When I was little we had a neighbor who reviewed cars. He would come home in Ferraris and corvettes and all sorts of fancy stuff. But one day he came home in one of these. My dad asked him how he likes it, and he responds by ripping a block and a half long burnout and says: "it's got a small traction problem"
Come to think of it, I could imagine this setting another record for production vehicles - the fastest burnout. The highest speed at which a vehicle can spin the tires on dry pavement. This probably has the highest ratio of horsepower to weight on the drive wheels of any production vehicle, and I'm sure doesn't have particularly exotic high traction tires. And we all know that spoiler don't do shit, it's only there to say "You aren't supposed to use this 'truck' as a truck."
@@quillmaurer6563 There's a couple of recently discontinued Aussie utes that could give it a fair fight. Who's going to make this showdown happen? Cammissa? Donut? Throttle House?
@@ainmeile You mean for fastest wheelspin? Ute is sort of the same thing - truck bodied front engine rear wheel drive performance vehicle, so I could see the same thing happening. I could also see them beating this thing for "fastest truck," but it depends on if you count Utes as "trucks."
I remember when the SRT/10 came out reading about this thing in Autoweek, including when it was taken to Laguna Seca for hot laps. It had an average fuel mileage of 2 gallons per mile. That'll always stick with me.
@@RamenPoweredShitFactory It had an EPA estimated 9 mpg for city driving. The 2 gallons per mile would have been from when they were pushing it to the limit.
*TO THOSE WATCHING THIS FROM THE FUTURE:* Whatever EV truck is king of the hill in your day, just remember that it took a Dodge to beat the Ford and more importantly, it took _shifting the entire industry to electric_ to beat this truck. It has been nineteen years since this beast debuted and nothing has come close, since.
Then when the F-150 Raptor had turned the factory custom truck market from speed (SVT Lightning, SRT-10, Silverado SS) to off-roading (Raptor), Ram came out with the TRX specifically calculated to one-up the Raptor in every way and GM had to bring back the Hummer as a 9000lb electric off-road tank.
This truck is everything twenty-year-old me wanted, and everything forty-seven-year-old me still can't afford. Fun concept for anyone who can manage it!
Bought a 2005 short cab in 2007. Had 20k miles on it and was able to get it from a Honda dealership for $24k. They were pissed as they took it in on trade for $32k. Nobody wanted them. I sold it 2 years later for what I paid. I was 31 and now I’m 46, so your math is off. 😊
I saw you mentioned that those DVD discs existed in another video I was watching the other day. I never knew they existed…slightly too fancy for me at the time and too old when I could afford more. But the joke in this video was like a perfect pay-off to the setup that only existed due to coincidence.
*"WHAT IF"* **snorts coke** *"WHAT IF WE MADE A P90"* **cracks open a cold Monster Energy Ultra** *"BUT IT WAS UPSIDE DOWN AMD WORKED LIKE A 90S TRANSFORMER TOY"* **gets promoted, George Kellgren gives him a traditional Busch Latte and $15 voucher to IKEA**
My girlfriend walked in on "the official truck of stuffing a sports sock down your underpants before reading your grandma's eulogy" and walked out again.
First time my dad drove what would become his 05 6spd Cummins for a test drive from the dealer... kept stalling because the pattern was 5x tighter than the 92 12v he drove in with. HELL NO, it wasnt a trade.
Nevermind the truck, this one is full of philosophical gems starting at 10:50 “Not everything that’s good has to be practical, hell, practicality is just a defense mechanism against getting your heart broken.” and “…sooner or later we all have to decide which side of a glory hole we want to be on…” 👌
I'm glad he said that tbh. 6 years of following RCR, and a good portion of his audience in the comments always looks down on any car that tries to be fun and doesn't solely try to be a mobility appliance. Very weird sad joyless people. Dodge Ram SRT10 is badass and doesn't need to prove anything. End of.
This is what I’ve always loved about Brian’s reviews, they are as educational as they are hilarious. I also find it funny that in the comparison of the SRT-10 and the Tundra he compares the SRT-10 to Arnold in the 90s when the first special edition that was ever available for the Tundra was the Terminator 3 edition lol
Not exactly, while there was a v10 in ram trucks in the early 90s, it's design was shades different to that of the Daimler and Lamborghini designed Viper v10
@@Stjaernljus Uh no, you are more correct than not. The Viper V10 was absolutely a truck engine. It’s based on the 5.9 with 2 more cylinders which has all its lineage in Dodge trucks. The reason it was produced was for the Magnum V10 to power pickup trucks. Your joke is on point. Don’t listen to those idiots. Viper was just a bonus for the real motive: truck engines.
A friend of mine had one of these. I had to laugh because she's this short little girl, like I'm talking like 5'2" at most. But she loved climbing up into this thing and hauling ass!! haha
Seriously I believe that the execs down at “DaimlerChrysler” in Michigan during the early 2000’s were actually balls to the wall doing coke and just givin’ er. “We have Mercedes money, we don’t have Lee Iacocca breathing down our necks, let’s fuck some shit up” alternatively “fuck’round n’ find out”
Lol those are the mopars I remember the magnum, the charger/challenger srt8, caliber/neon srt4, viper and the ram srt10 and out of them all I want the ram the most because it's a viper that I can fit in
The era is finally ending, but for the last 5 or 10 years when all the other carmakers have been spending all their development money on electric or hybrid Fiat-Chrysler was all about "haha V8 go brrrr. Supercharged V8 go whirrrr. What ancient platform can we shoehorn the Hellcat into now?" They know their customers and know what pays the bills.
