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You're correct regarding performance car interiors, it blows me away that I still hear anyone complaining about it. It goes all the way back to 1960's muscle cars that had flashy exterior styling, a rumble coming from the exhaust, fancy wheels as well as whatever other add-ons. The interior wasn't supposed to look like you were riding in a Cadillac, the old saying about performance cars was "everything you need and nothing you don't". For the most part still the way it is.

My 2002 Maxima came stock with a 240+hp V6 and it looks like a economy box. It prefers premium and I've gotten 0-60 times under 6 seconds ! I've also had it up to 140 mph ......with a little more room to go before being floored ! I paid $2500 for it with 120,000 one owner miles on it ! Been driving it for many years without a problem ! Good luck !

I'm pretty sure Oldsmobile made the "Aurora"...the Saturn "Aura" is a different car

Another with huge potential is the last generation Lincoln Mark VIII. Not the prettiest car, but it has the InTech 4.6L DOHC V8, basically a toned down SN95 Cobra engine. With the correct deletes(air bag suspension, restrictive exhaust manifolds, excessive weight) and a few upgrades(freer flowing manifolds intake and exhaust, bigger throttle body, ect) you can make a serious hot rod Lincoln.

I’ve seen those Flex at the track. They can make 400hp/425tq at the wheels with an exhaust and tune. They can be crazy fast

I have a 2008 Acura TL and I love it. It's so comfortable and has a very respectable amount of performance! Happy to see it make it on the list

1: Buick LaCrosse super 2: Saturn arura X-ray 3: Ford Flex limited 4: Chevy cobalt ss 5: Acura TL

A Camry 3.5 V6 does 0-60 around 5.5 seconds. A great sleeper in LE or XLE trim.

The 2005 300c is a good sleeper. Not the str8 but the C. Looks like a grandma car but with a hemi making 340hp and 390tq. Yeah its heavy but with a 0 60 time of 5.6 seconds And a great mod list to accommodate the 5.7 hemi, it screams sleeper.

I want to dispute " All car enthusiasts care about is performance" bit. I don't think that's entirely true. fast doesn't always equal fun to drive. See every British roadster. but even more than that there are those of us like myself who love interesting, quirky, pretty cars and don't really car how fast they are... as long as it makes me smile.

Another great sleeper is the Lincoln MKS, basically a fancy Ford Taurus and it comes with the taurus sho drivetrain and a fancier interior. Everyone talks about the taurus but not the lincoln version that your average senior citizen would drive

I had a Saturn Aura XR. Two of them, actually. Those 3.6 motors in them are genuinely one of the best sounding v6's of all time if you get exhaust work done to it. It's too bad they're unreliable piles of crap though

I have a 07 Saturn Aura XR as a daily , 183K still going strong, did 1/4 14.72@93mph corrected elevation 2500FT. Definitely has surprising acceleration. Did a rear muffler delete and K&N filter , exhaust does sound great for a V6.

YES! finally a list that is mostly (if not entirely) sleepers that havent been blown up by channels and are still affordable at a budget a highschooler could afford

You do the community a service with those intro clips reminding us all of the dangers from a certain car 😇 Bless your soul 😇

Have a Saturn myself and it’s fast at least for being stock especially after 60 mph it still pulls hard. Wanting to do some work on it for a while but it’s such a weird platform

I drive a 2010 Taurus SHO, so I know the Flex has the same drive train. My Taurus is stock minus the Livernois Stage 4 93 Octane tune. 400 HP and 440+ lbs ft of torque afterwards.

My favorite sleeper would be the 07 Camry V6. Does a 0 to 60 in high 5 second range and looks nothing like it. To amplify the sleeper persona, I'd personally stick two Uber stickers on the front and back too

I had an 09 Chevy Cobalt SS. I really liked that car. It was the last car I owned before my dad passed away from cancer in 2014 and was the last car my dad drove.

