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1k car would win every time unless it breaks down or you waste the money on stupid shit that wont matter like hot air intakes and fiberglass areo that doesnt work
Just bought ourselves an Up! over here in the UK and must say I'm so glad we got this car, the fuel economy is ridiculous, it's so fun to drive and it feels so safe and smooth on the motorway. I'm past thrashing car's at my age, and all I'm after now is saving as much as possible really and this car is allowing me to do just that whilst still thoroughly enjoying driving. All of your coverage on the Up! helped our decision to buy one and can't thank you enough for the recommendation! I look forward to owning this car for as long as it will last.
You should come to Europe and try a e-Up! Those things are just great, everything that's great about an Up, just with super zippy e-power pegging you to the seat, or spinning the tires, both of which are great fun.
I've had my Up! for 7 years and 2 weeks since new. Its a great little car. Sips fuel, light as a feather, chuckable. I love it and hope to keep it until it goes bang
@@dan75dy jep very common. Picked up an Up at the dealership brandnew years ago, clutch bearing started rattling within 2000km. Dealer refused warranty said it was normal behaviour
@@therickman1990 You sure it's the clutch? These are known to suffer from gearbox rattle caused by gear rollover (lots of torsional vibration from the 3 cylinder engine).
My 1l DOHC Mira (same as Marty is driving here, except 4 door, used 6L/100km when really babying it. Which is the same as my 1.6 DOHC ZC Honda uses while driving really fast. Sorry to say, but I think the Daihatsu is a bad car. It looks cute and JDM, but that's all it has. You have to mod the s out of it to even stop it bodyrolling like crazy. Never again.
@@chocosmith2243 French hot hatches are something that MCM seem to have forgotten about. You can get a Clio 172 for cheaper than these that would walk away on the track. Even 206 GTi 180s are getting cheap these days and they’re a wicked little car
My 206 GTi was really cheap on fuel. 8L/100km when driving at full throttle at every opportunity. 5.6L/100km when driving behind a truck on the highway.
@@chocosmith2243 The 206 GTi has passive rear steering, which makes it go all forklift when you're driving hard at high speed. The 206 GTi 180 has a modified rear axle which doesn't have the passive rear steering, making it much more predictable and stable.
Great fun! Got to say it may be slower but I preferred the sound of the Daihatsu, nice little growl there ( big part of the driving experience for me )
I love that you guys show love to the nuggets. My 2017 spark gets some interesting looks with it's low offset wheels and stickers. But I love driving it. You guys are the best car show in the world.
I had an idea : The whole premise of mighty car mods is wrenching on your own car. What about a turd cup! The idea is - people enter their own “turds” that have been built by their owners, even you guys as presenters have a car entered, and then arrange to have like a mini Le Mans style race. Obviously, there are a lot of things to be organized, however I believe a lot of people would love to wrench on a car and race against the both of you!!!!! (Thumbs up for everybody who is interested👍🏼)
Cars like these make me so freaking love my 3 cylinder turbocharged 0.9L Renault Clio. 3 cylinders with turbos on them are twice the fun of the non-turbo ones. I reccently did an ECU upgrade taking it from 90HP up to 130HP and its even more fun than it was, plus more economical! People always talk about big engines and forget the driver is what makes the car go fast. These cars are the prime examples that low HP cars can be fast with the right driver. Im so happy this video was published, makes me be proud owning a 3 cylinder engined car.
I freaking love you guys! I ended up here I'm not sure how long ago about cheap chips for your car. Been here since and have watched every single episode. Gotta love the downtime in the Texas oilfield.
I've a g100 1989 one owner, was mu mother inlaws ,it's a sleeper, hi flow exhaust, headers ,twin barrel Weber up graded brakes I've been driving it around for about 6years ,grin from ear to ear Every time I drive it great show guys
Ugh, literally the ugliest car I can remember from childhood! We knew someone with really short feet, and we used to say they looked like a Mazda 121. For all that is food and pure, I cannot believe a disgusting looking car like a 121 has any redeeming qualities, other than you can cram a fat middle aged feminist into one. And then take it to the crusher.
