Motor Trend Audio

Motor Trend Audio

By Charlie Vogelheim & Shawn MyersAutomotive
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Motor Trend Audio episodes

  • #25 - Just Like Riding A Bike
    Charlie rides the 100-mile bike ride for the charity, Best Buddies sponsored by Audi. Along the way he talks with Best Buddies founder, Anthony Shriver, his sister and journalist, Maria Shriver, and California's Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom among others.
    42 min
  • #23 - Discovering The World's Great Designers
    The Michelin Challenge Design is a global competition Michelin uses to sense the future of automotive design and how said designs will impact its business. Charlie discusses the theme behind this year's competition and shares insight from judges Freeman Thomas (Director of Strategic Design, Ford Motor Company), Ben Ebel (Design Coordinator, Michelin Design), Stuart Reed (Chair of the Transportation Design Dept. at the Art Center College of Design), and Frank Saucedo (Director, General Motors Advanced Design Studio).
    47 min
  • #22 - Miata Origins
    The three original conceptual designers of the Miata, Bob Hall, Mark Jordan, and Norman Garrett, sit down with Charlie and discuss how the car went from clay to production.
    51 min
  • #20 - Luxury In Luxury
    Charlie and Shawn continue their tour of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. This week, they chat with representatives from Jaguar, Maserati, BMW, Land Rover, and the owner of La Bestioni.
    59 min
  • #19 - The Greatest Week of Autos
    Charlie and Shawn spend the week in Monterey, the automotive mecca better known as the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. We chat again with our good friend Dan Neil, discuss Singer Porches with "Mr. Singer" himself, Rob Dickinson, and interview several others.
    1 hr 6 min
  • #18 - Jaundiced View From Italy
    Charlie has an extended interview with Matt Davis, son of the late David E. Davis Jr. who founded Automobile Magazine. Matt's kept his home and studio in Milan, Italy since 2001 and he shares with us what it's like being the only American car journalist doing this job at a big-league level in Europe.
    49 min
  • #17 - I Think "Eur-on" To Something
    Smiles abound from last week's MINI Takes the States! Peter Rawlinson, the official MINI blogger, joins the show and talks dream garages with Shawn. Charlie stumbles upon a car he's not familiar with--the German built Borgward--and speaks with its owner. Also, Motor Trend Technical Director Frank Markus shares his background in the automotive industry and growing up in the Midwest. Finally, what does it mean to secure Ferrari Classiche's certificate of authenticity and what are the benefits? We find out.
    51 min
  • #16 - Hawk Flies a MINI
    It's an all MINI show as we take a brand new MINI Cooper from San Francisco to Reno on the first leg of MTTS (MINI Takes The States). Along the way we interview "The Birdman" Tony Hawk, Pat McKenna (MINI Product Planning Manager), David Duncan (VP, MINI of the Americas), and Tom Salkowsky (VP, MINI Marketing), while also discussing our take on the new F56 platform.
    31 min

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Host, auto industry veteran, Charlie Vogelheim along with enthusiast Shawn Myers share a variety of automobile related conversations and experiences. These weekly podcasts feature candid interviews…