I had a Chinook RV that was on an E350 chassis with a V10, and man, I loved that engine. Even if the ford V10 had a habit of blowing out spark plugs. It sounded great, and I'll tell ya.... that thing could move. I would be getting on the highway and people would automatically pull out to pass me as soon as we got on the highway (because, don't want to be stuck behind the RV... fair enough) but then they'd fall back behind me, because I could accelerate faster than them and get up to cruise barely after clearing the merge. Of course, it also got 10MPG. Didn't matter if I was driving fast, driving slow, fully loaded, pulling a trailer.... always 10mpg.
That's funny, American car makers always made trucks, SUVs n vans get crappy mpgs, mostly bcuz ppl buy those the most.. If the LS7 made 505hp n got 25+mpg all car makers could def make all vehicles get better mpgs n have more hp while doing that.. Greed prevents that..
@@baronvonslambert Oh yes, definitely, I agree.. I can always reach 100mph in my lil 4.6L 2v without ever going over 2.5k rpm so I know what you mean..
My dad's good friend worked at Chrysler HQ and he invited us to go with him to an undisclosed facility to check one of these out before it was for sale. It was one of the limited blue w/ white stripes models. We couldn't believe they put the viper engine in it and it was everything 10 year old me could have dreamed of.
Imagine being a cop and pulling over en srt10 for speeding, only to find mr Regular behind the wheel. This truck is the embodiment of many things I dislike about American cars, and somehow I absolutely adore it. It's the equivalent of an unapologetic train wreck coked-up boozer uncle showing up unannounced for Christmas. Fun to enjoy, as long as it happens at a friend's house.
The GMC Syclone could do 124mph top speed from what I'm seeing. Not sure why that was not on that list which immediately seemed odd to me. Something made me happy watching you rip through the gears in mandals. Loved that cold open too.
Was thinking the same thing, but maybe the list was only for full size trucks? Though I think there was a Taco on it...? There were also trucks like the Shelby Dakota with a V8, that you’d think could hit 107? I got a speeding ticket in my early V6 Dakota for over 80mph, so you’d think a Shelby V8 version could go at least 107.
This is Dodge. They'd rather have buyers sign waivers and include a meeting with an estate planning lawyer with the purchase than put any sort of wimpy commie weak dick limiter on their over-the-top nonsense. Cause this is is Amurica!
This one had me in fucking hysterics. Vintage RCR content. I've loved this delightfully stupid beautiful bastard of a pickup and lusted after one ever since they came out, but could never ever justify the abuse this silly thing would inflict on my wallet. Never mind function, I adore the mean sleeper energy of the SRT10 way more than the current TRX/Raptor brodozers.
Yeah it doesn't look terribly different from the normal 1500s and stuff, mostly just the spoiler is noticeable. Most "non car people" wouldn't recognize it as anything special, except maybe by the sound. I've seen a couple driving around me a couple of times and at first glance I didn't notice
I’m definitely entering! My dad has a ‘yellow fever’ ‘05 SRT10 quad cab, AND a ‘79 Dodge Lil Red Express truck! Fast trucks run in the family! Thank you RCR!
The king cab auto version of this really was the start of the high end truck. With leather everywhere, fancy gadgets out wazoo, and MSRPs that will make your jaw drop.
Perfect start to my week off. A new rcr video about a truck I loved in my 20s. Just sitting on the porch watching while I sip my coffee. Gazing over at my perfect example of intertexuality sitting in the driveway. The 77 phoenix you reviewed 4 yrs ago.
I'm so glad to see you guys again:) I would watch your reviews while I ate breakfast. I have something to look forward to on Mondays again here. I remember when these were new and suggesting my high school woodshop teacher get one to get him and his sled dogs to the races faster! Lol, at 16-17, these were awesome. I read the automatic in these was straight out of the 3500 Cummins Rams.
Ram SRT10, sponsored by wearing board shorts to Divorce Court. The things you write paint visions in the mind with perfection. Also, the cat was startled by my loud outburst of laughter at this bon mot.
I'll never forget the day I installed two rear tires on a Ram SRT 10 only for it to do a 50 meter 11 mark on the back street of the shop. Fucking wild day.
I can remember seeing this and wanting one. But it was an article about this truck that got my attention. Hennessey racing offered a package for this truck and I believe it was called Venom 850 R. Which basically gave this truck 800 horsepower, with 795 lbs torque. Engine rebuild was insane, apparently the pistons were the size of coffee cans. But what was pretty cool was the picture of a burnout it did, it left behind a ball of rubber 11 inches in diameter.
This is the same formula Chevy used to create the 454SS, but with actual effort involved. Not just the V10 out of the 2500, but the Viper V10. An actual 6-speed manual. Actual suspension work to make it handle. Ford had to slap a blower on its 5.4 and still couldn't get within hailing distance of this thing. Total beast!
Sure, but Ford never had to try hard to outsell Dodge n Chevy, so that's the reason why Ford always uses smaller engines vs those other 2.. Example 4.6L 2v vs 5.7L n the 5.0L vs the 6.2 n 6.4L.. Low compression engines vs higher compression engines.. Now the Coyote uses higher compression but back then Ford didn't.. i think sales trend caused these changes, these 3 car makers get together n decide how they plan on moving forward.. Probly why they got rid of the other brands, less to negotiate..
The V10 from the Viper is from the 2500. It's a changed 5.9 with 2 more cylinders and sports car tuning. And the Lightning destroys this thing 0 to 100. And the 454 SS is muscle. This is sport.
