EGHSRC The people who actually have knowledge and the passion for automobiles, such as VisioRacer and Shmee150, usually know better to generalize. Hell, there are a few videos of enthusiasts with Mustangs and Camaros in Russia. There are ignorant people everywhere. Some just want likes, views and attention. Others are just plain idiots/ignorant. A true enthusiast knows better than to say generalized crap like "All of x country's cars are shit!" This goes for everyone. Americans, Brits, etc.
Just made for a little torque and low emissions. If they put decent heads, cam, carb, intake and exhaust on it, it would make decent power. Just a low emission working engine instead of an attempt to get any HP from it, unfortunately. Engine tech has come a long way fortunately!
@@VisioRacer Hi Visio, thank you for all the interesting and informative videos! Yours is my favorite channel and I've been watching it for years. Also, I want to mention that your English has improved tremendously since you started and you have a great grasp of the language. Cheers to you my friend!!! From San Diego, California, USA. :-)
Bear in mind that the same engine in the late 1960s would be putting out 450 BHP. ONLY AFTER THE OIL CRISIS, the introduction of emissions laws and pressure from politically active hippies would power levels drop.
That's for a stock Spirit... the one shown in the video looks, and sounds, to have been modified somewhat. The emissions garbage choking the engine out was long gone.
Few people know that the Chevrolet Vega by Vauxhall of England, a GM subsidiary, was designed to accommodate the Buick 215 CI aluminium V8 engine. When Vauxhall designed the car they made it to take the 215 or Rover 3.5 as a virtual drop in. (The 3.5 was modified repeatedly all the way up to a 5.0 used by TVR) GM's idea behind this design was to introduce it three years into the Vega's production run to reel in more customers with a miniature road rocket. (The V8 produced 158 Hp and 210 Lb/Ft of torgue versus 90 Hp and 136 Lb/Ft for the 4 cylinder.) When the aluminium inline 4 cylinder used in the Vega proved to be a disaster, GM approached Rover to purchase V8's but were turned away by Rover. Apparently Rover had concerns over not being able to produce enough engines and were leery of running short for their own cars. The Vega finished life with a unimpressive inline 4 made from cast iron. Sad but nonetheless true.
Hey Visio, my god it's been awhile since I sent you that video of my red SVT! Glad to see the American hatchbacks finally getting a little more recognition :p
The AMC Gremlin was never called a poor man’s Corvette, that was the AMC AMX that was built from 1968-1970. It was a 2 seater, RWD with a high performance 390 V8. And it really didn’t compete against the Vette that well in handling. The Gremlin was basically an AMC Hornet with the Ass end cut off and a hatchback added. AMC had plans to release the AMX III, which was a mid engine sports car designed by AMC and built in Germany, but they abandoned the project shortly after it started. A total of 6 cars were produced, with 2 (possibly 3 depending on who you ask) being prototypes. A few copies were built with remaining parts.
people talk so much shit about the gremlin. . .ugly, unreliable, just a horrible design. . .i love the idea of the gremlin X, tiny car, massive engine and dirt cheep, looks cool too
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I never got why it got so much stick for its looks, I always thought they looked pretty cool! :) Pity we never got them in the UK though!
Chayton Ruijsenaars they are good little cars as long as you follow 3 simple rules....don't get them wet. They dont like bright headlights and whatever you do...don't put petrol in them after midnight...
+Chayton Ruijsenaars My sister had a Gremlin X when she was in high school, then it got passed down to me. It had the 304 ci V-8, would run like a scared rabbit and was tough as nails. I ran it HARD and it just kept going. It was like I couldn't break it if I tried. And I did, believe me, Lol.
In the early 70's guys were putting AMC's 360, 390 and 401s in this tiny lightweight cars and were winning at the drag strips. In 71, select AMC dealers were putting 360s out their Hornet SC's into them with an advertised 285hp, but over the counter options were plentiful to top that rating. Those were truly scary fast cars to drive.
Randall AMC of Mesa, AZ put a 401 in place of the 304 in the early 70's. The 401 made 330 gross HP, 255 net HP and made the little Gremlin quite a quick little car.
If you do a video on hot hatches from other countries, one from Australia is the Holden Torana A9x Hatch, it was a 5.0L 308ci and came with the option of a tent for the rear hatch so you could sleep in the back of the car.