I picked up a 2013 Fiat 500 Turbo recently for $7,000 in Canada. 1.4L turbo, 5 speed manual, 135hp, 2500 lbs, 4 wheel disc brakes, looks pretty mad, super fun to drive.
Seems like we can get 500 Turbos for about 8-10k in Australia but it's the 900cc 2 cylinder, which I didn't even know existed. Either we didn't get a 4cyl turbo or there's none for sale.
@@AfferbeckBeats 2 cylinder, interesting. Did you get the 500 Abarth down there? The Abarth in north america has a similar 1.4L turbo 4cyl to what my car has, just with more power.
Brings back fun memories of getting my 1st car back in 2004/2005. Little to no power pug 106 1.1. So much fun to rag about, the enjoyment you get out of slow cars is great. Everyone needs a shed to rag about, its all smiles for days!
Replacing a filter almost never adds any power. Sometimes it even costs some power. Maybe when the old one was very dirty, but replacing it with a stock filter has the same result. So if you do it, only do it for the sound.
@@MetalMike50 That’s a generic response, I’m being specific about the Up!, the intake system is incredibly restrictive, at no point did I recommend only replacing the air filter element as you describe….
@@gifftech It's not a generic response. Do you have any independent dyno data backing up the claim from Pipercross? We're talking about a stock ECU right? Just the intake, no other big performance mods?
@@MetalMike50 - Completely generic response yes, I've got VBox data but then I'd expect nothing more than another generic response from you doubting the efficacy of that data source...
FWD oversteer is counter intuitive, every neuron in your brain tells you to lift but the solution is to give it some gas to reduce front end grip and transfer some load to the rears
A friend of mine has a Rallye spec Mini from the late 80ies that he built himself. It has around 95kw at the crankshaft from the naturally aspirated 1.3 litre and a LSD with a curb weight of less than 700kg. I hate sitting in the passenger seat of that thing. It always feels like the back is about to step out. But that thing is *fast*. And with warm compound tires the grip is unreal.
@@vinzenzgeske8987 My first car was a Mk1 Seat Ibiza with a 1.5l "porsche" engine (not sure how much influence they actually had on the engine but it said porsche on the top) which I stripped out and turbo'd back in the early 2000s. It was producing 250ish hp at the crank and weighed around 700kg, it was a rocketship in a straight line but borderline suicidal in the corners. I had lowered it, stiffened it and put bigger, better tyres on it but it just wanted to kill you at every possible opportunity. The gearbox gave up the ghost after about 8 months of abuse and I wasn't in a position to find a replacement so it had to go to the scrapyard
So I’ve been watching your guy’s videos religiously and I want to point out that you guys might have a poltergeist in your shop man, might want to get that checked out!
Nugget F1 - Rules: 1) Nitrous and bolt ons are the only power adder. 2) Suspension, brakes, wheel & tires from aftermarket suppliers. 3) Aero - must be built entirely by hand> no aftermarket kit 4) Only cars that have been called "nugget" in the MCM cannon are eligible.
Got a 2016 Mitsubishi Mirage pre-facelift (Space Star in EU), put some wider tyres on it and got some H&R Springs, new nice Speakers and a Subwoofer and now It really is a fun car! Living in Austria the springs and tires make a huge different in the alps and mountain roads
Clio is a class above Up!, but second gen Twingo RS (1.6 133HP) or third gen Twingo GT (only 0.9 turbo with 110HP, but rear engine RWD) seem like much better fun generators than the Up! and Mira
What really does my head in is remembering when that Cuore came out, I dismissed it as being “too large” for a Daihatsu. It just seems perfect to me now.
if they both cost 7k, id be taking the up every time.. but i'd be saving 7k to get the other nugget because its awesome project gold and would spend half its time in pieces being modded while the up is a daily.
The Up! is a great car and an honour to the old days with MK1 and MK2 Golfs. Small, nimble and fun to drive. No nonsense, just a fun little car! I was in the market for an Up! but couldn’t find a nice on in a reasonable price range here around but instead found a mint original nugget, the two door Golf MK2! 🤩 Will be a blast to follow this series!
