From The Corkscrew, Where Are The Sport Wagons, 20 Years Of Looking | Episode 1,046
5/19/202650 min
The guys are at Laguna Seca while at a Hooked On Driving event, and podcasting near the top of the corkscrew! Spot the GR Yaris going by at the first minute.They take on debates for Annie in CO, who is an enthusiast mom looking for a manual sport wagon or hatch. Then, Brian R. has spent 20 years looking at fun cars, but hasn’t really found something he loves. What should he get? Car Conclusions include the new Evora 400 bought by Matthew T., and a 39-year-old Supra Turbo for Jared F. in MN! Audio-only MP3 is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and 10 other platforms. Look for us on Tuesdays if you’d like to watch us debate, disagree and then go drive again! 00:00 - Intro 0:46 - Lotus Announces New Engines + Powertrains! 7:59 - Car Debate #1: Sport Wagon For A Working Mom 21:56 - Car Debate #2: 20 Years Of Looking At Cars 32:31 - Car Conclusion #1: Blowing The Budget By $15K 34:00 - Car Conclusion #2: Aunt’s 1987 Supra Turbo Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe to our two YouTube channels. Write to us your Topic Tuesdays, Car Conclusions and those great Car Debates at everydaydrivertv@gmail.com or everydaydriver.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTodd Deeken· Host0:00
[engine roaring] All right. We're obviously not in studio right now. It's pretty clearly obvious by both the picture and the audio. If you're watching, you can see that's the corkscrew with, uh, the last car I expected coming down it right now.
Paul Schmucker· Host0:20
Oh, a few more, I guess.
Todd Deeken· Host0:21
We are at- Just throwing the checkered. We are at a Hooked on Driving track day, our own Hooked on Driving track day here at Laguna Seca. We've been here for a couple of days at the finish of our latest Monterey adventure.
Paul Schmucker· Host0:30
Amazing. Yeah, if you know, uh, the top of the corkscrew, you know exactly where we're at. This is pretty much the place for getting the best photos up here. But welcome back, guys. We've got a couple of car debates, car conclusions, uh, some Hooked on Driving updates for tracks and track days near you, and a little bit of news up front about Lotus.
Todd Deeken· Host0:46
Lotus news.
Paul Schmucker· Host0:47
Kind of interesting.
Todd Deeken· Host0:48
I... Mm, interesting, horrifying. It could be a little bit of both. [engine roaring] This is being reported lots of places, and I'm wondering how it affects my car 'cause I have the 2024- Yeah ... Emira, the V6 supercharged. That's a Toyota motor, but that's going away. Now, Toyota's already stopped using that motor. Geely Lotus bought a bunch of them.
Paul Schmucker· Host1:08
Mm-hmm.
Todd Deeken· Host1:09
But they have the AMG alt. Apparently, they're throwing out both those motors for a joint venture called HORSE Power Trains. HORSE.
Paul Schmucker· Host1:17
[laughs] It weighs only 160 kilograms, 353 pounds, that HORSE says makes it 22 pounds lighter than any other V6 currently in production.
Todd Deeken· Host1:27
That is one of those stats that a marketing person