It probably runs of NiMH batteries, the ones you get in older power-tools, it's a safe and reliable battery chemistry but it's not as energy dense as modern Lithium-based ones. I bet you upgrade the battery and you get 1/3rd of the weight for the same usable mileage. But... you'd have to deal with all the issues Lithium has too..
That car is incredibly safe and handles like a charm. You can tell whoever designed this actually spent some time on it. It wasn't just thrown together to make a buck.
I would not want to be involved in a collision in something like this or the Smart, though. The laws of physics doesn't care how fun your car looks. :)
@@thoso1973 the reason why this is unsafe is for the heavy car that people like to buy that are in fact way more riskier you have higher chance of dying in a SUV than a sedan yet people think bigger = safer Europe is filling up whit this kind of car its perfect small + electric mean a lot of range and reduction in traffic and normally these type of car are so small that in case of impact they will almost deform completely saving the people in it instead of acting like a brick that give all the impact force into the people in it
@@thoso1973bro, if you are not safe inside a tiny car while on the road, you definitely not safe outside of it, so the road is also very dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, that means the road is the problem, not the car. Are all the giant ass suvs and pick up truck that make them unsafe for everyone.
@@OutOfNameIdeas2 People love the Tango. When Tango inventor Rick Woodbury take his grandchildren to school, or when he drives around town, it gets a crowd of interested and happy onlookers. Definitely not humiliating.
I remember when these came out, pulled up alongside one in downtown Spokane and laughed at the notion of Sparco seats in a silly electric car with two old guys in it. That laugh was cut short when the light turned green and they absolutely DUSTED me.
i can't get it out of my head , the fact that this paper wide car is made in 2005, 800 horse power and all the Nascar stuff , in that size , just suuuper impressive
@@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225 its only that expensive because its literally a custom built electric race car back before electric cars were even a viable idea to most people, they were also limited run which jacked the price up because of the lack of wholesale parts. Theres a whole industry of these things nowadays and people actually use them in europe, and they are all around the 10-20k price range.
This thing makes a typical sub-compact seem like a large sedan by comparison. It would be very practical if you are single and just need something to get around locally.
@@KenanTurkiye I mean from how small it is, it's most likely that thing is a big roll cage, so no need for crumple zones, it would just kill the driver if it has one
If I were to redesign this, I would make the doors slide forward to open. That way it would be easier for both occupants to enter and exit even in tight spaces. I'd also add a sunroof for an alternative way out. A roof rack and a folding basket out back would resolve the cargo issues.
This is probably one of the most un scripted videos donut have done in a long time, it’s actually so funny, especially jobes genuine concern when they first started driving
I really think it's the format rather than the hosts. They are all great don't get me wrong but unless pumphrey is yelling something they do just be guys being dudes
I've been following this car for years so it's nice to see a big channel finally cover it. This is honestly one of my dream cars because it has advantages that 99% of other cars don't have. Driving something so fast, safe and that can corner so well sounds incredible. It's the ultimate sleeper. Plus it can legally lane split in California. The reason why it's still so expensive is due to a lack of investors to bring the car into full production. If it was affordable, like $20k, I would totally buy one.
@@gnaedigerfels There's enough rich people in California that I would have thought that legal lane splitting in a car that was safe and not a motorcycle would have been a big seller. Makes me think they didn't publicize it enough or didn't have the right connections.
That's Rick from Commuter Cars here in Spokane, WA! Super cool guy. He's been coming into my work for years buying hardware to build that! Cool to see it on Donut!
I would have died if he did that to me but also if he just stopped right in the middle rolls down his window reachs out folds mirrors in then speeds off. It would take hours just to clean the snot and tears from my car.
that car had me crying laughing for a hot minute it literally looks photoshopped 😂 the part where jerry launched the car and it hauling ass and jobe getting smushed by the toilet paper just added fuel to the fire. my stomach hurts now
A car like that with the front-facing door that one two-sided car had would be pretty good in big cities, because right now even if you can cram it into a tiny spot there's no way to get out and that significantly reduces how useful it is.
No joke, I genuinely want a car like this for my everyday commute from home to work. I would need a different car for hanging out with friends, day trips, stuff like that, but I would actually want something like this for standard transport
ElectraMecchanica makes one like this that can be had for around $20k. Of course it has a lot less horsepower but it's made by a real company with mass production. I think it's called the SOLO.
If everyone has one of these then the traffic would be significantly reduced. Most people drive by themselves to work without taking anything, why is a 5 seater car needed to do that? I feel like these sized cars are the future for everyday commutes, like you said they can't replace full-sized cars for every single task.
