Chrysler Corporation had this same audible voice warning/advisory system on the Dodge 600. I was in trade school training to be an auto mechanic and was detailing a new Dodge 600 when it started telling me that the driver's door was open and to close it and since I never encountered a talking car before I'm looking around to see who said it and after 10 minutes of this I realized it was the car talking.
This stuff is 20x cooler than all the touch screen lcd displays littered all over cars today. I almost wonder what happened, interiors in the 80's and early 90's were really cool looking and many of them comfy and nice as hell, and then in the 90's they got super ugly and cheap! I guess you could say the same thing about the late 60's into the 70's. Cars went from stylish and exciting to slightly different looking ugly boxes that sat way too far off the ground.
It's probably because some customers don't like this "electronic" stuff; Personally, I love it! This is 2009, not 1970! I prefer this digital display over analog displays, for it's easier to read, and has more functions, like fuel range and economy. As for the talking voice, that's nice to remind you of your vehicle's "issues," or to even remind you to "please fasten your seat belt," even though we have "reminders." If this system were offered on a car, you can bet I'd want it!
This was a really high-tech car for the 80's. How come there were so many cars that had cool digital stuff like voice command, digital gauges, trip computers, etc back then and they don't do most of that stuff anymore? Bring it back! Although I prefer analogue gauges.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 I prefer analog gauges, but keep in mind that even analog gauges nowadays are electronically controlled. There are no mechanical connections. It's all sensors and circuit boards. Digital gauges simply replace electronically controlled needles with a screen.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 The only car electronics I really have a problem with are the stupid tire pressure monitor (needless), and all of the safety tech that controls steering, brakes, and throttle. Although I'm sure when it works it's a life saver, I find it very unnerving for the computers to have that much control over the car. They do sometimes malfunction or just don't work all that well to begin with. The first time I drove a car with this safety tech it was a 2020 Toyota Corolla rental car with lane keep assist and it was HORRIBLE. It ping-ponged the car between the lane lines so much. I had to turn it off. Thankfully they give you an off button.
I always thought that seeing the speedometer number figures roll into eights, and then roll back into nothing was the coolest thing ever back in the 80s. I believe my aunt had a loaded Buick that would do all that, minus the talking information center.
Back in the day this was really the best they could do. The only other option was to do recorded voicing. Ultimately recorded voicing has its own set of problems. Also the funding to do better really was not there at the time. It was not until the 1990's that voice synth got better funding and things improved. Heck even today its not quite were it should be.
those must have been great cars for the price back then. I can only guess it was the front wheel drive or the turbo motors that scared customers away. I had an 86 new yorker that talked... it rocked.
lol... a voice answer for everything. "E-Brake is engaged" "please check your fuel level" "please check your oil level" "your hands are on the steering wheel" "your car is blue" "your key is about to turn ignition" "your key is turning ignition" "your key has turned ignition" ... lol? XD
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My mom had a car with a robot voice. It was a 1985 Nissan Maxima. One time in kindergarten, we had to watch some video about car safety. In the video the cars talked like people do. I bragged to everyone that I already had a talking car. People looked at me like I was imagining things, but someone else's mom had some kind of Chrysler. People named the Nissan voice chip "Bitching Betty." Did Chrysler's system get a nickname? I described it is sounding like a 60 year old chain smoker.
The developers of the Automotive Intelligence Program (which gave birth to this system) nicknamed the system 'Chuck', though some variants have been referred to as 'Mortimer' and 'Jemma' (Jemma being a female-voice system that was designed to 'learn', becoming more efficient and in-sync with the driver. Unfortunately, that system never saw mass production).
Skyline Fever, by the end of production in 1988/1989 Chrysler Corporation installed a switch in the glovebox that enabled the driver to either turn off the Electronic Voice Alert System or switch it from a male to female voice. I've heard people refer to the male voice as "Hal" taken from the computer in the movie "2001 A Space Odyssey" and the female voice as "Eva" from the initials of the system.