+Justin Lankester Actually, the first GT40 bodies were made in the US. Second, the Cobras, once the bodies changed and got pronounced fender haunches, which was when the car actually took off sales wise, it was completely US designed, and only shared a slight resemblance to the AC ACE. Then there is the Cobra Daytona, which only shared the floor pan with the US designed later Cobras. So now, what what that about two actual US cars not being US ones? I am not talking any of the ones that VizioRacer appropriated, like the Laser, and won't call them US cars.
I'd have added in the GM H-bodies. Well, I guess the Vega was one, but the Sunbird/Omega/Monza/Skyhawk clones all came in hatchback form with available V8s and 5-speeds. The coupes were more common for the Monza and Sunbird, but the Olds and Buick versions only came as hatchbacks.
Why Americans keep calling Focus and Fiesta American cars? By that logic even Ford Ka is American car. Ford Europe is different company, owned by Ford. It would be like calling Opel Vectra Chevy Vectra, so it is American?
Mladen Milić you my man need a education. There is no difference between fords from Europe, north America or any other content. Every ford is licensed under the ford motor company. It's not like the vag group where audi is licensed under vw.
its all about the torque. if you look into smog era v8s *and yes, these are still smog era v8s* they had low hp to meet emissions......while thats pretty lame for the time....it still had the low eng grunt to get it off the line when it needed to....that or show off in ront of youre friends XD
AMC, the most innovative company America forgot about. Creator of the full time all wheel drive, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Cherokee, and one of the longest lasting gas engines of all time, the 4.0 I-6.
The laser was an Australian built car, still under the American Brand but they were built in aus until the 4th gen. many knew about how it was a restyled familia/323 and its common to trade parts between them. also when you jump to the video of its acceleration that's of a new model (kf/kh) compared to the one you show racing (kc/ke)
Lmao, did not expect to see a car I owned on here. I had a Merkur for a few years and boy was it trouble. But I did enjoy it for what it was. good times!
I was hoping you would have included the 1987 Pontiac Sunbird turbo GT and the Buick Skyhawk turbo T-Type. Both came in a hatchback form and had a 2.0L SOHC turbo engine with about 160 HP and 0-60 in between 6 to 7 seconds
Went to high school with a guy who owned that exact Gremlin. Lime green, Levi's interior, 4 speed. He built the engine a little, and I was in it when he rolled it.
Another early American hot hatch worth mentioning is the 1987 Chevy Cavalier Z24. I know, I know, it's a cavalier, but many people don't know about this design, most people think of the early 90's model that was available as a convertible (yuck). But there was a previous design that actually looked pretty good. I had a red on black 87 Z24 when I was 16, right after owning a 1982 Datsun 200SX and I thought the Z24 was hot shit lol (and it was compared to the Datsun). The 87 Z24 was available as a notchback and a hatchback. And instead of coming with the 3.1 V6 like the early 90's it came with the 2.8 V6 (fuel injected). Now it might have made less power than the 3.1 Z24 but the 87 Z24 was significantly lighter at 2500lbs vs 2900lbs. The 2.8 didn't make much HP but made good torque (125hp/160ftlbs) and in a car that weighs 2500lbs it wasn't a screamer but it was still far from slow. I remember racing my friends Focus SVT and we were dead even. I'd say worth a mention if we're talking American hot hatches
Also, the escort gt was a pretty good hatch back in the day. The cars in its class was the civic si and vw golf gti and still beat the newer EM1 civic SI. Sure they're slow but it's performance was on point AND still got 36mpg highway.......
A lot of the "American"hot hatches featured in this video have their roots in European or Japanese models: Dodge Omni=Talbot Horizon, Ford Focus, Ford laser=Mazda 323, Merkur XR4i is Ford Sierra, Chrysler Sunbeam Lotus, same name in Europe but also Talbot Sunbeam from 1979-1981. This last car in rallye version made 250hp, with it's RWD it was a little bomb, the road version with 152hp made mince meat of most other hot hatches in the late 70's, the VW Golf GTI and Opel kadett C GTE made just 105-110hp in a similar sized car, sadly it was not the most known car either the most reliable. That Gremlin with it's V8 and RWD seems also a very funny car to me, people don't expect the V8 roar from such a small car.
The Ford Laser/Mazda323 was a Ford Australia-Mazda Japan collaboration, the first of many between the two companies. Yes Ford is an American company, but Ford Australia has its own design and research department and the Laser/323 project had little if any US involvement.