@@gabriell.4440 No offense but the solo actually looks kinda pathetic with 3 wheels, nowhere near as cool. The tango really nailed on the design imo, even smarter looking than Smart haha
This seriously takes me back. I sat in the back of the red prototype car back in 2006 or so, and yeah it was a bit of a squeeze getting back there. It wasn't uncomfortable though. Performance was amazing, absolutely brutal acceleration. I remember being amazed at how solid it felt around corners. The series/parallel switch was a feature of a DC motor controller that was really popular in the electric drag racing scene at the time. This car was at least to some extent a product of that scene (it was at a NEDRA drag racing event that I saw the car and met the designer and his son). I miss that time, hanging around so many people building their own crazy high-performance electric vehicles because major manufacturers wouldn't, and wondering where all this was going to go. Rick Woodbury was one of the few back then who stepped up and started trying to do something big. I have long wondered what became of Commuter Cars, and it wasn't more than a month ago that I looked it up and was impressed to find they're still around.
@@WrathOfTheGoth I guess I probably saw you there; I was one of the handful of regulars from Austin. Howdy from the past. Since then I tried to do the EV entrepreneur thing with a couple friends and discovered I really suck at it. I don't work in the field at the moment, but it's still in my interests and much of what I do professionally today was made possible by that time working on early DC motor EVs, and hanging around the greats like Wayland. Don't drop the wrench!
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Apart from the insane price, that's an amazingly practical little city car with way, way more performance than it really needs. The same sort of packaging aimed at the commuters, then there's a market. However, engineering one for the right price position would be incredibly difficult.
I actually met the CEO of the commuter car company irl when he came to the wendys I work at, and some of us commented on his car, which lead to him talking about it and his company and when he left, he gave us his business card, coolest thing I ever saw.
Great to read. Commuter Cars CEO is applied genius and very friendly Rick Woodbury. The company is currently based in Spokane, Washington. It’s definitely cool. I think the Tango is the best designed commuter car. Ever.
"Listen your mirriors are the widest part, so if the mirrors fit the car fits. It's like a cat and it's whiskers, if the whiskers go the body goes" OMG this had my dying 🤣🤣😂
Can someome please run one of these on pike's peak? Since it handles so well, and it's narrow profile will allow it to run lines through the apexes other cars can't. Not to mention it's performance isn't affected by the altitude.
Well, for $300.000 I would hope so. But then much of the cost was because of the low production numbers. I'm sure if they could build 100,000 of them the cost would be quite reasonable. But in reality, not many people would want such a weird tiny car. It would be fun as a third car but that's all..
I'm a scooter owner, and back when I started looking for serious reviews of serious bike streamers I could only get videos of them just having fun. Like they don't even put scooters on the same category, and this is what this video made me feel: serious car people, just having fun, enjoying themselves on a fun little car, and it made me want to get one. I wish they would get mass produced some day.
If it came with the van, absolutely. Like van ev for long journeys, park it in the outskirts, take this into the city, get what you need then back to the van, its like a step up from the honda kei car and bike
I don’t know whats more crazy is the fact that this little car is fast and so small or that they went and got Arby’s. I have never heard of anyone actually going to Arby’s.
A family friend of mine owns one of these things, have yet to ride in the back. But we live here in Australia and he had to pay even more than the buying price. As he had to pay for an engineer to fly to New Zealand, rebuild the disassembled car and then shipped to Australia. There was something with the import laws that meant he had to do it this way, but he was determined to get it into the country lol.
@@eamonnparsons3155 there's only a few Aussies car-mad enough, wealthy enough and crazy enough to pull it off. The boys from MCM, but they dont own one. Daniel Riccardo, but I dont think he spends much time here anymore. Lastly there's probably a random mechanic in QLD who's insane enough and would sell his house to do it.
These were made in Spokane WA, my home town. I used to see them driving around back in the day. I got left at the lights by one once and it blew my mind how fast it was! These were just ahead of their time. Wish they had made it to full production. Go look up a video of the Tango on a autocross course!.. crazy how well it handles.
I wanted to see Clarkson drive the Tango into his office like he did with the P50 Peel. I'm figuring that the Tango has a reverse gear. That would be helpful
Sounds like the Top Gear episodes with James in the Peel P50 and Jeremy in his "P45" (modified quad bike), doing all manner of inappropriate things with them.
I know the feeling. I wrote Tango inventor Rick Woodbury a fan email 16 years ago, and I’ve been working on sharing the word since then. I think it’s the best commuter car ever built.
I honestly think microcars like this are the future. They're safer, cheaper to produce, take up far less space, use up far less emissions, and are far more practical for the daily commute. Micro cars like this should be the default mode of transport for people using their car just to get from point A to point B, which is what the majority of people use their cars for, and bigger cars should only be used where necessary for hauling loads, etc. The only thing these cars are missing are bigger storage areas, but they could probably work around that issue by adding storage to the undercarriage or something. I honestly think cars like this are what everybody should be required to drive unless if they have a valid reason to own a 'full-sized' car. There are far too many people buying massive Trucks so they can use them to move 1 or 2 boxes once a year. If you don't need a car that big, you shouldn't be driving a car that big.
