The Maybach Excellero is like the car you'd expect a high class villain like The Penguin from Batman to show up in. (Or a modern day Cruella Deville, like Doug said) Good pick!
In no particular order: -Early 2000's Mercedes G55 AMG - The quintessential transportation choice of Russian gangsters and Eurovillains. Tell me you're a Russian gangster without telling me you're a Russian gangster. -Toyota Hilux or Land Cruiser 70 series pickup (preferably configured as a "technical" with a machine gun mounted in the bed) - enough said... -Zimmer Golden Spirit - Could you picture Cruella DeVille driving any other "modern" vehicle? -1980's Lincoln Town Car - Joe Pesci should be heading out to the desert to dispose of bodies in one of these. -1930's Chrysler Airflow in black - Reminiscent of Al Capone and prohibition -Late 80's-Early 90's Econoline van - The ubiquitous getaway vehicle of seemingly every TV and film robbery gang despite that body style being out of production for over 30 years. -Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren - always looked to me like a bond villain should be driving it. -Plymouth/Chrysler Prowler
And you are the type of person who makes the same joke that has been repeated on every single video since Daddy Doug first baked cookies for his Porsche.
Quite surprised Doug disgareed about the E38. Doug himself said "That late-1990s 7 Series (E38) that looked like the kind of thing the devil would drive, if he was late to a board meeting in Hell."
Great list guys, although I reckon if we're talking villain cars, we've got to talk about these: 1998 Jaguar XJR in black 2005 Chrysler 300C GAZ Chyka (Firm favourite with KGB agents, and is terrifying from every angle) 2009 Lincoln Navigator (Blacked out of course) 2006 Cadillac CTS- V Blacked out Range Rover Sport (With the supercharged 4.2) 2007 Mercedes CL 65 AMG 2003 Mercury Marauder (Similar vibe to the Impala) 2010 Maserati Quattroporte GTS 2009 Alfa Romeo 159 Ti (More of a henchman's car rather than the arch villain himself)
Here in Holland, Jags are mostly just upper class BMW drivers, not specifically evil in the way of being a gangster or murderer, just an evil rich person.
As someone who grew up in Mexico, my list is very different. When I think of bad guy/villain cars, I instantly think of big capable 4x4 SUVs and trucks. - 4th and 5th gen Ford Broncos in all black with tinted windows all around. - 1990’s Tahoe/Suburbans - 1990’s F-150 short bed - 1980’s Silverado short bed
@@VivaanBhaskar yeah man 😅 because in the well known drug states like Sinaloa, Michoacán, Juarez and Tijuana, usually those meant that there was an issue that was about to be solved with gunfire and possibly explosions. That’s why my sister and I, and many kids were alarmed every time we saw these traveling in groups. Usually when it’s 2 to 6 vehicles at a time, it meant war. If it’s just one then it’s no big deal, it was probably just a guy using it as basic transportation.
Totally agree with Kennan on the red LFA. The styling features just have that flowy yet sharp look as if the lines are going to extend, curl, and consume you as soon as you see it drive out a corner in a big city at night. I think it looks so alien because it was Lexus's first attempt at overstyling with a sports car, and I absolutely love it
Great video. Those 80’s Caddy’s and Lincoln Town Cars were associated with mobs on tv. If they took you toward those cars and opened the trunk instead of the back door Game Over!!
You forgot the Ford GT, Carrera GT, the new Defender, the Range Rover (with a warranty), the convertible G wagon, and a vast array of E class station wagons
Totally agree with Kennan about the E38, especially as a European. These are seen as incredibly badass cars over here, especially in black, like the kind of car used during a bank robbery or heist. Just like the A8 in Ronin.
I'd add 1 to this list. I can't think of a more stereotypical bad guy car than a black (with tinted windows) Chrysler 300. It was driven by the mob villains in the movie "A History of Violence" with Viggo Mortenson, and It's about as menacing a car as I can think of. Every time that car showed up on screen, everyone knew that something horrible was about to happen...
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Also driven by Walt in Breaking Bad when he became the villain, and was the bad guy car in Drive. Also was quintessential mobster car in mid 2000s Eastern Europe in real life.
The issue is that these cars have become the car of the wannabe gangster too much. Esp with how cheap they are used or financed. No serious important villan would drive one now. 10 years ago, sure. Not now. It's the car if you want to appear tough, not if you actually are.
Oh yeah, since the late 2000s Chrysler 300s have depreciated, they are getting picked up by drug dealers, hoodrats, and baddies everywhere...they always stick aftermarket rims on them. Definitely bad guy vibes, but you can't talk about it because everyone will accuse you of being "based".
The only guy around me I've seen that owns a (mint) black Impala SS is a regular customer at a restaurant I co-own. I have lunch with him twice a week. His name is Mike, but he is the nicest guy, tips the waitresses well, retired machinist, Vietnam vet, always makes you smile... Just an overall congenial dude. I'm gonna be lmao when I show him this video.