DUB Productions Man are you really that damn dumb FORD USA runs everything fucking idiot if they told the people in AUSTRALIA don't build the car they wouldn't is that hard to understand
lol, im surprised there was no iroc-z *its technically a hatchback like the capri XD.....or...if you wanted to go there, the 73-74/76 Nova hatchback, or the AMC pacer X. and like many said, the SVO mustang and the chevy monza were also pretty neat. overall, it was a awesome vid....just wish i could find a merkur at a decent price
There was a lot of emmissions stuff in the late 70's and 80's and they were really restrictive, so thats why you can buy a old 200hp camaro and change exhaust and carb, and with a good tune-up you got nearly 300hp. But these days, emmissions systems are optimized and you get as much more power and fuel effiency than older cars.
Back in the day, some guy had a gremlin with a 390, or maybe the 403 in it, and he blew off everything around. I never saw it at the track, but he blew off the 'vettes , and I personally saw him blow off a Hemi GTX, because I lost a $50 bet.
How about the 1987 Chevy Cavalier Z24? Not to be confused with the early 90's Z24 with the 3.1L V6 (that one was a coupe, not hatch). But before the early 90's Z24 there was one from the 80's with the 2.8L V6 which came in hatch or coupe design and they actually looked pretty good with decent performance (this is coming from a guy who hates Cavaliers).
I'll take that Gremlin X. These days it can be insured and registered as a collector car in my state, which means no emissions test, which means I can put anything I want under the hood. And the body was built like a tank, so it could handle a lot more power than a stock one ever came close to making. Many originally slow '70s cars can be done that way. Just PLEASE don't put a computerized EFI engine in them. A simple carbureted engine will get you all the power you want.
No stock Gremlin ever ran sub 14 seconds. With the stock V8, it was capable of running mid to upper 16 second 1/4 mile and 0-60 mph just below 10 seconds. Even the rare Gremlin XR, which was a dealer created car, with the 401 could only run 14 second on average.
@@mopar_dude9227 The one my friend had would fly. Of course, his might not have been strictly stock, now that you mention it. But it did have the original "engine" in it. Tweaked a little. Gremlins still came with more HP than claimed in the book back then. Car manufacturers back then were well known for fudging the numbers.
I don't think the Laser qualifies. A car that isn't made, or sold, in America, and isn't even produced by the American company it's sold under, shouldn't qualify at all.
By this theory a Mercedes made in Poland shouldn't be a German car or a Volkswagen Passat produced in the USA (and is completely different to the EU one) shouldn't be a German car either then. Still people call them like that.
And I would agree that they are not. But the Laser is a ste further. Those cars were designed by the parent company. The Laser was designed by Mazda. It wasnt even sold here. No part of it is American.
Erik Warnes 1990-1994 escort, is the same as laser but with a few differences head/tail light wise etc. America never got the turbo 4wd version though.
+Erik Warnes Actually, the US Ford Escort from that time was a completely Ford of America designed car that was made to look like the European Escorts. They shared absolutley nothing with each other. And the US Escort shared nothing with the Laser as well.
Outstanding Video as for us European`s many will not know about one of this in anywhere heard about " Yank-Bangers" having actually a Top - End ( na,ok for US - Cars at least about under 200 Jiiiyyyhas on Power ) " Badass " Version , me ( ???? ) personally knew about the Gremlin all else is interestingly new for me and me Mate,cause while as usual far underpowerd for the Engine-Size,what Potential one has, to tickel much more Horse to the Liter out of ( FWD has a Limit,i say around 270,you can have more but wont get it ever down ! ) at least the Rearwheel - Drives in this Table....Ta,Fats
Leafyisthere _ modern 1.6 fiesta st sounds great aswell. Good sound is not all, I personally prefer a car that puts up a good competition to much more expensive cars on track.
youd be surprised. they actually did theyre homework when it came to the v8 hatches. so you dont really have to worry about much, other than the normal understeer youd get from having a short rwd car
Brett Brett ford is American kid it's like calling a Toyota American just because it's made in the US.
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To be fair the Focus was considered a 'world car' as it got sold just about everywhere. It was solely designed by Ford Europe though with no input from Ford America, it no Americans were involved with the design.
It makes me sad that AMC failed. I love AMCs. They're great cars, even if extremely underrated
they DID NOT have good management nor the money to compete with the Big three.
Its nice to see somebody in Europe not bashing the shit out of American cars for once. Cheers
Cheers! :)
Michael Szydlowski Surprise, it isn't
EGHSRC The people who actually have knowledge and the passion for automobiles, such as VisioRacer and Shmee150, usually know better to generalize. Hell, there are a few videos of enthusiasts with Mustangs and Camaros in Russia.
There are ignorant people everywhere. Some just want likes, views and attention. Others are just plain idiots/ignorant. A true enthusiast knows better than to say generalized crap like "All of x country's cars are shit!" This goes for everyone. Americans, Brits, etc.