It's funny how they had digital dashes in the late 80s, then kind of phased them out by the mid-90s, and now they're sort of going back to them (in a way).
Oh I remember this with the Plymouth Laser! I thought that was like the coolest thing for about a month... after the washer sensor went out... I ripped out the the durn thing... Messed up my stereo and everthing.... LOL those were the days!
This is awesome! I'd say I wish my car talked to me but that shit would be going off all the time with all kinds of warnings.. Especially the "Your washer fluid is low" '... Mitsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth issues..
i have the 2 button traveler. i also made my temp gauge my tach its weird but it can be done if u dont have a tach. i also firgured out how to reset the odometer too i do it every oil change.
The EVA in this Daytona also has the usual chime sound heard in Dodge minivans at the time. Didn't the 84-86 Daytona have a different version of the EVA where instead of a chime sound, it made a computerized beep sound?
i always wanted to put this in my 90 lebaron. mine was digital but nothing like this. that is cool. no cars are like this anymore. what engine is in this daytona?
Standard equipment engine for the Dodge Daytona in the 1980's was a 2.2 Litre Inline 4 Cylinder Mitsubishi Engine with the option of a Turbo Charger and a 2.6 Litre was also offered as an option.
for 1987 thats more awesome than the current driver information centers offered in modern cars, they dont even talk to you! auto technology has gone backwards?!
My dad had one of these, except it wasn't the Shelby version. But it talked, and gave my mom a considerable amount of shit about her skills with a manual gearbox.
If it's saying all that stuff is wrong with the car, is that testing the instrument panel? Or were those issues really present? I'm thinking dodge got this idea from a certain early80's TV show, and made their own version, but it's all good. I'm honestly hoping that those issues were either a test of the instrument panel, or the panel malfunctioning. When it started saying all that stuff, all I saw was dollar signs and laughter.
Imagine it’s late at night and ur all alone on the road, it’s quiet.. your relaxed. All the sudden. YOUR WASHER FLUID IS LOW. I think you would crash or have a heart attack
I have a question how hard is it to find a Dodge Daytona Shelby turbo Z with digital talking dash I can't seem to find the ones with the digital dash and etc
Well, the Electronic Voice Alert System (EVA) was technically not an option on Daytonas from the factory, only as an option on thr pricier, more luxurious counterpart, Chrysler Laser. However, a few Daytonas slipped through with the EVA from the factory... there were an estimated 490 Daytonas built between 1984 and 1989 with this option. So in answer to your question, they're very hard to find! (But not as hard to find as a Laser though - there are only a couple hundred of those known to still exist)
EVA wasn't manufactured at all for any models after 1987, and it was not available for Shelby Z #1 because it needed a boost gauge, #2 because analog gauges were considered to be more sport oriented by old farts that hated these cars anyway! You can either have a boost gauge or a message center. The vehicles you are referring to were likely special ordered by Chrysler employees or their friends. Some of the cars came with free beer cans too but that doesn't mean they were supposed to be in there. Where are you getting your info? Who estimated that number and how?? There are plenty of Lasers around too. Maybe that's because I'm from STL where most of these cars were built. They are still oozing out of the woodwork. I was actually born about a mile from the Fenton plant as the early '84 cars were rolling off the line. A buddy of mine has a Hi-8 video he shot of the last two G and J bodies going through the plant. He's dragging his feet on getting it digitized because he cares about muscle car stuff and like most that do, they let the history of the FWD cars slip into obscurity.
That's funny, my 1994 jeep grand Cherokee doesn't have digital gauges and it doesn't talk, but it does hav the time, date, and warning message display.
Wow, yea, the 12 Button Navigator was a plug n play upgrade, as for the 8 way adj power leather drivers seat (wiring under carpet). Digital Climate upgrade looks very time consuming, a lot has to be changed, did you do that yourself. I own a 1988 Dodge Daytona base model, but now looks like a 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby, has all the Shelby parts except the engine and tranny. Ive done the Shelby brakes, suspension, K frame, body, turbo hood etc....