The 2004-07 Saturn VUE V6 was powered by a 250 hp Honda 3.5 with VTEC and a 5 speed auto. Both were.th3 same as the Acura MDX. The lack of hydraulic power steering and the lighter weight of the plastic body panels made it the ultimate sleeper. I had one and loved it especially the VTEC system.

a 3.5 ecobbost can reach 400+hp with just a tune and exhaust work... should mention simple mods that help out a lot in the vids to give people a better perspective of what theyre capable of

I like the clip at 5:51. Weird looking Cobalt lol All jokes aside, nice video. The Flex really doesn't get the recognition it deserves. I drove a few of the "spicier" variants of it back when I worked at a Ford dealer, and they were pretty quick. Honestly debating on trying to buy one in the future

Def made our day with this one man, GREAT content! Couldn't help but laugh at the Saturn though LOL

Good work OP! Finally someone makes a video about actual sleepers instead of these other channels making "top 10 sleeper cars" ft Audis, BMWs, G35s, and Foxbodys lmao

My favorite sleeper is the 1957 Packard: 289cid with supercharger standard, 275hp, much smaller and lighter than previous Packards. Google gives it 0-60 in 8sec; top speed 116mph.

Hmn this is actually good great job and great return

Don't be so hard on yourself - I enjoyed this video and found it to be very accurate so in my opinion you're doing great!

Your such an underrated KZfaqr. You deserve so many more subs. Keep it up it’ll come soon!

Well thought out list of cars, the Lincoln MKS EcoBoost should make that list also, basically the flex engine in a luxury sedan. Great call on the Buick special.

I was an Acura technician when the TL was released and I fell in love with the first one I saw come in on the transporter. A few years later, I picked up a well taken care of black on black 2006 TL and would still own it had to not started to develop the dreaded 5AT transmission ‘flare’ issue at about 140k miles. I knew what it would cost to fix it since I was no longer in the car business, I decided it was time for something new. I loved that car so much and did the few bolt ons that were available at the time and it surprised quite a few much more expensive cars in its day. The generation after those are getting cheaper now too and if you could find a SH-AWD MT6 you would have a car that was not only safe and reliable but fun to drive fast that can handle with the best of what Germany has to offer.

Awesome info! Thanks..Will definetly be keeping an eye out for these!

I love the Flex- crap flew off the dash when you floored it- lol

2:31 I have to agree with you. Here in the UK they’re known as the Vauxhall Vectra. And the VXR model has a pretty nasty engine. Definitely a sleeper car. People sometimes even push it to 480bhp! For a Vauxhall/Opel that’s not what you’d expect 😂

The Saturn Aura XR is my favorite gets to 60 quick and sounds amazing I ❤️ the paddle shifters

Keep it up bro Sleepers rule " Sleeper Nation all day"

I had a 2010 Flex Limited with the "EcoBeast" engine. Scary fast, super comfortable and tons of room. Probably the best car I've owned. Also, don't forget the Cobalt SS started years before under Saturn's Ion Redline platform. The Ecotec was introduced under Saturn years before it made it to Chev/Pontiac vehicles. You could do a whole segment on Saturn Redline models. Great video. Keep up the great content

My favorite sleeper car is the Hyundai Genesis Sedan. I’m talking about the 2013 model for this but the earlier models are also great. The genesis coupe is obviously popular but the sedan? 333 hp in the base model and 429 hp in the top trim. All while being a luxury vehicle with genuinely GOOD features for the price. I’m not sure of the brand genesis and their current lineup of cars, they seem to have potential but those original Hyundai sedans are underrated!

Well, the TL does look fast, at least with the aftermarket wheels and aero like in the video. I think the tsx is a little girly, but any Honda with v tec is dope in my book.

You know what? Your channel is pretty nice. It's kind of like a budget savagegeese format. Good stuff my friend.

I miss my 06 TL.. with the manual it also came with upgraded suspension, lsd, brembo brakes, and more FOR FREE when new.

The 3rd gen tl when equipped with a manual transmission, also received a brembo caliper package. Pretty cool and worth noting.