Well, it has an interior space of around 1m squared. America has a land mass of 9,834,000,000,000 squared meters. Therefore, you could fit approximately 0.000000000000000000001% of America within that car
@@fil44ls My partner's Smart goit into a rear-end collision twice, the Smart beiong the victim. The Smart never got any serious damage other than paint because it just... bounced.
@@fil44ls Well if your car doesn´t crumble, your neck will lol. The crumbling takes the energy out of the crash so that your bodyparts aren´t accelerated as much. If that car has a good airbag system with that rollcage i think it could probably work though.
I remember when I first saw this come out. I was so hoping to see it go to production, particularly after seeing some of their slalom tests - it could outmaneuver just about anything. A really cool piece of (recent) car history.
Tail lights are 100% 2nd gen Isuzu Rodeo, I've owned about 6. And the headlights I'm almost sure are Olds Alero. These cars are pretty cool to be honest.
These tiny cars really are not a bad idea, but you need tons of people to make the switch, it's completely absurd, especially in America that everyone drives big cars, giant trucks with half a dozen seats and a ton of storage space just to drive themselves to work with a single suitcase.
DUDES! The chemistry in this video is awesome. I learned a lot and laughed a lot. The tiny car fits 2 people but I was right in there with y'all. More content like this!
Damn love this duo, just 2 guys having fun and enjoying it. And damn cool car, 300.000 no way I would pay that. But honestly, it would be an amazing second car, if the prize was easier to swallow.
I know because of it's shape and narrow stature, which could easily pose a toppling over risk while cornering it needs to have a lot of weight very low for low centre of mass but that thing weighs as much as a camry??!!!! :O
Y’all aren’t giving this enough credit, it’s literally the perfect car. Easily parkable, takes up VERY little space, zero emissions, what more could you possibly want
The fact that it has two seats makes this 10x cooler
But what is 10x0?
That just makes it ten times as likely that you'll kill not only yourself but someone else while driving this.
@@mr.pritchard67 hell yeah!
Exactly, and F14 Tomcat style too. RIP Goose.
@@eachday9538 it would be so cool if it had jet fighter style canopy as well!
Admit it. Zach and Jeremiah won the Donut lottery. Everyone wanted to drive this thing I bet.
They probably did off camera.
They were the only ones that could fit 🤣🤣🤣
I would have loved to be the passenger, probably wouldn't fit lol
They should have tried to cram James in there. If nothing else, just to keep tradition alive
You are right my friend..👍👍👍
if you consider the weight to volume ratio, this has to be the densest vehicle ever produced.
I’ve driven it twice. It feels like a dense, dry safe electric car when you drive it.
@@MickeySimple a good car for rogue Jews.
@@MickeySimple i literally expected this to weight no more like 800 pounds, that's insane, a smart car is twice its size and weighs HALF
It probably runs of NiMH batteries, the ones you get in older power-tools, it's a safe and reliable battery chemistry but it's not as energy dense as modern Lithium-based ones. I bet you upgrade the battery and you get 1/3rd of the weight for the same usable mileage. But... you'd have to deal with all the issues Lithium has too..
@@cannaroe1213 or you can use lfp chemistry
That car is incredibly safe and handles like a charm. You can tell whoever designed this actually spent some time on it. It wasn't just thrown together to make a buck.
yea i am impressed, nowadays that the time of electric has come, this should be made now
I would not want to be involved in a collision in something like this or the Smart, though. The laws of physics doesn't care how fun your car looks. :)
@@thoso1973 the reason why this is unsafe is for the heavy car that people like to buy that are in fact way more riskier you have higher chance of dying in a SUV than a sedan yet people think bigger = safer Europe is filling up whit this kind of car its perfect small + electric mean a lot of range and reduction in traffic and normally these type of car are so small that in case of impact they will almost deform completely saving the people in it instead of acting like a brick that give all the impact force into the people in it
@@JohnSmith-pn2vl a good car for rogue Jews.
@@thoso1973bro, if you are not safe inside a tiny car while on the road, you definitely not safe outside of it, so the road is also very dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, that means the road is the problem, not the car.
Are all the giant ass suvs and pick up truck that make them unsafe for everyone.
If these were under 15k I'd buy one in a minute.
They'd be really popular in dense cities where parking and traffic can be a hassle.
I'd honestly get one for groceries or shit.
On a side note: Do the bots not even care enough to type words anymore?
