It’s like a copy of the original NSX but with the design details explained through a phone call

I have to say this is one of the most proportionally unsettling cars I've ever seen

It looks like the car that Homer designed.

Fun fact: these cars were considered for the Fast Masters racing series but ultimately lost out to the Jaguar XJ220. My dad was a founder of the series. He got me out of school. We flew up to Chicago and drove a Consulier GTP to Indy. All black. It was a blast. I remember him dropping me off at school the next day in the car. All the kids asked me if it was the Batmobile.

This car may look incredibly weird, but it was an IMSA racing success. It had an excellent power-to-weight ratio, and it was effectively unbeatable. It was so good, in fact, that it was given a 300-pound weight penalty before being banned in 1991. And the odd shape isn't the result of a severely intoxicated designer, it's actually functional; in the absence of a traditional framework chassis, the body actually acts as a load-bearing surface, which means that the shape is actually necessary for its structural integrity. If you want more information on it and don't want to look it up on Wikipedia, I recommend watching Donut Media's video on it.

I can’t imagine the hours of painstaking work it took the designers to fuck up every single line.

My brother worked for Warren building these (and the Raptor and the MT900) in Florida. He would bring prototypes home and I got to ride in them a few times. It was always ugly but it was always amazing. They could beat almost any car on the track and they were very durable. Very cool story - glad you covered this - I sent the link to my Brother to check it out.

"There are several reasons someone wouldn't buy this..." "It's ugly?" "One, it's ugly." "Nailed it!"

It's a shame Doug doesn't talk about the car's racing success. It ran circles around everything out there. This car was way ahead of its time.

This car looks like how a young child would draw a Ferrari F40… like, generally the same, but much boxier and bulkier in very weird spots.

The roof line and the windscreen, basically the whole greenhouse looks like a modified Saab 99.

That's one of the best instrument panels in history..... everything in a racecar should be dependable clearly readable gages and thanks for monitoring everything important That's smart way to go Mosler

Warren Mosler was the founder of this company. He was my neighbor and landlord, great guy. These were built in Riveria Beach FL right behind my office

Hats off to the man or woman who looked at this, the testarossa and the countach back in the day and said "i will have the Consulier".

I was a supplier for Mosler in Riviera Beach. His cars and later his engines were WAY ahead of their time.

Warren Mosler not only designed an awesome, unique car. But he’s also one of the most knowledgeable people about the monetary system-how the function of taxation and bonds couldn’t be to finance government spending. He’s amazing.

It's like... the super car version of the car Homer Simpson designed

They should add this to Forza Horizon 5. They already have Mosler as a manufacturer.

I saw this on my highway 2 months ago. It was the elderly man and to who I assume was his wife, driving in it. He was doing the speed limit of 70mph to a T. I pulled up next to it in a V10-R8, I slowed down to give him a thumbs up, to which he reciprocated, and then I continued on my way.

I saw Shane Lewis win his class in one of these at Limerock Park in CT, probably was 1990. Dad and I went down to their paddock spot and met Shane after the race. We would visit him in the paddock every year for many years after, as he drove various Moslers and Corvettes. He called us his CT fans. All the Consulier race cars had valid FL license plates.

Engineers: “What kind of lines and design would you like to make for this car?” Mosley: “Something in between a dust pan, ac vent, London black cab and a Model T!” Engineers: “…”

I love how Doug went to great lengths to not call it “ugly” until the very end. 😂

The only issue I see is the font size of “consulier” decal being too small

I can't think how it failed. I would have thought the Scrapheap Challenge styling would have been a winner for sure.

We all live for these kinda cars to be reviewed by Doug.

You know the owners taste in cars when you see a DONUT media sticker.

As far as the "success" of this model goes, it made sense when you opened the hood and revealed the Chrysler engine mounted backwards. Brilliant 👏

Looks exactly like a 70's kit car. I remember these being reviewed in Road & Track and Car and Driver.

I love how they labeled all the gauges even the clock but none of the switches

Speaking of weird cars, I really hope Doug does a DeTomasso Pantera one day!

Gotta say I love the look of it, it's like a lemans car mixed with a saab 900 with semi truck wheels. I have a sneaking suspicion that those brake lines would get destroyed if you tried to take out the spare tire

Finally! I've been waiting for a video on this for so long. I'm one of the few who recognized this car immediately. I saw it running at Indy Motor Speedway in 2013 and there's an owner of this in my hometown.