One of my realistic dream car is a 2012 Acura TL SH-AWD, with the 3.7 liter and 6 speed manual. Sadly it's very rare and in high demand.

Nice video. Thanks for including the Ford Flex Limited. Mine is a 2017 twin turbo 365 hp and I luv it. A power chip a somewhat aggressive tune and cat backs will get 380 hp to 400 hp😊

😂 can confirm the Ford flex is fun to surprise people with

good research! I love the TL's especially with a manual. Most of these were news to me - Especially a twin turbo Ford Flex.

I picked up a 2016 TLX v6 spec.. And it feels like a sleeper! Very impressed. Great channel.. Dropey Cock sent me.

One awesome video bud🤜🏽✊🏽🤜🏽

Just found this vid, and by chance yer channel. Yea the flex blew my mind, got to rent a Limited a few years ago. The rental was speed limited to 110, but my god it got there quicker than a fair number of vehicles I've had or driven. Super spactious, easy to drive (extremely responsive and neutral feeling), and moves out ricky tick. Another sleeper worth a note is the late 90's Ford Ranger 4.0 w/5-speed, those things were frackin silly given their exterior.

I worked at GM Lordstown in the mid-2000s. That's where they produced the Chevy Cavalier and Pontiac variant as well as the Cobalt in Pontiac variant. They also produced the Chevy Cruze there. I really enjoyed being able to drive all those different vehicles. Unfortunately I left the job before they put the two lesida turbo into the Cobalt. I did however get to drive it in the Saturn Sky Redline as well as the Pontiac Solstice GXP. That is a phenomenal engine! It produced a heck of a lot more performance than I expected. If given the choice between a Miata or a Saturn Sky Redline Pontiac Solstice GXP, I probably go with the Saturn Sky Redline because of how different it looked. The Pontiac Solstice GXP is superior and handling to the Miata. I've driven both and would prefer the Pontiac / Saturn.

Solid list of different sleepers 👍

I got an 03 Accord V6 6 speed that's had a 3.2 from the TL swapped into it.( It's a drop in fit. No mods necessary.) It surprises people with how quick it is. Bumper held together with zip tie sticking and lots of paint fading. Nobody suspects it lol.

Just to add, 3rd gen TL type s in the 6 speed (hard as hell to find and expensive) are very quick. Plus you get the 3.5L with the 11:1 compression.

The 2009-2014 Hyundai Genesis is a sleeper too it comes with a 3.8 V6, 4.8 V8 or 5.0 V8 for 2012-14 model years it's one hell of a car, the 5.0 V8 makes 0-60 in 4.9 secs

All Acura TL are fast idek how it’s on a sleeper list. It doesn’t even look like it belongs. But awesome content n keep it coming. #subbed

Keep going ! Gotta be more sleepers out there.

The Buick regal t type and the pontiac gnx are legends..

The Acura TL doesnt have 270 HP, in 2006 they revised the way they measured HP and it actually came out to 258 HP with a Type S at 286.

NICE Video dude subbed

The random joints 😂💀

I had a LS4 Impala SS for my previous vehicle, and besides the transmission being made of glass, I loved that car. It was so unassuming bc it looked like any other Impala rental car, but it screamed when you put the hammer down.

I've wanted a Flex forever. I remember reading an article when it and the Edge came out with an Ecoboost version. Both ran 13s at the track, bone stock. It's like a car that a kid would draw, but with turbos

I had a Cobalt SS and ran a 13.7 second q.m at the track. 0 to 60 in 5.1 seconds no mods only thing I did was throw on lighter wheels and super soft summer tires. Absolute beast matching STi's who wanted to smoke me but looked up n I was still next to them. Loved that car but needed a trick for a new jo. I would definately consider looking for one again to gut and tune to the max that motor was a monster couldn't imagine what a few mods could do. You should do one on SUVs like the Forester XT, Dakota RT 5.9 liter, Ford Edge Sport Silverado High Country all sleeper trucks n suv video

Love the video. When you were talking about the SS cars. I'm surprised there was no mention about the Malibu and/or Malibu Maxx.