I test drove a new Tundra back in 07. About 100 mph is what it would do. We gobbled so much fuel during the test drive, we had to go to the gas station to put a couple gallons in. Gas was much cheaper then though.
Nothing is funnier than somebody on the road in front of you that suddenly accelerates and then says “i proved my point” What point? That I’m behind you, and the only way I could possibly win that race is by smashing into you 😂
Thanks for still making videos, that English degree paid off well. I appreciate all of the deep cuts and references, reminds me that not all car people learn only about cars
Only Mr. Regular and the review of the SRT0 truck can make me think of the guys I knew who bought the V-10 in 1 ton 4X4 duelly versions for farming/construction. (They would tow a stock trailer or construction equipment like a Kenworth) and Socratic logic at the same time. Good Monday morning!
The official car of a guy at the shopping mall who thinks music's loud enough to cover up his fart, rips a huge one, realises he had headphones on, but goes about his business like a champ anyway, never minding them shocked onlookers.
I can vouch for the limiter on the older 6.2 SVT Raptor as mine was removed when tuned many many moons ago. I've had it up to 120 in mid-west Mexico, but pushing it faster brings concerns for the integrity of the aftermarket 37" K02 tires and the driveshaft's balance. Potential failures I don't care to examine.
This would be another reason the record might not ever be beat, similar to the Hayabusa's record. Early '2000s Dodge (and even Dodge now) are the sort that would rather have you sign waivers and include a meeting with an estate lawyer in the purchase price than put any sort of limiter on their over-the-top madness. Other companies like Ford, Tesla, and so on would try to hold a more "sane" reputation. The limiters could be disabled and go faster than this one, but - like post-Hayabusa motorcycles - once that's done it's not "production" but "modified," thus leaving the "production" crown untouched.
Keep in mind, trucks are limited from the factory based on the tires they are fitted with, that 98 mph governor on your 15 silverado goes away with the click of a button, and wouldn't you know it, 140 on the highway, going uphill
Yup, the same is true for most cars sold today. My car is limited to 130MPH...the speed rating on the factory tires. Trucks just tend to come with tires with relatively low speed ratings so the electronic limiter is much more restrictive.
I live 5 minutes outside Detroit and was 11-12 when both my mom worked at Chrysler financial USA and the line of srt came out.On family day we got to do donuts in these, test the smart cars that were releasing, ride in maybachs, ride in the raminator monster truck, and do the dodge nascar experience. I will never forget that.
As someone who's had countless flight hours in a j3 cub with both franklin and continental engines. And extensive time in a steerman. Which is the radial powered trainer biplane used in ww2, i can say that your description is accurate. J3's are smooth and its a wonderful plane. But steermans are smoother, rawer if thats even a word, more powerful, and viscerally engaging. Its a different animal and i love it.
Been owning mines for 5 years and I actually do alot with this truck tow, load up the bed, really no problem for it. My kids love it. Did 130mph with with my boat on the back of it.🤣
Ive towed my 12ft box trailer and bed loaded with about 2000lbs combined from San Diego California to Washington State before lol. Did remove the spoiler for the trip 🤪. Mine is also a 6 speed by the way
Missed opportunity - discussion of the precession of the simulacra - how the real is evacuated by signifiers, such that all that is left are signifiers, and these can be mixed and combined. The SRT10 is like Fishy Crackers. There's nothing fishy about fishy crackers except the shape, and it's a cartoon.
Loved the absurdity of these when they came out. The reality of truck driving position and handling (nevermind the mileage...) means I'll pass but this is so much more fun than all the Hellcats combined. "Comes with DVD navigation and the only destination is _your mom_ " yeah that sounds like Chrysler for the last twenty years! 🤣
that list of trucks forgot the most "i swear im a truck" trucks of all time, the chevy ssr, funny was just talking about this truck on monday as a off thought of how fun it would be to have one
Maybe it's under a different category? After a quick google search it's said the top speed is 124 Americans, so it definitely should've been on the list.
Honestly, this truck makes sense to me. You want a viper but you want something slightly more practical that just looks like a normal truck to most people.
In 2005 I went to college, and a girl in that class was complaining about her insurance being too high in one of these things. She was upset that she bought a truck and The insurance was charging her as if she just bought a sports car... So she didn't get why it cost so much. And no she didn't did not know what she was buying, she knew what kind of truck she wanted.
As some who loves watching from South America who could never enter these anyway (you going to get this past customs), every time I wonder how much they are actually making with each giveaway? It's such a great channel but half the time I feel like I'm watching a lottery channel. But it must be working out really well.
Can't imagine how this feels to drive. I had an 04 ram short bed reg cab with a 4.7 and it felt like it was going to lift tires. This thing has to be insane.
Didn’t they make a dodge Dakota with a V10 too? Maybe it was just a V8, but I worked with a guy a long time ago that had a single cab short bed Dakota with something ridiculous under the hood Just watching you drive the thing out a smile on my face!
My brother worked for Chrysler in this era, can confirm. EDIT: Awesome truck, was a blast to ride in. EDIT: The first 20 mins of SPR IS amazing. I remember seeing it in theaters and being overwhelmed. We saw it three times then.
@Ryan Farnsworth The V8 Supercar ace cranked out a maximum speed of 277.16km/h in the stock-standard Maloo, but his entry in the Guiness World Record books is a two-way average to eliminate any wind assistance. Still, it was easily better than the previous mark of 248.78km/h set by a Dodge Ram SR-T with an 8.3-litre V10 motor in 2004. Chris Sheedy from Guiness World Record was present to monitor and certify the record attempt, which was for the Fastest Production Pick- up.
