Autotown with Jamie Butters

Jamie Butters
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Automotive journalist Jamie Butters dives deep weekly into discussions with auto industry experts on the current happenings into the industry. Make sure you pull over when you get to Autotown every Saturday at 7 a.m. on WJR.

  1. 6d ago

    Autotown Radio 10 — Nora Eckert, Jana Askeland, Chris Thomas

    Host Jamie Butters is joined by guest co-host Nora Eckert to discuss General Motors earnings and one U.S. company’s effort to replace Chinese connected-car components. They Browse the Dealership Lot with Jana Askeland, content creator and founder of Real Moms Car Tour. She shares her thoughts on the Hyundai Palisade — her own daily driver — and whether men tend to prefer the design of the Kia Telluride. Jamie and Nora Stop at the Coffee Shop to discuss opportunities for mobility startups in the defense industry with Chris Thomas, co-founder and partner at Assembly Ventures. At the Town Hall, they discuss Autotownies’ priorities in luxury vehicles.

  2. Jul 22

    Autotown Podcast 9 — Joel Feder, Juan Acosta

    Host Jamie Butters and guest co-host Joel Feder from The Drive take a Drive Around the Block to discuss new leaders for Jeep and Ram, a possible new Honda plant and that time when Joel got swarmed by police. They Stop at the Coffee Shop to discuss Toyota’s new standard incident recorders with Juan Acosta, senior manager, location-based services for Toyota North America. At the Town Hall, Jamie and Joel share what they love most about luxury vehicles.

  3. Jul 22

    Autotown Podcast 8 — Dana Hull, Mike Murphy

    Jamie Butters and guest co-host discuss the three-row Model Y and whether Tesla will merge with SpaceX. They Stop at the Coffee Shop to talk about California’s new electric-vehicle incentives with Mike Murphy. At the Town Hall, the three of them discuss EV road trips.

  4. Jul 18

    Autotown Radio — July 18, 2026

    Host Jamie Buttes is joined by Joann Muller, transportation correspondent with Axios, to discuss Lucid’s stock scare, autonomous vehicle safety rules and electric-vehicle road trips. They Stopped at the Coffee Shot to chat with Kate Kalutkiewicz, trade policy lead at McLarty Associates in Washington, D.C. Then they Browse the Dealership Lot with Henry Payne, car critic at The Detroit News, to talk about the Cadillac Lyriq. This episode was originally aired on WJR 760 AM in Detroit.

  5. Jul 14

    Autotown Radio — full episode, July 11, 2026

    Jamie Butters is joined by Michael Wayland, autos reporter for CNBC, to discuss Toyota’s expansion in Texas, Fiat’s quadricycle and demand for used EVs. They Stop at the Coffee Shop to chat with Eric Ledieu, vice president of Infiniti Americas, about the brand’s product plan, and Browse the Dealership Lot with Stephanie Brinley, associate director of AutoIntelligence at Mobility Global, to talk about the Rivian R2. At the Town Hall, Jamie and Mike talk about consumer incentives and EV road trips.

  6. Jul 8

    Autotown Podcast 7 — Rick Wainschel, Bill Koenig

    Jamie Butters and guest co-host Bill Koenig discuss Canadian union negotiations while USMCA is in flux as well as the “worst Bond car ever.” Then they Stop at the Coffee Shop to talk with Rick Wainschel, VP of analytics for Catalyst IQ, about the record highs being set in the average marketed price.

  7. Jul 6

    Autotown Radio — Kalea Hall, Scott Krugger, Patrick Masterson

    It’s Fourth of July in Autotown! Guest co-host Kalea Hall from Reuters is Riding Shotgun as we talk about auto sales, USMCA and why more automakers are using aluminum instead of copper in wiring. We Stop at the Coffee Shop with Scott Krugger, head of North America design for Stellantis, about the special America 250 editions of certain Chrysler, Dodge, Ram and Jeep models. We Browse the Dealership Lot with Patrick Masterson of Cars.com about its American-Made Index for 2026. And we go to the Town Hall to hear what you all think about what it means to be “Made in America.”

  8. Jul 3

    Autotown Podcast 5 — Lindsay VanHulle, Dariusz Mikulski, Jennifer Tisdale

    Jamie Butters is joined by guest co-host Lindsay VanHulle, deputy editor at Automotive News, to talk about recent EV developments. Then they Stop at the Coffee Shop to talk cyber security with Dariusz Mikulski and Jennifer Tisdale, co-chairs of the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Summit. (Recorded June 22, 2026)

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Automotive journalist Jamie Butters dives deep weekly into discussions with auto industry experts on the current happenings into the industry. Make sure you pull over when you get to Autotown every Saturday at 7 a.m. on WJR.

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