Just made for a little torque and low emissions. If they put decent heads, cam, carb, intake and exhaust on it, it would make decent power. Just a low emission working engine instead of an attempt to get any HP from it, unfortunately. Engine tech has come a long way fortunately!
@@VisioRacer Hi Visio, thank you for all the interesting and informative videos! Yours is my favorite channel and I've been watching it for years. Also, I want to mention that your English has improved tremendously since you started and you have a great grasp of the language. Cheers to you my friend!!! From San Diego, California, USA. :-)
one of the best Cars channel on RUclips. Thanks for Your work ;-)
If GLH means "goes like hell", does GLS mean "goes like shit"?
You mean the Mercedes GLS??
My mum had a Chrysler Alpine GLS!
He should've told about the Stage III!
no GLS means Goes Like Stig
"mighty five-litre V8"
"126 hp"
ok
Mighty engine, pathetic output
just toss a cam and some heads on er, shes good.
I believe that
thedog556 doubt.
I had a 304ci Gremlin X and it was a quick little pile of bolts!
+Derek Joon I heard that, bro! My '74 Gremlin X would run like a damn scared rabbit & was tougher than a bag of hammers. What year was yours?
John Collins 1971 it was ugly blue with black interior, completely stock except for glass packs and Craigers
8:03 126hp from a 5.0 V8!? You get that these days from a 1.5 civic.
Ethan Gee will you get the same v8 grunt in a new civic?
sound does not accelerate, and this engine consumes fuel as 3 Civic, and drive worse than Civic
Bear in mind that the same engine in the late 1960s would be putting out 450 BHP. ONLY AFTER THE OIL CRISIS, the introduction of emissions laws and pressure from politically active hippies would power levels drop.
That's for a stock Spirit... the one shown in the video looks, and sounds, to have been modified somewhat. The emissions garbage choking the engine out was long gone.
The gremlin has been one of my dream cars for years
That was a very fun video! How about a top 10 B-class homologation specials?
I could look into that. I think I could do the Group C class as well
Talbot Sunbeam (Chrysler UK), Ford Laser (Mazda) and Merkur XR4Ti (Karmann Germany) are not very "American"!
The first one is pretty much a foxbody mustang lol
It was the luxury version with some suspension tuning and a different front fascia.
I found it to have a smoother ride than its Mustang brother did. At least as far as my '85 ASC Capri vs. my '83 Mustang GT were concerned.
collins , and more importantly the bubble hatchback glass. major cool factor in the days =)
Few people know that the Chevrolet Vega by Vauxhall of England, a GM subsidiary, was designed to accommodate the Buick 215 CI aluminium V8 engine. When Vauxhall designed the car they made it to take the 215 or Rover 3.5 as a virtual drop in. (The 3.5 was modified repeatedly all the way up to a 5.0 used by TVR) GM's idea behind this design was to introduce it three years into the Vega's production run to reel in more customers with a miniature road rocket. (The V8 produced 158 Hp and 210 Lb/Ft of torgue versus 90 Hp and 136 Lb/Ft for the 4 cylinder.) When the aluminium inline 4 cylinder used in the Vega proved to be a disaster, GM approached Rover to purchase V8's but were turned away by Rover. Apparently Rover had concerns over not being able to produce enough engines and were leery of running short for their own cars. The Vega finished life with a unimpressive inline 4 made from cast iron. Sad but nonetheless true.
Hell yeah, 5 liter v8 with 150 hp, what a pathetic engine
oh, and there's a 126hp one. well done america XD
still better than a 1.6 L4 with the same power....
now a 1L EcoBoost does the same ahahahahaha
thats late seventies for you lol
christopher morris Communist I4s from that time had higher specific output, so that's no excuse.
should have included that the asc mclaren also cam with the 2.3 turbo.
The AMC spirit sounds AWESOME
Damn... what a blast from the past, I had an 87 glhs with the tag 5.0 eatr..... bad ass little car!!!
Hey Visio, my god it's been awhile since I sent you that video of my red SVT! Glad to see the American hatchbacks finally getting a little more recognition :p
The SVT came to my mind at the last minute, I haven't even seen it anywhere on the internet mentioned. Thanks for the videos!
Nate Gonzalez aye lit I got black 2002 SVT, hella fun car
VisioRacer no problem man, it's great to see that you're giving love to the obscure!
Abraham Jewstiener does yours have the European Appearance Package like mine and the blue one featured?
