Car Expert Ranks The Coolest Cars In History!

Oh yeah, and the big Charger

Ooh, that Charger, man. That black Dodge Charger has been in so many famous car chase movies throughout the years

Brad, thank you so much for being here with us today. Thank you for having me. We're going to be doing something around cars

Oh, well, that's my wheelhouse, man. I have my own YouTube channel. It's called Retro Cars Forever

It celebrates cars of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, so I might be a little bit biased to those decades

I love all cars. I'm brand agnostic. I'm not one of those guys who only likes Fords, who only likes BMWs

I think all cars are pretty dang cool. So what we're going to do right now is we're going to show you a few lists

These lists are all around cars. And these lists were voted on by the public

So we're going to see if you think the public nailed these lists or if they need a bit of a re-rank

Got it. So this first list I'm going to show you, this is the five best car movies of all time

This is the number five best car movies of all time is voted on by the public

So this is Baby Driver. He's got a Chevrolet Avalanche. This is the chase that's, I think, in the middle of the movie

but I personally think the one at the beginning with the red WRX is like even better

You ever see like the Terminator movies and you see like the Terminator's vision

For car enthusiasts, our brains are just like that with cars. When I see this, I automatically think

Chevrolet Avalanche 2012, that's a Dodge Ram. This is awesome. Cars that have a higher center of gravity like that Avalanche there

you probably couldn't tilt it too much more before it would completely fall over

There's also this cheat right here that you'll see that I remember very distinctly. where how does he get out of this

He's stuck there, and then what magic does he do to get out of this predicament

I guess he just... Yeah, I don't really know. That was definitely a cheat that they put in right there

But still, it's a fun movie. It's a fun chase. If this was a top 10 list, I could see Baby Driver making that list, but personally, top 5 of all time

All right, American Graffiti. This is a big spoiler by the way for anyone who hasn't seen this movie, this is like the

end of the movie. There's not a whole lot of car action in American Graffiti

You're pretty much seeing it right here. I mean it's basically a couple little hot rod races like this and it's kind of over

before it's even, you know, started. One of Harrison Ford's first roles though, George Lucas who did Star Wars, this was the

movie he did pretty much right before that. It's a really good movie for that slice of life of car culture at the time

But as far as like a great like car movie, it's neat to see the cars, but there really

isn't much action. Like you just saw all the actions in the movie pretty much

Now this is a movie with car action. This is what I'm talking about. All right

Fast and Furious, the very first one. This whole scene of these kind of tuner car culture had never really been shown on screen before

And I think that this movie, it still holds up. I really like this movie quite a bit

This action is awesome. I forgot how cool this action is. Oh yeah, and the big charger

Ooh, that charger, man. That black Dodge Charger has been in so many famous

car chase movies throughout the years They did a good job with casting different cars with Vin Diesel having the big muscly charger and Paul Walker having the Toyota Supra The first movie is clearly the best of the series

The action isn't as, maybe, as intense or as over the top

but it definitely feels like it's at least sort of in the realm of reality

compared to the other ones, which get really crazy. All right, there's that Bandit

That's a great little stunt right there. This is Smoking the Bandit, the first one

This came out in 1977, and the only movie that made more money than this was Star Wars

This was just a huge movie at the time. By modern standards, this Trans Am is not very powerful

It makes, you know, like a modern Honda Civic makes more power. But look how cool it looks

Trans Am sales from this movie went up like 200 or 300% because of this movie

movies romanticize cars and they look cool they sound cool they kind of go hand in hand it makes

a lot of sense product placement for cars and movies is a big deal just watching a james bond

movie you'll you'll see what i mean this is the number one this is number one for a reason good

job internet i definitely agree with you on this one bullet was the really the first time we're

like we're gonna have a dedicated car chase and every shot is gonna be 100 real steve mcqueen

himself is doing a lot of the stunt driving there's just no bs in this chase they really are going

really fast. I took my old Mustang on this route, actually, in San Francisco about 50 years later

Even this movie can't convey how scary they are and how talented the stunt drivers were

to keep going at those speeds and that type of a San Francisco street. They actually made a few

special edition Ford Mustangs brand new after the fact, starting in 2001, and I actually got one

Even 50 years after Bullitt came out, that effect is so intoxicating of how cool this Mustang is

that they, you know, were able to sell new Mustangs based on the power of this movie

Those were the top five best car movies of all time voted on by the public. All right

I'm surprised that American Graffiti made that list. But in general, no, these are all bona fide classic car movies

Let's just go through a one by one. What is the best car movie of all time? Is it on this list

Is it not on this list? Number one, Bullet. I 100% agree with that. Good job, Internet

You did that one right. I am going to remove Smokey and the Bandit, regrettably

I love Smokey and the Bandit. It's a fun movie. but when we're talking like great car movies, right, that to me is two components. It is the

quality of the movie itself and how much car action there is in that movie. Number two, so

Bullet was such a good car chase movie that I think that it took 30 years for any movie to come even

close to that level of a car chase, and it's a movie called Ronin. Ronin has three excellent car

chases. Definitely going to keep Fast and Furious on the list, but I'm going to put Fast and Furious

as number five, just because, you know, it is a little cheesy, but man, it's got some great car action

I'm sorry, American Graffiti and Baby Driver. American Graffiti, I'm going to have to remove