The volkswagon is the first car to have an exclamation mark in it's name. How do you pronounce UP! without sounding like a twat? I rest my case, confident in many up votes!
I call for another international collaboration! Jean Pierre from JP performance built one with the drive train of an Audi TT inside, they put down some big number on a dyno, but the car was never really finished and never worked really well.... Sounds like a fun job for Marty and Moog
Parts might be difficult and expensive to source, Haldex and a 1.8 TFSI, super tight fit in that body and probably lots of issues with thermal management. This is a modern engine and is gonna require tons of work, JP didn't quite manage to get rid of the issues for a reason. They should turbo the 1.0 instead, get the old band together Tubo Yoda and Mechanical Stig and the rest.
@@krmr my idea was for them to work on JP s car. And power and heat management clearly weren't the problem for JP and his team. They made 400 HP with that engine. I just rewatched it. However the car just didn't get the final touch to be usefully drivable
My face aches from smiling solidly for 15 minutes. I’m looking forward to the “I’ll dominate all Daihatsus” comeuppance moment with great relish! Also, the one time I’ve experienced oversteer in a FWD car was on black ice round a large roundabout, just picking up speed to join a motorway… at night. I turned from a relaxed driver to a very worried passenger in about a millisecond. Very lucky not to hit even a curb there!
Love the show guys been watching for a long time. Although it baffles me that you guys haven't bought a Mark 2 Renault Clio 172/182. Best budget hot hatch out there for sure. Please give it a go :)
Marty puts his faith in some Aussie tuner messing with an old Dihatsu vs a team of German engineers with 20 more years of development, and that is one tired sounding old Dihatsu. That thing needs 3 carbs and some high comp pistons.
id love to see you guys revisit turning a regular car electric. as im sure in the next few years electric conversions are going to become a staple for mechanics and car enthusiasts who want to keep their old petrol cars
GM is working on electric kits to do just that, go to a dealer, buy the whole shebang, cut your existing car apart, and stuff all the new bits in. it's really exciting
@@ghomerhust I've seen a few companies with kits already but a big manufacturer is promising. I'm still waiting a couple years for battery tech to get better so I don't end up wanting to upgrade my batteries right away
@Thor Odin son you sound very uninformed in the current era sir. I don't mean that in a bad way but only about 20% of the U.S power comes from coal and that number is drastically dropping every year. Most car manufacturers are using cobalt and nickel free batteries such as the lithium iron phosphate batteries to get out of those unethical mining operations. Idk where you live but as far as I've seen here in Canada and in alot of places in the US is the grid is 100% being updated. And I'm not saying gas is going to be gone in a year or 2 but in 10 years it will definitely be more of a rarity. And electricity is wayyyyyyy cheaper than gas. Like by a factor of 10. Again at least where I live. Also if a gas car runs out of gas it also has to be either towed or have gas delivered so I fail to see your point. Also battery tech is advancing far faster than most technologies. There's already tech that will do away with range anxiety. It's just a matter of waiting for them to make it to market. There's also hydrogen cars which have some potential. Gasoline will inevitably die. Sorry
I now have a Skoda Citigo (essentially the same as the VW Up!, but different badge, better customer after sales service and lots cheaper) which has been mapped from 59 BHP to 85 BHP and I upgraded brake pads and discs on the front and coil over suspension. It's loads of fun on a windy road. You've gotta rinse the engine to extract useable power from 4000-6000 rpm. I would argue that it's as much fun (but different) from my previous BMW M135i, which had 321 BHP and the 8 speed ZF auto gearbox.
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Borats package swinging around was very distracting……..
Where can we get oneb of those Moog air fresheners? 😂
Toyota gr yaris let's fucking go
I would like to have seen a driver swap I think the main difference was skill lol
switch drivers/cars please
Great cars! What about a 10k car with 1k of mods Vs a 1k car with 10k of mods? which would be best?
Great idea that!
An AU Falcon with $10k mods would murder a $10k car with $1k mods. Especially in this current car market
1k car would win every time unless it breaks down or you waste the money on stupid shit that wont matter like hot air intakes and fiberglass areo that doesnt work
Can you even buy a runner for 1k in 2022?