@@lieutenantdan8541 groceries for one person tho, shits tiny
@@Megasteel32 Im sure if you remove the back seat, there will be plenty of room. Definitely not gonna work if that's the only car you own lol
@@Megasteel32 That is perfect though, I am exactly one person
I've been in a city and people there don't want tiny cars, they buy huge vehicles anyway
I’d really love to see more smaller EVs that are absolute rippers!
@Driver Man bro if it was cheaper, i dont think id get dropped off by this, id think i was the one driving it
Yeah like vw bring back the beetle as the lightening bug
@@driverman9528 total humiliation.
@@OutOfNameIdeas2 People love the Tango. When Tango inventor Rick Woodbury take his grandchildren to school, or when he drives around town, it gets a crowd of interested and happy onlookers. Definitely not humiliating.
They are ideal for food delivery
I remember when these came out, pulled up alongside one in downtown Spokane and laughed at the notion of Sparco seats in a silly electric car with two old guys in it.
That laugh was cut short when the light turned green and they absolutely DUSTED me.
i can't get it out of my head , the fact that this paper wide car is made in 2005, 800 horse power and all the Nascar stuff , in that size , just suuuper impressive
Pretty lucky considering these things never came out. Only 12 we're made
I’ve seen the same car 😂
@@hyenascreech2183 I mean 12 made and driven means thousands have seen it. I'm sure some watch RUclips.
@@carsinruin6102 maybe not. there are similar ones out there
Honestly I love this. I *wish* it made it into production.
I could absolutely see this being an incredible city car.
The problem ist the price. If it were like 10K i would buy about it, maybe at 20k i could think about it.
@@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225 its only that expensive because its literally a custom built electric race car back before electric cars were even a viable idea to most people, they were also limited run which jacked the price up because of the lack of wholesale parts. Theres a whole industry of these things nowadays and people actually use them in europe, and they are all around the 10-20k price range.
@@johanalejandrocazadordepin722510k is a lot at that point just get a side by side
This thing makes a typical sub-compact seem like a large sedan by comparison. It would be very practical if you are single and just need something to get around locally.
@@The_MEMEphis for 10k you can get a citroen ami, which is the same thing as this but you can't split lanes because your passenger has legroom
The inside view looks so normal and then it cuts to outside and it's just hilarious
I've actually ridden in this very car. He lives in my city. It's made here. Spokane, WA
5:24 the company claims it's the worlds safest car, what about whiplash?
has almost no cruplezones.
@@KenanTurkiye it has an nhra rated roll cage. It's fine.
@@discordye4825 Yes, but doesn't a vehicle need crumple zones, so it lessens the damage to neck when a whiplash occurs?
@@KenanTurkiye I mean from how small it is, it's most likely that thing is a big roll cage, so no need for crumple zones, it would just kill the driver if it has one
If I were to redesign this, I would make the doors slide forward to open. That way it would be easier for both occupants to enter and exit even in tight spaces. I'd also add a sunroof for an alternative way out. A roof rack and a folding basket out back would resolve the cargo issues.
You forgot a frunk
This is probably one of the most un scripted videos donut have done in a long time, it’s actually so funny, especially jobes genuine concern when they first started driving
Imagine being on the interstate, and you see this hilariously tiny thing blast by you at 150mph
Jobe's mushed face from the paper towels! I lost it. Couldn't stop laughing!
I'm gonna die, lol
when he said: "I'm gonna die" LOL killed me
Lmao I was laughing so hard at that that it brought me to the comments to find this 😂
Same 🤣
woke my wife up laughing to tears watching over and over papertowel face and "I'm gonna die" 🤣
This is literally a golf cart on steroids and I love it
NOPE. Golf Carts are Much Bigger.
Golf cart in ohio
"Literally"?
Yeah
@@no-xt4tr yes
THANK YOU for the Burton/Jobe tandem. Just two guys being dudes. Good chemistry, good humour, good content. Send Zachemiah on more adventures please.
I thought we all just had a Jerezack
I really think it's the format rather than the hosts. They are all great don't get me wrong but unless pumphrey is yelling something they do just be guys being dudes
theyre both chaotic characters, I bet it's tough to put them together and still get anything done lol
They need to remaster this car for 2023 with a sensible price tag. It will sell like hot cakes in Europe and Asia.
I've been following this car for years so it's nice to see a big channel finally cover it. This is honestly one of my dream cars because it has advantages that 99% of other cars don't have. Driving something so fast, safe and that can corner so well sounds incredible. It's the ultimate sleeper. Plus it can legally lane split in California. The reason why it's still so expensive is due to a lack of investors to bring the car into full production. If it was affordable, like $20k, I would totally buy one.
I'm curious how this didn't get investors though, so many stupid things get funded and they couldn't get funding for something so awesome?
@@kuebby Probably because it is fucking ugly, but the practical nonetheless
@@gnaedigerfels There's enough rich people in California that I would have thought that legal lane splitting in a car that was safe and not a motorcycle would have been a big seller. Makes me think they didn't publicize it enough or didn't have the right connections.
