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**The D-List: Exploring Cars Never Sold in America**
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James: Today, I'm gonna explore 10 of the best cars we never got in America. We didn't get them in the states. Never sold in the US. We didn't get in America? Never available in the US. (bomb thunders) We complain all the time about cars that were never sold in America, but is the grass always greener?
James: Today we are gonna find out. We're gonna take a look at cars only sold in America. And rank them to see if maybe things aren't so bad here after all in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
James: I'm James, he's Jeremiah, and this is The D-List. (kids clap) Hooray. Yay. - I like cars. (shutter clicks)
**The Original Shelby GT350**
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James: The first car on the list is one of the most American cars ever, the original Shelby GT350. (lips smack) Ooh. Oh my God. If I could have anything. Jeremiah laughs)
James: Now these bad little boys started as regular Fastback Mustangs, but a chili-loving Texan by the name of Carroll Shelby got his greasy knucks all over them and turned them into legit race cars with stiffer chassis, better suspension, and more power, baby.
**Pontiac Aztek**
James: The first batch of these cars were all painted Wimbledon White, which is a tennis competition in England. I don't know if you knew that. - I did. Fun fact: 'Cause these were race cars, they needed to be stiffer. And the floor pans from the Shelbys are from the convertible Mustang. Oh! It has more support. Oh, cool. They got double stiff. Double stiff. Heck yeah.
James: Jeremiah laughs) I think we got a little bit of double stiff going on right now. Mm. I'm gonna say this is an S-tier car. Heck yeah. There are few cars that I want more than this one. Yeah. And I'll never be able to afford one -- I know. But I understand why. Yeah.
James: Another car that was only sold in American markets was the Pontiac Aztek. (both laugh) On paper, the Aztec is not a bad car. I think it got a lot of gruff. It was designed by the same guy who designed the C7 'vette. I know you're a fan of those.
James: And it was described as quite possibly the most versatile vehicle on the planet. And it won a fricking JD power, baby award. (Jeremiah laughs) But off paper, Pontiac couldn't sell enough of these ugly turds. And eventually pulled the plug and sent the Aztek to hell.
**Ranking**
James: So where does it place on this list? Jeremiah chuckles) I think these are astonishingly expensive now. Yeah, wouldn't doubt it. Of course. Of course they are. But man, when these things came out, this was one of the first cars I remember seeing and being like...
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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Previously on D-List:- Today, I'm gonna explore10 of the best carswe never got in America.We didn't get them in the states.Never sold in the US.We didn't get in America?Never available in the US.(bomb thunders)We complain all the time about carsthat were never sold in America,but is the grass always greener?Today we are gonna find out.We're gonna take a look at carsonly sold in America.And rank them to see if maybe thingsaren't so bad here after allin the land of the freeand the home of the brave.I'm James, he's Jeremiahand this is The D-List.(kids clap)- Hooray. Yay.- I like cars.(shutter clicks)You like cars.We like cars.Celebrate your love of carswith the new Joy of Cars T-shirt.And get it in au natural.Also vintage black.Get it for the low, low price of 29.98only at donutmedia.com.Check it out.It's my favorite shirt to date.- The first car on the listis one of the most American cars ever,the original Shelby GT350.(lips smack)- Ooh.- Oh my God.If I could have anything.(Jeremiah laughs)Now these bad little boysstarted as regular Fastback Mustangs,but a chili-loving Texan bythe name of Carroll Shelbygot his greasy knucks all over 'emand turned them into legit race carswith stiffer chassis,better suspension and more power, baby.The first batch of these carswere all painted Wimbledon White,which is a tennis competition in England.I don't know if you knew that.- I did.- Fun fact: 'Cause these were race cars,they needed to be stiffer.And the floor pans from the Shelbysare from the convertible Mustang.- Oh!- It has more support.- Oh, cool. They got double stiff.- Double stiff.- Heck yeah.(Jeremiah laughs)- I think we got a little bitof double stiff going on right now.- Mm.