Actually its speed record was beaten in 2006 by a HSV Maloo R8 with an average speed of 271kmh (168mph) and was officially recognised by the Guiness World records as the fastest production pickup/ute in the world. Top speed was 277kmh (172 mph)
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would you guys ship it to europe?
Ugh my dream truck. Unfortunately I can't afford a mug at this time. But I do own a ram 2500 v10 and she's a work horse.
how/when does the winner get announced
another giveaway? 💤 💤💤
A giveaway that ended 2 weeks before this video it seems
When I was little we had a neighbor who reviewed cars. He would come home in Ferraris and corvettes and all sorts of fancy stuff. But one day he came home in one of these. My dad asked him how he likes it, and he responds by ripping a block and a half long burnout and says: "it's got a small traction problem"
But...is it _really_ a problem when that's what the truck was built to do?
Come to think of it, I could imagine this setting another record for production vehicles - the fastest burnout. The highest speed at which a vehicle can spin the tires on dry pavement. This probably has the highest ratio of horsepower to weight on the drive wheels of any production vehicle, and I'm sure doesn't have particularly exotic high traction tires. And we all know that spoiler don't do shit, it's only there to say "You aren't supposed to use this 'truck' as a truck."
@@quillmaurer6563 I'd say you have a pretty goddamn good idea on your hands
@@quillmaurer6563 There's a couple of recently discontinued Aussie utes that could give it a fair fight. Who's going to make this showdown happen? Cammissa? Donut? Throttle House?
@@ainmeile You mean for fastest wheelspin? Ute is sort of the same thing - truck bodied front engine rear wheel drive performance vehicle, so I could see the same thing happening. I could also see them beating this thing for "fastest truck," but it depends on if you count Utes as "trucks."
I remember when the SRT/10 came out reading about this thing in Autoweek, including when it was taken to Laguna Seca for hot laps. It had an average fuel mileage of 2 gallons per mile. That'll always stick with me.
At first it looks like you made a mistake and meant 2 miles per gallon, or was it THAT horrible with fuel? lmao
It is _that_ bad.
That must be at like 180 mph though right?
...Right?
That’s 0.5 MPG lol
@@RamenPoweredShitFactory It had an EPA estimated 9 mpg for city driving. The 2 gallons per mile would have been from when they were pushing it to the limit.
To this day nothing can beat the automotive circlejerk that was Chrysler in the early 2000s
Ford had it going too, 5.4 Lightning.. SVT Focus, Cobra R with the Countache sized fixed wing GM with the C5/6 Z06
Except there's still room for dodge to move from cocaine to meth.
Say what you will about Chrysler, but they know their customers. No one captures the imagination of angry Middle America, like they do.
The automotive circle jerk of dodge rn
Chrysler Crossfire…
“Practicality is just a defense mechanism against getting your heart broken.”
Gold, pure gold.
Probably one of his best lines ever, only the PT Cruiser video is any deeper
I love this cold open. Brought me a much needed smile. Thanks for always being around guys. You're great
Thanks
Perked up my exhausted mood on my early flight; in-flight wifi baby!
@@RegularCars You mean someone in Pa gonna win this
@@RegularCars pure balls. Pure flex
*TO THOSE WATCHING THIS FROM THE FUTURE:* Whatever EV truck is king of the hill in your day, just remember that it took a Dodge to beat the Ford and more importantly, it took _shifting the entire industry to electric_ to beat this truck. It has been nineteen years since this beast debuted and nothing has come close, since.
Then when the F-150 Raptor had turned the factory custom truck market from speed (SVT Lightning, SRT-10, Silverado SS) to off-roading (Raptor), Ram came out with the TRX specifically calculated to one-up the Raptor in every way and GM had to bring back the Hummer as a 9000lb electric off-road tank.
@@lenny0347 that's a ute, not a truck.
@@lenny0347 I do like me a Maloo, but yeah not a truck. Still freakin insane, and has a box. But. Not. A. Truck.
@@lenny0347 it's not even the fastest maloo as well
@@lenny0347 Fastest factory pickup bed maybe, but that's more a car with a truck bed, let's call it a ute.
This truck is everything twenty-year-old me wanted, and everything forty-seven-year-old me still can't afford. Fun concept for anyone who can manage it!
Well it only uses about as much gas as my Tundra AND my boat combined and all the lakes are going dry anyway soooooo
Bought a 2005 short cab in 2007. Had 20k miles on it and was able to get it from a Honda dealership for $24k. They were pissed as they took it in on trade for $32k. Nobody wanted them. I sold it 2 years later for what I paid. I was 31 and now I’m 46, so your math is off. 😊
Are they worth a lot now ?
Before covid you could get these for a decent price
@@RobertSmith-le8wp yes! These are easily becoming $30k trucks! Low mileage garage queens are going for up to 80 grand!
"it's got dvd navigation...and the only destination is *YOUR MOM!!!* "
i had to pause to laugh, well done
Thanks🎉
I saw you mentioned that those DVD discs existed in another video I was watching the other day. I never knew they existed…slightly too fancy for me at the time and too old when I could afford more. But the joke in this video was like a perfect pay-off to the setup that only existed due to coincidence.
"After Douge was fired from Dodge, he found his dream job and went to live a happy life working at KelTec."