@@kuebby Not much exposure outside California/America I guess. If this however was bought to India or any 3rd world country....
holy crap, didnt expect you here lol
That's Rick from Commuter Cars here in Spokane, WA! Super cool guy. He's been coming into my work for years buying hardware to build that! Cool to see it on Donut!
Hey another Spokanenite
Yeah, I instantly recognized that car.
I watched them run this at the raceway and then have to push it up the hill from the pits to the concession stands because it was out of juice.
@@matthewpooley41 yes! That red one years ago was awesome to watch.
I was just about to say that I've seen these around my town! That's hilarious, I had no idea!
You can't get mad if someone lane splits you in this. Hard to be upset when you're laughing.
It's hard to be upset when you see that thing in the parking lot aisle like it did
I need a longer video on this, that thing is so cool!
The best part is while lane splitting nobody will get mad at you because they're too busy dying of laughter 🤣
Some douches above commented their disapproval
I would have died if he did that to me but also if he just stopped right in the middle rolls down his window reachs out folds mirrors in then speeds off. It would take hours just to clean the snot and tears from my car.
The Audi driver at 6:53 didn't like the lane splitting.
This is unironically cooler than pretty much any new car in the last 10 years
And the thing has been out for 17 years already
Yup, it's sad Tesla got all the love when these came first
that car had me crying laughing for a hot minute it literally looks photoshopped 😂 the part where jerry launched the car and it hauling ass and jobe getting smushed by the toilet paper just added fuel to the fire. my stomach hurts now
The tiny car burn out with Zach getting smushed in the tiny window, was laughing for a solid minute
And all you hear is suffocating screams in the back seat.
That shit got me 😂😂😂
It does look fake. Haha
the number of the beast!
I think that car company owner should start producing those kind of cars to the market. Bec that's the coolest car to hit the car show!!
A car like that with the front-facing door that one two-sided car had would be pretty good in big cities, because right now even if you can cram it into a tiny spot there's no way to get out and that significantly reduces how useful it is.
or maybe make a canopy for it, just like the fighter jets in their sponsor?
Edit: I think this is the best space-saving mod I could think of...
I mean... there's always a way to convert it to scissor doors...
Front facing door? Ah! The Urcle Car. 😀
The Janus and the BMW Isetta.
Basically a BMW Isetta with an electric engine and up to today's safety standards. I'd love to see that done.
It looks like one of those mirror illusions where you produce a full face by mirroring one side.
🙌
@@LateBandwagon a good car for rogue Jews.
No joke, I genuinely want a car like this for my everyday commute from home to work. I would need a different car for hanging out with friends, day trips, stuff like that, but I would actually want something like this for standard transport
ElectraMecchanica makes one like this that can be had for around $20k. Of course it has a lot less horsepower but it's made by a real company with mass production. I think it's called the SOLO.
If everyone has one of these then the traffic would be significantly reduced. Most people drive by themselves to work without taking anything, why is a 5 seater car needed to do that?
I feel like these sized cars are the future for everyday commutes, like you said they can't replace full-sized cars for every single task.
@@MinotaurvsCyclops That was my reasoning when I sold my sedan and bought a Miata.
I would have a motorcycle most months of the year then this car for the other two.
@@gabriell.4440 No offense but the solo actually looks kinda pathetic with 3 wheels, nowhere near as cool. The tango really nailed on the design imo, even smarter looking than Smart haha
I love the genuine fun they had testing this tiny car! I had a smile on my face the whole time to see how cool this car is!
Getting refined "P45" [Clarkson's one seater car from TG] vibes from this - and it seems to have solved the weather issues!
Is that the one he literally drove through the building? 😂
@@NarwahlGaming The one he drove through the building is the Peel P50.
I was just thinking about that! 😆
Clarkson did drive the "P45" in buildings, it even had electric mode for that purpose. James drove a Peel P50 through the Top Gear offices as well.
This seriously takes me back. I sat in the back of the red prototype car back in 2006 or so, and yeah it was a bit of a squeeze getting back there. It wasn't uncomfortable though. Performance was amazing, absolutely brutal acceleration. I remember being amazed at how solid it felt around corners.
The series/parallel switch was a feature of a DC motor controller that was really popular in the electric drag racing scene at the time. This car was at least to some extent a product of that scene (it was at a NEDRA drag racing event that I saw the car and met the designer and his son).
I miss that time, hanging around so many people building their own crazy high-performance electric vehicles because major manufacturers wouldn't, and wondering where all this was going to go. Rick Woodbury was one of the few back then who stepped up and started trying to do something big. I have long wondered what became of Commuter Cars, and it wasn't more than a month ago that I looked it up and was impressed to find they're still around.
Nice little additional backstory. I appreciate it.
