Plymouth Prowler Test Drive
Вставка
- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Welcome to Everyday Car Guy. I test drive and review cars from an Everyday Guy point of view. I try to give an open and honest opinion of every car I drive. My feeling is that most car magazines review cars that are out of the normal person's price range. I pick cars that most people can afford and drive. (No Ferraris here!!). I also am adding local interests to give the viewer a destination to drive to when visiting a particular area. I hope you enjoy my channel and I look forward to reading any comments or feedback as to cars you may want to see on my channel.
MUSIC CREDIT:
Please note that thanks to lickd.co, I was able to get permission to use Madonna's song, "Vogue" in this video.
For more information:
Get Vogue (Single Version) [2022 Remaster] by Madonna and over 1M + mainstream tracks here go.lickd.co/Music
License ID: WbX30mYPN03
lickd.lnk.to/Zw29GFID!Everyda... - Авто та транспорт
8:04 - It's insane that today that car looks more awesome on the road than any other car, Muscle or Sports Car. It even draws more attention that many supercars.
This car an awesome testemant to Chrysler corporation's confidence in what they were doing. I don't remember the other two domestic automakers bringing as many iconic vehicles to market during this period.
The Prowler is definitely a unique car that's a keeper. As a matter of fact, it's so visually striking that it did not "need" a V8 engine.
Awesome car...
Thanks, it is a dream car for me, but if it DID have a V-8, it would have a rocking sound to it too!!
Love it. Always have. V6 works fine for me. Get it serviced at my local Dodge/Chrysler shop. Battery needs to be in the trunk on the passengers side.
I like that little strip of road north of the county line between Malibu and Ventura there are still bits of the old road going around that big rock. It seems like a car company favorite place to film. Mother in Law still lives in Malibu Park after the Woolsly fire burned her house and it took forever to rebuild due to red tape from the city and the coastal commission . We got Married at Zuma in 82 and we are still together .
Design most definitely an A+. Great review Everyday Car Guy.
As A 2001 Prowler Owner I Can Tell You That If You Power Break This Thing On Blacktop You Will Smoke Those Oversize Tires , From A Dead Stop Also On Blacktop You Might Get Some Wheel Spin On (To The Floor) Acceleration Plus A Wheel Chirp Going Into 2nd Gear. That Being Said Remember That This Is A 2900lb, Car So It Is Accelerating At A Fast Rate. Now With The Indy Style Suspension And The Front And Rear Weight racial The Posted Curve Speed Is Just A Suggestion (Baring Any Tar Snakes Or Uneven Road Surface) You Can Easly Take That Curve At Twice The Suggested Speed ( It's A Real Rush ) The Exhaust Sound Is Not Your Run Of The Mill V6 Sound No It Will Not Sound Like A V8 But Respectable. Would I Rather Have A Big Block 4 Speed With Open Headers? But My Prowler Did Colect 11 Trophies Last Year At Car Shows
How did you manage to capitalize every single word? Can I guess your age? 62-68.
Plymouth Prowler was a heck of a showcase for lightweight materials technology, including: A lightweight aluminum body structure with full-perimeter frame made of aluminum castings and extrusions and featuring innovative self-piercing rivet and adhesive bonding techniques for critical joints. Body panels made of a brand-new at the time , 6022 aluminum alloy that broke new ground in strength and formability. Other body panels were made of a new SMC (sheet molding composite) that is lighter and more flexible than conventional SMC material. Aluminum suspension components made with a new semi-solid forging process that produces engineering properties that were formerly unheard of for such parts. A giant magnesium instrument panel support structure that not only saved weight but consolidates parts which cuts assembly costs. Aluminum composite brake rotors that are half the weight of conventional cast iron.
Awesome video, well done.
Such a cool car
They do look good.I think there are a couple of easy upgrades to make them a little peppier , like a "tune" ,easy rear end gear swap with a speedo fix.
