Cars The Podcast

About Cars The Podcast

Disturbingly curious about cars? Tired of regurgitated & predictable opinions? Contrarian viewpoints OK with you? Podcasting from the shadows of Mt Rainier!

Publisher

Don Swier and Joe Black

Category

leisure · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Oct 2019

Latest episode

26 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

40 of 184 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Replay: Car Affordability Crisis a myth? Inflation and standard equipment, along with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) show how media can create fear. Canada opens its market to Chinese-made BYD, Geely, Xpeng and more.

   Host Alex Thompson interviews automotive journalist Sarah Chen about how media narratives on car affordability obscure the value of modern vehicles and Canada's embrace of Chinese EV imports.

2. 

   15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Consumer Behavior: Used buyers can fine-tune a search like never before. CUV just a regression to Model T form factor? Ford's radical streamline of offerings.

   Host Alex Parker interviews industry experts on how used car buyers now fine-tune searches and explores Ford's streamlined offerings.

3. 

   19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   FastCarsMedia. Olympus Rally. Binfords Field of Dreams. Silver State Classic. 3,000 mile EV road trips are no sweat. Griots

   Host Joe and guest Don explore the future of EV road trips and the legacy of the Olympus Rally in this insightful interview.

Inside a recent episode

Replay: Car Affordability Crisis a myth? Inflation and standard equipment, along with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) show how media can create fear. Canada opens its market to Chinese-made BYD, Geely, Xpeng and more.

Published 26 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Homes, for one. And it's just a natural function of there's only so much land in this country. There's only so much land in this world. So the more desirable land that gets taken up, it means that there's less for the rest to share it with. But there are things that affordability... I hear it being tossed around and I think, well, they're not looking at the full picture. And cars, we're about cars, right? Correct. So I picked a year, 1981, and I picked that on purpose because, for one, it was the first year that the millennials were born, the people who claimed to be in the millennial generation. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68