in cars like the Charger and the Chrysler 300.
I think we can see that there's a lot of trickle down.
- Oh yeah, absolutely.
You can see where the other cars came from
but I'm so glad that this car itself did not come out.
It looks like Gru would drive this thing.
- Send it to hell. - Yeah.
- Now not all concept cars are just design exercises.
Sometimes they're actual sneak peeks
into real cars that are being developed.
Such is the case with the Mitsubishi Concept RA.
An all wheel drive, turbo diesel, sport coupe
that was meant to be a successor to the Eclipse.
- Huh.
- It looks like an Eclipse.
- It does look like an Eclipse.
- Now the Eclipse is one of the most important cars
that Mitsubishi ever made.
But over the years,
it got a little less good than it once was.
So people were stoked when Mitsubishi teased
this concept in 2008.
It's basically everything an Eclipse should be
but it's also diesel.
But Mitsubishi was struggling financially
at the time as was the entire planet.
So the Concept RA got tossed in a trash can
and thrown down a shoot straight to hell.
And instead of returning to its original sport
compact routes, it eventually became a crossover.
So Nolan, what do you, do you think that society
would be a better place if they would've made this?
- I think there are a lot of factors outside Mitsubishi
that contribute to society.
But I like the design of this.
I think it would have been interesting if Mitsubishi
did keep pursuing the sports car angle
and trying to go after like the Civic SI market
with this car.
So yeah, I think the roads would be a little cooler seeing
these things around for sure.
- The next car on our list was also
a legit prototype meant for production.
I'm talking about the Aston Martin Bulldog.
This wedge-shaped supercar was designed to be
the fastest production car in the world.
Had 600 horsepower twin turbo V8,
which was not very common in 1978.
But also had gullwing doors, pop-up-ish headlights,
walnut trim because it's British
and LED buttons like the Lagonda.
Now Aston Martin planned to make around 25
of these fully grown puppies.
But in 1981, the new chairman of Aston Martin,
Victor Gauntlett decided it was too expensive
and pulled the plug and sent it to hell.
Only one was ever built.
Last year some American guy found the original car for sale
and commissioned a full restoration with the goal
of finally driving 200 miles per hour, rest in peace so...
(chuckling)
This is the first one on the list that I'm like,
they should have made this thing.
- Yeah, I agree.
This would fit in quite well with like the Countach
of that era, Ferraris of that time.
I love the huge like Bōsōzoku style splitter in the front.
That's tight.
- And I love the name, the Aston Martin Bulldog.
- It doesn't look like a bulldog at all.
- No, not at all.
And I would say that if they would've made
a twin turbo V8, 600 horsepower car that went 200 miles
per hour in 1976-
- Yeah, that's insane.
- I think we would be a little further along
- Yeah, maybe. - In the automotive space.
So I do think that maybe, maybe the world might've been
a little better if they'd made the Bulldog.
All Bulldogs go to heaven.
Shouts to George Bulldogs, national champs, good job boys.
(laughing)
Now it turns out that Aston Martin wasn't
the only company trying to build
the fastest car in the world.
So is a little company that I like to call Ford.
The GT90 prototype from 1995.
- Oh, yes, I'm very familiar with this one.
- Oh dude, this is a car that you have on your folder.
- I mean, this embodies like Scholastic book fair poster.
- Oh, 100.
- Definitely, I love this.
- It was a top secret project, my favorite kind, developed
as a modern take on the GT40.
Now the goal was to outperform the McLaren F1's top speed
of 231 miles per hour, how?
With the quad turbo V12 with 720 horsepower.
The exhaust got so hot that Ford installed ceramic tiles
on the car to prevent it from melting.
The same kind of tiles used on a fricking space shuttle.
But unfortunately, the project was a little too ambitious
apparently and the production version never saw
the light of day.
Even though Ford strongly suggested
that it would one day be available.
They put it on tons of folders.
- Dude, 720 Horsepower in 1995 would have been insane.
I love this thing.
- I love it.
I like this even more than the Bulldog.
- For sure, I'd much rather have this.
- Speaking of retro-inspired concepts cars, your honor,
allow me to introduce the 2002 Chebby Bel Air.
Surprise witness. (gags loudly)
(camera crew laughing) (gagging loudly)
- I've never seen that before.
- This is Chevy's response to Ford's new Thunderbird
from the same year.
I've gone on record saying that's the only car I don't like.
Everyone was obsessed with retro comeback cars
in the early 2000s.
So it made sense, I guess, for Chevy to rehash one
of their most iconic cars (gags loudly) from
the fifties and sixties.
- Want some water?
- No, I just let it roll.
For a concept car, it was pretty complete.
They didn't just slap a Bel Air badge on some random sedan
like they did with the Malibu.
Had a full 1950s inspired interior,
hydroformed frame like a Corvette.
But the coolest part, turbocharged five cylinder,
just like in my golf.
- Weird.
- Yeah, so that makes it cooler
than the Thunderbird but still-
GM decided not to sell the Bel Air probably
because the Ford Thunderbird was a huge flop
and they decided to go with the SSR.
- Max's favorite car.
- So the question is Nolan, would you prefer to live
in a universe where Chevy produced the 2002 Bel Air
instead of the legendary SSR?
- I actually think we're in the right timeline right now.
I mean...
- We really dodged the bullet with this one.
This is like the depths of hell.
All right, oh God, I'm exhausted from that car.
So luckily we only have one more car to discuss today.
It's a bit of a controversial one.
Another mid 2000s throwback, but it's not
some boomery 1950s geezer wagon.
It's a sports car meant to overthrow the Miata
because someone dared to say,
what if it wasn't always the answer?
(Nolan signs faintly)
I'm talking about the Dodge Demon, but not that Dodge Demon.
This Dodge Demon.
In 2007 Dodge showed the world
the baby Viper, AKA the Demon.
It was a lightweight two-seater with a six speed,
rear wheel drive and an MSRP of $15,000,
which means today it would sell for $375,000.
- This car looks like Dodge built an S2K.
- It looks a lot like an S2K looks with like a body kit on.
- I kinda love it though. - I love it.
It's an affordable version of the Viper.
- They should offer that color though.
- It's a good color. - It's a sick color.
- Dude, I like this car better than
anything Dodge makes right now.
Imagine a Hellcat version of this little boy.
- They'd do it. - They'd do it.
- A lot of people would die.
- Dodge legitimately planned on selling this thing.
So what happened?
2008 happened.
The financial crisis sent Chrysler into bankruptcy.
That was the year you were born I remember.
And the Demon was not a huge priority.
The real nail in the coffin was when FCA took over
and put all their roads to resources to the Alfa Spider.
So from whence the Demon came shall remain.
- Nice. - Hell, baby.
I love this thing.
My favorite car on the list is the Ford.
Still love the Bulldog but this guy-
- This would be the one that you actually buy.
- This would be the one I would potentially actually buy
with a little hard top on it.
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