Cool Led Zeppelin song in the first video :D
Alex Petrenko The first thing that hit my ears in this video haha, I was like "Babe I'm gonna leave you? WTF?" :)
***** "Babe I'm gonna leave you" :)
The AMC Gremlin was never called a poor man’s Corvette, that was the AMC AMX that was built from 1968-1970. It was a 2 seater, RWD with a high performance 390 V8. And it really didn’t compete against the Vette that well in handling. The Gremlin was basically an AMC Hornet with the Ass end cut off and a hatchback added. AMC had plans to release the AMX III, which was a mid engine sports car designed by AMC and built in Germany, but they abandoned the project shortly after it started. A total of 6 cars were produced, with 2 (possibly 3 depending on who you ask) being prototypes. A few copies were built with remaining parts.
people talk so much shit about the gremlin. . .ugly, unreliable, just a horrible design. . .i love the idea of the gremlin X, tiny car, massive engine and dirt cheep, looks cool too
I never got why it got so much stick for its looks, I always thought they looked pretty cool! :)
Pity we never got them in the UK though!
Chayton Ruijsenaars they are good little cars as long as you follow 3 simple rules....don't get them wet. They dont like bright headlights and whatever you do...don't put petrol in them after midnight...
+Mytim34 LMAO!!! XD love that movie reference!
+Chayton Ruijsenaars My sister had a Gremlin X when she was in high school, then it got passed down to me. It had the 304 ci V-8, would run like a scared rabbit and was tough as nails. I ran it HARD and it just kept going. It was like I couldn't break it if I tried. And I did, believe me, Lol.
In the early 70's guys were putting AMC's 360, 390 and 401s in this tiny lightweight cars and were winning at the drag strips. In 71, select AMC dealers were putting 360s out their Hornet SC's into them with an advertised 285hp, but over the counter options were plentiful to top that rating. Those were truly scary fast cars to drive.
Americans put V8's into everything, don't they?
Hairdryer? Fuck it, put a supercharged V8 in it.
The Stig's German Cousin
Yeah.
The Stig's German Cousin Wondered how many mpg it has before they downgraded it.
if it fits the V8 sits!
I know someone who dropped a 302 in a Pinto.
A few other forgotten ones: SVO Mustang, Thunderbird turbo coupe, Dodge daytona coupe,
Most european hot hatches have a 4 cylinder turbo which is really common and boring but its nice to see a american hot hatch with a V8
Randall AMC of Mesa, AZ put a 401 in place of the 304 in the early 70's. The 401 made 330 gross HP, 255 net HP and made the little Gremlin quite a quick little car.
Sierra Cosworth, never forget.
One of best 80's rally cars. Like the Escort Cosworth in the 90's :)
i see the amc in an episode of pimp my ride the gremlin But cool video man
If you do a video on hot hatches from other countries, one from Australia is the Holden Torana A9x Hatch, it was a 5.0L 308ci and came with the option of a tent for the rear hatch so you could sleep in the back of the car.
Nice
it has a ford badge so it must be American! 😂😂😂
It's an american car just like a lot of US toyotas are japanese. IIRC my camry was built in Kentucky lol
And the cobra is a modified AC Ace, the GT40 was made by Lola and the RS200 was made by Reliant!
Yep. "american" cars just mean the company is based in america.
+Justin Lankester Actually, the first GT40 bodies were made in the US. Second, the Cobras, once the bodies changed and got pronounced fender haunches, which was when the car actually took off sales wise, it was completely US designed, and only shared a slight resemblance to the AC ACE. Then there is the Cobra Daytona, which only shared the floor pan with the US designed later Cobras.
So now, what what that about two actual US cars not being US ones?
I am not talking any of the ones that VizioRacer appropriated, like the Laser, and won't call them US cars.
Justin Lankester O it's american. It's what happens when Ford cheats on ous and makes a car exclusively for another country.
A workmate had a Gremlin V8 in the 70's, that power with his incompetence scared the bejesus out of us. We soon preferred to walk!
I didn't know the Gremlin had a V8! That's awesome!
I'd have added in the GM H-bodies. Well, I guess the Vega was one, but the Sunbird/Omega/Monza/Skyhawk clones all came in hatchback form with available V8s and 5-speeds. The coupes were more common for the Monza and Sunbird, but the Olds and Buick versions only came as hatchbacks.
Why Americans keep calling Focus and Fiesta American cars? By that logic even Ford Ka is American car. Ford Europe is different company, owned by Ford. It would be like calling Opel Vectra Chevy Vectra, so it is American?
