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Mercedes has built a very special coupe that reminds us of something American; the luxury car market is falling apart; apparently Teslas are more dangerous than their competition; and Patreon questions include:
- Is a Lotus as exciting as my supercharged S2000?
- Will spyware ruin enthusiast cars?
- When a car comparison goes wrong for the OEM
- Audi RS3 + 718 GT4 = what?
- Automotive underdogs we root for
- Waymo dropped me in the middle of the road
- Can Porsche solve the sporty EV problem?
- Cars we missed the boat on
- Getting comfortable on camera
- Terrible specs that are hard to sell
- Infiniti G37 convertible thoguhts
- And more!
Recorded September 11, 2026
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