Pretty sure everyone knew the cobalt came in ss trim. It came supercharged or turbo and you could get a 4 door too. You also had options from factory for chevy racing suspension and better supercharger.

I'm liking the buick lacrosse super I've always liked the impala ss, monte carlo ss, and grand prix gxp models with the fwd v8 just cause it was unexpected to me as a kid that they'd be quick and have v8s and now I'm likeing them more and more lol (I knew about the monte carlo ss having a v8 but not the others)

My old 96 Acura TL was by far one of my favorite cars I’ve owned, and that 3.2 V6 was solid! It was quick imo (200hp & 210hp Lb ft tq) stock with 177,000 miles at the time.

My Dad had both a 4 door cobalt (2.4L non-turbo) and the 2 door cobalt (turbo ver.). It was my understanding that the 4 door didn't have a turbo option, only the 2.2L or the 2.4L. Both were hella fun. Similarly those looking at Mitsubishi could have a similar time with a Lancer Ralliart 2.4L engine (00-07). Cool vid yo.

I think the Saturn aura was the American version of the European Opel astra and they made those in the “opc” sporty version with a turbo 2.8 liter v6 with all wheel drive. BOYYY that’s literally a European r35 gtr wagon 😂😂😂

Cool list, lately I notice a few Ford Fusion Sports with over 500hp (tune and intercooler upgraded) and dominating muscle cars at the tracks. Some Kia Stinger also, but they Are less of a sleeper. But yes, that Flex goes, especialy when modded.

Hilarious and informative video

Great job. My mom has the Flex and twin turbo all wheel drive with factory 20’ s….hold on to your butt! It’s fun! Trying talk her out of trading it for the new lightning ⚡️ 🙄✌🏽

I agree about the sleeper status but my 2015 Ford Flex has the N/A (non eco beast😝)2nd gen 3.5 motor and sounds really good with a k&n (somewhat) cold air kit! I’ve beat some quick sports cars with it and some v8 trucks and suv’s..yes I know it can’t beat everything and I’m not saying it’s real fast but it’s very quick and does have a hard pull to redline….it’s an overlooked and under the radar vehicle for sure😉

That's an interesting lineup. Another one I'd consider is the 2012 Kia sorento. My gf has the 3.5L V6 with 273hp. The engine really winds out even under modest throttle, and is surprisingly powerful.

I really like the 2003 Buick Regal GS. It's kind of a precursor to the LaCrosse featured in this video, except that it looks even more like a grandpa car and you would NEVER expect something that looks like THAT to be fast.

My daily is a TL with the 6-speed manual transmission, silver, just like the first one in this video. Absolutely reliable, and the right amount of pep! There's nothing like rowing your own gears.

My dad had a 2008 Saturn Aura XE but had the XRs engine and it was a great car.

I'd love to see a video on the gxp and I had no idea. That the Ford flex was pushing those numbers I might have to pick one up

I had a 07 cobalt ss and it was the supercharged version. Loved it!! But... unfortunately it's not the interior you have to worry about... well actually the glass panel on the passenger side always leaked in car washes and in rain so yes worry about the interior but not because it's just cheap. But this car had I believe 14 recalls? First month of owning it I had to spend an arm and a leg to get wiring done on it because the car went into limp mode. The awkward tire size that apparently no one carrys. My e-brake failed and no one carrys that. Maybe now they carry that stuff but when I owned it 5 years ago I could barely get parts for it. BUT!!! it was a ton of fun! I did end up trading it for a mustang gt though.

420 joke made me sub and started watching all your videos 😂

I always hated those Saturn Auras. Now if we finna talk cool Saturn's I love the Ion Redline and the Saturn Sky. I actually didn't know they were still making the Ford Flex either. I always thought it was discontinued like you did.

My dad had a 2013 Impala Fleet car with the 3.6. In that application, it made 300 horsepower flat. It sucks that they're unreliable af though

I loved my Buick Regal GS supercharge. I named her the Mustang killer!

Nice to the point vid!