- I'm gonna say this is an S-tier car.- Heck yeah.- There are few cars thatI want more than this one.- Yeah.- And I'll never be able to afford one-- I know.- But I understand why.- Yeah.- At least I understand why.- This car being expensive makes sense.Yeah, it's S, top tier, baby.- All right.Not every car on this listis as cool as a GT350.Another car that was onlysold in American marketswas the Pontiac Aztek.(both laugh)On paper the Aztec is not a bad car.I think it got a lot of gruff.It was designed by the sameguy who designed the C7 'vette.I know you're a fan of those.- Yeah, I am.(classical music)- And it was described as quite possiblythe most versatile vehicle on the planet.And it won a frickingJD power, baby, award.(Jeremiah laughs)But off paper,Pontiac couldn't sellenough of these ugly turds.(Jeremiah laughs)And eventually pulled the plugand sent the Aztek to hell.But the ones that did sellwere only here in the US, anda few that sold in Mexico.So where does it place on this list?(Jeremiah chuckles)I think these areastonishingly expensive now.- Yeah, wouldn't doubt it.- Of course.- Of course they are.But man, when these things came out,this was one of the firstcars I remember seeingand being like, "What the (beep)."(both laugh)- I'm not gonna do theexpected and give it an F.- Yeah.- I think it's solid C.- Solid C?I'm a harder graderso I'm gonna go D.- Okay. We'll put it in the middle.- Okay. So a C-.- C-, D+.- There we go. Yeah.C-, D+.- The next few cars on this listwere only sold in the USA,but interestingly, they'renot technically American cars.- Mm.- Okay.Sometimes foreign companiesmake special edition carsonly for the US.- Oh, cool.- All right?One such example-- Mm-hmm.- Is the Toyota RAV4 EV.- Whoa!- This was not only a US only car,it was a California only car,known as a compliance car.Basically, in 2012 California mandatedthat if large car manufacturerswanted to keep selling combustion engines,they also had to offerzero emissions vehicles.It came with a very detunedTesla Model S motor.It was super expensive,didn't have very good range,so obviously it was killed.- Right.- Years later.I think this thing lookslike absolute dog (beep).(both laugh)- Yeah, my first reaction was,"Whoa, I've never seen that.And I'm glad I haven't."(James laughs)- Yeah.The front looks like a beluga whale.- That's what I thought.I thought of Dora from Nemo.- Yeah, looks like a chubby dolphin.- Yeah.If that car could talk,it's screaming, "Kill me!"(both laugh)- Listen to him!- Kill me!This is bad.- I do not like it.- What do you thinking?- F.- Yeah. Okay.- Yeah, I can't imaginea worse car than that.(Jeremiah laughs)Toyota wasn't the only car companythat had to sell compliancecars in California.Enter the Fiat 500e.Fiat was not happy thatthey had to do this.They lost a ton of money everytime they sold one of these.Fiat's CEO literally said,"I hope you don't buy it(Italian music)because every time I sellone, it cost me a $14,000.(Jeremiah laughs)500e had a range of a whopping 100 miles.- What?- And cost twice as much as a regular 500.- It costs-- Twice as much.- Twice as much for you.And then they didn't even profit from it.- Yeah.(both laugh)I think this is a way better looking car-- Yeah.- Than the RAV4.- Yeah huh.- But 100?(Jeremiah laughs)Like, we're not going on looks alone.- Okay. Looks out of it.- I don't see how youcan make a worse car.(Jeremiah laughs)From a practicality standpoint,from a usability angle.- Right, 'cause it'snot like it's a big car.- It's a little one.- You're having to deal with a small carand not it going far.- One of the smallest.- Right. Right.- I forget to plug my phone in enough.(Jeremiah laughs)Overnight.That like I would be stranded constantly.- Right. It would be an issue.You'd have a flatbed trailerservice on speed dial.- I don't think you can do any worse.This is straight up F.- Yeah. I'd say F.It's not as ugly as the last one,but from a functional standpoint.(Jeremiah farts)- This next one's a curve ball.All right?BMW E60 M5.- Okay.- Now the E60 M5 was sold in Europe,but the American market versionhad a special secret:a manual transmission.If you wanna row your owngears in your M5 in Europe,you were out of luck!Sorry, dude.Only two pedals per car.That's the limit! Except in the US.Why?Well, originally BMW wasgonna sell all of the carswith a sequential 7-speed transmission.But there's one thingAmericans are good at,it's complaining.We do it all the time.And American BMW ownersbegged for a stick.(James laughs)So BMW obliged.And now you can hop on eBay motorsand find yourself a used V10 M5with a manual in NorthAmerica and nowhere else.Gimme that stick, BMW!