*"WHAT IF"*
**snorts coke**
*"WHAT IF WE MADE A P90"*
**cracks open a cold Monster Energy Ultra**
*"BUT IT WAS UPSIDE DOWN AMD WORKED LIKE A 90S TRANSFORMER TOY"*
**gets promoted, George Kellgren gives him a traditional Busch Latte and $15 voucher to IKEA**
@@JimoftheSlim LOL! Only firearms owners understand the coke train meme about KelTec. 👍
"its hard not imagine a guy who's favourite movie is the first 20 mins of saving private ryan" lines like these are why im subbed
My girlfriend walked in on "the official truck of stuffing a sports sock down your underpants before reading your grandma's eulogy" and walked out again.
The 14 year old that got to design his own girl friend. All boobs.🤟
I’m a car hauler and I picked up one of these at a car auction once, and it must’ve taken me at least a half hour to find that pesky exit gate 😅😅😅
😂
First time my dad drove what would become his 05 6spd Cummins for a test drive from the dealer... kept stalling because the pattern was 5x tighter than the 92 12v he drove in with. HELL NO, it wasnt a trade.
Manheim, perchancd?
Nevermind the truck, this one is full of philosophical gems starting at 10:50
“Not everything that’s good has to be practical, hell, practicality is just a defense mechanism against getting your heart broken.” and “…sooner or later we all have to decide which side of a glory hole we want to be on…” 👌
I'm glad he said that tbh. 6 years of following RCR, and a good portion of his audience in the comments always looks down on any car that tries to be fun and doesn't solely try to be a mobility appliance. Very weird sad joyless people.
Dodge Ram SRT10 is badass and doesn't need to prove anything. End of.
This is what I’ve always loved about Brian’s reviews, they are as educational as they are hilarious. I also find it funny that in the comparison of the SRT-10 and the Tundra he compares the SRT-10 to Arnold in the 90s when the first special edition that was ever available for the Tundra was the Terminator 3 edition lol
Wait...yeah...the tundra was new at that point and they even name dropped it...wow. Was that a sponsorship deal?
This truck is the answer to the question,
"What if we put the truck engine that we put in a sports car back into a truck?"
Not exactly, while there was a v10 in ram trucks in the early 90s, it's design was shades different to that of the Daimler and Lamborghini designed Viper v10
The Viper V10 wasn't a truck engine.
@@tenhundredkills also that
Seems like i have been corrected.
@@Stjaernljus Uh no, you are more correct than not. The Viper V10 was absolutely a truck engine. It’s based on the 5.9 with 2 more cylinders which has all its lineage in Dodge trucks. The reason it was produced was for the Magnum V10 to power pickup trucks. Your joke is on point. Don’t listen to those idiots. Viper was just a bonus for the real motive: truck engines.
A friend of mine had one of these. I had to laugh because she's this short little girl, like I'm talking like 5'2" at most. But she loved climbing up into this thing and hauling ass!! haha
that’s sweet lol
Lol that’s hard af!😂
That is badass
bet she can ride a bull pretty good and she probably crashed it lol good times💪
These giveaways are getting more and more BRO-MAGNON... and I love it.
Seriously I believe that the execs down at “DaimlerChrysler” in Michigan during the early 2000’s were actually balls to the wall doing coke and just givin’ er.
“We have Mercedes money, we don’t have Lee Iacocca breathing down our necks, let’s fuck some shit up” alternatively “fuck’round n’ find out”
Lol those are the mopars I remember the magnum, the charger/challenger srt8, caliber/neon srt4, viper and the ram srt10 and out of them all I want the ram the most because it's a viper that I can fit in
Honestly, Mopar has always had a few "Lets do it just because we can" vehicles throughout its entire history.
The era is finally ending, but for the last 5 or 10 years when all the other carmakers have been spending all their development money on electric or hybrid Fiat-Chrysler was all about "haha V8 go brrrr. Supercharged V8 go whirrrr. What ancient platform can we shoehorn the Hellcat into now?" They know their customers and know what pays the bills.
I had a Chinook RV that was on an E350 chassis with a V10, and man, I loved that engine. Even if the ford V10 had a habit of blowing out spark plugs. It sounded great, and I'll tell ya.... that thing could move. I would be getting on the highway and people would automatically pull out to pass me as soon as we got on the highway (because, don't want to be stuck behind the RV... fair enough) but then they'd fall back behind me, because I could accelerate faster than them and get up to cruise barely after clearing the merge. Of course, it also got 10MPG. Didn't matter if I was driving fast, driving slow, fully loaded, pulling a trailer.... always 10mpg.
That's funny, American car makers always made trucks, SUVs n vans get crappy mpgs, mostly bcuz ppl buy those the most.. If the LS7 made 505hp n got 25+mpg all car makers could def make all vehicles get better mpgs n have more hp while doing that.. Greed prevents that..
@@baronvonslambert Oh yes, definitely, I agree.. I can always reach 100mph in my lil 4.6L 2v without ever going over 2.5k rpm so I know what you mean..
My dad's good friend worked at Chrysler HQ and he invited us to go with him to an undisclosed facility to check one of these out before it was for sale. It was one of the limited blue w/ white stripes models. We couldn't believe they put the viper engine in it and it was everything 10 year old me could have dreamed of.
That my friend is a commemorative edition. There were only 200 of these examples. One with low mileage just sold for over 50 grand!
Imagine being a cop and pulling over en srt10 for speeding, only to find mr Regular behind the wheel.
