Top 7 Cars with the WEIRDEST Engines
2024 ж. 14 Мам.
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While a handful of engine types have become mainstream today,
throughout the automotive history, many wild experimental ones were put into production as well.
Hey guys, Stype here with a list of cars with the craziest engines ever.
Let’s go.
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A WHOLE DAY?
Honorable mentions. Cizeta V16T (V16 engine) Ferrari betlinetta boxer(flat 12) Audi q7 tdi V12(V12 Diesel)
3/3 nice job 👍
I didn't get the Ferrari 😬
i dont understand why the boxer v12 though. the testarossa had one, the 917 had one pretty sure some f1 cars had it too and so did many leman cars. subarus have a third of it as well Personally would have put in the duesenberg straight 8 in place of the boxer v12
well done
@@xtreme814 Had this discussion a while ago. Fact is: all these (Ferrari 512 BB/BBi and the Testarossa, which was more or less the direct descendant to the BBi, 917 and some siblings, AFAIR even some flat 8) have V12 180°, not Boxers = other crankshaft layout. The only real 12cyl Boxer seems to have been the Subaru F1 engine, built by Motori Moderni (italian manufacturer), but failed. Seems like the boxer layout doesn't scale well beyond 6cyl, but can't tell in which aspect. On the other hand, all 2/4/6 flat engines (Lancia, Alfa, BMW, Citroen, Subaru, Porsche and a bunch of earlier ones) were real boxers.
so youre telling me, if I buy 2 Passat W8's, I basically have a veyron? cool
Good luck finding them 😀
@@TopCarsTV in Europe you can for around 8-10k each but it's auto and abused by former owners 😅
@@audi-tt-6180 why would people abuse those? They are rare and special vehicles, bound to be future collectibles. Why not treat them nicely?
@@TopCarsTV Because it's like e36 m3, at one time it was cheap and people used to treat them badly with cheap (or lack of) maintenance
@@audi-tt-6180yea fr lol
Fun fact: Chrysler Turbine was a way for Chrysler to test out how turbines would work on tanks. Today, we have the M1 Abrams which uses none other than turbine engine Edit: M1 was made years later, but they tried puting turbine in tanks even before the Abrams, though unsuccessful
cool
"The VA has not found any any connection between your service on the M1 Abrams and your hearing loss"
@@gaveintothedarkness realistic situation
@@gaveintothedarkness "Leg blown off? Not service related"
Chrysler defense did design the M-1. That’s why the Chrysler defense division was sold off to the government during the buyout in the early 80’s.
Stype is really teaching us all about cars
Yeah like at 7:25 when he called a w16 “a pagani”
@@caboose22320 bruh he said bugatti
@@memorimusic420 he said bugani
Except for interiors which he’s stated he has no interest in
@@OriginalSarn bruh who cares about interiors tho... they arejust an extra
7:39 Damn that W8 sounds agressive
Yeah too bas the majority was automatic, manuals are rare as f
@@audi-tt-6180 they Made them with automatics? I have'nt seen one with and automatic yet
4:00 I thought the idea of having two engines on the 2CV was brilliant, it's like what they do on planes, the redundancy for air safety, if one engine fails, there's another. I thought it was sensational that you have autonomy and total control over each engine individually and be able to choose the desired traction, whether front, rear or four-wheel just by operating the motorcycles. Really, the 2CV surprised me once again!
I just have visions of a couple of Citroen engineers in the 60's coming back from a bottle of red wine one lunch time and drunkenly bolting that second engine in the back just for a laugh. et voila!
Yeah actually it is a great idea, at least for a car that is supposed to drive in the desert were you can be really fucked when the engine is broken
Man, you're like dessert of a content creator. After i had my fill of Hagerty with Jason, throttle, and carwow, i come here for the cake 🎂
What, no Donut and Ideal Media?
9:53 despite of 1940's design Tucker torpedo design is still looks so cool. 😁👍👍
Another speciality about the Tucker's engine is that the whole engine-gearbox-axle assembly can be swapped quickly. The idea was that Tucker mechanics would swap a loaner drivetrain into your car so you can drive while they fix yours
Tucker, too far ahead of its time.....the competition had to get rid of him....
Ingenious transmission policy!!!
That's an interesting image, but I have to wonder if they'd charge you a fee to borrow that drivetrain, like with a rental car, or if it would be free.
@@sambrown6426 I think that because it's a selling point of the car that it would be free. The factory would just ship out a few sets of engine-gearbox-axle assemblies to every mechanic and then it would just be a service for them. Fucking ingenious car, Im saddened by the loss of a great inventor in the automotive world.