If only it was voiced by Majel Barrett and you'd get a message "Warp core breach in progress" instead of a check engine -light. Ok, it's super geeky, but I'd buy=)
I never knew that this option came stock in a Shebly Z Daytona, did you install it yourself? I added the 12 button navigator, and kept my analog dash, i think the voice talking thing would drive me to drink!
It was standard equipment from 1983 - 1989 and the Executive Sports Class Models used a 24 Phrase Electronic Voice Alert System and the Executive Luxury Sedans used an 11 Phrase Electronic Voice Alert System.
Chrysler Corporation had this same audible voice warning/advisory system on the Dodge 600.
I was in trade school training to be an auto mechanic and was detailing a new Dodge 600 when it started telling me that the driver's door was open and to close it and since I never encountered a talking car before I'm looking around to see who said it and after 10 minutes of this I realized it was the car talking.
As well as New Yorker and LeBron
"Your shoulder pads are sagging, your leg warmers are falling, your hairspray is low"
"Walkman battery low"
"Your fly is down"
@@arandompersonontheinternet2923 Woooosh
Stanley Masterson Tf do you mean?
@@arandompersonontheinternet2923 Again??.... WOOOOSH
This is the most real-life cyberpunk thing I have ever seen.
This stuff is 20x cooler than all the touch screen lcd displays littered all over cars today.
I almost wonder what happened, interiors in the 80's and early 90's were really cool looking and many of them comfy and nice as hell, and then in the 90's they got super ugly and cheap!
I guess you could say the same thing about the late 60's into the 70's. Cars went from stylish and exciting to slightly different looking ugly boxes that sat way too far off the ground.
I think the novelty may have simply worn off.
man the 80's were awesome
i bet this would make millions if the voice was kitt
the sound of it starting and the dash sweep together is just so freaking cool!
It's probably because some customers don't like this "electronic" stuff; Personally, I love it! This is 2009, not 1970! I prefer this digital display over analog displays, for it's easier to read, and has more functions, like fuel range and economy. As for the talking voice, that's nice to remind you of your vehicle's "issues," or to even remind you to "please fasten your seat belt," even though we have "reminders." If this system were offered on a car, you can bet I'd want it!
Literally watch this video all the time. My first car was an '84 Dodge Daytona Turbo and I have wanted this car ever since lmao
My 1985 New Yorker would say "all monitored systems are functioning" but only once in a while.
This was a really high-tech car for the 80's. How come there were so many cars that had cool digital stuff like voice command, digital gauges, trip computers, etc back then and they don't do most of that stuff anymore? Bring it back! Although I prefer analogue gauges.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 I wrote my comment 14yrs ago. Most cars do now offer those features again, right down to economy cars. A lot has changed.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 I prefer analog gauges, but keep in mind that even analog gauges nowadays are electronically controlled. There are no mechanical connections. It's all sensors and circuit boards. Digital gauges simply replace electronically controlled needles with a screen.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 The only car electronics I really have a problem with are the stupid tire pressure monitor (needless), and all of the safety tech that controls steering, brakes, and throttle. Although I'm sure when it works it's a life saver, I find it very unnerving for the computers to have that much control over the car. They do sometimes malfunction or just don't work all that well to begin with. The first time I drove a car with this safety tech it was a 2020 Toyota Corolla rental car with lane keep assist and it was HORRIBLE. It ping-ponged the car between the lane lines so much. I had to turn it off. Thankfully they give you an off button.
That is one thing about 1980s cars I miss. The digital consoles.
scifi oh i miss the 80
's and 90's
oh hi
hell i wish cars today told us that much info. Brake pads, washer fluid monitoring? Shit, the future was yesterday!
Considering the old Knight Rider show, this was sweet. And the Shelby Z was awesome. V8 performance out of a 2.2L turbo. I loved mine.
