I miss my Integra Type R every single day of my life. I had to park it on the street for ONE single day instead of in the driveway because we were having the driveway completely redone. I hear a loud crashing sound at about 7am... Then like 45 second later the doorbell rings... A GOD DAMN GARBAGE TRUCK had hit my baby! It bent the frame so badly the insurance company declared it totaled. Before they took it away to car heaven, I took some dental floss and "sawed" off the the badges and still have them as a memory of my baby. And the insurance company surprisingly let me keep a bunch of the undamaged parts. I don't know what to do with them....but they're still in my parents' garage. Also OH GOD, hearing that a stock low mileage one goes for 70 grand or more today made my sad parts activate, when I think about what I paid for mine when I was 16.
Yikes. That hurts. For me, it was before I was born. My dad had a Mk.3 Supra _Turbo_ after marrying, then decided to sell it after repeated engine issues rather than legitimately trying to rebuild the engine. Traded it in for a DC2 Integra Type-R, white like all the rest, but with a A/C re-add. Like yourself, he took his eyes off the car for, like, 5 minutes, he had to visit family overseas. Less than a year after buying it, the insurance company and cops found it on a hill with no engine. When I mentioned how much they were worth a few months back new, my mom couldn't sleep. Goddamn Civic kids putting different engines in things, they had to come from somewhere and I got robbed of a chance to drive a DC2.
@@revolver265 Just buy a regular integra for like a 1000$ it's the same car. You'll get to "experience" it then. If you wanted to you could even drop a type r engine in it for like 4 grand and there you have it a type r. I have a GS-R sitting outside right now. It's the same shit.
@Andrea Maccarrone bro im spanish and i think the italians pronounce SEAT correctly, fun fact, seat is an acronym for something like "Spanish Society of Tourism Automobiles" in spanish, an acronym like FIAT
Legit spilled my drink when I realised that Lynk had 592 Hp. In a FWD car. I mean, I'd heard about that car before, guessed it had 400-ish hrsprs and was just super light, with a stupid amount of downforce that no sensible car should ever have and some clever engineering trickery to achieve a lap time faster than a Ferrari 488. Then James mentioned it's top speed and I completely lost it.
When it was introduced in 2003, The Mazdaspeed Protege beat the Integra Type R, making it Road & Track Magazine's fastest FWD car through the cones. It did it with 4 doors, power everything and a built-in subwoofer.
As a spaniard, I truly appreciate you learnt the correct way to pronounce the brand "SEAT", especially for someone out of Europe who doesn't have to know about the brand.
Don't you tread on me us Americans make some badass trucks and muscle cars but the cobalt SS was the fastest american front wheel drive car back in 2005
I remember when I was younger I had a Megane Trophy hot wheels and it was my absolute favorite one because you could remove the spoiler and I forgot what it was called and essentially forgot about it. Little did I know, it made me love hatchbacks a little and I then went on to become a fanboy of them eventually buying one for a project car. Watching this video, the moment he said “Megane” it clicked. I remembered my Megane trophy hot wheels and it explained where my love for these cars came from..
Being from Spain and also from the city of Leon it is amazing to see a Spanish car on the list. The monument behind the yellow seat is called San marcos located in Leon,
I was waiting to hear him talk about the Cobalt SS. Even in the brochure it mentions being driven on the Nuremburg. track as a selling point. As an owner of a 2009 CobaltSS I'm disappointed he didn't put that on the list.
Back in the day I had an '88 Integra LS Special Edition (still regret selling it), only one of the rear brakes worked when you pulled the e-brake, so I'd pull the e-brake, put it in reverse, rev and dump the clutch and do reverse donuts. Good times, good times.
Also fitting as Renault axed the whole Renault Sport factory and departmant, moving it to Alpine. They might do an Alpine Megane...or not. Tho the Clio RS is dead :(
As a french guy, some things are midly infuriating : showing pictures of the outside and inside of a 3rd gen Megane while talking about the 2nd gen R26.R, and the last gen trophy R didn't feature the 4control system as it was too heavy and not performing well enough to set a lap record. Also : carbon fiber wheels
@@ludovicmagnee6139 It really depends on the engine. The Clios with the small engines are great, but I would stay away from a Renault Scenic with a 1.4 The 1.9D was the best engine Renault ever made, it was used for over 20 years with and without Turbo, it was actually so good that Volvo; what was very picky in the 80s, took them. The Clio and Megane cup cars are all co-developed by the F1 mechanics, this is why they so bonkers.
