Cars on Call 2Docs & Adams

Car spotting — Adams saw a New VW GTI and loved how it’s a cool sporty car for everyone Steve-0 talks about Air Water Porsche show in Orange County, CaAdams Nissan Z rant  - They took a great car and ruined it!Steve-0 rant — Robert Eaton was a momentous figure in the auto industry, and not for good. If not for him Chrysler would be alive and American rather that Euro and dyingCrazy car deals — Adams went to a Porsche Cars and Coffee and came home with *two* more Porsches. Then Steve-0 talks about a Duke faculty member who sold a crappy old Dodge Omni by bundling it with tickets to the Duke-Michigan basketball game which featured the “Fab Five”

New Renault Alpine A110s were spotted testing in Fla. Will the divine A110 come to the US? We definitely hope so!5/1/2024 is the 30th anniversary of Aryton Sennas death. We discuss this great and complicated figure.Trauma surgeon safetyThe Porsche 911 turbo turns 50 this year. We say happy birthday! Adams talks about its history and evolution then lists the 5 most collectible models. And then the three of us pick our all-time favorite 911 turbo.

A Porsche dealer in Charleston, SC is suing a former sales manager for taking bribes from customers who wanted in-demand cars (think GT3, GT3 RS, 911 S/T, and 911 Turbo S). CoC wonders if this practice isn't more widespread, and why dealerships don't have small committees make these important decisions rather than individual employees.

Finally, Steve-0 takes Mercedes to task for dumping too many EQS BEVs on their dealers (who don't want them), having to cut EQS prices by OMG $20,000, and for insisting on making their heretofore wonderful V8 C63 sedan a four-cylinder hybrid. We predict tepid sales.


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News: Supra isn’t selling. Just 484 in Q1, less than 671 Nissan 400Zs (and way less than 1930 Porsche 911s or 8600 Corvettes).

Car spotting: the sublime 2018 Lexus GSF. Better than that year's BMW M5?

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Infiniti is now irrelevant as a luxury brand. After starting at the same time (and in the same place) as Lexus in 1989 they went from promising newcomer to not quite keeping up to sad also-ran in the luxury car battle.

To prove the point: in 1990 they rivaled Lexus, but in 2024 sales wise they’re equal to, and about to be passed by, Porsche. And that’s despite many Infinitis being sold to rental car companies. We get into it.

Finally Adams gives us a great "This or That": 1973 Datsun 240Z vs 1991 Nissan 300ZX

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#carsoncallpodcast #steveautos #traumasurgeonsafetyWe celebrate the Ford Mustang's 60th birthday!

Stephan goes through the original pony car's 60 years, generation by generation.

Steve-0 talks new Mustang sales: spoiler alert, it sells way better than its competitors, the Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger, both of which are going away.

Then Adams gives us a list of the most collectible Mustangs, and our trauma surgeon Stephan Moran MD goes through important racing Mustangs.

The guys list their all-time favorite racing Mustangs and configure dream collector 'Stangs.

Steve-0 mentions a few memorable press car Mustangs he's driven.

And finally we all configure new Mustangs and discuss why our choice is good and the other guys' are stupid.

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A new Toyota 4Runner is coming and we have a lot to say about it.

Adams spotted a Gen 2 Toyota MR2. He likes it, but Steve-0 doesn't.

Trauma surgeon Stephan Moran MD talks self-driving cars, starting with the recent Tesla settlement with the family of an Apple engineer who died behind the wheel of a Model X using Autopilot in California, and moving on to active driver assistance systems (ADAS), which he believes should always include driver monitoring systems (DMS).

Adams eulogizes the Audi R8, which just went out of production. It was a great car.

Steve-0 discusses Mansory, the luxury car personalization company in Germany that takes high end cars like Rolls Royces or Bentleys and "enhances" them with garish colors inside and out and other outlandish embellishments. We hate.


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News: Q1 new car sales highlights: Bronco/full size pickup sales down, small regular and luxury crossovers up, Maverick killing it.

Adams spots an early 2008 Mercedes SLR McLaren. Both companies expected big success, but things didn't turn out that way.

Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran talks about the recent decrease in highway deaths and how we have a long way to go to reach zero deaths (we're at 42k/yr right now).

Adams rants about BEVs: he doesn't like them and is bothered by how they're not even good for the environment.

The guys pick $10,000 collector cars they'd happily put in their garages.


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