Also I think there was a 2000’s Malibu SS too? I may be wrong but I remember seeing one on the road. Not sure how quick they are but when I saw one it looked like a normal car until I peeped the SS badge.

I think the best one said is the, "Montae Carlo SS". I want that one there syrr, "Montae Carlo SS, and a spot of tae plaese" Lol

Kids today DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A TRUE SLEEPER IS!! So let me go back in time to around 1967 (when I was just three years old myself) and talk about WHAT a "sleeper" actually WAS!!! For example lets start out with the lowly Ford Falcon, a car that "could be" a true sleeper! And in this example lets keep this car simple as a four door, 1962 Ford Falcon back in the 1970s was as "sleeper" as they came!! 1) Base Cars: What most kids these days don't understand is a sleeper IS NOT a factory car you buy!! It was a car you built, typically out of mixing, altering, swapping and salvaging parts from other cars to make a sleeper a sleeper!! And the Ford Falcon....like a Chevy Nova is a perfect "Sleeper Platform" car!! cars generally used were cars that mostly caught the eyes of Aunt Bertha or your dear old grandmother, that in their starting form came from the factory with a small inline six cylinder that was under powered, and got great gas mileage!! Too often a sleeper was also a four door, but not limited to that, because back then nobody wanted the four door Buick Skylark, or a four door Mercury Comet or Dodge Dart. But what the guys who built sleepers under is "interchange"!! 2) Interchanging parts: Kids today DO NOT UNDERSTAND Interchangeable parts!! And cars from the 1950s through till the 1980s had a lot more interchangeable pieces!! Again using our Ford Falcon as any example the whole front suspension for a 1962 Ford Falcon literally swaps almost directly into a 1964 to 1969 Ford Mustang SO much so that the front springs for a 390 1968 Mustang WILL fit a 1962 Ford Falcon and you can even use the motor mounts off a Mustang with a 351 Cleveland Motor to place that engine into a Ford Falcon as well!! The rear axle in a Falcon and Mustang interchange as well too!! So you can literally have the ONLY Cobra Jet powered four door 1962 Ford Falcon in town (with stock hubcaps) blowing the doors off all the 1972 Z28 Camaros you can feed it!! The whole point to a "sleeper" was to "pretend it wasn't fast" and to down play its horsepower!! Pulling up in a brand new 1979 Corvette next to a four door 1971 Chevy Nova didn't always mean that the Corvette was the fastest car at the stoplight!! And many a sleeper could be hiding a well tuned and build Chevy Big Block under the hood in "Grandma's Old Grocery Getter" four door as well!! You also have to remember they put insane motors in damn near ever car on the road back then!! Like opening the hood of a family station wagon could net you a 396 or even a 348 or 409 engine without much of a problem and 350 Rocket motor Oldsmobiles and 383 four door Imperials were literally EVERYWHERE, so it wasn't hard to stuff a bigger motor into a much smaller car with the right parts, and a little imagination!! And the Plymouth Valiant four door might just have a 383 lurking under the hood with a six pack manifold and custom built headers!! You just never knew what was sitting next to you in traffic!! And on certain Chevy cars that parts off a 1968 to 1974 Nova interchange with Monte Carlo, Chevelle and Oldsmobile Cutlass as well as Buick Skylark and so on!! And I am talking about suspensions, and sub frame options NOT sheet metal!! Beauty is after all only skin deep, and some guys understood how to swap the right parts into one car to make it something that "never was" from the factory!! Even other components could interchange like faster steering boxes, bigger and better braking systems, rear axles and other "direct bolt on" factory parts! So in a couple of afternoons on a weekend you could turn your "lame Aunt Linda's four door Dart" into a car that would dust any GTO, 442 or even Ford Mustang you lined up against!! And the list of "platform cars" is huge, because there were Ford Mavericks, Chevy Biscaynes, Pontiac Venturas, Plymouth Dusters, and the list goes on and on and on from there!! All you needed to understand was how the parts interchanged and what cars swapped part with what other cars!! 3) A lot of younger folks today don't understand "tech", and I am not talking about computers in cars as much as I am pointing out that the proper mix of machine work and parts can make an older car into something it wasn't before!! In the late 1960s when the 1968 Nova came out, Chevy produced the 307 cubic inch engine!! Basically this engine was a 327 block with a smaller engine bore, of only 3.48 inch pistons!! BUT it you have this engine bored out to a 4 inch bore, and swap out the pistons, basically you have a large journal 327 as the bore is now correct and the stroke was already exactly the same between the 327 and the 307! Likewise ANY small block Chevy engine parts fits nearly ANY other small block Chevy parts between a 283 to 350 cubic inch block that was build between 1964 to 1980, with only limited exceptions to this rule! OR to put it another way, that four barrel intake WILL FIT any 283 to 350 engine as well headers, valve covers, timing chains, most camshafts (unless they are some wild cut) and so on!! You just had to understand your clearances and ratios, and what is "too big" or "too small" to fit properly!!! Kids don't understand 9.5 to 1 compression ratios or valve spring heights. And I am not going to say "young guys are stupid" because they are NOT!! But there are many who don't understand the relationship between machining parts to make speed, and some of that too, is the lack of speed shops anymore also!! 4) Lastly and most importantly a true sleeper was a "cheap car"!! It was the car you bought for $200 to $500 and with the right mix of time, machine work, and swapped parts it was basically a "race car hiding in plain sight"!! Some of us old guys would run original hubcaps, a slightly quieter exhaust, and even "dirty up" the bodies so it looked like a pile of junk with two different colored fenders and a door from another car (whiskey dents happen)!! They were not "perfect cars" and a lot of times they looked like something half pieced together, almost Rat Rod style!! And you never knew when you pulled up next to our cars what we had "lurking under the hood" until you caught us at the end of a run and we showed off all our hard work!! Sleepers could be built out of spare parts for around $2000, an afternoon of wrenching and a case of cold beer! And there was no shortage of "can do attitude" to boot either!!!