We have the Focus here. I think we even had the Fiesta for a couple years, separate from the Festiva.
Mladen Milić you my man need a education. There is no difference between fords from Europe, north America or any other content. Every ford is licensed under the ford motor company. It's not like the vag group where audi is licensed under vw.
Except the Focus RS made only in Germany.
And England.
If I'm not mistaken. But the location doesn't matters. Ford is a usa created and based company.
Ohhh, I waited for the Shelby GLHS, and I got it :)
These 5-litre 120-160hp engines... So pathetic.
Gotta agree, not cool.
Lowest specific power output compilation xD
its all about the torque. if you look into smog era v8s *and yes, these are still smog era v8s* they had low hp to meet emissions......while thats pretty lame for the time....it still had the low eng grunt to get it off the line when it needed to....that or show off in ront of youre friends XD
+VisioRacer you can an episode about the E46 generation?
26hp/litre wow
AMC, the most innovative company America forgot about.
Creator of the full time all wheel drive, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Cherokee, and one of the longest lasting gas engines of all time, the 4.0 I-6.
The laser was an Australian built car, still under the American Brand but they were built in aus until the 4th gen. many knew about how it was a restyled familia/323 and its common to trade parts between them. also when you jump to the video of its acceleration that's of a new model (kf/kh) compared to the one you show racing (kc/ke)
That second McLaren Capri has a blown headgasket..
Matt Bonaccio no, it uses seafoam cleaner
Lmao, did not expect to see a car I owned on here.
I had a Merkur for a few years and boy was it trouble.
But I did enjoy it for what it was.
good times!
I was hoping you would have included the 1987 Pontiac Sunbird turbo GT and the Buick Skyhawk turbo T-Type. Both came in a hatchback form and had a 2.0L SOHC turbo engine with about 160 HP and 0-60 in between 6 to 7 seconds
Went to high school with a guy who owned that exact Gremlin. Lime green, Levi's interior, 4 speed. He built the engine a little, and I was in it when he rolled it.
The Chevy Citation X-11 was neat looking along with the Ford SVO Mustang.
Another early American hot hatch worth mentioning is the 1987 Chevy Cavalier Z24. I know, I know, it's a cavalier, but many people don't know about this design, most people think of the early 90's model that was available as a convertible (yuck). But there was a previous design that actually looked pretty good. I had a red on black 87 Z24 when I was 16, right after owning a 1982 Datsun 200SX and I thought the Z24 was hot shit lol (and it was compared to the Datsun). The 87 Z24 was available as a notchback and a hatchback. And instead of coming with the 3.1 V6 like the early 90's it came with the 2.8 V6 (fuel injected). Now it might have made less power than the 3.1 Z24 but the 87 Z24 was significantly lighter at 2500lbs vs 2900lbs. The 2.8 didn't make much HP but made good torque (125hp/160ftlbs) and in a car that weighs 2500lbs it wasn't a screamer but it was still far from slow. I remember racing my friends Focus SVT and we were dead even. I'd say worth a mention if we're talking American hot hatches
I've heard about the Omni GLHS but never seen one. AMC Spirit AMX is super cool. They also have an offroad version called the Eagle SX2.
i remember there was a little turbocharged plymouth sundance/ dodge shadow back in 1989, havent seen much vids about it
Also, the escort gt was a pretty good hatch back in the day. The cars in its class was the civic si and vw golf gti and still beat the newer EM1 civic SI. Sure they're slow but it's performance was on point AND still got 36mpg highway.......
A lot of the "American"hot hatches featured in this video have their roots in European or Japanese models: Dodge Omni=Talbot Horizon, Ford Focus, Ford laser=Mazda 323, Merkur XR4i is Ford Sierra, Chrysler Sunbeam Lotus, same name in Europe but also Talbot Sunbeam from 1979-1981.
This last car in rallye version made 250hp, with it's RWD it was a little bomb, the road version with 152hp made mince meat of most other hot hatches in the late 70's, the VW Golf GTI and Opel kadett C GTE made just 105-110hp in a similar sized car, sadly it was not the most known car either the most reliable.
That Gremlin with it's V8 and RWD seems also a very funny car to me, people don't expect the V8 roar from such a small car.
The Ford Laser/Mazda323 was a Ford Australia-Mazda Japan collaboration, the first of many between the two companies. Yes Ford is an American company, but Ford Australia has its own design and research department and the Laser/323 project had little if any US involvement.
i like the gremlin, despite the low bhp, only the sound of that engine is amusing
I think that AMC Spirit is kicking a little more HP than stock. One of the Merc Capri's was a 5.0 V8
I owned a svt focus, which actually was a project with cosworth.. Ford of Europe just happened to ship 15,000 to the United States
We forgot the gremlin and vega on purpose for a VERY GOOD REASON.