"Consulier" sounds like a brand of cigarettes. The door handles look like they've come from a safe. Two ash trays but one NACA duct! So the driver putting the seat belt on is literally strapping the gas tank to them.

They made the car I drew in kindergarten into a real thing!

Thanks for the tour of the Consulier GTP. I owned a '85 GLH turbo and loved the car. I had heard that Mosler put the 2.2 Chrysler turbo in a sports car but never had seen one before.

That car, my wild friend was a kit car from back in the 90's. I used to read Kitcar magazine drooling over Cobra kits, fiero-Ferrai rebodies etc. This car was a monster back in the day.

I don’t think a lack of “presence” was this cars problem Doug. That thing is ugly as hell, has square tubing in the engine bay and a scrotum for a glove box.

It's like how a fast car is drawn in a cartoon brought to life.

I remember this thing! Good to see a review

Little gems like this are why i subscribbed! I cant help but love, you can clearly see the philosophy was "form follows function" 😂

Florida: The Car Though I must say I’m impressed with the amount of accessories they fit into a 1980s 1000-kg sports car.

Looks at it from the side: "That's a pretty sleek-looking car." Looks at it from the front: "That's a pretty boxy-looking car."

I know about this car because back in the late 80's I was contacted by the publisher of Grassroots Motorsports magazine. At the time he was trying to get together a national auto-x racing series to compete against the SCCA Solo II program and the National Pro AutoX Tour that the SCCA was running. The sponsor he had for the series was none other than Mosler and his Consulier car! I got to drive the thing and it was brought to one of our local races. It was fun having such an "exotic" at one of our events. As you stated the car was nothing to speak of looks wise but because of the light weight and the 200hp turbo engine it moved pretty well and handled nicely compared to other vehicles at the time. Thanks for the review, brought back some good memories. :-)

Quirky car: **exists** Doug: I’ll take your entire stock

Ffs Doug do some bloody research for once instead of just “oh look how odd this wheel nut colour is”… this is quite a big deal: “The GTP was successful in IMSA racing for six years, however its excellent power to weight ratio, responsible for its success, effectively made the car unbeatable: the car was eventually saddled by IMSA with a 300-pound weight penalty before being banned entirely in 1991.” This car was incredibly successful in what it was designed to do.

The exhaust looks like part of a pipe flange that was laying around in the workshop. The F40 had a much cooler centre exit exhaust.

Good review! I've always liked these - sort of like the USA's answer to the Lotus Esprit. And the styling has a certain couldn't-care-less appeal.

Every frame of this guy's enthusiasm is a thumbnail for 2021 youtube... love it

Doug should know about the second tach needle. It’s old school racecar tech. It marks the position of max revs on a run. It doesn’t show the engine’s mechanical rev limit. You can set its position manually. The rev needle will push this second needle around showing how far up you’ve had the revs.

"This car was a failure" "What kind of failure, Doug?" "A quirky one..." "OH MY GOD HE SAID IT!"

Holy crap I totally forgot when I was a little kid I sat inside one of these at a car show. I didn't even remember it until Doug started the interior segment and then I recognized the dashboard. Really cool! The one I sat in was blue.

I love watching Doug do his reviews and I have been waiting for him to do this car. As little known as it may be, it was way ahead of it's time. It's beauty is conditional on what angle your viewing it from. This car is on my bucket list of cars to drive. I don't know that I would own one due to the scarcity of parts. The engine parts aren't too hard to fine but interior and body parts would be virtually impossible to find. Still an amazing car. It shares the same engine with my all time favorite 80s-90s car the Dodge Daytona.. yeah bring on the insults and trash talk about the Daytona you won't bother me. I've owned 7 of them and to me it was the most beautiful car of its type of that era. I would love it if Doug did a review of the Daytona perhaps the Iroc R/T... It would make a cool episode. Just my opinion.

This looks like Homer Simpson’s attempt at drawing an F40

Doug DeMuro ,this car lacks the "accordion" style 5 mph bumpers because it is a low production vehicle - not because it is so "stiff". Body stiffness is a reason *why* regulators instituted the change to 5 mph bumpers. People were getting unnecessary injuries in low speed impacts, body and frame stiffness was also leading to excess damage in those situations. And the regulated height of bumper requirement would have put it across above the headlight area on this car ( same regulation as today ). Maybe reading the first google result is not the best idea ( though it comprises the extent of most young peoples "research" these days ). Read the actual regulation, it is still available. As for the reason these cars were virtually unknown in the 1980's... it was not the "quirkiness" or Mosler being a tiny manufacturer alone. It was because the car did not get any major coverage in the automotive press. Without actual print articles about the Consulier, there was not many other ways to even know it existed. Fun to see a car nearly forgotten today, thanks Doug.

