Doug DeMuro Gets Quizzed on European Cars!

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In this episode, Doug DeMuro, back from his European Grand Tour, gets quizzed by Filippo on his knowledge of European cars that were never sold new in the United States. Will Doug finally be stumped?

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction
00:49 CARS & BIDS!!!
00:51 Getting Started
01:08 Round 1
01:31 Round 2
02:31 Round 3
03:25 Round 4
03:45 Round 5
04:14 Round 6
05:53 Round 7
07:00 Round 8
07:34 Round 9
10:09 Round 10
11:02 Round 11
12:22 Round 12
12:45 Round 13
13:14 Recap
14:11 FIlippo's Surprise Bonus Models
15:11 Outro

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[tfr]

Correction - Seat Arosa was a version of VW Lupo, which was the smallest VW, one below Polo.

[epsilontiger]

This should have been longer. We definitely need a part 2 with at least 30 cars.

[jeshkam]

Doug Demuro is the Quentin Tarantino of cars.

[markcraggs]

Just on Skoda, it is still a Czech brand despite VW's ownership. They have been the only VW brand to build all of their own cars in their own factories for multiple years, and as of last year took over TSI engine production up to 2 litres for the entirety of the VW company. That's why it's still such a point of pride for the Czech's.

[sulcik]

Passat is not a good example right now, because this generation of Passat was developed by Skoda (together with Superb), in Czech Republic.
And other models do not even share upper body parts. For example all manual gearboxes are developed in Skoda, all Mpi engines are developed in Skoda. There is a lot that is done by Skoda, not just a rebadge.

[RollingShutter]

Its the Seat Exeo (audi a4 b7) they actually trucked the whole assembly line from germany to spain to build this car.

[ThomasHarrisonLord]

Fun video, thank you - 15:42, it was called the Seat Exeo :)

[mbc]

The gray MPV car was the Dacia Dokker. The Seat Arosa was the equivalent of VW Lupo, which is smaller compared to the Polo. The Polo equivalent is the Seat Ibiza.

[rendaddy_]

the amount of confidence Doug has while getting half the facts wrong is astounding

[ymtzlgn]

This just reinforces the fact they should hire someone in Europe to review European quirks and features!

[therealkruki]

Even Filippo does not know, that the Arosa is the Seat version of the Lupo, not the Polo. The Polo was not the smallest VW model back then.

[tfr]

PS. The Peugeot Bipper that Doug mentioned, is a badge-engineered twin of the Citroen Nemo. :)

[ScottAndersonYT]

- The Arosa is a VW Lupo not a Polo.
- Cupra is not all electric or even anywhere near it.
- The van at the end is a Dacia Dokker not a Renault.
- The Fluence was only electric.
- The "Smart car sized" version of the Kangoo was the Bebop.
- It's pronounced AvanTIME not team.
- The C3 Grand Picasso never existed.

[stevenmaasland]

Doug's pronunciation of the Avan-teem is incorrect. Renault itself used the English pronunciation of 'time' not what would be the typical French pronunciation 'teem.' BTW, if you want to test my Avantime, let me know and I could likely arrange for a test in California.

[Real_MisterSir]

A correction on Cupra cars. They are not all electric, in fact the vast majority are combustion engine powered, with some hybrid models available. It's not like Polestar that split from Volvo and only do electric. Cupra is just a regular Seat but upbranded, no special treatment to the powertrains.

[jackgrafik]

As a European who could be better when it comes to identifying US cars, I am very impressed by Doug, but then I did kind of expect it!

Also, the Seat Arosa is a rebadged VW Lupo, not a Polo, and the Arona is what Doug was confusing it with, which is a current small crossover, whereas the Arosa was a late 90s, early 00's citycar.

The rebadged Seat A4 was called the Exeo, and you could get them with the Golf GTI engine

[LaurinKramer]

6:40 The Czech are quite proud of Škoda and Volkswagen made sure when they bought them to keep that traditional image. Most Škodas for the European market are also still produced there and they are still adding little details like headlights that should mimic the look of traditional Czech crystal glass to their cars.

[evan.c]

Doug the type of guy to know absolutely everything about random European cars

[nikolaspushkin]

As a Czech citizen I must say the list is pretty easy (at least for us) go back to the 70s and I guarantee Doug won’t stand a chance 😉

[sv-bk]

A couple of facts from a european:
There was in fact an auto gear Seicento and the one shown on the slide is the Sporting version - the second highest trim level, the highest being the Suite.
Fun fact about the Seat Alhambra / Voklswagen Sharan - you could get them with the same 1.8 liter turbo block as the Sudi S3 and the Seat Leon Cupra paired with all wheel drive and a manual transmission. My friend has a Touran with over 300hp that goes 0-100 kph in about 5 secs with seating for 7 people.
Skoda is in fact overperforming VW in most of central europe.
The Citroen Nemo will go like 200 kph with approx. 2 tons of cargo in the back in most european countries.
They also made the Autobianchi as a Lancia.