#8 1998 Honda Integra Type R 0:29 #7 2009 Renault Mégane R26.R 2:15 #6 2015 Seat Leon Cupra 5:05 #5 2016 Renault Mégane RS 275 Trophy-R 6:36 #4 Fk2 Honda Civic Type R 8:08 #3 2016 VW Golf GTI Clubsport S 9:29 #2 FK8 Honda Civic Type R 11:53 #1.5 Lynk & CO 032 Cyan Concept 13:01 #1 2019 Renault Mégane Trophy R 15:05
James : If there is an award for being the best sports channel on RU-vid, it would be sitting in my mantle, which it is because you're watching the 2019 Streamy Award-winning RU-vid channel for sports somehow. Congrats for the award recognition. I really appreciate it.
*whispers* hey james, you wanna know something about that seat leon cupra, yeeeeah, come closer... *whispers very softly* its a volkswagen golf underneath, shhh dont tell its a secret
when someone beats the french time lap. the french: but more baguettes more snail juice in the motor (the la Marseillaise music intensifies the building juice praises) HON HON HON HON HON HON (in a french ascent) do not underestimate us Monsieur! HON HON HON HON HON HON.
Errr... No. We drop the baguette and snails and pour some eau-de-vie in the gas tank. If the injection system can handle it, then we put some saucisson skin under the turbo release valve to keep the pressure up. If the engine doesn't blow up then we unfold the Opinel knife and cut away useless parts like fenders, seats, door covers or ABS systems.
You’re right... they ditched it to save around 40kgs and that saving was more of an advantage compared to the four wheel steer. I have the more road friendly 300 Trophy, which still has the four wheel steer, so I’ve geeked out on it... shame they didn’t discuss all the carbon bits, the wheels and the ceramic brakes though.
@@test_dude Get a MK3 instead. Even a 250 Trophy. And just map it. They are terrific 👌🏻 I have a stage 2 MK3 megane rs... Tracked it for 8yrs now at 120,000kms and still perfect.
@@MiraSubieGirl right now the cheapest rs is a 2011 RS250 with 174.000 km. Costing €12,000. Second cheapest is a 2011 with 85.000 km for €15,000. With 265hp. After that the prices go over €18k. I am saving up for it, but in the meantime i am playing on BOTB and trying to win myself an Mk4 RS300. It all depends what happens first, on what i will get. Most expensive is a 2014 cup chasis, for €25.000.
@@GarageSupra, the Astra OPC can manage it but you need someone that have written their testament before driving it. someone complained on torque-steer on the Mazda3 MPS but that's peanuts compare to the Astra OPC... though they both are pretty good at that part in comparison to say the Alfa Romeo 147 GTA where the 3.2 liter Buzzo V6 really wanted to trow you out (yeah, an 3.2 V6 in an hatchback... and no active support systems, just some ABS because EU said so)
The Speed3 sucked ass! I bought an ‘08 Speed3 before it arrived at the dealership and I grew to hate it; horrible torque steer and scary understeer! One of my biggest regrets!
I feel like the C5 doesn't get the respect it deserves either. I mean, the C5 is what really all the other Corvettes after are built upon. You can literally use C6 parts on a C5 or vice versa because they are literally the same. The C7 was just a better version of the C6 as the C6 was just a slightly better version of the C5. Plus, the C5 is what gave us all the LS engines. You can buy a used C5 that is still mechanically sound for roughly $10,000. That's how much I got mine for just over a year ago. It had 105,000 miles on it when I got it. It now has over 135,000 miles and has gone from Texas to Maine and back again. 2 days each way. I have driven mine in the middle of a few snow storms and she still goes just as fast as the day I first got her.
hahaha the intro sound FX of the 7th car... priceless. Also... "jusqu'ici, tout va bien" La vache ! James ! Je ne savais pas que tu avais ça sur ton bras ^^ Second laughter THAT ALMOST MADE SPIT COFFEE AT MY LAPTOP !!! DAMMIT DONUT !!!! NOLAN 2004 GAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!
@@ziqrsx Takumi's 86 wasn't stock, though I don't remember if they ever mentioned power figures in the show. But on the downhill, a tuned 86 can be pretty formidable when driven by Bunta Fujiwara's son :p Good on OP for starting my favorite anime (though I don't usually watch much to be fair), as well as one of my favorite shows of all time.