Tachometers with two needles is something you'll see with aftermarket tach's so you can set your own redline and by the looks of it those are probably aftermarket gauges which might explain it.

Huge fan, Doug. Keep on the great work!!!! 🐦

There used to be a dealership for these cars in Tequesta, Florida when I was about 14. I worked right across the way from the place and would look at them regularly. I thought they were so cool!

Doug: "it sounds pretty good" Car: *angry lawnmower sounds*

I had the opportunity to see this car and talked to the owner at one of the meet. Pretty chill dude and willing to respond to all the questions we had about the car

I rode in a Consulier. In 1991 I went to Florida with my parents and met one of their friends. He worked for the company and had one at home. He took me for a ride in it and I remember it being fast and handling great (keep in mind my idea of performance at that time was a Camaro Iroc-Z Lol). It kinda looks like a F40 and 959 had a baby.

Wow, a car I actually never heard of. ThiSSSSS is interesting. 🧐

He always seems to miss some of the most interesting things. For instance this is the only car I've ever seen that has a sideways master cylinder.

I've heard of it. I was an exotic car enthusiast way back then. Believe it or not the looks of that atrocity are an improvement over earlier concept versions.

I met MR Mosler in the early 90 he was judging an SAE student design compétition at The university of central florida. He had brought a car and showed it off to engineering students in the parking lot. Having done composite design in the 90, the mold making was very plywood driven so flat shapes was the norm…. Looking at the car today with the VDO gauges and the borrowed parts, it fits with low vollume production of the Time. The fact that the car worked well is something to be proud of. I guess that when they called Cragar wheels they answered we have these nice chrome jobs in stock we will cut you a super deal, the buyer got his cost saving objective in 1991.

Not gonna lie Doug, I thought the title said "The Molester Connoisseur."

you know it’s gonna be a weird car when doug doesn’t hold his arms out in the thumbnail

Currently cross-shopping between this and a 2006 Citroen Picasso 1.6 16valve. Very useful to get an in-depth look so I can make my decision a litter better.

There was one of these running around town when I was a kid, always stuck out to me because of the fan on the back. Had no idea what it was at the time, just figured it made it go faster.

The shortened history of Consulier/Mosler: 1985: Launch of the Consulier GTP 1993: Consulier is renamed to Mosler 1993: The GTP became the Intruder 1997: The Intruder is now the Raptor 2001: End of the Raptor. Its successor is the MT900 2011: End of the MT900 2013: The end of Mosler

Doug is the guy your girlfriend tells you not to worry about And you actually don’t have to worry about it

Great video. I'm a car geek but had never heard of Consulier.

I bought some parts from Rock Auto, got a magnet with a picture of this car, had to look up a video about it. Interesting car, great video.

Doug mentioned where the engine for the moesler was sourced from, is there anyone out there who owns an original and unmolested Omni GLHS Turbo?. Would be great to see Doug review one!!

Unlabeled door locks, window switches and mirror controls, yet they felt a need to label the CLOCK.

Seen one of these in Calgary today then obviously I had to look it up!

How does this have so few views?? 550k in two months? Doug deserves more. This is quite the car too.

Nobody: I want to turn this street sweeper into a supercar. Consulier: Say no more

Doug needs to review the other cars from the K-Car ABC. The AZ-1 has a review. Now its time for the Honda Beat and the Suzuki Cappuccino to have a review as well!

I just came here to listen to Doug's "Carss and Bids" line. I think I'm addicted to it. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

I've seen this driving aroound San Diego a few times! Checked back through my photos to check the plate (is if there would be 2 of these around here) and yep, same guy. Super, super cool car and very strange to see in person

Old turbo I4s sound so good. I remember being in 'awe' hearing a turbo-coupe thunderbird with headers and a downpipe. Not too much whistle, but really similar to how this sounds.

