Tran Girlismo

Hello! In this episode we invite our old friend, author, and fellow podcaster Kevin McCauley! We catch up a bit on what we've all been up to in the past five years since the girls left Texas, and offer a lengthy digression about what Porsche calls their early fuel injection systems. (Hint: It's CIS.) Then we dive into a discussion of what Porsche Influencer Magnus Walker is up to on the heels of his newest Sotheby's hypebeast starter kit auction.Check out Kevin's absolutely incredible book, Waiting For The Sun To Come Down at Carrera Media! And if you want more Kevin you can listen to him (biannually) on New For '96! He also has a fantastic YouTube channel for automotive photographers called Capturing The Machine!Referenced Stories: Listen to Be Gay, Solve Crimes [and give them money also on Patreon]The video Kevin and I made together on the roof of the parking garage in Houston on his YT channelThe Iraqi Burn Pit scandal @The VAThe LC500 video Kevin and I made together in Galveston (also on his YT channel)The Nine Foot Tall Energia-Buran Model That Kevin Referenced That Blew Up Victoria's Entire Life [more photos on Flickr]The story Victoria mentioned being a specific press trip she would not name @This PatreonThe story Victoria mentioned about rally cars in Vermont that no one read @Motor1Kevin's "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile" Porsche 911 flight/road trip @AutoweekFerdinand Porsche's Elefant Tank DestroyerVictoria's photos from Modern Aircooled in Houston @FlickrVictoria's review of Kevin's 911 @The Drive[I will probably finish updating these notes sometime tomorrow, 3/12! - Victoria]Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

Hello! In this episode, Jordan starts us off with genuinely one of the funniest jokes Victoria's ever heard in her podcasting career during a discussion of how we like to fly. We then discuss the fact that Volkswagen is almost certainly going to whiff on launching Scout (remember Scout?) because The Vibes Are Off. Then we give the fans what they DEMAND and deep-dive into the train wreck of STELLANTIS on the heels of them losing Twenty Six Billion Dollars. Then Jordan gives me the scoop on a BDS-compliant Forza Horizon, aka "TDU: Solar Crown", and how we miss when car games were still fun.Also sorry about the little bit of background noise from me, Victoria, I absolutely had to run the dishwasher because I had run out of clean forks and we record right before I eat dinner. I promise I will be better about doing my silverware.Editor's Note: P.J. O'Rourke is dead.Referenced Stories: Volkswagen Delaying Scout??? @TheDriveThe Microbus concept Victoria had a Barbiemobile @eBayOriginal Plan for Scout Validation Vehicles In 2026 @Car And DriverS. Korean Former PM Sent To Jail Forever @BBCAmtrak Cancels Plans To Replace Bilevel Cars (Superliners) @TrainsVW Still Selling Tons Of EVs In Europe @ArsTechnicaEdmunds Loves The Model Y??? @EdmundsVW Changes ID.4 To ID.Tiguan @AutomotiveNewsTim Walz Has a Scout. Too Bad He Sucks @LA TimesTim Walz Pulled Over Drunk Driving His Miata @Time (NOTE: He was doing 96 MPH, not 103 MPH, at the time of his arrest. This publication regrets the error.)Stellantis Lose $26.3 Billion Dollars @FreepNew Pacifica @MotorTrendRAM REV cancelled @Car And DriverStellantis PHEVs Cancelled @AutomotiveNewsEdmunds "Sick Of" Their Charger EV @InsideEVsFiat Struggles @Club AlfaFiat Struggles (Europe Edition) @araMORE HEMI, SAYS FILOSA @AutomotiveNewsEuropean Diesels Coming Back @ForbesDodge Challenger: America's Id @JalopnikThe Aston Martin V12 Vantage Top Gear SegmentFrancis Fukuyama's InstagramBDS Movement Target MicrosoftThe Giant Bomb TDU2 Video

On this episode of Tran Girlismo it's time to break down the First Brands collapse, so strap in for the most transgender explanation of shadow banking and private equity you'll hear this week. Also, Jordan fills Victoria in on Renault/Alpine's F1/WEC implosion. Then we exercise our right to make this podcast a little bit of a photography show because we wanna, and talk about private equity again in the context of the Kodak Alaris/Eastman Kodak split and the surprising direct distribution of Ektar and Ektachrome!Kodak if you're listening we'll both sell out for a pallet full of Ektachrome :)Referenced stories:Raybestos shut down @Motor12019 study on private equity job loss impacts @WaPoPrivate equity failure rate @CFA InstitutePrivate equity discussion @The GuardianRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s video with Kid Rock and cold-dippin' jeans @Instagram HHSThe 1963 Salad Oil Scandal @Well There's Your ProblemFirst Brands bankruptcy filing @The GuardianFirst Brands sues Patrick James @D&O DiaryFirst Brands creditors noticing their money is gone @ReutersFirst Brands fallout @ReutersMorningstar DBRS report on First Brands collapseFederal Indictment of the two brothers @DOJPatrick James story about his secretive life @Financial Times (archived)Tricolor collapse @DealershipGuyJamie Dimon cockroaches quote @CNNIMF $4.5 trillion dollar study @The EconomistRecaro bankruptcy (Jordan meant Recaro, not Sparco) @TheDriveGM has urgent meetings with suppliers @AutomotiveNewsAlso, apparently the Pacifica PHEV did get canned apparently???? But they still have the 2026 model for sale on their website. We're doing a full-bore Stellantis episode in the very near future though don't worry!Alfa Romeo pissed off about Dodge Hornet @The DriveNew engine rules for F1 @F1Renault cans F1 engine program at the end of 2025 @Autoweek"Crashgate" controversy @WikipediaAlpine canning WEC in exchange for increased focus on F1 @BloombergAlpine still flirting with America with a crossover @Car And DriverLamborghini out of WEC @Motorsports NetworkEastman Kodak reintroducing direct distribution @DPReviewEktar and Tri-X sold directly via Eastman Kodak @PetapixelKodak structural racism @Medium (Madeline M. Dovi)Kodak Alaris sold to Kingswood Capital @DPReviewOur intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