I did the gear swap and had EU reprogrammed gaining around 30 more HP. Replaced sway bar with 'wonder bar' and also the air intake. The thing rips off the line and solid chirps in second - all while on auto. ;)
Got a 00 black one with the aftermarket hardtop. The hardtop completely changes the look of it. I bought mine because it's not one of the thousands of corvettes, mustangs, challengers, cameros you see everyday. They don't even stand out anymore. It's fun to drive and unique. I got rid of those horrible hard as concrete run flat tires, and the original sway bar. Installed sound deadening throughout the inside and trunk. Removed the front bumpers and had the paint corrected and ceramic coated. Just hit 6000 miles on it. Took 20 years for me to save up enough money to buy it. I believe I will be buried in it lol. Much love coming from the Fresno, CA area!
What??😳
What?
I had one for 2 yrs the attention it got here in the streets of Brooklyn was incredible , but with a lower bad back and the ride quality I let it go but miss all that attention ! will probaly never own another car that unique , ended up with a black SLK55 another rare car little more practical with a trunk and hard top convertible and V8 but nothing will match the Prowler look !
6:10 - People are dropping Hellcat Hemi Engines in that car all the time. Too bad Plymouth didn't make a deal with Buick and borrow the 3.8L 276 HP Grand National Motor The official specs were 276 HP and 360 lb-ft of torque, but that was a lie to spare the feelings of Corvette owners. The power was more like 300 HP and as much as 400 lb-ft of torque.
As an owner of a grand national and one who likes / appreciates the Prowler - I 'second' your comment. :-)
Pfft. If you REALLY want light weight AND horsepower, Ford has the 2.3l turbo crate motor that pushes out over 300hp.
AS an owner of an '02 Chrysler Prowler/ '87 Buick GNX/ and former owner of an '86 Buick Grand National let me correct/ inform you of a few things: Its COMMON that ALL automakers switch parts between car lines and models. It keeps the prices down. The megabuck '60s Shelby Mustangs shared parts with the LOWLY Ford Falcon, for example. *** That 276 horsepower rating was the listed rating for the GNX. The Grand National was rated at 235/ 245. *** A stock Grand National runs mid to low 14s in the quarter. A stock Prowler runs mid to high 14s in the quarter. Many owners race Prowlers in motorcross and drags. *** I've had my Prowler over 20 years now. UNKNOWN to most who don't know much about the car's past was there was an ABUNDANCE of high performance parts offered for the Prowler for about 5 or 6 years after the car's introduction. There were nitrous kits/ stroker motors/ headers/ rear gears/ turbos/ superchargers. Chrysler even offered a hi-po Borla exhaust. There was also a shop in Wisconsin that would modify the stock V6 so that the car would run 11s - WITHOUT nitrous. *** Chrysler also built a special hi- po "test mule" Prowler named "I Scream". That car is painted a special ice cream white color (never factory offered) and is full of high performance stuff not offered on the production model. I've seen it at several events myself.
@@lesstyranny2695 As an owner of an '87 GNX and a Prowler, GLAD you appreciate the Prowler too!! lol
I’ve been waiting this car for awhile.
The ride quality greatly improves if you remove the run-flats and put regular tires on. I put Michelin pilots on my 99, and that helped a little, now I have continentals on, much improved
Man oh man I was giving this video an A+ till you got to the in and out 😁
Off the shelve parts and pieces, all the more better.
Excellent review, new subscriber.
El Matador Beach is absolutely lovely. Lived in Laguna Beach in the hills for about a year, we’d go down the hill and I think it was like a 5 minute drive once we turned on PCH. I will always have a love for S Cali./Orange County! Such beautiful places all around you wen one lives there.
Love this car it's beautiful
I always like these, new school rat rod vibe. I had a Dodge Magnum with that 3.5L and was always impressed with its get up for its weight, I think its great for that little car! I cant afford a crazy fast car on retired veteran pay so when i want to go fast i hope on my EBR 1190 lol but like you said, that thing is great for cruising the coastline, ty for the video Sir
Thank you!
Lovely!
Low miles isn't always good. It means it's been sitting for a long time. All the rubber parts at this point would need to be replaced. Tires, timing belt, ball joints etc. Anything rubber would have dry rot by then. Also remember parts are not made anymore so very hard to find.