This truck is the embodiment of many things I dislike about American cars, and somehow I absolutely adore it. It's the equivalent of an unapologetic train wreck coked-up boozer uncle showing up unannounced for Christmas. Fun to enjoy, as long as it happens at a friend's house.
Bromurica
TFW Mr. Regular has the exact same Pit Vipers as you, but you don't wear them ironically. 😎
I bought the "1993s" because that's the year I peaked.
Judging from the look on your face Mr. RCR, I don't think you 'really' want to give this truck away.
The GMC Syclone could do 124mph top speed from what I'm seeing. Not sure why that was not on that list which immediately seemed odd to me. Something made me happy watching you rip through the gears in mandals. Loved that cold open too.
That was my absolute first thought, especially as one of the coolest trucks ever IMHO.
Was thinking the same thing, but maybe the list was only for full size trucks? Though I think there was a Taco on it...?
There were also trucks like the Shelby Dakota with a V8, that you’d think could hit 107? I got a speeding ticket in my early V6 Dakota for over 80mph, so you’d think a Shelby V8 version could go at least 107.
RAM TRX also wasnt there either
The Syclone would probably beat this shit heap in the 1/4 mile.
@@Whats-It-To-Ya It's also infinitely cooler.
Vehicle top speeds are usually electronically limited in accordance with the maximum speed rating on their original equipment tires.
This is Dodge. They'd rather have buyers sign waivers and include a meeting with an estate planning lawyer with the purchase than put any sort of wimpy commie weak dick limiter on their over-the-top nonsense. Cause this is is Amurica!
Right, car and driver got a pre-production and not limited '20 Frontier to 112 mph, which is "faster" than the Ram TRX
My cars top speed is 137 mph 🤔
This one had me in fucking hysterics. Vintage RCR content. I've loved this delightfully stupid beautiful bastard of a pickup and lusted after one ever since they came out, but could never ever justify the abuse this silly thing would inflict on my wallet. Never mind function, I adore the mean sleeper energy of the SRT10 way more than the current TRX/Raptor brodozers.
Yeah it doesn't look terribly different from the normal 1500s and stuff, mostly just the spoiler is noticeable. Most "non car people" wouldn't recognize it as anything special, except maybe by the sound. I've seen a couple driving around me a couple of times and at first glance I didn't notice
There was a crew cab srt10 10 on a lot near me for 31k, man that's such a good price I think, dope trucks
@@yayoinkdab5883 The crew cab one's came with a 4 speed automatic.
Think one can build their own cheaper?
@@Melanie16040 Yep mostly automatics. You can find some with a manual but I think those were custom.
As a Canadian, that line about Remembrance Day was just priceless 😂
I’m definitely entering! My dad has a ‘yellow fever’ ‘05 SRT10 quad cab, AND a ‘79 Dodge Lil Red Express truck! Fast trucks run in the family! Thank you RCR!
The Stipe vs Arnold comparison at the end 😂😂😂 fantastic. I love this channel
"Why do you want a truck that can't truck?" SEMA has entered the chat, and they're bringing their truck bro army
Finding torrents for those DVD updates was a real pain but doable. Loved hearing you on TAFS, worlds collided and the appreciation grew
The king cab auto version of this really was the start of the high end truck. With leather everywhere, fancy gadgets out wazoo, and MSRPs that will make your jaw drop.
Thanks for years of entertainment and insight on REGULAR CARS
Perfect start to my week off. A new rcr video about a truck I loved in my 20s. Just sitting on the porch watching while I sip my coffee. Gazing over at my perfect example of intertexuality sitting in the driveway. The 77 phoenix you reviewed 4 yrs ago.
A 154mph pickup truck sounds absolutely terrifying. That much horsepower with no weight over the drive wheels is a death sentence.
I'm so glad to see you guys again:) I would watch your reviews while I ate breakfast. I have something to look forward to on Mondays again here. I remember when these were new and suggesting my high school woodshop teacher get one to get him and his sled dogs to the races faster! Lol, at 16-17, these were awesome. I read the automatic in these was straight out of the 3500 Cummins Rams.
@RegularCars【 𝟒𝟒𝟑 】𝟓𝟖𝟒-𝟔𝟒𝟎𝟏 damn you scammers are getting better
The intro is easily the best thing I'll see on the internet for at least the next week.
no matter what you think of shit-eating grins, you can't help but love Mr. Regular's.
this show is seriously the best part of monday mornings
"Busting on long final"
I think my cackle echoed through the neighborhood.
Ram SRT10, sponsored by wearing board shorts to Divorce Court. The things you write paint visions in the mind with perfection. Also, the cat was startled by my loud outburst of laughter at this bon mot.
I'll never forget the day I installed two rear tires on a Ram SRT 10 only for it to do a 50 meter 11 mark on the back street of the shop. Fucking wild day.
Glad you finally understand nonsensical trucks, Mr. Regular
I can remember seeing this and wanting one. But it was an article about this truck that got my attention. Hennessey racing offered a package for this truck and I believe it was called Venom 850 R. Which basically gave this truck 800 horsepower, with 795 lbs torque. Engine rebuild was insane, apparently the pistons were the size of coffee cans. But what was pretty cool was the picture of a burnout it did, it left behind a ball of rubber 11 inches in diameter.
Been watching this channel since before we saw Mr. Regular's face... this intro is GOLD. I would love to see a 70's GM corporate guy.
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As a mechanic by trade, no. No it's not.
Something so blessed about Mr. R grinning ear to ear as 10 poppers of all American “fuck yeah” puts him back in the seat.
