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Love this show; innovative brilliant people bringing new ideas to an outdated industry.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!

The first two episodes made perfect sense. Episode one made great sense. Take a giant gashog truck and convert it to electric. The colors and the details worked well. The demonstration and use of the military was over the top, but the episode didn't offend car guys. Episode two made even more sense. Take a dirty diesel and convert it to eco-diesel. Robert's mother must have been spinning her grave at the color combination he chose to use on the car. UGLY. Episodes three and four are probably the most offensive to my sensibilities as a car guy that I could possibly dream of. Take two of the most beautiful cars ever made and trash their value. It was a sin to paint it any Riviera in the chosen colors. Pale peach matte finish???? UGH. Then a '65 survivor 'Vette cut apart and turned over to electric? OMG The car may look the same, and it may be faster, but again the color of the exterior and the trim are ghastly. I know it's too late, but if you do a 2nd season, take some better donor cars where the changes make sense and add value to the vehicle rather than devaluing a perfectly good classic.

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.

This was a great show, episode 1 was great & currently watching it all right now actually. BUT HEAR ME OUT....

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May....

Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo....

See where I'm getting at?

Loved the car's development. Loved how there's huge feature of the United States Military. Definitely a fun show & much more to come.

RDJ by himself is fun but we've seen how he is with groups. If this show had 2 additional co-hosts, top gear challenges, car features, unique experiences, I'm pretty sure we would be seeing the next generation of Top Gear viewers favorite.

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.