Ahh the 80s
Your fuel is low, the oil is critical, the tire pressure is awful but for fucks sake YOUR WASHER FLUID IS LOW
I am sinistar
I always thought that seeing the speedometer number figures roll into eights, and then roll back into nothing was the coolest thing ever back in the 80s. I believe my aunt had a loaded Buick that would do all that, minus the talking information center.
they should really, really bring back the digital dashboards. those were so cool. and imagine how sweet they would be with today's technology.
wow! I haven't heard that voice in over a decade. My mom had a '86 LeBaron with digital gauges.
Gosh this is so cool and many ppl still dont know what amazing gadgets had cas like this.
"Danger to manifold"
sounds like Speak & Spell`s brother
F...u...c...k....who members that?
I noticed this, too! The computer fonts are the same as well.
Back in the day this was really the best they could do. The only other option was to do recorded voicing. Ultimately recorded voicing has its own set of problems. Also the funding to do better really was not there at the time. It was not until the 1990's that voice synth got better funding and things improved. Heck even today its not quite were it should be.
those must have been great cars for the price back then. I can only guess it was the front wheel drive or the turbo motors that scared customers away. I had an 86 new yorker that talked... it rocked.
lol... a voice answer for everything. "E-Brake is engaged" "please check your fuel level" "please check your oil level" "your hands are on the steering wheel" "your car is blue" "your key is about to turn ignition" "your key is turning ignition" "your key has turned ignition" ... lol? XD
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288000kms on it, and all the electronic stuff still works? Impressive!
That would be so sweet. I'm really hoping it makes a comeback soon.
My mom had a car with a robot voice. It was a 1985 Nissan Maxima.
One time in kindergarten, we had to watch some video about car safety. In the video the cars talked like people do. I bragged to everyone that I already had a talking car. People looked at me like I was imagining things, but someone else's mom had some kind of Chrysler.
People named the Nissan voice chip "Bitching Betty." Did Chrysler's system get a nickname? I described it is sounding like a 60 year old chain smoker.
The developers of the Automotive Intelligence Program (which gave birth to this system) nicknamed the system 'Chuck', though some variants have been referred to as 'Mortimer' and 'Jemma' (Jemma being a female-voice system that was designed to 'learn', becoming more efficient and in-sync with the driver. Unfortunately, that system never saw mass production).
Skyline Fever, by the end of production in 1988/1989 Chrysler Corporation installed a switch in the glovebox that enabled the driver to either turn off the Electronic Voice Alert System or switch it from a male to female voice.
I've heard people refer to the male voice as "Hal" taken from the computer in the movie "2001 A Space Odyssey" and the female voice as "Eva" from the initials of the system.
1987 was the last model year for EVA, and there was never a female voice. Not that gender matters anymore.
"I thirst for washer fluid"
That would be hilarious!
This is the future right there :)
this is cool as shit. more proof that chrysler was and still is ahead of the competition
i miss my 87 dodge lancer. it talked. my shelby lancer unfortunatly doesnt talk. :(
@kbs1212 I know, wish they would start making them again.
This digital dash is so rad.
It's funny how they had digital dashes in the late 80s, then kind of phased them out by the mid-90s, and now they're sort of going back to them (in a way).
Mazda had digital gauges as an option on the 1983 Mazda 626 .
"Your keys are in the ignition!" "Your keys are in the ignition!" "Your keys are in the ignition!" "Your keys are in the ignition!"
I love the "oil pressure critical" speech, I was expecting the Starship Enterprise alarm to start going off....
I know damn, fucking technology is going backwards on today's cars, the 80's were the future!
Oil those hinge pins God damn it!!! Cool gauge cluster though. :) Wish mine had the digital option would have been soooo 80's cool!
Awesome video!!!!!
Your car has the 14 button trip computer, right? you need to do the video with the computer demo!!!!!
Congrats, great ride!
Just imagine it’s 12:30 am and your trying to sneak out of the house and the car just says “ y o u r d r I v e r d o o r I s a j a r”
some times these days people needed to be reminded of shit. such as oil level and brake lights!
these were the epitome of cool! (digi dash was a fairly rare option)...quick cars with lots of potential.