Another good one would’ve been the Tatra 700, the last passenger car from Czech automaker Tatra built from 1996 to 1999. It had an air-cooled V8 in the rear with up to 400hp. Crazy thing
I always wondered if Czechs were more proud of Tatra or Škoda
@@TopCarsTV Tatra was more sophisticated and interesting, but was no longer competitive with the fall of the iron curtain I believe. They still build trucks
The Tatra V8 is also a very nice bike engine: kzhead.info/sun/ZsedhteeoKR7rYk/bejne.html
They're still around. Seen them at car shows in Slovakia.
tata is highly alive
"AMGay 1"☠️
Rare footage of an English speaker discovering the German language:
@@Tornado2409 I'm from Finland however my English is good even though it's my 2nd language
OGs know that Stype re-used the script he had for the Chrysler Turbine
Parts of it, yes. Well spotted!
I remember that 8-6-4 and it was such an amazing idea. Also the Phaeton W12 was weird as well!
Phaeton W12 = Audi W12 = Bentley W12. So it's somewhat common. But a one and only W8, and in such a boring and overlooked car. Now that's special!
Another car that is a bit strange is the Briggs and Stratton Hybrid from the 80s. It was a concept car that aimed to combat the rising fuel prices of the 80s by being a gas/battery hybrid, the first of its kind. It was a bit unusual with its 6 wheel arrangement because an extra axle had to be added to support the enormous weight of the batteries. The engine was a 694cc 2-cylinder air cooled boxer engine producing 18 HP @ 3600 rpm, and is essentially the same engine that was used in many lawn and garden tractors at the time. It was able to deliver very good fuel economy but the technology just wasn’t there to make it realistically feasible for the market. They used lead acid batteries which are very heavy, bulky and very inefficient compared to modern lithium batteries. And as you can imagine, 18 HP is not going to win you any races but it was assisted by electric motors being a hybrid. It was too ahead of its time but is nonetheless an interesting piece of automotive history. Jay Leno has a video of the Briggs and Stratton Hybrid car.
Saying your car has a helicopter engine really is one of the weirdest flexes in history.
Whenever you upload it is ALWAYS amazing
When this channel uploads, it put huge smile to my face ☺️
I would have mentioned the Eunos Cosmo instead of the REPU. It's the only ever production car to come with 3 doritos, and yeah, I know it's just a 13B with an extra rotor, but still. Plus, it sounds amazing and it makes very good low-end torque (296 lb/ft @ 3000rpm) because of having sequential turbos. Anyways, I really liked the list. My personal dream is to own a Passat Variant W8
Such an underrated channel, this guy needs more views
Great video man! Nice to see the W8 getting some love
Thanks man. Couldn't have done it without your clips
0:16 Mercedes benz amg one 1:44 mazda repu 3:13 citroen 2cv 4:51 cadillac 6-4 6:14 vw passat w8 7:58 chrystler turbine 9:54 tucker 48
Do we need this?
The Tucker looks absolute beautiful!
What about the Nuclear powered car Ford I believe had as a concept. It inspired all the cars in Fallout games
Nice list Stype
Great video thanks for sharing. As much as I’d definitely pass on the rotary that Repu is a good looking Ute 😂🤣😂 pretty sure I could find a great little engine that would do it justice. Love quirky cars so needless to say I did love the Citroen 2CV, the Chrysler turbine and the Tucker48 along with a long list of unusual and unique cars and bikes alike.
If you don't like Rotary, there the Ford Courier. Same looking Ute, built by Mazda, but with Ford badges and a 4-cyl
@@TopCarsTV yeah I do know the Ford Courier very well I drove one for a number of years working at Tallawarra Power station for a few years here in Australia. 😂🤣😂 Bugger a 4 banger I was thinking more of one of our 6 banger turbo Ford Barra 325T engines that put out 436hp and 425lb ft of torque. 😂🤣😂 because you can never have to much stick. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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I enjoyed a good chuckle. Thanks!
The Carrera GT sounds so good it doesn't matter if its not an actual F1 engine
This engine Design for LeMans not for fomula one.
@@rainerknuth it was designed to be an F1 engine 1st but then used in a Lemans car
The big 3, Ford, GM and Chrysler banded together to kill The Tucker. The turbine engine was raced at the Indy 500 and led many laps before a failure that had nothing to do with the engine.
Video recommendations: Top cars that made cars of other manufacturers famous
Interesting topic and hilarious video😂😂
I learned alot from you thank you
Imo the turbine car is the craziest one of them all. Ive been in love with that car since seeing it on jay leno's garage
Subscribed after hearing the W8 explanation. LOL.
you son of a gun!! i almost pissed myself when the laughing guy appears and you continue with "its not funny"😂
My g, you are real g coz cars bring us together and you simply spoke you way which is awesome! I gotta go take a shir😅😂😂
Franklin built air cooled automotive engines from the earliest days of motoring.
