In this episode of Joyride we have our very first guest on the show.  She has been involved behind the scenes helping Pete and I craft Joyride into existence and not just some half baked hair brain idea in our heads.  Sarah Hunyadi is our first guest and she dives into a bit of her car history.  As well as sharing her story of taking the driving test a few times.  Finally, we get her impressions on a few cars as we play hot or not. 

In this episode of Joyride we talk a bit about a few scandals facing the car industry.  Nissan’s ex CEO is on the run and BMW is caught fudging sales figures.  Ford also plans to add 3000 jobs to it’s factories in the USA.  Plus we take a look at a study done to see which cars get the most speeding tickets.

Carlos Ghosn article

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50959620

Ford’s job article

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/12/17/ford-invests-adds-jobs-southeast-michigan-plants.html

BMW fudging sales numbers

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-north-america-sales-punching-sec-investigation/

Speeding tickets article

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2019/08/17/vehicles-cars-most-tickets/2016498001/

Episode 5:  This is our last episode of 2019 so we take a look at a few cars going away from the North American market this year.  Then we break down car of the year from various publications and come to what we think Joyride’s car of the year would be.  

Cars going away in 2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/12/18/discontinued-cars-trucks-ford-chevrolet-fiat-buick-cadillac-toyota/4298551002/

Road & Track Car of the Year

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-comparison-tests/a29640493/2020-performance-car-of-the-year/

MotorTrend Car of the Year

https://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-corvette-c8-2020-car-of-the-year/

Top Gear 2019 awards

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/tg-awards-2019/revealed-2019-top-gear-awards-winners#1

Autocar 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/britains-best-drivers-car-2019-meet-contenders

In this episode of Joyride we play our first game of Track, Daily, Crush.  The auto enthusiast version of Sex, Marry, Kill.  The three models on the block this week are the Mustang GT350, BMW M2, and the Porsche Cayman S.  Then we dig into the JDM market.  After that we share a recap of the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Montu motors

https://montumotors.com/

The Tesla Cybertruck is unveiled and we go over all the details.  Before that we take a slight detour into our mutual confusion for the hatchback and wagon.  Then a left turn into the world of electric vs petrol in a discussion for the future of vehicles.  We’ll get there eventually.

Tesla Truckula

https://www.thegate.ca/tech-gadgets/039695/meet-the-truckla-the-worlds-first-tesla-pickup-truck/

Rivian Truck

https://rivian.com/

Singer 

http://singervehicledesign.com/works/

In this episode of Joyride we look forward to 2020.  What new cars are on the horizon and what are we hyped to see on the road this year?  We also issued our first car challenge.  5k of fun money and what do you buy?   

2020 Corvette

https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/2020-Chevrolet-Corvette-side.jpg?fit=around%7C875:492

C7 Corvette

https://www.c7carbon.com/images/product_pictures/CCC7-Z06-SS-CF.jpg

On our very first episode of Joyride we talk about where it all started.  Where did our love of cars come from?  In that same vein what was our first car?  How did that choice impact our lives going forward?

Thunderbird interior

https://consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/94113141991905.jpg

Accord

https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/qFIPLTCZtdgifKlT.large