So mad that Renault doesn’t sell cars here as I’ve always been in love with their cars from the Megane rs 250 being my dream car, and wanting badly to own a 1973 alpine a110.
I live in France and drive a Renault daily. You're not missing out TBH. They really make underpowered cars with sluggish rubbery manual gearboxes, uncomfortable seats and soft brakes. The interior inside a Renault is very basic as well. In fact, a lot of French people would rather drive a VW. Renault Sport is a different story however. They make expensive, small production run "race cars" like the Megane in the video.
@@pancakefactory no lol it doesn't sound like "say" at all. You can clearly hear it in any Spanish commercial (I'm Spanish btw) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2Zqmz8M4AUI.html
Nah, they were like $35k brand new. A NA sells for that now. Lol turbos are at least double. Unless it's a auto, which is your best bet then swap in a 6 speed. Still gonna cost you $55k minimum.
Yeeehhaaaaaaa! Wooooohooooooo! RENAULT For the win!!! Finally James talking about Renault and it's sickest fwd hot hatches! Thankyou! Yeahhhhhh (i'm argentinian and huge fan of Renault and the Megane series)
@@Wah-Fer I've owned 2 Renaults and inc Megane RS250 and I also own a Mk6 GTi and to be perfectly honest the Renault brand has come a long way. unfortunatley same can't be said for the VW its a crappy engine with reliability issues to make anyones eyes water. give me an Renault RS anyday even their Clio's are deadly.
@@TheDragonSeb everybody knows them for being strong and reliable engines holding up a nice degree of power tuning, don't know where have you heard that from!?
I love how he re-pronounces words lmao I love this guy someone please get him in a comedy movie shit I swear your talented I watch donut media because of him no lie and I will continue as long as he is around!
Another well-done video! Thanks for showing high-performance FWD cars the respect they deserve. These records speak for themselves but no one can hear them if people don't know about them. Keep up the great work!
@malcolmar Why should FWD performance cars be "respected" when FWD is a performance compromise? I get that I'm probably pissing on your car here but, don't worry, you just made a mistake. We all make 'em sometimes. Even me. My first car was an FWD. It was also my last FWD car. I promise you that.
@@tigerpjm No worries. I am a proud owner of an FK8 Honda Civic Type R and I LOVE that car. I am not going to be doing donuts in it and it is not a car for drifting but man, oh man, the Honda engineers really dialed in this car. The way this car attacks turns and how it claws out of corners is nothing short of telepathic If someone wants to call this a mistake then I don't want to be right.
@@malcolmar Hahahah! Great answer! Yeah, they're a great car. I'm kind of trollin' ya. I just really dislike fronties, but there are enough good judges whom I respect that have said exactly that about the Type R, so we'll call a truce, huh?
Dear James, I would like to mention that I found one mistake in this epizode. Renault Megane RS Trophy R do not use 4control (all wheel steering) system only regular RS and RS Trophy have it. They removed it to save weight and also because it proved to be problematic to calibrate for Nürburgring. Cheers. :)
And the price is 80.000€ with carbon-ceramic brake system (25.000€), with 20% taxes and pollution extra taxe (7.000€). If it was sold in the US the price of the basic RS Trophy would be less than $50.000 before taxes.
When he said that the Acura integra R was his favorite in need for speed underground it gave me a wave of nostalgia to the degree of a mid summer Philippine tsunami
True, except the Cupra hatch has got 286bhp in its current form (I had one) and I think it was the Cupra 300 (296bhp) that set the record around the ring.
No, the pre facelift was not avalible as four wheel drive. the record was set by a Leon cupra ST 280. Not only the fastest FWD but also the fastest station wagon as it set the record.
James, my boyfriend watches all the Donut Media videos and I watch them with him. You are my favorite and make learning about cars fun and interesting even for someone who isn't really into cars! #MoPowaBabeh
I may be two years late to the party, but welcome to the car lovers community! Donut is indeed a great place to start, as I'm sure you've seen since then
@@triggamusician if you're on the George Washington (y'all know him right? Kicked your asses in the 1770's?) Bridge, the distance is only about 1450 meters. #TheMoreYouKnow
at first glance i thought this was a top gear reference ngl, talking about the megane r26r "so you havent got sat-nav?" "no" "no radio?" "no" "no air-conditioning?" *holds back tears* "no, its to save weight"