You didn't mention that the B5 Passat had its engines longitudinally mounted, but was front wheel drive. The only brands I know that did that in the 90's were Audi with the A4/A6 (same platform as the B5 Passat) and the Acura Legend.
Subaru.
@rossbrumby1957 Subarus are AWD. Or were there FWD Subarus in the 90's?
@@damilolaakanni Oh yes. The XT and the SVX were both available in FWD and AWD configurations.
Dude said, "PassaNt" 🤣🤣🤣
Awesome!!!
Haha love the memes in-between, very tastefully done. 😂👍
Niceeeeeeee a new video 👍
WHEN WILL STYPE REACH A MILLION, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR HALF A DECADE NOW
Not sure how accurate the Tucker movie was, but didn't seem to be his "business" sense that screwed him up, it was more the big 3 just shutting him down. He used the helicopter engine out of necessity as it was all he could find without making a complete engine from the ground up.
True and it was rear engined while the front had a frunk
3:42 Great captioning!
Hi Stype love your vids, what about a top about bad kw (or hp) per liter ?
That will just be American cars from the 70s. Repeating the same story 7 times... I don't think that people will want to watch that
Adding Arnold Schwarzenegger with the choppa dialogue was epic. Seen this video, had to see it again 🎉
Engine is in the other end , that is the trunk ! 😂
That Bill Cosby joke threw me off guard 😂
same😂
Audi Q7 (V12 Diesel) as well as Ferrari BB
Citreon 2CV came in several models including the little cargo van that you can pack a whole bunch of teenagers into for the distant Journey Down the Autobahn bouncing along at around 45 mph. How much joy and much fun was had, half the size of a Volkswagen van with the steering wheel in front of the tires, also a lot of fun that American cars could not imitate.
Your videos are legendary. Best automotive content by far. I always learn something new.
Bad Guy punting the pug! LOL! Wonderful selections and informative. Thank you!
the same thing with the cadillac happens to my father's 2010 suburban. when it shifts into 6th (mostly at highway speeds), it cuts off half the engine.
“Damn, I gotta take a sh** all of a sudden” 💀💀💀💀💀
Style, I got a new video idea, cars that share the same engine but are completely different, also alternatives to a miata. I would love to see these vids!!
Another video already? Nice
you could've mentioned the Oldsmobile Diesel V8 from the late 1970s yeah the 8-6-4 engine was underpowered and computers weren't developed enough at the time to actually work well in this application my late maternal grandmother had a used 1981 Cadillac Coupe Deville with that engine in it she didn't have major issues with the car other than people stealing/tampering with it and eventually traded it in for a used 1984 Buick Skylark
RIP first AMG One 😢
11:18 Well shiiieeet... Lets just say I didnt expect that XD
I would SO drive a Tucker if somebody revived them today! Lovely car.
Stype is really good😂
The Porsche Carrera GT used a V10 engine that was originally made by Porsche specifically for formula 1 which was later on used in their Le Mans prototype car before ending up in the Carrera GT. The Z-Tune edition which was final model of the R34 Skyline GT-R used the RB26DETT “Z2” 2.8 liter engine that was derived from engine that Nissan was using in GT500 class of the Super GT racing.
Here s an insane car. Ford Nucleon. It was a concept for a nuclear powered engine.
In the early to mid 70's the Subaru 350 was still for sale at dealers. They came in two passenger cars versions, a pick up and a van. They were powered by a Kawasaki 350cc snowmobile engine. If the engine didn't start, you could take your belt off, wrap it around the shaft pulley, and give it a good pull, just like your lawn mower. Obviously they were micro cars, but were pretty cool to own and drive (just not on a highway). I have been in a car and the van, in 1978, in Kansas I went to a junkyard for a part (for a Borgward) and the owner took me to the parts car in his yard car, a Subaru 350 pick up. (he did start it with a rope).
If it works, it ain't stupid
my grandpal was one of the people lucky enough to be able to test the turbine car very nice video
I didnt know This was a new video :O
I can't be the only one who caught the fact that he used a Fallout transition noise for the Turbine car, since all the cars in FO4 are turbine/rocket powered 👌
Ok…hear me out….take the 2CV Sahara, leave 1 flat twin engine fully functional. Then LS swap the one on the back. Pull up next to a Challenger at the light reving that tiny 2 cylinder. When the light goes green. Turn of the 2 and turn on the LS and smoke em…:ultimate deceiving sleeper😂💀
Honorable mentions:Audi Q7 V12 tdi, Ferrari 512 bb,Vector W8.
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"Rotary engines are unrreliable and don't make much torque." *Rob Dahm has entered the chat* "EXCUSE ME?"
Your voice sounds like toys commercial in late 90s-early 2000s
Please continue your videos I'm sure you will get the subsribers you diserve one day
Your low key jokes are funny af
Nice
My dad had one of those Mazda rotary engine trucks when I was a kid. I remember it was bright red.