If you spent 10k on a lowered falcon or v8 commodore, bought decent tyres and threw out some of the excess weight it'd be hard to beat.
as the world's premier off roading show im glad to see some representation from the vw up, one of the all time best off-roading vehicles ever produced
this guy gets it
In Merica it would be small V8 vs large V8.
In france... Anything is an off-road car. They will drive a Bugatti up a mountain side.
Moog: I’ll chop any 3 cylinder car
GR Yaris: am I joke to you?
Ecoboost as well, they're mad for their size. Not if you put it in a big car though
@@zogworth focus is still going forward with that engine, not only the fiesta.
He said 3 cyl daihatsu.
However there are a lot more triples these days, not only the gr yaris.
Don’t forget the legendary Geo Metro…I think you could get up to the speed limit if downhill with a tailwind.
@@nielsdebakker3283 Have a look who owns Daihatsu. The GR Yaris is what Marty will show up with.
Old school MCM music and the throwback Mira? Smashed it out of the park right from the off, great job guys!
What is that sound track?
nah mate they didn't smash it, came close though lol ;-)
got me right in the feels
@@vientayuno934 It's the songs they used in their very first season of MCM. Fantastic throwback.
This video had mad early MCM energy! Can't wait to see the next episode! 😁👌
Just bought ourselves an Up! over here in the UK and must say I'm so glad we got this car, the fuel economy is ridiculous, it's so fun to drive and it feels so safe and smooth on the motorway. I'm past thrashing car's at my age, and all I'm after now is saving as much as possible really and this car is allowing me to do just that whilst still thoroughly enjoying driving. All of your coverage on the Up! helped our decision to buy one and can't thank you enough for the recommendation! I look forward to owning this car for as long as it will last.
You should come to Europe and try a e-Up!
Those things are just great, everything that's great about an Up, just with super zippy e-power pegging you to the seat, or spinning the tires, both of which are great fun.
I've had my Up! for 7 years and 2 weeks since new. Its a great little car. Sips fuel, light as a feather, chuckable. I love it and hope to keep it until it goes bang
and its a seriously cute looking little buggar, i loved it the moment i first saw one
Is your clutch rattling yet?
@@therickman1990 Mine rattles like crazy but drives fine. Is this a common thing with them?
@@dan75dy jep very common. Picked up an Up at the dealership brandnew years ago, clutch bearing started rattling within 2000km. Dealer refused warranty said it was normal behaviour
@@therickman1990 You sure it's the clutch? These are known to suffer from gearbox rattle caused by gear rollover (lots of torsional vibration from the 3 cylinder engine).
Id be keen for a buildoff of these nuggets
In the original up video moog said all the mods need to come from germany so idk they have something planned
4:04 I didnt know you guys made special edition Moog air freshener. very nicee
Was that not Borat?
How Much?
I had a 1L SOHC Daihatsu which ended up using more fuel than my 2.0L 206 GTI. My foot was always on the floor trying to get it to move.
My 1l DOHC Mira (same as Marty is driving here, except 4 door, used 6L/100km when really babying it. Which is the same as my 1.6 DOHC ZC Honda uses while driving really fast.
Sorry to say, but I think the Daihatsu is a bad car. It looks cute and JDM, but that's all it has. You have to mod the s out of it to even stop it bodyrolling like crazy. Never again.
The 206gti is seriously quick with just pads and tyres. We were getting 2min flat around eastern. Back is a bit scary on turn 1 but otherwise all good
@@chocosmith2243 French hot hatches are something that MCM seem to have forgotten about. You can get a Clio 172 for cheaper than these that would walk away on the track. Even 206 GTi 180s are getting cheap these days and they’re a wicked little car
My 206 GTi was really cheap on fuel. 8L/100km when driving at full throttle at every opportunity. 5.6L/100km when driving behind a truck on the highway.
@@chocosmith2243 The 206 GTi has passive rear steering, which makes it go all forklift when you're driving hard at high speed. The 206 GTi 180 has a modified rear axle which doesn't have the passive rear steering, making it much more predictable and stable.
Love the throwback to the old-timey MCM music when Marty revealed his car :D
Cuore love!