Hello! In our first bonus episode, we discuss how I could have been JD Vance, and also try to cover as many reader questions as possible while drinking and stoned after recording for three straight hours! This is a very loose episode so please expect it to be such; we might add more structure in the future so if this wasn't your bag, please suggest some ideas and we're open to them!Thanks so much for subscribing and giving us money so I can pay rent; we truly hope you enjoy! Jordan edited this one, give her a little round of applause, also!!

Hello! In this episode, we discuss the Ferrari Luce interior (feat. Squircle King Jony Ive), the (possible?) death of the Porsche 718 EV, and Victoria puts on her hammer-and-sickle hat to discuss why she thinks Waymo could be good, but probably won't be. We also shout out Thomas Sabula, the sole man at Ford more powerful than Jim Farley. Go off, king.First bonus episode coming later this week for Patreon subscribers!!!Referenced stories: Jony Ive/Ferrari Luce Interior Teaser Pics @JalopnikJony Ive/OpenAI iO concept design (I thought this concept rendering I saw floating around was the real thing - it's not; they've just vaguely gestured at the idea of a wearable. Jony, you could still surprise me by not using aluminum and glass in the final design. Bet you won't)Porsche dropping the 718 EV? Who Knows!!!! @TheDrivePorsche in the US market @AutoblogEV sales falling in America in 2025 @TheDriveWaymo hits child @SFGateRobotaxis looooooove crashin' @ElectrekApocryphal story of Musk's hatred of the color yellow in his factories @IntelligencerMitch McConnell's sister in law drowns in Tesla crash @BBCCruise disengagement statistic @CNBCWaymo runs over cat in the Mission @axiosWaymo customer wealth @ForbesCruise false reports about pedestrian impacts @BayAreaNBCMy DDR bandanna drip @bskySource for cost estimates on Waymo compute stack @CBTNewsOne Hundred Ten Billion Dollars @RedditThomas Sabula Dudes Rock Moment @Road And TrackOur intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

Our first guest episode is here! On this episode we welcome November Kelly of No Gods, No Mayors, Trashfuture, Well There's Your Problem, and Kill James Bond! In this episode, Victoria gets a crash-course in who Lewis Hamilton's new girlfriend Kim Kardashian is, our hosts attempt to process the knowledge that Jeffrey Epstein couldn't successfully import a Toyota Century, we collectively try to untangle the mess of British masculinity that is Top Gear, and the two of us make November rank every single Bond car on a scale of 1-1,000,000. This is a very loose episode, but it was extremely fun and we hope you enjoy! Thank you so much to November for joining us. Our first bonus episode will be coming next week, as well!Links to referenced stories:Lewis Hamilton dating Kim Kardashian?Lula's Hip Hop hat.Epstein's Toyota Century emails.Ghislaine Maxwell in the SLR McLaren.Amtrak's questionable X.com post.New Grand Tour hosts.Throttle House Youtube Channel.Victoria on Kill James Bond! on Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift.Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!Deep thank you to takofoodtruck for the Nikon F6 and being a fantastic fan!!!

Hello! In this episode (which is not a 1.3GB .wav file this time!) we realize we accidentally became Important at Work and now lots of people want to listen to us. Luckily, the universe bestowed us with an incredible piece of Content for episode two: The America250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C. (in the middle of August!) Also, we discuss the end of Tesla's Model S and X, the end of the Santa Cruz, and run through the Indycar calendar to decide which races are actually still worth going to.New intro music is 'oops i did too much k while listening to toby fox on repeat' off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!Jordan & I have decided we're going to try and make this a Wednesdays-show with a bonus episode for Patreon subs, btw. No worries if you can't afford a sub, you will still get plenty of us.Some links to stories we reference:Gavin's incredibly thoughtful review of the show @their blog.Indycar's America250 Grand Prix @NBC News.Trump Phone Weekly Updates! @The Verge.Tesla Cancels S & X @The Verge.Optimus Robot Passes Out @Youtube.Ferrari FF First Drive (Dan Neil) @WSJ via Internet Archive.All Supercars Should Be Rally Cars (Matt Farah) @R&T.New S-Class Overview @Car And Driver.Hyundai Santa Cruz Cancelled @Driving(dot)ca.Subaru Baja @Achewood.

Hello! Here is my attempt at a podcast with my good friend Jordan Hoffstetter! The premise: two car journalists who want to stop loving cars but can't make themselves stop. In this episode we lay out our premise, discuss the challenges of car enthusiasm in 2026 (HINT HINT IT'S MOSTLY THE DECLINE OF EMPIRE AND LATE CAPITALISM), and talk about how Jerome Powell making a hostage video bodes poorly for The Automotive Industry.As an aside, I'm working on getting these on Spotify and Apple Podcasts still; please bear with me while I try and figure it out!Some referenced stories:Rory Carroll Chiron review @Jalopnik.Zampella crash @Grassroots Motorsports.Cybertruck cultural critique @R&T.Kate Wagner F1 critique @R&T.Renault Twingo on the PCH @The Autopian.Dodge Challenger: America's Id @Jalopnik.Akio's Vance shirt @R&T.