This week Nicole and her husband compare the 2024 Jeep Wrangler 4XE to their 2022 model that they own. Robbie takes the Kia EV9 on a snowboarding trip and is unimpressed by the new Lincoln Nautilus. Sam drives the 2024 Polestar 2 dual motor per

Faster Than Magma

21 days ago 1h 31m

This week, friend of the show Perry Stern is filling in for Robbie and he's been driving the Mercedes-AMG GLB. Nicole tries out the latest variant of Honda's pickup truck the off-road-ish Ridgeline Trailsport and Sam has the Acura TLX Type-S.Pe

Jumping Raptors

26 days ago 2h 19m

While Robbie is off doing some late winter snow boarding, Nicole and Sam are holding down the fort. Nicole has been driving Buick's new entry level model, the Envista and the Hyundai Palisade. Meanwhile Sam had the new Toyota Prius Limited AWD

Touch The Vent Not The Screen

Mar 16th, 2024 1h 24m

This week Sam has been driving the Honda Passport Trailsport.Sam assesses the new Lincoln Nautilus and likes the big screen, but there are other issues. Don't forget to check out the video Sam and Nicole did with the Nautilus. Porsche is finall

Return of the Gremlin

Mar 10th, 2024 1h 40m

This week Sam has been driving the Genesis Electrified G80. Robbie was picking speakers for his band in the Land Rover Defender 130 and Nicole has the Infiniti QX60.The core of Henrik Fisker's original design for the Karma continues to live on,

Who Cares About Efficiency?

Mar 5th, 2024 1h 52m

This week Nicole is driving the Ford Maverick Tremor, Robbie has the Range Rover plug-in hybrid and Sam has new Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road.We've got lots of news this week. After a decade of work and billions of dollars spent, Apple has apparan

What's Happening at Jeep?

Feb 25th, 2024 2h 25m

This week Robbie got to spend some time with something really fast, the new McLaren 750s. Meanwhile, Nicole and Sam had some more pedestrian rides. Nicole got a few days with the Volkswagen ID.7 as well as the Jeep Hornet PHEV. Sam had the Toyo

Testing Tires

Feb 20th, 2024 1h 48m

Robbie is back from Colorado where he attended the Bridgestone winter driving school and spent time with the Toyota Rav4 and 4Runner in the snow. He also rented a Ford Transit van to move ping-pong tables and drove a Kia Carnival. Nicole has be

Killing Unused Features

Feb 13th, 2024 2h 33m

Robbie is off visiting some family this week, but even with just Nicole and Sam it's a long episode. Sam has been burning up the gas in a Ford F-250 XL 4x4 while Nicole has a much more reasonably sized Subaru Outback.Nicole and Sam were both in

Bringing Back Hybrids

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 32m

This week Sam is driving a very luxurious and pricey version of the J300 Land Cruiser in the form of the Lexus LX600. Robbie has been trying out the 2024 Ford Mustang Premium Ecoboost and Nicole had Toyota Prius.Nicole has first thoughts on dri

Lucy With the Football

Jan 28th, 2024 1h 52m

Nicole has been having some fun with the Mazda 3 Turbo while Robbie has the Subaru Impreza RS. Sam is driving the most affordable Buick in a long time in the form of the new Envista.In the news, Chevrolet has revealed a second completely differ

Dealers be Dealering

Jan 22nd, 2024 2h 3m

This week, Nicole has the Mazda CX-50 in a disappointing color, Robbie has the Range Rover Velar in one of the 8 available non-colors and Sam is driving the Chevrolet Trailblazer in Cacti Green.In the news, Jeep teases the upcoming Wagoneer S E

Tell Me A Dinosaur Story

Jan 15th, 2024 2h 5m

Sam and Robbie survived another year of CES and have lots to discuss. Sam has been driving the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid since returning. Nicole has had the Hyundai Tucson and Robbie got to ride the Honda Motocompacto at CES.At CES, lar

And The Winners Are...

Jan 5th, 2024 1h 21m

This week Sam and Robbie both have large, luxury, three-row SUVs with turbocharged inline-six cylinder engines. Robbie has the BMW X7 and Sam has the Cadillac Escalade Platinum diesel.In the news we have the winners of the 2024 North American C

We Can't Have Nice Things

Dec 31st, 2023 1h 14m

This week, Sam has been driving the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce and Nicole shares her experience renting a Volvo XC60 diesel in Switzerland.Daihatsu which only briefly sold its small cars in the US in late 1980s and early 1990s reveals that for m

Winter Socks for Tires

Dec 27th, 2023 2h 15m

Nicole is back and she has the new Honda Accord Hybrid Sport! Robbie is back and he's got thoughts on the Volvo C40 and Electrify America! Sam gets a bunch of electric miles out of the Alfa Romeo Tonale Ti eAWD.In the news, the Chevy Blazer EV

Strategic Crown Vic Reserve

Dec 16th, 2023 1h 51m

This week Robbie and his wife are visiting New York for the holidays and Nicole and her hubbie are hitting the Christmas markets along their European river cruise route. Fortunately, Stephanie Brinley is back to join Sam. Steph has been driving

Are We Ready To Swap?

Dec 10th, 2023 1h 39m

Tanya joins us again this week as Nicole's European Christmas vacation continues. She spent time with the Toyota Sequoia and the Honda Civic sedan. Meanwhile Sam spent a week with the updated BMW X5 eDrive50 that went 45 miles on a charge of th

Better Late Than Never?

Dec 3rd, 2023

This week Sam drove the 2024 GMC Canyon AT4 and guest host Tanya Gazdik tells us about her experience with a rental Jeep Renegade in Utah and the new Honda Civic. Tanya also got a first drive in the new Toyota Tacoma. Almost 4 years to the day

Better Late Than Never?

Dec 2nd, 2023 1h 42m

Not A Daily Driver

Nov 26th, 2023 1h 56m

It's just Robbie and Sam today as Nicole starts a European vacation with her hubbie. Next week we should have a third participant. Sam drove the 2024 Ford F-250 King Ranch which is a really impressive truck for doing work, but trucks this size

Frunk-Gating

Nov 21st, 2023 1h 44m

This week Sam drove the 2024 Hyundai Kona and also got a bit of wheel time in the new Volvo EX30. Nicole got another stint in the Subaru Crosstrek, this time in sport trim.In the news, there's lots of stuff from the LA Auto Show including the 2

Appropriately Named

Nov 12th, 2023 1h 43m

This week it's just Nicole and Sam. Since she last joined us, Nicole has been driving a fabulous wagon, the Volvo V60 Cross-Country and the Mercedes-AMG GLS 63 high-performance SUV. Sam has had the Chevrolet Tahoe RST with a big, classic Americ

Don't Call It A Hybrid

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 32m

Nicole is on the road this week so it's just Sam and Robbie. But Robbie was flying back and forth to Singapore so he didn't drive anything. Sam had the new Subaru Impreza and a short stint with the Kia EV9.In the news, details of the Stellantis

The Tardis of EVs

Oct 29th, 2023 1h 43m

Sam is back from Korea and Japan and has driven the 2024 Chevrolet Trax. Nicole has the Ford Maverick Tremor and spends time riding on a GoCycle e-Bike. Robbie spent the week with the Subaru Crosstrek.In the news, Sam has highlights from the Ja