Seeing that car at Wayland's and getting to ride around in it back then was very cool.
@@WrathOfTheGoth I guess I probably saw you there; I was one of the handful of regulars from Austin. Howdy from the past.
Since then I tried to do the EV entrepreneur thing with a couple friends and discovered I really suck at it. I don't work in the field at the moment, but it's still in my interests and much of what I do professionally today was made possible by that time working on early DC motor EVs, and hanging around the greats like Wayland.
Don't drop the wrench!
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Despicable me ahh car
LMAO
Minion mobile ahh car
If it sold below $10k I would get one just for my commute. That would easily fit in my garage, next to my truck
I would get one too. It would take about 4 years for me to pay it off but I would definitely get one if they were under 10k. Probably a purple one?
Garage? It would fit in my closet.
You could carry it in the back of your truck lol
I keep mine in my medicine cabinet
some manufacturers kind of make similar cars now like the renault twizy or citroen ami
"Never made it to full scale production" LOL
Paul Elio has entered the room: Hold my beer.
For full scale production you need full scale product, that's the problem.
@phiksit why? Paul took off with pre-order money and came out with nothing for sale...
Wonder what happens when he takes a left or right turn
@@dylantedlock nothing, center of gravity is pretty low
The world needs more footage of Justin in a tank. A whole episode. Make it happen Donut
You need a glass of water fam?
Justin?
I agree. Get the man a Ripsaw!
Let him review a tank!
Apart from the insane price, that's an amazingly practical little city car with way, way more performance than it really needs. The same sort of packaging aimed at the commuters, then there's a market. However, engineering one for the right price position would be incredibly difficult.
To get full value, it must be high performance enough to safely lane split on a highway.
If this car was a cheap production car, i would buy it INSTANTLY
$5-8K... I wouldn't even think twice. I'd buy it immediately
Same, it would fit awesomely into my two car garage
if it would have like a 60hp motor and a 10k price tag it will sell like hotcakes
That car is ridiculously cool. And to think it is "Nascar safe" too. Incredible.
I mean NASCAR safe for roll overs but I wouldn’t want to be in this thing if you get hit in the side.
@@ExCinisCinerisHD Don't forget it's weight/mass though. The battery weighs more then a Corolla. No crumple zones will be bad however.
NASCAR only has crashes cuz its drivers are phonies who only know how to teeeeern leeeft 😂😂😂
@@ExCinisCinerisHD a good car for rogue Jews.
@@Narcle0 Yeah i highly doubt its the worlds safest car lol.
"We're driving some guys dream"
That really is cool, what an accomplishment.
I actually met the CEO of the commuter car company irl when he came to the wendys I work at, and some of us commented on his car, which lead to him talking about it and his company and when he left, he gave us his business card, coolest thing I ever saw.
Great to read. Commuter Cars CEO is applied genius and very friendly Rick Woodbury. The company is currently based in Spokane, Washington. It’s definitely cool. I think the Tango is the best designed commuter car. Ever.
Jez and jobe are always a killer combo, love to see more videos of them checking stuff out
Watching it go on traffic is weird to the eyes and brain, that car is cool af
"Listen your mirriors are the widest part, so if the mirrors fit the car fits. It's like a cat and it's whiskers, if the whiskers go the body goes" OMG this had my dying 🤣🤣😂
Can someome please run one of these on pike's peak? Since it handles so well, and it's narrow profile will allow it to run lines through the apexes other cars can't. Not to mention it's performance isn't affected by the altitude.
it honestly looks like a well-built car, props to the guy who made it. shame it has to be so expensive.
Well, for $300.000 I would hope so. But then much of the cost was because of the low production numbers. I'm sure if they could build 100,000 of them the cost would be quite reasonable. But in reality, not many people would want such a weird tiny car. It would be fun as a third car but that's all..
I'm a scooter owner, and back when I started looking for serious reviews of serious bike streamers I could only get videos of them just having fun. Like they don't even put scooters on the same category, and this is what this video made me feel: serious car people, just having fun, enjoying themselves on a fun little car, and it made me want to get one. I wish they would get mass produced some day.
Love this thing. Lane splitting with heat and AC is sweet. Headlights are from a caravan and tails are from an Isuzu Axiom.
I don't care about the sportiness and the speed the size of this thing is what interests me
If it came with the van, absolutely. Like van ev for long journeys, park it in the outskirts, take this into the city, get what you need then back to the van, its like a step up from the honda kei car and bike
And then have a tiny one-wheel motorbike shoved into the back of the Tango.
I'm not even a car person and I absolutely love donut media... this would be handy when I drive around Chicago...
At least you won't get car jacked.
