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We love talking to designers and we are thrilled to engage three of the best. Jason Castriota dropped out of Art Center College of Design for good reason. Karim Habib created an homage to BMW race cars that people want to buy now. Frank Stephenson offers up a remarkable commentary on design that you'll want to listen to more than once.

The Concours d'LeMons celebrates the oddball, mundane and truly awful of the automotive world. Held on the day before the Concours d'Elegance, LeMons is a sarcastic gathering of awful cars, owners and alleged aficionados who obviously have a love for cars that's more than skin deep. Wayne Carini, from the TV show "Chasing Classic Cars" joins in on the fun.

The Quail has become one of the most exclusive gatherings on the calendar of events over the Pebble Beach weekend. There are only a limited number of expensive tickets available. The Quail has a relatively small but incredibly complete group of cars on display. This includes an eclectic collection of historic/collector cars which are surrounded by the newest offerings from the worlds luxury car brands. In and amongst all this are extravagant lifestyle displays along with great food and music. Charlie and Alex got there early to spend the day soaking it all in and found the time to rub elbows with Bentley, Aston Martin and Lamborghini.

This, the second episode from Pebble Beach, covers our attempts to see and do everything we can as the weekend schedule is full of opportunities for anyone who loves cars. We somehow avoid the traffic as we visit the Concours d'LeMons, Concorso Italiano and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion races. Finally, Sunday we spend the day on the fabled fairway at Pebble Beach with some of the world's most fantastic cars. Along the way we meet up with a couple of collector car icons whose companies bear their names--Barry Maguire and McKeel Hagerty.

It's all hands on deck! Charlie, Shawn and Alex set out to plot their descent on the Monterey Peninsula in an effort to cover as much of the "Pebble Beach Weekend" as possible. In this first of many episodes, listen in on the gang sharing their impressions of the cars and events that make this weekend so great.

Charlie joins over 1300 MINIs as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most MINIs in a parade. The parade route goes over the Mackinac Bridge, which joins lower and upper Michigan. We learn to use our hand as a map, get to meet the guys who planned the event, the local police chief and our friends from White Roof Radio.

We return from our time in Asia and kick-off a discussion on the history and reasons behind why most cultures drive on the right side of the road while over a third of the world still drives on the left. We also meet a German auto enthusiast who happens to be a commercial pilot. He buys cars auctioned in Japan and travels the world in search of needed replacement parts.

Mike Floyd, Editor-in-Chief of Automobile, shares his experience of attending the fabled 24 Hours of Le Mans. We also chat with Motor Trend's Editor-at-Large, Angus MacKenzie, to talk more about all things Ferrari.

For the past couple years, Ford has organized a road show of products and technology called the EcoBoost Challenge. We attend one of the stops to experience the vehicles, driving courses and training.

The BMW 3 Series has been the leader of it's segment for many years. Time and time again, competitors have failed to dethrone the best luxury sport sedan on the market. Enter the Jaguar XE. We go behind-the-scenes to report on Motor Trend's August 2015 cover story chronicling the showdown between these two top-shelf sports sedans.