I had an XR4Ti and an SVT Focus at the same time...yay
Why is the Ford Laser there? It was only made & sold in Australasia, not America.
did you read the Text on the video
billy heaton there's still nothing American about it
DUB Productions FORD is American you dumb ass they can't sale the cars with out Ford ok
billy heaton the badge is the only American thing about it, it's mostly a Mazda underneath and it was made in Australia by FORD AUSTRALIA not Ford usa
DUB Productions Man are you really that damn dumb FORD USA runs everything fucking idiot if they told the people in AUSTRALIA don't build the car they wouldn't is that hard to understand
the first car is a mustang fox body back at my place
Yeah. It's a mustang with a facelift lol
The Chrysler Sunbeam was just added into Forza Horizon 3 (Xbox Video Game) and it's a fantastic car.
I always liked the look of the AMC Spirit
Dude I loe the Gremlin especially with those chromed caps ☝
You should do a Cosworth episode. that would be interesting.
What about the American 83-84 VW GTI? Mine was built in the New Jersey plant that closed in 85.
oh the spirit is the basis of the Eagle SX-4!
lol, im surprised there was no iroc-z *its technically a hatchback like the capri XD.....or...if you wanted to go there, the 73-74/76 Nova hatchback, or the AMC pacer X. and like many said, the SVO mustang and the chevy monza were also pretty neat. overall, it was a awesome vid....just wish i could find a merkur at a decent price
I'm positive that AMC in the end clip was washed by a 1996 Chev. Impala SS
How do you get only 210 hp from a 5-litre V8???
The AMC Spirit V8 on the list gets 126hp out of a 5 liter V8... 25hp per liter, that's hilariously bad haha.
There was a lot of emmissions stuff in the late 70's and 80's and they were really restrictive, so thats why you can buy a old 200hp camaro and change exhaust and carb, and with a good tune-up you got nearly 300hp. But these days, emmissions systems are optimized and you get as much more power and fuel effiency than older cars.
It's a mix of carburetion, distributor ignition, and emissions equipment
they run in low rpm I think
there's a lot that goes into it
the amc sound omg. yeah
Back in the day, some guy had a gremlin with a 390, or maybe the 403 in it, and he blew off everything around. I never saw it at the track, but he blew off the 'vettes , and I personally saw him blow off a Hemi GTX, because I lost a $50 bet.
Your missing out the 1984 dodge colt gts turbo..comes with a twin stick gear box fwd torque steer hatchback imported from Japan for dodge
The shelby GLH-S was a french car ( TALBO Horizon )
How about the 1987 Chevy Cavalier Z24? Not to be confused with the early 90's Z24 with the 3.1L V6 (that one was a coupe, not hatch). But before the early 90's Z24 there was one from the 80's with the 2.8L V6 which came in hatch or coupe design and they actually looked pretty good with decent performance (this is coming from a guy who hates Cavaliers).
To be honest, I would love to drive one of these Gremlins.
There's at least one of each of these under 1,000 bucks on Craigslist here in Michigan
I'll take that Gremlin X. These days it can be insured and registered as a collector car in my state, which means no emissions test, which means I can put anything I want under the hood. And the body was built like a tank, so it could handle a lot more power than a stock one ever came close to making. Many originally slow '70s cars can be done that way. Just PLEASE don't put a computerized EFI engine in them. A simple carbureted engine will get you all the power you want.
If i were to own one id put a om605 in it
End of video- OH MY GOOODDDD 😡😡😡
Was there something wrong with the engine in the last car? Sounded like it was mis firing like crazy on idle
Start of video- if there ain't a Caliber SRT4 on this list Ima be pissed....
The HP rating for the gremlin was bunk. It had way more HP. A friend of mine had one and he was turning 13.5s
No stock Gremlin ever ran sub 14 seconds. With the stock V8, it was capable of running mid to upper 16 second 1/4 mile and 0-60 mph just below 10 seconds. Even the rare Gremlin XR, which was a dealer created car, with the 401 could only run 14 second on average.
@@mopar_dude9227 The one my friend had would fly. Of course, his might not have been strictly stock, now that you mention it. But it did have the original "engine" in it. Tweaked a little. Gremlins still came with more HP than claimed in the book back then. Car manufacturers back then were well known for fudging the numbers.
holy shit that AMC Spirit sounds good
was gonna say did the amc gremlin have a lot of power from a big engine i was massively wrong
jake lambert
But it had enough power to make it quicker than most sport cars back in the day, and they can be tuned to make more power as well.
