AAH #314 – Presents, Coal, & Chorus

December 18th, 2015 at 11:23am

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Happy Holidays from Autoline! Tis the season for the Annual #AAH “Presents & Coal Show” with Santa John, his elves — Gary, Mark & Scott — with music by the former General Motors Employees’ Chorus.

All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv, Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production, Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, and Scott Burgess, YAHOO!Autos

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AAH #313 – At Mazda, the Sky’s the Limit

December 11th, 2015 at 11:34am

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UP FOR DISCUSSION:

- NACTOY Finalists: Honda snags two out of six slots; Nissan has only “truck” in final three; Neither Volt or Prius make the cut.
- CES Threat to NAIAS? More and more automotive reveals scheduled at CES in Vegas just days before the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
- The Crude Slide: Oil continues to drop as the Saudis announce its pumps are full speed ahead for 2016.

SPECIAL GUEST: Robert Davis, Senior VP, U.S. Operations, Mazda NA

VEHICLE IN STUDIO: 2016 Mazda CX-3

All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv, Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production, and Chris Paukert, CNET.

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AAH #312 – On Site With Nissan Titan XD

December 3rd, 2015 at 2:38pm

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UP FOR DISCUSSION: On site in Arizona at the Nissan Titan XD Media Launch. Get the inside scoop from the experts on:
-the design of the new truck
-the details on the engineering of Titan XD
-the overall program concept
-the marketing/advertising plan for Titan XD

GUESTS: Diane Allen, Senior Manager, Nissan Design America; Rich Miller, Director, Product Planning, Trucks, SUVs, CUVs & Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America; Brent Hagan, Manager, Product Planning, Nissan North America; Phil O’Connor, Director of Marketing, Trucks & SUVs, Nissan North America.

All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production

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