- Mm!- Gimme that stick!- We need it!- I think this is one ofthe worst looking BMWs ever.And they've made a lot ofreally bad looking ones.- Not my favorite gen for the M5.- I'm a big fan of manual transmissions.I think it's cool that, asked for one,and BMW was like, "All right."- That's nice.- That's nice. So thank you for that.- Thank you. Thank you, BMW.- I do think it's a very ugly car.- Unfortunate they did it in this model.- Mm-hmm.I don't love it, I don't hate it.Like, a C?- Yeah. I was thinking a C.- Yeah. Middle of the road.Next up is the SubaruOutback Wilderness edition.Subaru made this special Outbackin response to American Outback ownersconstantly modifying their Outbacksto make their Outbacks a special Outback.In America we love special.It's got an extra inchof ground clearance.It's got a skid plate soyou don't bust anything up.It's got a bunch of other ruggedand spride cosmetic changes.And to top it all off, all right?These bad boys are madein Lafayette, Indiana.- Nice.- Birthplace of Axle Rose.♪ Welcome to the jungle ♪♪ Shun-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n,knees, knees ♪♪ Ooh ♪I think this thing's cool.- Yeah. I think it's cool.- Again, I think it'sfun when a manufacturerwill listen to the peoplewho buy their cars-- Mm-hmm.- Notice the trends and be like,"Hey, do you guys want onewith all this crap already on it?"- As someone who's workedon off-road vehicles,I'd rather just buy one already done-- Cool.- So we don't have to buyoff-road and do it ourselves.- I love it. I'd give it a solid A.- You're an A?- Uh huh.- I think A is cool.- It's not quite S tier because-- Right.- It's a Subaru.(both laugh)2017 Camaro ZL1 1LE.This car, that's likea suggested password.- Yeah.(both laugh)- This car was originallyintended to be sold in Europe,butit got banned.- Did they make it illegalbecause of the 650 horsepowersupercharged V8 exceededEuropean emission standards?No.It's 'cause the body kit was too dangerousfor soft European pedestrians.(Jeremiah laughs)Apparently those aggressiveprotrusions on the bumpercould slice your legs open in the eventof a pedestrian crash.If you're so worried about it,you guys already got shinguards from football.Put 'em on!Technically the ZL1 1LE(both laugh)can't be sold in California-- Ugh.- Or Washington either,not because of the body kit,because the brake pads havetoo much copper in 'em.And copper dust is badfor salmon populations.- Okay.- Which is cool. I think weshould think about the salmon.So this thing's pretty cool.- These are, yeah.- But I don't like whatit's doing to the salmon.- I agree.If Max didn't tell us about the salmon,I was all on board from the beginning'cause I love these cars.- Mm-hmm.- They're super cool.- They're great looking.- Yeah, they're the bees knees.But, unfortunately they hurt the sammys.- Yeah, so I went from an A to a C.- Yeah, I'm right there with you, a C.- We have reached thefinal car on our list,the last car we're gonna cover today.And, if I'm being honest,there aren't as manygreat cars on this listas I would've hoped.(Jeremiah laughs)Hopefully our final car can change that,and I think it might.I'm talking first generation Dodge Viper.(both laugh)The Viper was nevereven intended to be soldto anyone at all!It was just made to say, "HeyChrysler's still got it."It didn't come with airbags.Didn't come with door locks.Didn't have exterior door handles.(Jeremiah laughs)It didn't have a roof.- Yeah.- All it had was an 8.0-liter V10with 400 buff horses and a dream.This gen Viper was also a death trap,but it was an American death trap,a small lightweightover-engined two seaterwith thick wheels with only three spokes!You don't need anymore!Looks like a fricking-- Ninja star.- Ninja star! Yeah!Yeah!(Jeremiah laughs)We're like, huh!Huh, huh, huh, huh!(tires squeal)Carroll Shelby helped design this thing.- Yeah.- And it was only sold here in the US!- That got me jacked.- Me too, dude.(Jeremiah laughs)S tier.(both laugh)- Yeah, if this isn't an Stier, I don't know what was.- Dude, it looks like Joe Camel's head.- Yeah.It does. Oh, hell yeah.Yeah, it does.(Jeremiah laughs)- Thank you guys so muchfor watching this video.I hope you liked it.I know that rich dudes in Dubaican technically import anyof the cars on this list.If they want a RAV4 EV, they could.But the important thingis that they were built andsold with Americans in mind.Go and hit that subscribebutton if you like this thing.Hey, you know what else is S tier?Hitting the like button.I love you.