This is low-key my favorite non vehicle review video on this channel. Pure gold watching you guys have this much fun quipping off each other. More of this!
I am surprised Lotus Carlton/Omega was not mentioned. It is the definitive baddie's car: - It only came in black and looked menacing as hell - It was stolen by bad guys to be used as a getaway car in heists - Police helicopters struggled to keep up with this car on the highways during the chases - Cherry on the cake - government wanted to ban the car due to above reasons
When a villain rolls up in a black Maybach Excelero, that's how you know you live in a Batman cartoon. Also, Vader upgraded from Grand National to Zenvo ST-1.
If you find weird that American Police and gangaster used similar cars, in Italy criminals and Police used the same exact car, usually Alfa Romeos. And back in the days, like in the 80s, basing on stories that relatives told me, if you saw a black Alfa 75 (or Milano for the USA) in front of a bank, with no people inside and the engine running you'd better run away as far as possible. So for me I think the Alfa Romeo 75 is a proper villain car.
In Russia we have the movie named "Бумер" ("Bimmer"), what means BMW in car slang, and the entire movie is about russian gangsters rolling through country on stolen BMW 750i. This movie is crime drama classic in the post-soviet world. So Kennan is totally right with his BMW pick.
This was such a fun video. I agree with the 30's Mercedes, Duesenbergs, Cadillacs (V12s and 16s) my pick would be for the pre merger AMG Mercedes and Toyota Centuries and Crowns Yakuza style. When Kennon mentioned any "devil" shows, I instantly remembered the 62 black Corvette convertible in Lucifer.
I was expecting to see a Black Town Car or Mercury Marauder make this list. But the ultimate villian ride is a black 60's Lincoln Continental OR Chrysler Imperial.
I once drove a two tone black Rolls Royce Wraith Black Badge that I thought was an appropriate villain car. I felt so comfortable driving it that it convinced me that I probably am a supervillain in training.
in late 90s the w140 s class in indonesia had the “evil person” rep bc it usually means that you have ties to the president at the time so if one is parked outside your house, you’re time is coming and you will be declared “missing” not long after that
For car reviews Kennan becomes Dougyish so it feels weird, but for discussions it's fine to have Kennan because it's like Doug and Kennan are chatting with each other and at the same time they are also talking to us
@@enisra_bowmanDoug mentioned that Kenan has some social anxiety. I think with some time, he's gonna feel more and more comfortable just being himself.
Back east a lot of the made guys drove Lincoln Towncars in the 80’s and 90’s then switched to Navigators in The early 2000’s. Helped them keep a low profile because the same cars are often used as livery cars.
Everybody forgot about the Brutus with a 47 liter V12 engine from a German WW2 bomber? “The chain drive, from a machine the devil uses to rotisserie those who displease him” - Jeremy Clarkson or as its creator said in an interview: "this car constantly tries to kill you"
All of the early 2000’s movie villains drove the W220 S-Class that I can remember. I bought one in 2012 and my family/friends asked me why I was buying the villains Mercedes.. Just my own personal experience.
I think in one of the 90’s movies or slightly newer, there were some people using W126s as well! Classically badass and stated cars to be used as a villain’s car
definitely surprised no S class was mentioned here. W220/221 for the modern villain / organized crime head. W140 because.. it's the W140 and everybody fears anyone who drives up in a black one. And the W126 for your dictators
I've always thought the Aston Martin Lagonda is something the bad guy in a 80s futurist sci-fi movie would've drove. The Ferrari Testarossa in black always looked really sinister to me as well.
This comment is so underrated. 🤣🤣Here's a Hongqi L5 for those unaware. Of course, you need those flag poles in the front too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RTA1AglbRb4.html
To stay with the theme, a black W140 S-Class is, of course, one of the most bad guy cars ever since literally almost everyone important in the Yakuza actually drove these.
The previous W126 S Class is also an honorable mention. If you are familiar with 1980's Miami, a W126, especially one equipped with an AMG body kit, was a popular choice for a Miami Drug Lord.
@@donaldwilson2620 Yeah, it was not only AMG bodykits but also several other ones like Gemballa models, and so on. I have watched enough Miami Vice :D.
The reason Kennan mentioned the E38, and why I agree with him, is because that is the car the hitman drives. Case and point, the first Transporter movie with Jason Statham. True, he turned out to be the good guy, but he had lived the rest of his life being the bad guy, and when they destroyed his E38 he became the good guy sssoooooo
@@SunnynPhilly Ha!! Budget Bentley with Merc parts bin cobble needn’t be ranked *that rough 😆 in Cali it was def low-level shady character choice mobile
In Eastern Europe the car that is most often assossiated with bad people is by far the G-Class. Maybe not so much in the movies where usually their security uses them but in real life that's the car which the people you shouldn't mess with usually drive.
