Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
Hyundai Palisade, Toyota and Pony.ai
Episode: 18
Broadcast date: March 1, 2020
Guest: Steve King and Johnnie Putman
Host Tom Appel and co-host Damon Bell start the show by discussing Toyota’s recent $400-million investment in Chinese autonomous-mobility company Pony.ai, and the broader trend of established automakers forming partnerships with startup self-driving-vehicle development firms. Chicago radio legends Steve King and Johnnie Putman join us in-studio to talk about their test drive of the new-for-2020 Hyundai Palisade SUV and fill us in on their book “A Little More Les,” which chronicles their long friendship with electric-guitar pioneer Les Paul. Tom administers another one of his Consumer Guide Power Quizzes–this time on best-selling vehicles–and Damon gives a run-down of the articles posted this week on The Daily Drive blog (including a test-drive review of the new-for-2020 Cadillac XT6 and a gallery of compact “woodie” wagons). We wrap up the show by sharing our “ones that got away”–cars from our past we wish we still owned.
Previous Episodes
The Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast is broadcast every Sunday on Chicago’s WCPT AM 820 at 1:00 PM CST. It is available as a podcast shortly thereafter.
Consumer Guide Publisher Tom Appel on the Nick Digilio Show
Discussed this week:
Test Drive: 2020 Hyundai Palisade Limited
Test Drive: 2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury
Woodie Madness! Classic Ads Featuring Small Wood Sided Wagons
Export Madness! A Gallery of American Trucks Ads From Foreign Markets
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Steve and Johnnie homepage (includes book info)
Pony.ai