Nothing makes a morning commute like an rcr video about my TrUcK
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This is the same formula Chevy used to create the 454SS, but with actual effort involved. Not just the V10 out of the 2500, but the Viper V10. An actual 6-speed manual. Actual suspension work to make it handle. Ford had to slap a blower on its 5.4 and still couldn't get within hailing distance of this thing. Total beast!
Sure, but Ford never had to try hard to outsell Dodge n Chevy, so that's the reason why Ford always uses smaller engines vs those other 2.. Example 4.6L 2v vs 5.7L n the 5.0L vs the 6.2 n 6.4L.. Low compression engines vs higher compression engines.. Now the Coyote uses higher compression but back then Ford didn't.. i think sales trend caused these changes, these 3 car makers get together n decide how they plan on moving forward.. Probly why they got rid of the other brands, less to negotiate..
The V10 from the Viper is from the 2500. It's a changed 5.9 with 2 more cylinders and sports car tuning. And the Lightning destroys this thing 0 to 100. And the 454 SS is muscle. This is sport.
@@Bryan_Jake 90-93 c1500 454 ss is not a muscle car.
@@TAWS-wq3hx correct. It's a muscle TRUCK
That 107mph top speed on a TRD tundra has me surprised cos I've had my 4.6 tundra at 95 before and it was still pulling strong.
A lot of trucks are electronically limited (TRX for example) because at high speeds the tires will blow up.
@@wummrs Nothing a different tire won't fix.. ;)
I test drove a new Tundra back in 07. About 100 mph is what it would do. We gobbled so much fuel during the test drive, we had to go to the gas station to put a couple gallons in. Gas was much cheaper then though.
Nothing is funnier than somebody on the road in front of you that suddenly accelerates and then says “i proved my point”
What point? That I’m behind you, and the only way I could possibly win that race is by smashing into you 😂
The GMC Syclone is suspiciously absent from that list 🤔top speed is 124 mph. I feel like the Syclone inspired this truck
Happy to see no one's talking about entering. This has been a dream vehicle since I was a wee Louden. Wish me luck Mr. Regular!
The channel Mr. Regular refers to about the Viper exhaust is Four Eyes - really, really well made videos, extremely entertaining!
Thanks for still making videos, that English degree paid off well. I appreciate all of the deep cuts and references, reminds me that not all car people learn only about cars
Only Mr. Regular and the review of the SRT0 truck can make me think of the guys I knew who bought the V-10 in 1 ton 4X4 duelly versions for farming/construction. (They would tow a stock trailer or construction equipment like a Kenworth) and Socratic logic at the same time. Good Monday morning!
The official car of a guy at the shopping mall who thinks music's loud enough to cover up his fart, rips a huge one, realises he had headphones on, but goes about his business like a champ anyway, never minding them shocked onlookers.
This intro was incredible, i needed it this morning. Thank you!
Before there was Donut, before Doug, there was Regular. Thanks for the laughs dude! (Idk if you were around before Doug but it sounds good!)
Had one going flat out in front of me on the Autobahn, impressed by the car and the nads
This truck is definitely giving me flashbacks to my early high school days and seeing all the new designs coming from Daimler Chrysler.
I can vouch for the limiter on the older 6.2 SVT Raptor as mine was removed when tuned many many moons ago. I've had it up to 120 in mid-west Mexico, but pushing it faster brings concerns for the integrity of the aftermarket 37" K02 tires and the driveshaft's balance. Potential failures I don't care to examine.
This would be another reason the record might not ever be beat, similar to the Hayabusa's record. Early '2000s Dodge (and even Dodge now) are the sort that would rather have you sign waivers and include a meeting with an estate lawyer in the purchase price than put any sort of limiter on their over-the-top madness. Other companies like Ford, Tesla, and so on would try to hold a more "sane" reputation. The limiters could be disabled and go faster than this one, but - like post-Hayabusa motorcycles - once that's done it's not "production" but "modified," thus leaving the "production" crown untouched.
This is somehow the best capture of the Bush Eras Zeitgeist that I have ever seen.
'Practicality is just a defense mechanism against getting your heart broken' 🤯
I like how the speedometer isn't optimistic. Truck goes 155mph, speedo reads to 160
Keep in mind, trucks are limited from the factory based on the tires they are fitted with, that 98 mph governor on your 15 silverado goes away with the click of a button, and wouldn't you know it, 140 on the highway, going uphill
Yup, the same is true for most cars sold today. My car is limited to 130MPH...the speed rating on the factory tires. Trucks just tend to come with tires with relatively low speed ratings so the electronic limiter is much more restrictive.
I live 5 minutes outside Detroit and was 11-12 when both my mom worked at Chrysler financial USA and the line of srt came out.On family day we got to do donuts in these, test the smart cars that were releasing, ride in maybachs, ride in the raminator monster truck, and do the dodge nascar experience. I will never forget that.
This is the truck that ever Ram owner thinks they own.
The SRT 10 is a truck for the guy who drives a work truck all week and wants a fun truck for the weekend.
@RegularCars【 𝟒𝟒𝟑 】𝟓𝟖𝟒-𝟔𝟒𝟎𝟏 Yes I have
I would have thought the Dakota R/T and GMC Typhoon would have made that list above some of those at the bottom.
My dad bought one, it was amazingly bad at pretty much everything but looking and sounding bad ass! The thing would hydroplane on a humid day.
"I've got something you can track, Shawn, but you can't control it!" Thanks for that morning chuckle!
