Special Guest,  Hollywood Car Consultant, Josh Hancock joins Alan as he chat’s about GM announcing that their company Bright Drop is making a fleet of electric delivery vans as well as dropping their new logo.  Alan shift’s gears and shares about his 1977 Bronco and it being his favorite of the original model.  It’s like gold!  Steve Koenig – VP of research at CES jump’s into the passenger seat to talk about the CES event in Las Vegas.  Steve say’s FedEx has signed up to receive the first 500 Pro-Pilot van’s and how 5G will power it’s C-V2x navigation system.  He feel’s it will dominate the navigation industry. Alan shares about the ProPILOT Assist in his wife’s new Nissan Rogue and how it practically drive’s itself.  Automotive Journalist for Autoweek, Automobile Magazine, and Grassroots Motorsports – Steven Cole Smith drift’s in to inform us that the first race for Indy car season will now be in Spring and NASCAR’s driver Haley Deegan get’s a time out and is sent to “sensitivity” training for her inappropriate slang use.   Alan shares about his time with Jay Leno and how they hit the tracks at 120 mph as Steven warms our hunger for racing with info on the Chili Bowl race and that it will be aired on MAVTV.  He end’s his ride as he talks about Daytona’s Roar Before the Rolex 24.  Karl Brauer – Automotive Industry Analyst, Forbes Auto Contributor, NACTOY juror and board member, was in the midst of purchasing a 1988 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350, as his daughter’s first car as he drifted in to talk about the NACTOY winners,  Hyundai Elantra,  Ford F-150, and Ford Mustang Mach-E.  He then talks about the thrill of chasing down the classic.  So slip into the passenger seat and buckle up as we “lap” into this weeks show.

[00:00:00] – Virtual Reality

[00:06:18] – GM New Logo, Hmm?

[00:12:31] – Struck Gold

[00:19:51] – Digital Era

[00:29:28] – BrightDrop, Stop, and Roll Out

[00:35:51] – The Future is Here

[00:42:11] – Tsk Tsk Back To Training

[00:48:42] – Today’s Special, “Chili Bowl”

[00:54:43] – Daytona Hear Me Roar

[01:02:03] – Winners Start Your Engines

[01:12:12] – It’s Electric

[01:18:03] – Thrill of the Chase

CREDITS

Host: Alan Taylor

Producer: Dave Milligan

Audio Engineer: Dave Milligan

Copy Editor: Dave Milligan

Contributor: Steven Cole Smith

Contributor: Karl Brauer

Contributor: Josh Hancock

Contributor: Steve Koenig

Explore More with Helpful Links:

•Contributor: Karl Brauer | Automotive Industry Analyst, Forbes Auto Contributor, NACTY juror and board member.  Executive Analyst for ISeeCars.com and Executive publisher at CarExpert.com

•Contributor: Josh Hancock | JoshCAR Hollywood Car Consultant

•Contributor: Steven Cole Smith | Automotive Journalist for Autoweek, Automobile Magazine and Grassroots Motorsports

•Contributor: Steve Koenig | VP of research at the consumer Technology Association (CES)

Vehicles Discussed: 1988 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350, Ford F-150, Ford Mustang Mach-E, 1977 Ford Bronco, Nissan Rogue

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