ᏌᎦᏋ ᎿᖇᏫllᎶᏌᏁ 0⃣1⃣ was it reliable or was it like the pacer?
jake lambert
It was reliable and the pacer also had the same engine and transmission options as the Gremlin.
I want a gremlin x if it sounds like that neon green one holy crap
For the first several years the Gremlin only the glass opened!
Goes Like Hell Squared
thx i was trying to forget about those lol
The Gremlin will be always in my mind.
I saw only "american hot hatches" and I know the Gremlin will be here :p
that Gremlin wasnt fooling anyone, even then it was slow
the thing i love about Americans is to them there's no car too small for a V8
make the best limited edition cars for your next video please :)
Any specific cars to be mentioned in it?
VisioRacer Holden VX Sv300 or a VG maloo (both hsv)or the hsv coupe 4 it's awd version of the Sv300 but the monaro body
+VisioRacer any cars like lexus lfa, mercedes amg gt, and etc. any cars from classic to modern cars
I think the gremlin will be remembered again because of how forza horizon 3 added it
Wow the Shelby hatcback has an engine literally has half the size of the Gremlin yet still makes more power😔
you should have mentioned the shelby csx-vnt i came with a variable turbo
Isn't that a coupé?
i mean it kinda looks like one but its classified as a hatchback
Okay then
The Gremlin was never considered a poor man's Corvette. I do not know how that statement could be made by any stretch of the imagination.
Lol at 0:30 he really needs to pit a timing light on that thing
I'll always have a sweet spot for the gremlins
Looked like that AMC Spirit had a small block Chevy in it...
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I don't think the Laser qualifies. A car that isn't made, or sold, in America, and isn't even produced by the American company it's sold under, shouldn't qualify at all.
By this theory a Mercedes made in Poland shouldn't be a German car or a Volkswagen Passat produced in the USA (and is completely different to the EU one) shouldn't be a German car either then. Still people call them like that.
And I would agree that they are not. But the Laser is a ste further. Those cars were designed by the parent company. The Laser was designed by Mazda. It wasnt even sold here. No part of it is American.
Erik Warnes 1990-1994 escort, is the same as laser but with a few differences head/tail light wise etc. America never got the turbo 4wd version though.
Erik Warnes would of been called a laser too if it weren't for the plymouth laser.
+Erik Warnes Actually, the US Ford Escort from that time was a completely Ford of America designed car that was made to look like the European Escorts. They shared absolutley nothing with each other. And the US Escort shared nothing with the Laser as well.
Outstanding Video as for us European`s many will not know about one of this in anywhere heard about " Yank-Bangers" having actually a Top - End ( na,ok for US - Cars at least about under 200 Jiiiyyyhas on Power ) " Badass " Version , me ( ???? ) personally knew about the Gremlin all else is interestingly new for me and me Mate,cause while as usual far underpowerd for the Engine-Size,what Potential one has, to tickel much more Horse to the Liter out of ( FWD has a Limit,i say around 270,you can have more but wont get it ever down ! ) at least the Rearwheel - Drives in this Table....Ta,Fats
What is it with the bad camera work. Getting motion sickness watching it :/
Make a vid of 10 best selling rv's with best sounding engine (only gasoline engine)
Not to be a hater, but I don't think a v8 is a way to go for hot hatch. The car is going to be heavy, handle bad and pretty slow in general.
Rokas Getautas Buy they sound orgasmic
Leafyisthere _ modern 1.6 fiesta st sounds great aswell. Good sound is not all, I personally prefer a car that puts up a good competition to much more expensive cars on track.
youd be surprised. they actually did theyre homework when it came to the v8 hatches. so you dont really have to worry about much, other than the normal understeer youd get from having a short rwd car
the v8s in the amc were lighter than the straight six option.
and slow? not for when it was produced. quit comparing new to old. put a non smog cam and better intake on the v8 and it would scream.
And somehow, we still call the gremlin a lemon car
The Ford Focus isn't American it's British. And it's called the Ford Focus ST170 on this side of the pond
Brett Brett ford is American kid it's like calling a Toyota American just because it's made in the US.
To be fair the Focus was considered a 'world car' as it got sold just about everywhere.
It was solely designed by Ford Europe though with no input from Ford America, it no Americans were involved with the design.
Ford Europe is not American.