As someone who's had countless flight hours in a j3 cub with both franklin and continental engines. And extensive time in a steerman. Which is the radial powered trainer biplane used in ww2, i can say that your description is accurate. J3's are smooth and its a wonderful plane. But steermans are smoother, rawer if thats even a word, more powerful, and viscerally engaging. Its a different animal and i love it.
Don’t know how the Dakota r/t wasn’t on that list. They hit a hard ignition cut at 107/108 but programmers got you up to 118
Well Chyrsler thought it was till GM Australia reminded them the HSV Maloo topped out at nearly 170mph and took the title officially.
2004 The Year we got the biggest cliffhanger in Video games
"Sir, finishing this fight."
"He flew pretty well"
Been owning mines for 5 years and I actually do alot with this truck tow, load up the bed, really no problem for it. My kids love it. Did 130mph with with my boat on the back of it.🤣
Ive towed my 12ft box trailer and bed loaded with about 2000lbs combined from San Diego California to Washington State before lol. Did remove the spoiler for the trip 🤪. Mine is also a 6 speed by the way
@@ElRayDelRio nice I wanted a single cab but it just wasn't logical for me haveing 2 kids
That list at 8:08 was freakin' awesome! It explains why I can pass Rams on the highway at 107 in my Prius
It’s amazing with all of that acceleration you’re always doing 55 mph!
Missed opportunity - discussion of the precession of the simulacra - how the real is evacuated by signifiers, such that all that is left are signifiers, and these can be mixed and combined. The SRT10 is like Fishy Crackers. There's nothing fishy about fishy crackers except the shape, and it's a cartoon.
The bane of Regular’s existence is counting/shifting gears
Loved the absurdity of these when they came out. The reality of truck driving position and handling (nevermind the mileage...) means I'll pass but this is so much more fun than all the Hellcats combined. "Comes with DVD navigation and the only destination is _your mom_ " yeah that sounds like Chrysler for the last twenty years! 🤣
that list of trucks forgot the most "i swear im a truck" trucks of all time, the chevy ssr, funny was just talking about this truck on monday as a off thought of how fun it would be to have one
8:38 you mean the GMC Syclone didn’t make it to the list?!
Maybe it's under a different category? After a quick google search it's said the top speed is 124 Americans, so it definitely should've been on the list.
Honestly, this truck makes sense to me. You want a viper but you want something slightly more practical that just looks like a normal truck to most people.
I've always wanted one.
I KNOW I'd crash tf out of it, but damn....
It'd be a great 10min
Don't trust Whitey.
thanks for doing the Adam Friedland Show, you were the person who recommended Cumtown to me about 3 years ago, what a ride
I had a first gen lighting.
I bought it for dump runs and burn outs.
It was awesome.
In 2005 I went to college, and a girl in that class was complaining about her insurance being too high in one of these things. She was upset that she bought a truck and The insurance was charging her as if she just bought a sports car... So she didn't get why it cost so much.
And no she didn't did not know what she was buying, she knew what kind of truck she wanted.
My friend in High school, his Dad bought one of these Viper Trucks. We all loved it
As much as I detest pick ups, I love this thing.
Christ, RCR is like listening to a psychology essay and a car video at the same time.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY
As some who loves watching from South America who could never enter these anyway (you going to get this past customs), every time I wonder how much they are actually making with each giveaway? It's such a great channel but half the time I feel like I'm watching a lottery channel. But it must be working out really well.
Gotta love the giant FOP member sticker above the inspection sticker.
Can't imagine how this feels to drive. I had an 04 ram short bed reg cab with a 4.7 and it felt like it was going to lift tires. This thing has to be insane.
@RegularCars【 𝟒𝟒𝟑 】𝟓𝟖𝟒-𝟔𝟒𝟎𝟏 No but I can report you for being a scammer.
You're a genius. But I think you missed the GMC Syclone
Didn’t they make a dodge Dakota with a V10 too? Maybe it was just a V8, but I worked with a guy a long time ago that had a single cab short bed Dakota with something ridiculous under the hood
Just watching you drive the thing out a smile on my face!
They had a Dakota RT that had a 5.9 v8 magnum.
You could get a 4.7, 5.2 or 5.9 v8s. My dad had a 4.7 powered 01 dakota with a 5 speed manual. Its a rocket but its also a dodge so its falling apart.
My brother worked for Chrysler in this era, can confirm. EDIT: Awesome truck, was a blast to ride in. EDIT: The first 20 mins of SPR IS amazing. I remember seeing it in theaters and being overwhelmed. We saw it three times then.
The Holden Maloo with the LS2 was actually the fastest pickup truck made thus far.(180 mph)
@Ryan Farnsworth The V8 Supercar ace cranked out a maximum speed of 277.16km/h in the stock-standard Maloo, but his entry in the Guiness World Record books is a two-way average to eliminate any wind assistance.
Still, it was easily better than the previous mark of 248.78km/h set by a Dodge Ram SR-T with an 8.3-litre V10 motor in 2004.
Chris Sheedy from Guiness World Record was present to monitor and certify the record attempt, which was for the Fastest Production Pick- up.
Liar!
Not a truck, not sold in AMERICA so no one cares about your weird Holden Car🤣
@Ryan Farnsworth and like the maloo, you can't tow or carry much in the srt10 so is it really that different?
@@Low760 It. Is. Not. A. Truck. Okay Jeremy?
Actually its speed record was beaten in 2006 by a HSV Maloo R8 with an average speed of 271kmh (168mph) and was officially recognised by the Guiness World records as the fastest production pickup/ute in the world. Top speed was 277kmh (172 mph)