Oh I remember this with the Plymouth Laser! I thought that was like the coolest thing for about a month... after the washer sensor went out... I ripped out the the durn thing... Messed up my stereo and everthing.... LOL those were the days!
Dodge Daytona and Chrysler Laser were the G bodies. Plymouth Laser is a later DSM product.
The instrument panel reminds me of the game "Rad Racer" for Nintendo back in the day!
Add to to today’s cars!
@bullittguy : It's the exact speech program used in a speak-n-spell.
Retro as hell, this thing is trying to be a back to the future deloreon
This is awesome! I'd say I wish my car talked to me but that shit would be going off all the time with all kinds of warnings.. Especially the "Your washer fluid is low" '... Mitsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth issues..
Nothing like a talking car, seriously. Can't love a car without a voice!
I like how CHECK ENGINE is in red, like it was a critical idiot light. how things have changed since the early days of OBD>
i have the 2 button traveler. i also made my temp gauge my tach its weird but it can be done if u dont have a tach. i also firgured out how to reset the odometer too i do it every oil change.
The EVA in this Daytona also has the usual chime sound heard in Dodge minivans at the time. Didn't the 84-86 Daytona have a different version of the EVA where instead of a chime sound, it made a computerized beep sound?
beep beep beep.
@latinorama it's a demo run and test
When he started that thing, it sounded like a tie fighter
Cool! a built-in speak&spell!
The chip is one and the same!
i always wanted to put this in my 90 lebaron. mine was digital but nothing like this. that is cool. no cars are like this anymore. what engine is in this daytona?
Standard equipment engine for the Dodge Daytona in the 1980's was a 2.2 Litre Inline 4 Cylinder Mitsubishi Engine with the option of a Turbo Charger and a 2.6 Litre was also offered as an option.
2.2/2.5 were not Mitsubishi engines. The 2.6 was the Mitsubishi Astron, and was never available in G body.
@jtreign9097 Lebarons with that dash were very rare.
ahead of time
Ahhhhh, I often wondered what Steven Hawkins did before he became a physicist - He worked for Dodge doing dash voice overs! - cool car
My '88 Daytona Pacifica has the same didital gauges except it doe'nt have a talking message center, wish it did.
A version of the EVA system used in the Chrysler New Yorker.
oh my god! the speak and spell voice got a new job!
"The driver's door... Needs to be lubricated ."
My friend laughed when I did a dang near perfect impression of the chrysler lebaron eva
Man that is awesome!
This is awesome! :D
I think that door could use a little DW40, damn!
oh man that is so cool! but i can see myself beating the hell out of my steering wheel and dash if i was in a bad mood and that thing got lippy.
Ha i was waiting for it to make engine sounds and tire noises when you turned the car on.
That's a cool dash.
for 1987 thats more awesome than the current driver information centers offered in modern cars, they dont even talk to you! auto technology has gone backwards?!
i would be scared shitless if it ended up one day saying, "Good Morning..Dave"
My dad had one of these, except it wasn't the Shelby version. But it talked, and gave my mom a considerable amount of shit about her skills with a manual gearbox.
my 86' plymouth voyager has the voice alert function!
What a cool car in the back 90s
If it's saying all that stuff is wrong with the car, is that testing the instrument panel? Or were those issues really present? I'm thinking dodge got this idea from a certain early80's TV show, and made their own version, but it's all good. I'm honestly hoping that those issues were either a test of the instrument panel, or the panel malfunctioning. When it started saying all that stuff, all I saw was dollar signs and laughter.
Sounds like your car and you don't get along too well. HAHA! Cool!
Imagine it’s late at night and ur all alone on the road, it’s quiet.. your relaxed. All the sudden. YOUR WASHER FLUID IS LOW. I think you would crash or have a heart attack
That is the most depressing conversation I have ever seen a computer have with a person. It makes you want to go get drunk after listening to it lol!
