Podcast Episode 50 - 50th Episode Spectacular feat. Lucas Urban

What do you do when you reach a milestone like 50? Throw a BBQ, get your friends together, and talk cars like you always do. We have been away for a minute so there was lots to talk about including more Corolla GR news, JDM goodness being brought back from the dead, and how the auto news industry sucks. All this news was made even better because we are joined by the man starting a firestorm in GRIDLIFE Sundae Cup, Lucas Urban. Its a great one.

Trucks

• Behold our lord and savior, TUNDAR - https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-chinese-toyota-tundra-ripoff-is-a-three-cylinder-truck-named-the-tundar?utm_campaign=trueanthem_AI&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=thedrive

• But really, this is the better small truck - https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-company-is-turning-used-corollas-into-35k-compact-electric-pickups

• Dont call it an SUV, but lets be real it is one - https://twitter.com/Ferrari/status/1569732768220827648

EV’s 

• 7 NEW 2017 Ford Focus EV’s show up in Colorado Junkyard - https://www.instagram.com/p/CiqqQGspQ3I/?igshid=MTA0ZTI1NzA%3D

• Fastest EV to 60 is a student built car - https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128923148/german-students-break-the-world-record-for-fastest-accelerating-electric-car-aga

Old is new again in the JDM Space

• Company builds NA Miata Speedster with ND running gear - https://carbuzz.com/news/single-seater-na-mazda-miata-speedster-packs-nd-mx-5-power

• New 2JZ blocks from Dart - https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a41573338/dart-2jz-block/

• Nissan partnering with Mercury Japan to produce 30 new SR20DET’s - https://www.carscoops.com/2022/09/nissan-partners-with-japanese-dealer-to-build-new-sr20det-engines/

Automotive News is a Joke

• The internet becomes abuzz about new Honda sports car that got “caught” on camera, come to find out its an old concept they showed off years ago, way to go journalism, print headlines first, ask questions later - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41103529/honda-mystery-sports-car-spy-pictures/

• #RendersAreNotNews 

Other

• The guy I sold my GRIDLIFE ticket to went and dominated ClubTR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFal0sslE-I

• GR Corolla comes in “just under” 37k - https://jalopnik.com/2023-toyota-gr-corolla-base-price-37-000-options-specs-1849498519