The Maybach makes me think more of a Batmobile TBH... does that mean that Batman is a villain? 🤔 Also, "The Devil drives a LFA" would sound like a logical sequel to "The Devil wears Prada" 🤣
My first car was a ‘94 Acura Legend. Got it mint from my grandpa in 2006. By that time it had taken on a gangster name thanks to Ludacris and JayZ. Smoothest car I’ve ever owned.
I believe Ludacris still owns his Acura Legend. The Legend was a cool ride. Another gangsta car that was popular back then was a 90's Nissan Maxima. Legends and Maximas were very popular in the hood back then.
'The Transporter' (in the movie of the same name) drove one of those 7 series, but might have been a long wheel base. And of course, Raymond Reddington drives a previous generation S-Class.
probably not a popular opinion but i think the e60 m5 would be a great villain car. I can imagine a bad guy chasing the protagonist in a black, roaring v10 m5 through city streets
If I was the villain . My ultimate cars are: • Bentley 8 Litre • Bugatti Royale • Cadillac Eldorado "1967" • Hummer EV • Jaguar Mark X • Lagonda Taraf • Lincoln Town Car “1980’s” • Mercedes Benz 600 Pullman • Panther Deville • Rolls Royce phantom 925 • Rolls Royce spectre • Voisin C20 mylord Demi-Berline
Over here in the UK, the Ford Transit, particularly the 80s and 90s era were used for armed robbery and other organised crime escapades due to their ability to disappear into the London traffic. That Mark II Jags and the 4200s were the gangsters favourites in the 50s and 60s.
Let me add something. 1. NISSAN ALTIMAAAA - menaces of the road! 2. BMW 318i - another road menace. 3. Toyota Crown/Century in black with 3333 or 8888 license plate 4. Cadillac CT5 V Blackwing. 5. Aurus Senat - you know what I mean. 6. Hongqi L5 - you also know what I mean. 7. Lotus Carlton - driven by real villains. 8. 1959-1984 Cadillac de Ville - the name suggest. 9. Toyota Land Cruiser - every warlords, druglords, gunrunners, dictators have one. 10. Lincoln Continental.
Where is the black villain Volga? (GAZ-21 & 24) There was an urban legend spread in Poland, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, about a black Volga limousine traveling around the city, allegedly used to kidnap children.
The Jaguar X350 XJ is the pinical of modern villain cars. True baddies don't want anything overtly flashy or attention-grabbing. They want stylish but understated, luxurious, fast, large... The XJ does that. And it's a Jaaag. Hidden gem!
I'm typing this while you're on the Maybach, so maybe you'll get to it, but I recently was at the Corvette Museum and the 1965 (I think) Corvette Mantaray is the most sinister looking car I've ever seen in person. With the body being extra long and the wheel arches being even taller than usual it just stands out in a villainous way and I loved it.
@@jono6379 yeah but we are talking actual lords of the underworld cars. Like what mafiosis in NY and Boston or Moscow would drive. Or arabic clan leaders in Germany. (It's Merc S AMG, E AMG, C AMG or an CL AMG)
1:19 You expect the driver to come out wearing black leather gloves so they don't leave fingerprints on the silenced pistol they'll be using in the next minute.
My Mom had a 95 IMPALA SS and she DROVE THAT CAR!!! One Friday, she wanted me to meet her for lunch. We left the restaurant and got on the highway as she passes me ( in my 05 Pontiac GTO), WAVING. I look down and I’m doing about 87mph and not catching her. Oh yeah, she was 82 at the time…
Exactly. It was super sinister in the movie “Color of Night” with Bruce Willis. The windows were all blacked out and drive a Red 1977-1978 Pontiac Trans Am.
Hey Doug. Last night I had a dream. I dreamed that I was driving down the highway Do you know how I realized I was dreaming? Because I was driving an allroad with no lights on in the dash.
Left out a couple of good ones. The Lincoln Continental Mark III, and Mark IV particularly in black look properly sinister. Honorable mention to the Toyota Century (famously the preferred transport of the Yakuza for a number of years).
What about the Mercedes 600 Grosser? One of the most favourite cars of past dictators and despots alike. Aside from Jeremy Clarksson, who bought it way later in life, whoever got that thing new was some kind of agent of evil.
Honorable mention to 70s/80s Chevy cargo vans. Not exactly high in the cool factor but in that era, just the sight of one on a show and you just knew bad guys were inside.
I remember a magazine ad for the Impala SS. It was a 2 page spread filled almost entirely with the car, and the caption below said: "Lord Vader, your car is ready."
One of the two best ads for a car ever: 1996 Impala SS - Car and Driver: Lord Vader, your car is ready. (The other one is the Subaru SVX: You can go so fast, you'll get so many tickets, you'll lose your license)
Black TVR Tuscan. You had to be badass or crazy to drive one of those. Whilst not technically a valid choice one of the first cars that popped into my mind when I read the title was the 6000 SUX from Robocop.
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