Downey's Dream Cars

Love this show; innovative brilliant people bringing new ideas to an outdated industry. One of the reviewers here is mad about RDJ pushing his "green agenda"; where do you think everything is going? If you don't like learning about the future of the car industry, there are plenty of shows about gas guzzlers-go watch those. The automobile industry is going electric/hybrid/self driving.

In the next 10-15 years, all cars will need to be electric-it's awesome! No one will take your gas powered car away from you but wouldn't it be great to not have to pay for gas anymore? This show is not only funny and entertaining, it's educational. Embrace and grow!

RDJ is incredibly corny all the time. I don't blame him. He is a dad after all with all of his dad humor. The color combos are mostly hideous. Matte wrap is very 2010. I love all of the conversion ideas, but the reason for doing them is presented as saving the world one classic vehicle at a time by electrifying them. Im sure the positive impact of electrifying them is negligible. The proof of concept is amazing, but the impact of it is overexaggerated. Rich rebuilds carried the first episode with the amazing conversion. I would love to see more rusty project vehicles be converted in driving electric cars. This would even go more in tune with the idea of the show: saving the world one classic car at a time.

Rich guy spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to convert an old square body pickup from Internal Combustion to an Electric Vehicle...because it's all about the environment. Meanwhile, the show features a helicopter, a 20Ton massive diesel powered heavy equipment hauler, an Abrams Tank, and a 100+ Army troops. The carbon footprint to make this episode alone hilariously illustrates the hypocritical nature of these Hollywood Elitists. It's like watching Leonardo DiCaprio jet all over the world, lecturing people on caring for an environment as he flies in his friends and 25 year old girlfriend to party on his 150 foot yacht in the Mediterranean.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Third episode they don't even go electric. They have a plan to go hybrid, but because they aren't actually planning any of these builds out the way professionals would, they purchase a 2009 hybrid engine from a totaled car, realize it won't fit, and say "well, we tried" and they just put a slightly more fuel efficient ICE motor in place of the original.

RDJ attempts to prove his excitement at the prospect of turning his Riv into a hybrid by stating that his every day driver is a hybrid, but conveniently omitting any details on make or model. Minutes later we see him driving himself to an unrelated hangout meeting and mysteriously, he's not driving the daily driver hybrid, but instead a vintage corvette. No explanation. Where's the hybrid daily driver? Does it exist? Does he think the Corvette is a hybrid? Who's gonna tell him the bad news?

Back to the project Riviera... with the hybrid plans scrapped (along with the purchased junkyard Tahoe), we slap a pollution sensor on top of the Riv, connect it to a tablet, hand it to the guy in the passenger seat, drive around NYC congratulating or condemning each block for the numbers on the screen, and we pat ourselves on the back for a job well done.

This show is a joke.

I really liked the show. Could have been even more episodes. I love seeing classic cars/trucks get a second lease of life by turning them into more modern versions of themselfes. And it seems RDJ has a whole lot of them to fix/convert! Maybe a second season?

RDJ explores and explains a lot of new eco-friendly technology. Some cars get new interiors with vegan leather made from mushroom. It looks and feels like real leather.

Anyway if You like Wheeler Dealers You're gonna love this. You get to see old classics getting new drivetrains, some EV, some biodiesels, hybrids or just more modern versions.