3:18 That positive camber!
💯
Great fun!
Got to say it may be slower but I preferred the sound of the Daihatsu, nice little growl there ( big part of the driving experience for me )
I love that you guys show love to the nuggets. My 2017 spark gets some interesting looks with it's low offset wheels and stickers. But I love driving it. You guys are the best car show in the world.
I had an idea : The whole premise of mighty car mods is wrenching on your own car. What about a turd cup! The idea is - people enter their own “turds” that have been built by their owners, even you guys as presenters have a car entered, and then arrange to have like a mini Le Mans style race. Obviously, there are a lot of things to be organized, however I believe a lot of people would love to wrench on a car and race against the both of you!!!!! (Thumbs up for everybody who is interested👍🏼)
12 hour endurance event, Wakefield Park, multiple drivers. I’m in! Hardest part will be selecting which nugget.
You had me at turd cup!
Mcm organised 24 hours of lemons
@@skitzvitz many men/women one cup..
@@playwme3 24 hour of lemons already exists
Cars like these make me so freaking love my 3 cylinder turbocharged 0.9L Renault Clio. 3 cylinders with turbos on them are twice the fun of the non-turbo ones. I reccently did an ECU upgrade taking it from 90HP up to 130HP and its even more fun than it was, plus more economical! People always talk about big engines and forget the driver is what makes the car go fast. These cars are the prime examples that low HP cars can be fast with the right driver. Im so happy this video was published, makes me be proud owning a 3 cylinder engined car.
I freaking love you guys! I ended up here I'm not sure how long ago about cheap chips for your car. Been here since and have watched every single episode. Gotta love the downtime in the Texas oilfield.
This puts a smile on me for getting a few up as a first car
9k views in under 20 minutes. Happy for how far you guys have come MCM
I've a g100 1989 one owner, was mu mother inlaws ,it's a sleeper, hi flow exhaust, headers ,twin barrel Weber up graded brakes I've been driving it around for about 6years ,grin from ear to ear Every time I drive it great show guys
Throwback to when Marty said: "I'll chop all nissans!"
So Moog brought a Nisssan GTR to a budget fight ahahahah
I think it’s the other way around bro.. 😅
i love how 7000 Dollar is considered budget car in 2022, instead of maybe 2k max like in the Before Times.
The true nugget killer of the up and Mira is the Mazda 121 👌🏼💪🏼
Ugh, literally the ugliest car I can remember from childhood! We knew someone with really short feet, and we used to say they looked like a Mazda 121.
For all that is food and pure, I cannot believe a disgusting looking car like a 121 has any redeeming qualities, other than you can cram a fat middle aged feminist into one.
And then take it to the crusher.
@@goawayihavecommentstomake1488 I assume your talking about the bubble not the metro?
@@goawayihavecommentstomake1488 wow that was edgy
Metro 1.5 is the superior cube in every way.
@@christopherjohnston6343 so very edgy. If he were any edgier he'd cut himself.
I picked up a 2013 Fiat 500 Turbo recently for $7,000 in Canada. 1.4L turbo, 5 speed manual, 135hp, 2500 lbs, 4 wheel disc brakes, looks pretty mad, super fun to drive.
Seems like we can get 500 Turbos for about 8-10k in Australia but it's the 900cc 2 cylinder, which I didn't even know existed. Either we didn't get a 4cyl turbo or there's none for sale.
@@AfferbeckBeats 2 cylinder, interesting. Did you get the 500 Abarth down there? The Abarth in north america has a similar 1.4L turbo 4cyl to what my car has, just with more power.
Brings back fun memories of getting my 1st car back in 2004/2005. Little to no power pug 106 1.1. So much fun to rag about, the enjoyment you get out of slow cars is great. Everyone needs a shed to rag about, its all smiles for days!
Removing air filter assembly on Up! and replacing with Pipercross foam filter makes a significant difference, sounds fantastic too
Replacing a filter almost never adds any power. Sometimes it even costs some power. Maybe when the old one was very dirty, but replacing it with a stock filter has the same result.
So if you do it, only do it for the sound.