@@ericvulgateman they’d put that thing on a truck in 2 seconds and be gone
with a $300k pricetag, that'll be stolen in Chicago really quick! 🤣🤣🤣
same lol
I'd say you need something more bulletproof
I don’t know whats more crazy is the fact that this little car is fast and so small or that they went and got Arby’s. I have never heard of anyone actually going to Arby’s.
try it sometime
I don't think I've gone once in my life lol
Arby's underrated
Underrated asf they got the meats
@@jakehamilton5894very true I used to work there lmao. Food’s honestly really good.
These would be perfect in European countries with narrow streets. Would allow for better parking etc
A family friend of mine owns one of these things, have yet to ride in the back. But we live here in Australia and he had to pay even more than the buying price. As he had to pay for an engineer to fly to New Zealand, rebuild the disassembled car and then shipped to Australia. There was something with the import laws that meant he had to do it this way, but he was determined to get it into the country lol.
Wtf
if you know what you want and you got the money i suppose anything is possible
Dude... There's literally only 12 made in history. Your friend absolutely does not have a fuckin Tango T600 lmfao
@@ripF5C Well, I'm not about to dox the old dude to prove my point on a damn RUclips comments section, so I'll take the L I guess?
@@eamonnparsons3155 there's only a few Aussies car-mad enough, wealthy enough and crazy enough to pull it off.
The boys from MCM, but they dont own one. Daniel Riccardo, but I dont think he spends much time here anymore. Lastly there's probably a random mechanic in QLD who's insane enough and would sell his house to do it.
These were made in Spokane WA, my home town. I used to see them driving around back in the day. I got left at the lights by one once and it blew my mind how fast it was! These were just ahead of their time. Wish they had made it to full production. Go look up a video of the Tango on a autocross course!.. crazy how well it handles.
What a giggle fest. Looks super fun to blast around
Love to see the crash tests on this
Like the Smart car, it's a bargain cuz you won't need to buy a casket.
this has such a top gear vibe. i love it
Donut needs bigger budgets so they could flip it a half dozen times like the Reliant Robin segment
Clarkson and May wouldn't for inside, maybe 2 Hammond's
I wanted to see Clarkson drive the Tango into his office like he did with the P50 Peel. I'm figuring that the Tango has a reverse gear. That would be helpful
World’s safest car until a cyclist hits you
That would be so fun. You could drive to the mall then just drive right inside the mall and do your shopping.
@@isaiahc8390 Damn dude, all the person above said was about driving to the mall, what does that have to do with Jesus hahahaahaha
Gives a whole new meaning to getting away from cops, lol.
Sounds like the Top Gear episodes with James in the Peel P50 and Jeremy in his "P45" (modified quad bike), doing all manner of inappropriate things with them.
So it's just a very expensive mobility scooter?
I fell in love with this car at the L A Auto Show in 2004, it was 20yrs ahead of its time...
I know the feeling. I wrote Tango inventor Rick Woodbury a fan email 16 years ago, and I’ve been working on sharing the word since then. I think it’s the best commuter car ever built.
8:00 im not much of a car person but thanks to this video ive seen my dream car
Beremiah’s giggles are the BEST in this video 🤣🤣
Jeremiah
@@ejot2 Jerembiah
Beremjah
@@ejot2 Behemothiah
jambalaya
The bromance between Zach and Jerry is so entertaining to watch need more videos like this
-$69
I lost it at, "I'm gonna die". Literally guffawed in the middle of the gym.
You re watching TV in the gym ? Come'on... then stop crying because you've got chicken legs
@@leewe2015 you've got the wrong one there, pal.
I honestly think microcars like this are the future. They're safer, cheaper to produce, take up far less space, use up far less emissions, and are far more practical for the daily commute.
Micro cars like this should be the default mode of transport for people using their car just to get from point A to point B, which is what the majority of people use their cars for, and bigger cars should only be used where necessary for hauling loads, etc.
The only thing these cars are missing are bigger storage areas, but they could probably work around that issue by adding storage to the undercarriage or something.
I honestly think cars like this are what everybody should be required to drive unless if they have a valid reason to own a 'full-sized' car. There are far too many people buying massive Trucks so they can use them to move 1 or 2 boxes once a year. If you don't need a car that big, you shouldn't be driving a car that big.
I wonder what percentage of America could actually fit in that.
Like 3%
Like 1% or less
At one time?
Well, it has an interior space of around 1m squared. America has a land mass of 9,834,000,000,000 squared meters.
Therefore, you could fit approximately 0.000000000000000000001% of America within that car
@@Artyomthewalrus 🤓
7:00 I love how he has to drive it like a bus
Bro is so good at flying a jet that he has the seat pointing backwards and driving with a steering wheel: 1:01 💀💀💀
I love it. It shouldn't be even 10% of the sale price, but I love it. This is what the electric Smart Car should have been.
