NEWS:
01:11 – Automotive Sculpting
38:35 – Dr. Data
44:35 - Will Waymo make the Pacifica the real Taxi of tomorrow?
55:38 – Automakers push performance cars and automated EVs: schizophrenic or market savvy?
59:05 – Flying cars: flights of fancy?
1:03:45 – Acura TLX

SPECIAL GUEST: Don Tocco, Author & Artist

PANEL: John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production; Henry Payne, The Detroit News

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Vehicle: 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk
Price (as driven): $46,435

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NEWS:
02:38 – 2018 Buick Enclave
28:56 – Doctor Data
32:12 – AAA Study on Electric Vehicles
40:30 – Volvo to begin building first EV in China
48:10 – Dodge Demon & “The Fate of The Furious”
54:05 – GM adds 1,100 people in San Fran for Cruise Automation

SPECIAL GUEST: Jace Stokes, Product Manager, Buick Enclave
TOPIC: 2018 Buick Enclave

PANEL: Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production; Joann Muller, Forbes.com; Mike Austin, Autoblog

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Vehicle: 2017 Hyundai Ioniq
Hybrid Starting Price: $23,035
EV Starting Price: $30,335

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John McElroy from Autoline.tv and Gary Vasilash of Automotive Design & Production get a first hand look at some of the big announcements from the floor of the New York Auto Show where they talk 2-on-1 with special guests:

01:42 – Bill Fay, Sr. VP, Automotive Operations, Toyota Motor Sales
12:30 – Randy Parker, VP INFINITI Americas
23:45 – David Woodhouse, Design Director, The Lincoln Motor Company

34:35 - And joining the roundtable with analysis on the whole show are two east coasters who cover the auto industry:

- Sam Fiorani, VP, AutoForecast Solutions
- Jim Henry, freelance auto writer

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It’s a great time to be a brake manufacturer in the automotive industry, like Brembo. Muscle cars aren’t dying off, they seem to be surging and high-power electric cars are starting to gain some traction as well. And what’s one thing they all need? Brakes. Here’s Dan Sandberg, President and CEO of Brembo North America to fill us in on what the company’s up to.

You might be thinking that having a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT would be enough. Not so. Here’s the Trackhawk. The shorthand is that it’s the Jeep Hellcat, but there’s more to it than that.

With the market shift to SUVs, Toyota is looking for a vehicle that will appeal to millennials. What it came up with is the FT-4X. It’s a vehicle that looks rugged, yet casual and easy going. And the best part is, Toyota will gauge people’s reaction to see if it’s a vehicle it would ever come out with. And as we note here, it looks pretty production possible.

One of the big questions with the Dodge Demon is, why a car like this? As Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands for FCA-North America says it’s a way to build the brand up by bringing its vehicles out of the enthusiast world and into the mainstream. And it held back five key stats on the Demon to keep us all engaged.

VW was decimated by it’s emissions scandal, but now it’s putting that behind it and getting on with the job of selling cars. The early results look good. And here’s how VW plans to put the pedal to the metal, sales wise.