@@MetalMike50 That’s a generic response, I’m being specific about the Up!, the intake system is incredibly restrictive, at no point did I recommend only replacing the air filter element as you describe….
@@gifftech It's not a generic response. Do you have any independent dyno data backing up the claim from Pipercross? We're talking about a stock ECU right? Just the intake, no other big performance mods?
@@MetalMike50 - Completely generic response yes, I've got VBox data but then I'd expect nothing more than another generic response from you doubting the efficacy of that data source...
This show just keeps getting better every time
I wish you'd have swapped cars and done it again as Moog give its more in track, Marty always looks like he's scared to bin it 🤣
FWD oversteer is counter intuitive, every neuron in your brain tells you to lift but the solution is to give it some gas to reduce front end grip and transfer some load to the rears
A friend of mine has a Rallye spec Mini from the late 80ies that he built himself. It has around 95kw at the crankshaft from the naturally aspirated 1.3 litre and a LSD with a curb weight of less than 700kg. I hate sitting in the passenger seat of that thing. It always feels like the back is about to step out. But that thing is *fast*. And with warm compound tires the grip is unreal.
@@vinzenzgeske8987 My first car was a Mk1 Seat Ibiza with a 1.5l "porsche" engine (not sure how much influence they actually had on the engine but it said porsche on the top) which I stripped out and turbo'd back in the early 2000s. It was producing 250ish hp at the crank and weighed around 700kg, it was a rocketship in a straight line but borderline suicidal in the corners. I had lowered it, stiffened it and put bigger, better tyres on it but it just wanted to kill you at every possible opportunity. The gearbox gave up the ghost after about 8 months of abuse and I wasn't in a position to find a replacement so it had to go to the scrapyard
I wish we could get either of those in the states. I like these mini nuggets, A LOT.
Cliffhanger!!! I'm always eagerly awaiting your next video anyway. Love it! Number 1 4x4 channel!
I'm thinking he was shook when he spun out, couldn't catch Moog after that.
The classic MCM music took me back. Good to see a Cuore back in the MCM fleet!
Oh man that mankini waving aroung in front of Marty in the Dihatsu is way too much detail
it's a neat way to visualise the g forces though
So I’ve been watching your guy’s videos religiously and I want to point out that you guys might have a poltergeist in your shop man, might want to get that checked out!
Gotta love the Moog air freshener in Marty's car 🤣
I had a hard time paying attention to Marty, it's so distracting.
Nugget F1 - Rules:
1) Nitrous and bolt ons are the only power adder.
2) Suspension, brakes, wheel & tires from aftermarket suppliers.
3) Aero - must be built entirely by hand> no aftermarket kit
4) Only cars that have been called "nugget" in the MCM cannon are eligible.
It's a miracle that might be the first time Moog actually won on that track.
SPOILERS
@@daddy1639 fuck ikr
Yeah… nah.
If I remember correctly Moog actually has the better record on this particular track vs Marty, but they are pretty even.
@@Sigh_Bold you can clearly see Moog is the better driver, Marty even admits as much.
Up! GTi owner here, you guys missed out not getting them!
Love your show keep up the good work
Got a 2016 Mitsubishi Mirage pre-facelift (Space Star in EU), put some wider tyres on it and got some H&R Springs, new nice Speakers and a Subwoofer and now It really is a fun car! Living in Austria the springs and tires make a huge different in the alps and mountain roads
would love to see a clio 172 have a go to see if it has any luck cuz its a small car
Clio is a class above Up!, but second gen Twingo RS (1.6 133HP) or third gen Twingo GT (only 0.9 turbo with 110HP, but rear engine RWD) seem like much better fun generators than the Up! and Mira
172 stands for 172ps right? That's not exactly a fair match up
I had the handy van edition back in the day so loved the channel back then and it’s happening again
What really does my head in is remembering when that Cuore came out, I dismissed it as being “too large” for a Daihatsu. It just seems perfect to me now.
"You all know what's coming" That made me crack up. Loving the outro music too :) Thank you
I really wish they had gotten an Up! TSI. Moog would be absolutely insufferable. I hope they do it eventually
I hope MCM just swap a 1.2 or 1.4 TSI in it. Should fit.
a 1.0 tsi with a tune is an instant 140hp. Even without a tune, stock 115hp, is was good fun on the back roads in a ateca.