LOL! In-N-Out Burgers are the best (-;
Hey man, great report on an often-maligned car! Yeah, yeah, Chrysler *should* have put a V-8 in it, blah blah blah - you know they probably tried every way possible and just figured that it was non-feasible. Like they did with that stupid PT Cruiser, where you have to remove the engine just to change the water pump - yikes! So the Prowler got stuck with a V-6. if only they had waited a few years. My 2014 Chrysler 200 has a friggin' DOHC 3.6 V-6! A what? Anyway...
Oh, by the way, not to be pedantic, but in their 1962 song, "409," the Beach Boys were probably singing about a car, not the engine in particular. Both Chevy and Ford had 409 cu. in. engines, but Chevy actually called their high-performance Impala model the "SS 409."
It's too bad they never created an SRT6 version of the car, turbocharged. If I had one, I would have to take the front bumper off, and maybe the back bumper too. Looks great in black.
This guy was 25 years old just before the video...he got into that thing, and POOF!
Euro version actually looks Ok... No stupid front bumber.
I want one!
princess cut nathan
Put sts turbos on that v6 and it has the really sleeper effect. Also put a good brand of adjustable shocks that you can make them softer. Still my dream car. I didn't car that it has a v6.
8:47 The door handles are from the Dodge Viper and the Steering wheel is from a Jeep.
The auto trans killed it 😑
manuals are great till you get in city traffic or you get old
@kfm908 lol yeah that's true I'm going to clutch and shift until my knees give out
i tried to hotwire one of these but couldnt get it
I am 6'4" tall. Would I fit in the driver's seat? Thank you for posting this video. ~from Texas
Hey Richard, I'm just shy of 6 ' and I barely fit! With the top down you should be fine, but it is cramped inside with the top up. It's still fun to drive
They make a 3" lowering kit for the drivers seat. I'm 6'6" and fit just fine in it after I lowered the seat
I can't get the same price as you just opinion. Wise
1:37 - The 1999 Aluminum Block 3.5L V6 Engine was actually more powerful than the Dodge Magnum V8 Hemi Engine at the time.
1990s Chrysler V-8s were wedge heads, not HEMI, but true: The 5.2L Magnum produced ~220hp and the 5.9L Magnum provided 245hp . The 4.7L SOHC V-8 produced 235hp
@@pauleden2303 - I could give a rat's ass about Chrysler's other 1990s V8s or "wedge heads."
The last few years it was called a Chrysler prowler because it killed off the name Plymouth
Six years ago Doug DeMuro did a review and said its weird. I'm here to tell ya that Doug is not always on top of it. Opinions are like armpits, we all have them, and many times Doug's stink. Comprende?
I checked out his review. He was driving the Prowler on back roads and of course it was bouncy. The front end doesn't have a chance to soften out the bumps, but on a smooth road like many California highways, the car rides and handles pretty well. Thanks for checking out my channel. More videos to come.
After I removed the stock sway bar with an aftermarket one and new non run flat tires, it's night and day difference
@@everydaycarguy He was driving in the winter season with top down. Thank you for Sharing . Great Review
I hate the constant harping about not having a V-8. Blah blah blah. Sure, let's just ADD WEIGHT to please the punters... And it wouldn't be that much faster. And even more expensive, when Chrysler had plenty of V-6, and the V-8s were truck lumps.
mine has lots of power.A ford gt has a 6.Nissan 370 z is a 6 .V8 is not needed
A sombering thought. What is your opinion on the future of Jay Leno's collection when he passes away? Him and Mavis have no children.
Knowing how Jay is, I'm sure he will donate them to a museum or have an auction for a good cause. He has an AMAZING collection!
Throw a Hellcat in it and call it
good
ford should have sued chrysler for design infringement on this . 1933 ford coupe from zz top eliminator save for the front fenders. could have been the inspiration .
Sure. Ok.
Complaining about the inboard pushrod shocks... Like they use in racing like F1? You make it sounds like it takes several seconds for it to even react... 😑
Heard it uses premium fuel, is that true?
yes, I only put in 91 octane.
Is there really a problem putting gas into these cars?
yes ,you have to hold the trigger about 75%. There is a fix for the problem but I just live with it.
the bumpers ruin the design....
people regularly take them off
welp. they tried.
I think the trailers were for retirees who wanted to take long road trips.
Una verdadera y hermosa obra de arte el Plymouth Prowler.