"Designed to be super safe"
Ah yes, with that 0 crumple zone :')
If you got t-boned in one of those or crash headon you KNOW you're dead by default
But are you? Or will you be just bumped around because of the cage? Not everything has to crumble, Smarts are tiny too yet they are safe
I bet it would ping pong around and not smash. Or you would end up like Will Smith, imbedded in a train.
@@fil44ls My partner's Smart goit into a rear-end collision twice, the Smart beiong the victim. The Smart never got any serious damage other than paint because it just... bounced.
@@Aerondogo ofc because mercedes overbuild them to be super safe with the strong chassy
@@fil44ls Well if your car doesn´t crumble, your neck will lol. The crumbling takes the energy out of the crash so that your bodyparts aren´t accelerated as much. If that car has a good airbag system with that rollcage i think it could probably work though.
We need more videos like this. This was hilarious and entertaining.
Please make more videos like this! This feels like a return to real car videos that I not only enjoy but learn something new from.
It was awesome having you guys come out and film at the Museum! Hope to see you soon for another collab!
I really thought it would be unstable but having 2/3rd of its weight on the very bottom is great!
Justin, in those "tank" goggles, looks like Jemaine Clement's villain character, Boris, in Men in Black 3 and I can't UNSEE it.
With a more tame engine, this thing would be insane. I love it!
Looks like it was once a wider car that two semis backed into from both sides simultaneously
We really need tiny cars like this to take off and be a thing, seriously think about how many times you commute alone...in a big boat SUV/pickup
I don’t own an SUV or pickup so I can confidently say 0 times
Lmao ya if you wanna roll your car 100 fn times.
@@btnhstillfire Somehow you missed one of the first things they pointed out which was how resistant it is to roll over
@@Tux-rs7rp same here. I refuse to be a part of that inefficient ridiculousness.
Though this car weights over 3500 pounds... So idk about how efficient it really is lol
I remember when I first saw this come out. I was so hoping to see it go to production, particularly after seeing some of their slalom tests - it could outmaneuver just about anything.
A really cool piece of (recent) car history.
It just came out way too early. Like WAY too early.
It's a bummer it never went into full production. 300,000 is way out there for what you get.
I love that Zach, the motorcycle guy at Donut, drove the equivalent of a motorcycle sized car.
Tail lights are 100% 2nd gen Isuzu Rodeo, I've owned about 6. And the headlights I'm almost sure are Olds Alero.
These cars are pretty cool to be honest.
Also used on the Honda Passport and Opel Frontera.
It's so damn cool to see someone's dream hit the real world like this. He clearly did his homework and it shows.
These tiny cars really are not a bad idea, but you need tons of people to make the switch, it's completely absurd, especially in America that everyone drives big cars, giant trucks with half a dozen seats and a ton of storage space just to drive themselves to work with a single suitcase.
This is the funniest episode I've seen in a long time. Jobe looks scared to absolute death with Jeremiah at the wheel.
Even if it is the most expensive small car it can't beat the pure awesomeness of the iconic little tikes
DUDES! The chemistry in this video is awesome. I learned a lot and laughed a lot. The tiny car fits 2 people but I was right in there with y'all. More content like this!
I went and checked out the design on this vehicle and it's incredible . Thanks Donut for showcasing this vehicle for us !
If the back seat could fold it would be a really useful car for heavily populated cities
Damn love this duo, just 2 guys having fun and enjoying it.
And damn cool car, 300.000 no way I would pay that. But honestly, it would be an amazing second car, if the prize was easier to swallow.
Honestly, i really like it when i see the stability, performances etc !
I know because of it's shape and narrow stature, which could easily pose a toppling over risk while cornering it needs to have a lot of weight very low for low centre of mass but that thing weighs as much as a camry??!!!! :O
Donut and War Thunder was not a combo I was expecting. My whole personality is in one place now
I wouldn't be bragging about that
normally i skip adds but that was good to watch
Same but different, Starting with FH5/NFS Heat, then change to Ace Combat 7/Project Wingman, and then back to FH5/NFS Heat
I would absolutely buy one of these
6:46 surprised no one commented on the Smart Fortwo 🤣 look at the size of that beast
Y’all aren’t giving this enough credit, it’s literally the perfect car. Easily parkable, takes up VERY little space, zero emissions, what more could you possibly want
I actually met the guy who made this whole operation happen very unique and wayyy ahead of it’s time
Rick Woodbury. Applied genius.
I always read about this car as a kid and have scanned the internet for a proper review to no avail. This is amazing!!!
I know what the manufacturer claims, but I would be SOOO terrified of tipping this thing in a turn.
It takes into account the body mass of americans.
Wish a car like this actually did exist. Maybe a cheap way of driving around a city
When I was a kid I always wondered why they didn't make cars like this
@aya-lq9on ugly
Oil and gasoline monopolies