Season 1 · Episode 7

Episode 6: The Curly Of The Big Three Stooges, a.k.a. Stellantis

March 4, 20261h 32mExplicit

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<html>Hello! In this episode, Jordan starts us off with genuinely one of the funniest jokes Victoria's ever heard in her podcasting career during a discussion of how we like to fly. We then discuss the fact that Volkswagen is almost certainly going to whiff on launching Scout (remember Scout?) because The Vibes Are Off. Then we give the fans what they DEMAND and deep-dive into the train wreck of STELLANTIS on the heels of them losing Twenty Six Billion Dollars. Then Jordan gives me the scoop on a BDS-compliant Forza Horizon, aka "TDU: Solar Crown", and how we miss when car games were still fun.Also sorry about the little bit of background noise from me, Victoria, I absolutely had to run the dishwasher because I had run out of clean forks and we record right before I eat dinner. I promise I will be better about doing my silverware.Editor's Note: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke" target="_blank">P.J. O'Rourke </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke" target="_blank">is </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke" target="_blank">dead</a>.Referenced Stories: <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/vw-group-delays-scout-motors-launch-until-at-least-2028-report" target="_blank">Volkswagen Delaying Scout??? @TheDrive</a> <a href="https://ebay.us/m/WzquFL" target="_blank">The Microbus concept Victoria had a Barbiemobile @eBay</a> <a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70405452/scout-motors-production-delay-report/" target="_blank">Original Plan for Scout Validation Vehicles In 2026 @Car And Driver</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx28y8xd1vjo" target="_blank">S. Korean Former PM Sent To Jail Forever @BBC</a> <a href="https://www.trains.com/pro/mechanical/passenger-cars/amtrak-ends-plans-for-new-bi-level-cars/" target="_blank">Amtrak Cancels Plans To Replace Bilevel Cars (Superliners) @Trains</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/tesla-slipped-behind-vw-in-european-ev-sales-last-year/" target="_blank">VW Still Selling Tons Of EVs In Europe @ArsTechnica</a> <a href="https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2026-tesla-model-y-performance-first-drive-review.html" target="_blank">Edmunds Loves The Model Y??? @Edmunds</a> <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-new-vw-id-4-will-look-different-because-its-supposed-to-be-a-tiguan-now" target="_blank">VW Changes ID.4 To ID.Tiguan @AutomotiveNews</a> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-08-29/walz-car-guy-scout-election-voters" target="_blank">Tim Walz Has a Scout. Too Bad He Sucks @LA Times</a> <a href="https://time.com/7008431/tim-walz-dui-drunk-driving/" target="_blank">Tim Walz Pulled Over Drunk Driving His Miata @Time</a> (NOTE: He was doing 96 MPH, not 103 MPH, at the time of his arrest. This publication regrets the error.) <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2026/02/26/stellantis-posts-26-billion-loss-for-2025-blames-ev-strategy/88874602007/" target="_blank">Stellantis Lose $26.3 Billion Dollars @Freep</a> <a href="https://www.motortrend.com/news/2027-chrysler-pacifica-minivan-first-look-review" target="_blank">New Pacifica @MotorTrend</a> <a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a66069524/ram-1500-ev-pickup-dead-confirmed/" target="_blank">RAM REV cancelled @Car And Driver</a> <a href="https://www.autonews.com/stellantis/an-stellantis-phev-discontinuations-0109/" target="_blank">Stellantis PHEVs Cancelled @AutomotiveNews</a> <a href="https://insideevs.com/news/777644/dodge-charger-daytona-ev-problems/" target="_blank">Edmunds "Sick Of" Their Charger EV @InsideEVs</a> <a href="https://www.clubalfa.it/en/fiat-struggles-in-the-u-s-as-q4-2025-sales-fall-below-one-car-per-day-31209" target="_blank">Fiat Struggles @Club Alfa</a> <a href="https://en.ara.cat/cars/the-fiat-500-brings-back-its-gasoline-engines-after-the-failure-of-the-electric-version_1_5451284.html" target="_blank">Fiat Struggles (Europe Edition) @ara</a> <a href="https://www.autonews.com/stellantis/ane-stellntis-2025-results-0223/" target="_blank">MORE HEMI, SAYS FILOSA @AutomotiveNews</a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2026/02/21/no-stellantis-a-return-to-diesel-isnt-the-answer-to-your-ev-problems/" target="_blank">European Diesels Coming Back @Forbes</a> <a href="https://www.jalopnik.com/the-dodge-challenger-americas-id-1847591858/" target="_blank">Dodge Challenger: America's Id @Jalopnik</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZQHDY1-48" target="_blank">The Aston Martin V12 Vantage Top Gear Segment</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francis.fukuyama/?hl=en" target="_blank">Francis Fukuyama's Instagram</a> <a href="https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft" target="_blank">BDS Movement Target Microsoft</a> <a href="https://giantbomb.com/videos/quick-looks/test-drive-unlimited-2" target="_blank">The Giant Bomb TDU2 Video</a></html>

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