No Up TSI in Australia sadly...
Loved this video. Been watching for 12 years now, love the videos and the nuggets 🤟
They've gone up in price because of you marty, otherwise I'm sure it would have stayed being as overlooked as most kei cars
There's zero on Carsales, pretty much zero Daihatsus at all really
Great little cars on my 2nd up ! Had 2012 1.0 59bhp one and now have a 2019 up gti great fun to drive .
if they both cost 7k, id be taking the up every time.. but i'd be saving 7k to get the other nugget because its awesome project gold and would spend half its time in pieces being modded while the up is a daily.
should be able to find a ~2008 polo gti for similar beans. similar size car, similar city practicality, and I suspect quite a lot quicker
@@jsleeio exactly there are so many way better hatchbacks for 7k, you can get a first gen MPS mazda 3
@@xRockee Nearly get a civic fn2 type r
@@jsleeio get a mk5 GTI for 7k
@@xRockee Mazda 3 turbo motors not reliable
The Up! is a great car and an honour to the old days with MK1 and MK2 Golfs. Small, nimble and fun to drive. No nonsense, just a fun little car!
I was in the market for an Up! but couldn’t find a nice on in a reasonable price range here around but instead found a mint original nugget, the two door Golf MK2! 🤩
Will be a blast to follow this series!
Regardless of the Cuoré's lack of power, it looked like Borat was having a great ol' time.
i LOVE the use of the OG MCM sound track here!!
The volkswagon is the first car to have an exclamation mark in it's name. How do you pronounce UP! without sounding like a twat? I rest my case, confident in many up votes!
back in my day $7000 bought you a 10 year old S class mercedes, now it buys you some 20 year old piece of junk bucket
3 minutes in and I can tell that Moog isn't confident. Whenever he seems super confident, he's exactly the opposite. Every single time.
Gotta love a throwback.
Been ages since we've seen one of those on MCM. Props!
Aside from everything else: the stark difference of the noise levels in those two cars killed me :D
Love this episode brings back memories of when the channel first started
I call for another international collaboration! Jean Pierre from JP performance built one with the drive train of an Audi TT inside, they put down some big number on a dyno, but the car was never really finished and never worked really well.... Sounds like a fun job for Marty and Moog
Parts might be difficult and expensive to source, Haldex and a 1.8 TFSI, super tight fit in that body and probably lots of issues with thermal management. This is a modern engine and is gonna require tons of work, JP didn't quite manage to get rid of the issues for a reason. They should turbo the 1.0 instead, get the old band together Tubo Yoda and Mechanical Stig and the rest.
@@krmr my idea was for them to work on JP s car. And power and heat management clearly weren't the problem for JP and his team. They made 400 HP with that engine. I just rewatched it. However the car just didn't get the final touch to be usefully drivable
My face aches from smiling solidly for 15 minutes. I’m looking forward to the “I’ll dominate all Daihatsus” comeuppance moment with great relish!
Also, the one time I’ve experienced oversteer in a FWD car was on black ice round a large roundabout, just picking up speed to join a motorway… at night. I turned from a relaxed driver to a very worried passenger in about a millisecond. Very lucky not to hit even a curb there!
Oh, and the GR Yaris is probably the 3 cylinder “Daihatsu” that’s about to come and get chopping, thinking about it.
I heard lower your expectations and you will be impressed. An American you know said this. Good show. I enjoyed
Cold tyres and a left rear locking up definitely helps with a spin
Love both. I’ve watched the UP Rally sprint clip at least a dozen times
As an owner of an up! GTI and a basic up! before that, Moog's holding back round the corners.
Not fast but great chassis, great fun👍
No thanks
Thanks for this, lads.. I needed a distraction and your video was the perfect antidote- been a fan for years / thank you for all the lols.
I love the UP is so honest and simple. Great little car.
my dad has a VW Up! at first I wasn't too excited about it mainly because of the amount of power. BUT NOW!! I FREAKING LOVE IT 😍
Love the dnb tunes you guys producing for these vids recently
I like the cheeky dnb music right at the end. Resplendent.