Looks like someone built it in his shed, with parts found in a junkyard.

im gonna keep sayint ty doug, for this channel, and translating to kg. ty from spain

Hi Doug, there is a version that followed this version referred to as the Series 2...there is a video of one in a dark slate color...I just recently posted this information which addresses many of the details you addressed.... This is the Series 2 version.... and if you look carefully it shares very little surfaces with the Series 1....This version has more crown in the roof when viewed from the front/rear and the side, there is a rounded top radius on the vent window, front hatch has curved cut lines, the front turn indicators are flush with the inside of the headlights, not centered under the headlights, the nose has curvature in plan view, the wheel arches are different, the fenders are crowned, the front and rear bumpers are different and relate to the body form, the slats on the rear window are gone and the rear roof has been sculpted, the rear end has crowned surfaces and the fan has been concealed, the name on the flanks has been made smaller and the type font is different, the side markers have been restyled, the nose has been totally reshaped with more taper on the corners as well as the inside form of the fender where it talks to the cut lines of the front hatch. the actual nose of the car also has slightly more crown. The interior is completely redesigned and has no resemblance to the slab sided Series 1 iteration. In the Series 2 version the gauge pod of most importance points toward the driver and the secondary controls are in a separate pod. all the surfaces are sculpted to reflect the design intent of the exterior and more care to ergonomics, the surfaces are a non reflective texture. The door panels as well are totally redesigned to be more aesthetically pleasing as well as be more comfortable to operate. also the color specifications of the Series 2 models were of a more sophisticated palette and the surface quality was improved to reflect the performance achievements this car has the ability to deliver. The chassis monocoque is quite remarkable and is a vacuum bagged composite of E and S glass over a BASF Aerospace Divinycell foam core. The chassis of course includes the complete front clip and rear fenders roof and floor and the engine bay. 2 normal sized fit people can easily lift and rotate the monocoque and put it on its roof. to that structure you have steel space frame structures supporting the front and rear suspensions and power unit. It is incredibly solid and torsional rigidity is that of a race car with a full cage. The car is based on the logic of Lotus cars, that is "to improve performance, add lightness" The true place to appreciate this car is on a road course, plain and simple. It cannot be appreciated in any other context.

"It sounds pretty good." [sounds of elderly schnauser growling at nothing]

It literally just needs properly offset wheels and it’ll look great

Hey Doug, love your vids, but wheres the Gumpert Apollo video??? This needs to happen 💯

Remember literally EVERY car magazine had an ad for these back in the day. They must have spent a fortune on advertising. Personally I love it and would buy one in an instant if I saw it for sale.

Not what I expected to see appear in a vid, great to see it close up!

I first read about this car on Christmas Eve 1992. My parents gave me a book about cars that is published on a yearly basis that assesses all cars sold in Canada for the year. The book also features a few presentations of special cars. That car was in the 1993 edition, as one of the special featured cars. I remember they talked about Florida, Kevlar, the GLH engine, the ugliness and that the quality was closer to a kit car. The 11 years old me was quite impressed. I'll have to dig that up again...

This is one of the more interesting cars I've seen reviewed by Doug. Seeing the size of that engine bay I feel a turbo V6 or a V8 could have easily fit under the hood and given it the oomph it deserved.

I'm probably the only one, but I'd be interested hearing from Doug how he arranges insurance coverage for his test drives.

A 4 for styling is a very generous score.

I appreciate how consistent Doug is with his scores. It seems highly likely that this car would fall ahead of a Late 80s Fiero, and below a mid 80s Countach.

I've been intruiged by these for a long time I can't believe Doug found 1 to review

I like how it looks, and it's excellent in track.

I'm old enough to remember when these were new. I read all the car magazine articles written in Car and Driver, Road&Track, and Automobile. It may not be the best looking car, but it had lots of race success. If I could afford to buy one, I would. This is the type of weird and "quirky" car that we all love to see Doug review. The Mosler super cars are continuing the race pedigree that this started. Thanks.

Pretty much all aftermarket tachs until the 90s used to have a second, adjustable needle to mark the rev limit.

My uncle has a 2006 Lotus Elise - got to see him take it around the track at Limerock CT last June. Fun stuff, I’d never been remotely close to the action than the paddock area. Some dude was there with a Huracan that he’d modified heavily - cool car but it was too much car for this particular track!

I owned a Suzuki Ignis sport. It had Recaro seats, it also had these nets in the headrest, i think it looks neat. They make great seats.