Michigan's AutoTalk

On Michigan's AutoTalk Episode 39: "The long line to buy Ford's New F-150 Lightning, Ford's e-Crate motor, and NYC's Massive Mach E Deal," producer Phil Tower and hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek welcome Phoebe Wall Howard, a rockstar reporter who covers the automotive industry for the Detroit Free Press. Phoebe gives us the inside scoop on the electrified, sweet-looking 1978 Ford F-100 a story that rocked the automotive world. She also update us on the news that those who put a deposit on Ford F150 Lightnings may soon get a chance to place their order for the all-electric truck, and Phoebe updates us on the massive purchase of Ford Mustang Mach E's for the NYPD!

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Read Phoebe's stories here: https://www.freep.com/staff/2646649001/phoebe-wall-howard/ Ford's Eluminator MACH E ELECTRIC MOTOR: https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE

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On Michigan's AutoTalk Episode 38: "Making the cut...A breakdown of the J.D. POWER 2021 Vehicle Resale Ratings," producer Phil Tower and host Al Schwinkendorf breakdown the J.D Power recently released annual list of vehicles with the best resale value after three years of ownership. Honda received the best resale value award in the mass-market category, while Lexus is the highest-ranked brand in the premium category. For the 2022 model year, J.D Power ranked used-vehicle market performance of 284 models across 29 vehicle segments.

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Michigan's AutoTalk Episode 37: "Alfa Romeos, Jeeps, and Maseratis...an insider's look at dealership life in the age of Covid," producer Phil Tower and host Al Schwinkendorf welcome back Ted Rabourn from Zeigler Auto Grandville. Ted is a product expert for Zeigler Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Grandville and a top-performing client advisor. Ted loves his work and his Alfa Romeo's and he gives us an inside look at the past year for the dealership. Despite a persistent chip shortage, inventory challenges, and a global pandemic, Zeigler Grandville had an incredibly successful 2021, and Ted shared with us some of the reasons why their dealership did so well.

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On Michigan's AutoTalk Episode 36: "Winter driving tips, techniques, and checklists" producer Phil Tower and hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek welcome our friend Sean O'Neill for a spirited discussion on winter driving tips and techniques. We cover everything from tire air pressure in cold weather to avoiding getting stuck, to getting unstuck, and how not to burn out your transmission. Michigan winters can be brutal on your cars and trucks, so that's why this episode is all about making it easier on you and your car or truck!

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On Episode #35: "Auto Reporter Jeff Gilbert on GM's new 'Factory Zero' and voting for the North American Car Of The Year," producer Phil Tower and hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek welcome WWJ Radio/CBS NewsRadio auto analyst, Jeff Gilbert for a behind-the-scenes look at GM's all-new, State of the art facility for building electric vehicles known as, "Factory Zero." Located in Hamtramck, Michigan, Factory ZERO is touted as GM’s first fully dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant. Factory Zero is actually a retooled version of GM's old Detroit-Hamtramck, plant that was built in 1985, and cranked out over 3 million General Motors vehicles. GM says Factory Zero is "one of the most modern automotive plants in the country."

Jeff also discusses his unique role as one of 50 esteemed jurors who get to choose the annual winners for The North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTOY)
These prestigious awards are judged by a jury of 50 professional automotive journalists from the United States and Canada. Jeff explains that the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards are all about honoring excellence in innovation, design, safety, performance, technology, driver satisfaction, and value. The awards were created in 1994 and are the longest-running new-vehicle awards not associated with a single publication, website, radio, or television station. In other words, they're a really big deal and Jeff Gilbert is one of the 50 jurors!

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North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) online: https://northamericancaroftheyear.org/about-nactoy/

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In part 2 of this special two-part episode #34: "More behind the scenes stories of legendary tornado chase vehicle Dominator," producer Phil Tower joins hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek for more stories with Freeport's Kevin Barton. Kevin was commissioned by Forest Hills native Reed Timmer, then the star of Storm Chasers on The Discovery Channel.

In this episode, Kevin talks about Storm Chasers' massive popularity and a memorable nationwide media that brought Kevin to New York City and lots of TV exposure with the stars of the show. By 2010, Storm Chasers on The Discovery Channel had become the #1 reality show on cable and Kevin was along for the ride. Kevin also talked about the massive collaborative effort that helped Dominator stay as badass as always. Kevin also talks about the crazy modifications on Dominator including cannon launchers for weather probes!

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In this special two-part episode #34: "The inside story of legendary tornado chase vehicle Dominator," producer Phil Tower joins hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek for an exclusive conversation with Freeport's Kevin Barton. Kevin was commissioned by Forest Hills native Reed Timmer, then the star of Storm Chasers on The Discovery Channel.

Kevin shares the story of how the Dominator was modified from a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. Some of the many special modifications included adding bulletproof sheet metal and Lexan armor to protect against flying debris from impacting tornadoes.

Kevin tells the amazing story of how this all came together and how not so quietly, the dominator was built inside a garage in tiny Freeport, Michigan.

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In this episode #33: "The bad gas myth-busted, fuel additives, and the real-deal on E-85", producer Phil Tower and hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek to discuss and answer listener Rob's question on what causes "bad gas" (no, not the flatulence kind, silly! ), the drawbacks of using E-85 fuel, and the lowdown on fuel additives. There are a lot of questions and myths about bad gasoline in this episode Al and John become real myth busters.

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In this episode #32: "The inside story on NAPA and The NAPA AutoCare center advantage", producer Phil Tower and hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek welcome guest Russ Paroff, District Sales Manager at NAPA Auto Parts. Russ discusses the advantage of trusting your car repairs to a NAPA AutoCare service center. Today, NAPA-branded stores and AutoCare Centers serve service professionals, do-it-yourselfers, and everyday drivers with NAPA quality parts and supplies to keep cars, trucks, and equipment performing safely and efficiently. NAPA nationwide has more than 500,000 part numbers (*that's a LOT of parts!) which are distributed across 57 distribution centers, 6,000 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores, and more than 16,000 NAPA AutoCare and AutoCare Collision Centers throughout the United States. Oh, and in case you hadn't figured it by now, Verburg's Automotive is a proud NAPA AutoCare Center

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