Unnamed Automotive Podcast

After 2 weeks away Benjamin and Sami are back to talk about the Geneva Motor Show, the Honda Civic Type R, the Mint 400, the VW Atlas and Land Rover Discovery, and of course a special segment on how to most effectively rob a bank.

Benjamin discusses the new 2017 Jeep Compass, Sami opines on the 2017 Toyota 86, and both of us write a gentle letter of admiration for the surprising Hyundai Elantra Sport.

Benjamin describes driving the 2018 Lexus LC 500 on the sunny shore of Hawaii, while Sami relates his impressions of the Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 coupe, plus a general breakdown of our news and views on the automotive industry over the past week.

Sami and Benjamin get deep with extremely quick Ford Fusion Sport, the puzzling Toyota Corolla iM, and the pleasing Honda CR-V SUV. They also talk about - what else? - the newest SRT production on the block, the Dodge Durango SRT.

Benjamin off-roads through the Nevada desert in the 2017 Ram Power Wagon and lives to tell the tale, while Sami has something to say about the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, along with our usual banter about the latest car and automotive news.

Benjamin feels conflicted about the Volvo V60 Polestar being essentially a $61,000 tuner car, while Sami reminisces about the time he went to England to drive the new MINI Countryman, which was actually just last week.

Sami and Benjamin break down the new 2018 Ford Mustang, talk about whether the Dodge SRT Demon will be a pure drag car, and soliloquize about the similarities and differences between the Dodge Durango and the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

This week Benjamin and Sami talk about their trip to the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, an event that was unusual compared to previous years due to what companies chose to sit things out, or avoid making major announcements. Also on the docket: the Kia GT Stinger, the new Toyota Camry, the refreshed Ford F-150, and a bunch of other concepts and cars.

We're back from our holiday hiatus with our take on CES 2017, the technologies that we saw on display there, and our general disapproval of a future that doesn't involve human drivers. Oh, and we also talk about bad automotive interface design. Fun!

This week Sami talks about the 2017 Audi A4, Benjamin discusses the 2017 Volvo S90, and we both continue to explore the trials and tribulations of autonomous self-driving cars.

Benjamin Drives The Roadkill Monza, We Talk Shifter Stalks, And Audi Builds A Deep-Learning Self-Parking System.

This week Sami talks about his trip to Japan to visit Mitsubishi's vast array of factories and test facilities, while Benjamin relates his more vanilla and decidedly sedentary seven days at home with the Subaru Forester. We also discuss Audi's 'Mission to the Moon,' which finally seems within reach.

This week Sami and Benjamin download their takes on the 2016 LA Auto Show, which featured a life-size TIE Fights, a trunk full of sriracha, and of course a bunch of cool and not so cool car stuff.

This week Sami and Benjamin discuss their recent trip to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta to drive the 2017 Buick Envision, talk about whether it's actually important where a car is physically built, and mention their grisly Alberta discovery. Stay for further talk of the Hyundai Sonata PHEV and the Audi SmartHOBOS bee strategy, which is perhaps the best acronym ever.

This week Benjamin discusses his track time behind the wheel of the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE at Spring Mountain, Nevada, while Sami talks about driving the 2017 Lincoln Continental in L.A.

This week we're talking about the Nissan GT-R, the Volvo Polestar, the many Cars Sami got to drive at TestFest, and the perils of shadetree mechanics building their own Autonomous Driving systems.

This week Sami and Benjamin talk about the new Chevrolet Cruze hatchback, the future of the hot hatch segment, and the BMW Next 100 celebration's forward-looking concept cars.

This debut episode sees Sami and Benjamin talking about Ford's tie-up with Amazon Alexa, why anyone would ever want to connect their car to the Internet of Things, and just how scary the future will probably be.