Nice rabbit, Martin.
Missed it by a Hare.
Also. I think that was an Hare
The UP! is cute as hell from the front at least. I'd like one with the MK8 Golf R driveline bits stuffed in it.
Love it! Get to watch right as I'm on break!
That nostalgic music when the camera panned over to the Daihatsu took me back!
The back ground music when marty introduces the mira took me back from the start!!! 😍
You guys bringing back those old TG vibes. Nice job.
Love having the nuggets back!
Also Loved the usage of the older music Like Jimmy Rabbit :D
Love the show guys been watching for a long time. Although it baffles me that you guys haven't bought a Mark 2 Renault Clio 172/182. Best budget hot hatch out there for sure. Please give it a go :)
Marty puts his faith in some Aussie tuner messing with an old Dihatsu vs a team of German engineers with 20 more years of development, and that is one tired sounding old Dihatsu. That thing needs 3 carbs and some high comp pistons.
again,, another classic.. keep it up fellas
When I saw the rear window, I knew it was a Cuore!!! I'm so happy you guys got another!!
id love to see you guys revisit turning a regular car electric. as im sure in the next few years electric conversions are going to become a staple for mechanics and car enthusiasts who want to keep their old petrol cars
GM is working on electric kits to do just that, go to a dealer, buy the whole shebang, cut your existing car apart, and stuff all the new bits in. it's really exciting
@@ghomerhust I've seen a few companies with kits already but a big manufacturer is promising. I'm still waiting a couple years for battery tech to get better so I don't end up wanting to upgrade my batteries right away
@Thor Odin son you sound very uninformed in the current era sir. I don't mean that in a bad way but only about 20% of the U.S power comes from coal and that number is drastically dropping every year. Most car manufacturers are using cobalt and nickel free batteries such as the lithium iron phosphate batteries to get out of those unethical mining operations. Idk where you live but as far as I've seen here in Canada and in alot of places in the US is the grid is 100% being updated. And I'm not saying gas is going to be gone in a year or 2 but in 10 years it will definitely be more of a rarity. And electricity is wayyyyyyy cheaper than gas. Like by a factor of 10. Again at least where I live. Also if a gas car runs out of gas it also has to be either towed or have gas delivered so I fail to see your point. Also battery tech is advancing far faster than most technologies. There's already tech that will do away with range anxiety. It's just a matter of waiting for them to make it to market. There's also hydrogen cars which have some potential. Gasoline will inevitably die. Sorry
Awesome touch using the original theme when you show the Cuore :D
Great video I really enjoyed it cant wait for part 2
Can't wait for the follow up race!!! 🔥🔥🔥
The throwback to the OG music was just straight on point.
2:20 the music just gave me so much nostalgia "first jack up your car"
FUCKING LOVE THE OLD TOP GEAR REFERENCE. MCM/TOP GEAR (OLD SERIES)/GRAND TOUR. You guys are my automotive life
I now have a Skoda Citigo (essentially the same as the VW Up!, but different badge, better customer after sales service and lots cheaper) which has been mapped from 59 BHP to 85 BHP and I upgraded brake pads and discs on the front and coil over suspension. It's loads of fun on a windy road. You've gotta rinse the engine to extract useable power from 4000-6000 rpm. I would argue that it's as much fun (but different) from my previous BMW M135i, which had 321 BHP and the 8 speed ZF auto gearbox.
This was just fun to watch!!!
My first car ! And thats why i started watching you guys, like 10 years ago !
Best 4WD channel ever!
I bought a 2012 Fiesta with the 1.6 manual for a nice little gas saver and it is one of the most fun and reliable cars I have ever owned.
Yeah I've driven one and agree. Very good drive
Oh it's so good to see an ol L700 back again on this channel.
My friend just got a VW up! He drove me to the gym and even tho I was in the passenger seat, I am obsessed with it
I'm thoroughly impressed with that little Daihatsu, I thought the Up! was just gonna take off and it wasn't gonna be a contest
Here's a suggestion: 2 liter, twin turbo! Split between two cars and race them again!