I want to put one in my 87 shelby z. Will it still talk if I swap it from another car to my car?
Is it possible to install one of these in a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo? Since Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge are the same company?
I have something similiar with this dashboard in my 1988 Toyota Cressida GX71. But the speedometer isn't working (always 0km/h) how can i repair?
please tellme you have to hit a button or something to make it do this, and it doesnt do it every time you turn the key to start it...
memories......sweet memories.....
I have a question how hard is it to find a Dodge Daytona Shelby turbo Z with digital talking dash I can't seem to find the ones with the digital dash and etc
Well, the Electronic Voice Alert System (EVA) was technically not an option on Daytonas from the factory, only as an option on thr pricier, more luxurious counterpart, Chrysler Laser. However, a few Daytonas slipped through with the EVA from the factory... there were an estimated 490 Daytonas built between 1984 and 1989 with this option.
So in answer to your question, they're very hard to find! (But not as hard to find as a Laser though - there are only a couple hundred of those known to still exist)
EVA wasn't manufactured at all for any models after 1987, and it was not available for Shelby Z #1 because it needed a boost gauge, #2 because analog gauges were considered to be more sport oriented by old farts that hated these cars anyway! You can either have a boost gauge or a message center. The vehicles you are referring to were likely special ordered by Chrysler employees or their friends. Some of the cars came with free beer cans too but that doesn't mean they were supposed to be in there. Where are you getting your info? Who estimated that number and how?? There are plenty of Lasers around too. Maybe that's because I'm from STL where most of these cars were built. They are still oozing out of the woodwork. I was actually born about a mile from the Fenton plant as the early '84 cars were rolling off the line. A buddy of mine has a Hi-8 video he shot of the last two G and J bodies going through the plant. He's dragging his feet on getting it digitized because he cares about muscle car stuff and like most that do, they let the history of the FWD cars slip into obscurity.
That's funny, my 1994 jeep grand Cherokee doesn't have digital gauges and it doesn't talk, but it does hav the time, date, and warning message display.
Wow, yea, the 12 Button Navigator was a plug n play upgrade, as for the 8 way adj power leather drivers seat (wiring under carpet). Digital Climate upgrade looks very time consuming, a lot has to be changed, did you do that yourself. I own a 1988 Dodge Daytona base model, but now looks like a 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby, has all the Shelby parts except the engine and tranny. Ive done the Shelby brakes, suspension, K frame, body, turbo hood etc....
Could you post some videos of your Chrysler Laser XE demonstrating its own EVA system?
It's funny to see what people designing cars in 1987 thought the future of cars was
This should come standard in every Dodge because they always have problems!
If only it was voiced by Majel Barrett and you'd get a message "Warp core breach in progress" instead of a check engine -light. Ok, it's super geeky, but I'd buy=)
Please lubricate your door hinges. (no really, please do. That creaking sound made me want to die.)
lmfao
I was going to say the same thing. Funny if it said it in the computer voice, "Please lubricate your door hinges"
+John Smith "Your driver door oil level is critical, door falling off may occur."
If I was trippin this would be scrazy as hell
LOL it sounds like my old speak and spell.
Chad Singleton it actually uses the same TI chip as the speak and spell!
I never knew that this option came stock in a Shebly Z Daytona, did you install it yourself? I added the 12 button navigator, and kept my analog dash, i think the voice talking thing would drive me to drink!
It was standard equipment from 1983 - 1989 and the Executive Sports Class Models used a 24 Phrase Electronic Voice Alert System and the Executive Luxury Sedans used an 11 Phrase Electronic Voice Alert System.
@smithraymond09029 xD and it is irritable with the keys r in the ignition
Your keys are in the ignition.
Your keys are in the ignition.
Your keys are in the ignition.
lol it even says when you put in your keys
I wonder if you fart in that car and the ccomputer comes on and says:"please open windows-it stinks"
this would drive me insane if it went though all this when it started up...
so does it only give you that message when the door is open?