Talking Cars (MP3)
Hosted by Jeff Bartlett and Jon Linkov · Consumer Reports
4.4from 497 ratings
- 540
- Episodes
- 97
- Transcribed
- 497
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
- 212M
- YouTube views
About Talking Cars (MP3)
Join our experts at the Consumer Reports Test Track as they discuss cars, answer buying questions, and share insights on everything automotive.
- Publisher
- Consumer Reports
- Category
- business · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Mar 2013
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
97 of 540 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Why Do Cars Do This?? The Little Things That Irritate CR Experts
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So you're telling me that while these self-driving and autonomous vehicles can work in Austin, Texas, Arizona, even San Francisco with a moderate climate. Up here in New England, down in Florida where it rains, maybe in Chicago where it snows a lot and has frost, we're not going to be able to do it. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Talking Cars (MP3)
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Mike Monticello
- Mike Crossen
- Consumer Reports' resident 'tire guys'
- Mike Quincy
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 211,787,413
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 436 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 61 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
Contact Talking Cars (MP3)
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Talking Cars (MP3)?
Jeff Bartlett and Jon Linkov host the show. Published by Consumer Reports.
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