Good list!

Lincoln MKZ. 400hp, twin turbo V6 has a 0-60 in 5.7 in the AWD model. And it’s just been discontinued and has some new ones still on lots. You can basically get a 400 hp car for in the $20,000.

Yes do a video on the GXP, its one of the most underrated cars for under 7k.

Love my TL. Exhaust note is VQ like with a little less grunt

I have a 08 cobalt ss turbo coupe and I have it fully bolted and tuned an i dust a grip of cars str8 up thanks for showing my car an giving it props even tho it was about the sedan but still the same car

Another sleeper No one ever thought of: Buick LaCrosse 2010-2016 with the 3.6 engine. Push out a robust 300 horsepower. We have one and it does 0-60 in roughly 5.5-6.0 seconds depending on the weather. Had it up to 130mph before the limiter kicked in. Comes with a nice interior as well

I think one of the more slept on sleepers is the 2007 Lexus IS350. 4.7 0-60 and nearly a 12 second quarter mile from its V6! The ISF is also a bit of a sleeper but I feel it isn't as much of a sleeper as it actually looks somewhat aggressive in comparison to the V6 IS350. Id choose the ISF over the IS350 for sure though.

Where are you located in the country approximately, we are in Pittsburgh PA and the cars you speak of were once everywhere. Now lucky to see one.

The 2006 Pontiac G6 gtp is an impressively obscure sleeper, 240hp/tq, even torque band from 1500 rpm to 5500 rpm, great handling and it is completely unassuming lol, even got the same 5.7 second 0-60

Ford Fusion sport. 2010-2012 are another sleeper car 💯💯

WTH for the Flex 💪 flexin

The Accord and Camry V6 cars, especially from the 2007 model years are sleepers too. I had a 2011 Camry, and I've taken out several G37's, Jaguars, and Chargers(V6 models).

I'm amazed the Buick Regal didnt appear here. But the list is nice and compact. With the appearance of the TL, the same gen Accord V6 in 6spd form is a fast option as well and uses regular gas.