Heres a few top 7 car list I wish to see some day. Top 7 Ugliest Ferrari's ever made Top 7 Best EV money can buy Top 7 Car trends makes no sense i.e fake exhausts 'Cough cough Audi and Merc' Top 7 Cars brought back in the wrong way i.e ford puma
Already working on your 3rd topic
thanks for NOT calling the tucker a 'torpedo'
very interesting choice of thumbnail
I am sitting on the unpublished design of a unique 1 Stroke hybrid piston turbine (+ optional e-motor/generator in the same sized package, which is a 25cm long, 20cm wide/tall (cylindrical) unit for a 1L engine.. It can idle at 0 RPM and is incredibly high torque as it's literally 1L per stroke, and each stroke combines combustion, followed by flush while compressing the air-fuel mix the other end. It's an air-hammer to rotary power BEAST!.. Combustion and compression both provide power. -- The 'piston' is just a narrow head, about 20mm wide at its widest (the outer edge that holds a couple of o-rings). It also combines a novel Stirling inspired heat-engine. I'm not going to describe it fully because it's too cool but you may be able to work out roughly how it works. No stupid off-centred wankle / crank rubbish, or having to run at stupid RPM all the time. It's a 2 way (reciprocating) piston + turbine rotary ICE + heat engine. I have the most compact design. LOL at every other ICE ever designed!
As soon as i heard Volkswagen Passat criticism, i heard my Balkan heart shatter. I also heard the whole Balkan wake up to kill the creator for the word against the Passat
Before you have an depressing opinion about the 2CV sahara just read some background about the car and its origine. The same about Preston Tucker.
Great program, loved it. The high-school bad language was oddly placed, but otherwise, everything was cool.
the citron 2cv i have a friend that converts the engines from the standard one to the bmw motorcycle R1100, 1150 and 1200 boxer engine depending what the customer wants and you'd be surprised how easy it is to do
0:29 In the 80s BMW turned an old engine from a cheap 60s saloon into the most powerful F1 engine ever. How about weird truck engines? The Commer TS3 comes to mind: A 3 cylinder two stroke with 6 pistons.
the movie tucker some scenes were filmed in my hometown got to see jeff bridges in person it was all so filmed in city's close to us. the speed way scene was Antioch speed way the car shop scene was in west Pittsburg now bay point
Tucker actually bought the Franklin Engine company to ensure the supply for his cars. Add to this that the original design was AIR-COOLED. And hell yeah, it was reliable…Franklin had built beautiful, reliable cars for 30+ years. Even an air-cooled V-16.
The Corvette had the same kinda engine as the Caddy, turning ciinders on and off. And there are more cars doing that.
oops sorry, you state that later!
Citroen making that sahara car thing: "Hey Pierre, how do we make this all wheel to go on the dessert?" "I don't know Paul, try and ask your unborn infant." "No, that would be child labor!" "..then just put another fvcking engine." "w-wait what?" "put another engine on the thing's back, don't you understand Pierre? That's your all wheel drive and let me sleep, these damned schedule leaves me with 6 business hour to sleep"
You probably don't know but there's the Jimenez Novia W12, which had a mid-engined W12 (as the name implies) which wasn't much more than 3 motorbike 4-cylinder engines angled 60° from each other and moving a common crankshaft... There was also the 1930 Bugatti Type 46, which used a U-16 engine. That's two straight-8s side-by-side welded together.
That's true, I didn't know about those two. Jimenez is super cool, and the U-16 too, but I can't find any info about it being put in a car.
@@TopCarsTV Bugatti Type 46 had it.
Wasn't the 1st Viper's 8 litre V10 taken from a lorry?
The mopar V10 was a truck engine of cast iron first, then for the Viper, the blocks were cast in alloy by Lamborghini. The V10 Mopar engine was based upon their LA V8 engines.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention any of Saab's early 2-stroke cars. Weird little things, but I love 'em all the same!
2-Strokes aren't so rare in cars as the others on this list
@@TopCarsTV I guess you're right, especially when it comes to 2-stroke Detroit Diesels, I still love the Screamin' Jimmy.
actually Tucker only made the 48 IN 1948 & only 51 cars were ever made
Forgot the Facel Vega II with a motor boat engine ( I am a fan )
why didnt the 6-4 just make you manually choose how many cylinders to use
That 335 Franklin was used in Hiller Helicopters models UH 12-A,B and C
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Tucker 48 make me think why dont they like use a plane combustion engine in cars or like engine that was designed to be bulletproof into a car if it was possible maybe it bc the cost
The W8 is not a cutdown of the W16. It is an iteration of the VR6 VW engine, with 2 banks of 15° cylinders at 90°
I just love how this old cars looks like. For me, modern cars just looks like too mutch the same.