Again, you see lots of cars, but there's not much car action. I love Baby Driver

It's a really fun movie. The other two I want to add are just a little bit more iconic The number three is talk about a good movie You got to have a Mad Max movie on here And for my money the best one as far as car action goes is the most recent one which is Mad Max Fury Road

They made something like 200 custom cars for this movie. Almost the whole movie is like a chase

It's so creative and it's just such a great movie and they shot so much of it for real

We're missing something here, which is a racing movie, which is a whole genre of car movies that

I think needs to be on this list. For my money, the best racing movie is called Grand Prix

which came out in the 1960s. This is a phenomenal widescreen format movie. It does such a good job

of conveying not only the glitz and glamour of that era of motor racing, but also the dark side

of how many people would die racing these things. I mean, there basically, there was no safety

equipment beyond just a helmet. The only thing keeping them together was just four little skinny

contact patches of the tires and the driver's balls to keep them on the road. This is the new

Reranked list. What do you think? I think that is a great list and it gets my seal of approval

All right. So this list is locked? Yes, this list is locked. We've done the best car movies of all time

We're going to go on to what the internet considers the coolest cars of all time

All right. Number one, McLaren P1. Number two, McLaren F1. Number three, 26, 1-2-1

Number four, Ferrari LaFerrari, which translates to Ferrari the Ferrari. At number five, Ferrari 458 Italia

We have three manufacturers and pretty much one decade for the most part

Most of these cars are new. The only car in here that's even slightly old is the McLaren F1, which is a 90s car

I think we should spread the love a little bit. I think that cool cars should be more than just, you know, one or two decades

There are definitely two that belong on this list. I would definitely keep the number two as the McLaren F1

This was a car not built to any sort of expense. It was just whatever it cost, that was what they were going to use because it was the best thing

Even the engine compartment is lined with gold foil. The McLaren F1 had this really cool central seating position

So you set in the center your two passenger seats flanking either side of you

It was so far ahead of its time, it took like two decades for a car to come anywhere near its performance

Top speed of like 240 miles per hour, which was insane for the time. Number three, I think, also belongs on this list

The Koenigsegg 1-to-1. It's called one-to-one because it has that magic ratio of one horsepower to one kilogram of weight

1,360 horsepower and 1,360 kilograms. To put that in perspective, that is like the weight of a Honda Civic, but with like nine times the power of a Honda Civic

So this thing is crazy fast. I think the top speed was like 273 miles per hour

There were only seven made. The Kona Seg is so stupid fast, it can accelerate faster than falling

The coolest car of all time, I think America needs to be on this list

And I'm gonna put the Ford GT40. If you've seen the movie Ford vs Ferrari, you know all about these cars

This is the car that Ford designed to beat Ferrari at their own game in the 60s

and it absolutely dominated the European race circuits which is pretty much the only American car before or since to be so dominant Number four is the Lamborghini Countach which I have here on my shirt

The icon of the 80s for me. It's been immortalized in movies like Cannonball Run and recently in Wolf of Wall Street

It is just an obscenely crazy looking car. Number five, I'm adding to this list, the Ferrari Daytona

It was the car that was driven by the cool detectives in Miami Vice

This is just one of the coolest looking cars ever made. It is one of the most treasured Ferraris ever made

Absolute icon. Is this list locked? This list is locked. You've re-ranked two lists

What I want you to do now is I want you to put together your own list. This is going to be a little bit different than this coolest cars list

This is going to be a list of the top five cars that an average person, you know, making a regular income can actually afford that are out right now

Number five on my list is the only classic I'm going to put here, which is the Volkswagen Beetle, the original

They sold millions of these cars. There are so many to choose from

If you're looking to have a classic car, this is the best entry level classic car that you can own

Everyone loves them. Number four, I am going to put the Jeep Wrangler

And I'm pretty much going to include any Jeep Wrangler that was made before their redesigned in 2007

After that point, they kind of became a little too popular and also they're kind of known for engine problems

But get one that was made before that point and they will last forever

They're tough as nails. They're so easy to fix. Also, for any single guys out there, I did an actual social experiment on my YouTube channel

We found that single ladies preferred guys with Jeep Wranglers above any other car

So tip for you Romeos out there. Number three, I'm going to pick the Porsche Boxster, the first generation

If you want a Porsche that you can drive every single day, this is going to be the one you're going to want

Mid-engine, which means the engine's right behind you, which means that it has immediate responses for turning

Straight line is not that fast, like 200 horsepower, but around corners, it is one of the most fun cars I've ever driven

If you want a Porsche for cheap, this is the way to go. Number two, and I'm going to be super biased on this, the Chevrolet Corvette, the C4 and C5

generations. Great performance. We're talking like around 300 horsepower or more. Very light

small, low to the ground, handle great. But inside, it's a luxury car. I own one of these. I have a

bunch of videos on my YouTube channel that cover C4 ownership in particular. They are super fast

and they look super rad and they got pop-up headlights, which is like one of the coolest

things in that era. While my number one choice will not beat a Chevrolet Corvette in a race

it is the number one choice for cool cars you can own without breaking a sweat or your bank account

and that is the Mazda Miata. For the 5 to 15 grand price range, you're looking at the first

three generations, the NA, the NB, or the NC. They're all super fun, rear-wheel drive, put the

top down, have a lot of fun. In the car community, there's a saying that Miata is always the answer

So that's my answer for number one coolest car that the average person can afford