Cars on Call

Toyota is leaning into tough off-road trucks at the exact moment US car buyers are hungry for that. Ford is also doing this (to a lesser extent) but it’s a smart strategy. Where's GM?Trauma surgeon safety combined with a rant about 3rd party vendor Comma.ai who can install software that can take over your car. Yikes!A prominent auto industry observer has recommended that some/any high-end manufacturer should make an ultra high-end SUV, think Escalade size Cullinan. What do we think?#carsoncallpodcast #traumasurgeon #traumasurgeonsafety #ultraluxurysuv #rollsroycesuv #toyota4runner #offroadsuv #fordbronco #comma.ai

Cars on Call Trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran has opinions about new cars connected to cars from the past, think new Volkswagen microbus 1960s edition versus Volkswagen iD Buzz.But our conversation won't be a boring rehashing of that ho-hum discussion. Instead, we get into cool renewed cars, and, of course, disaster re-dos.Nissan 400Z? Yes, well done. Toyota Supra? No, Toyota messed up. And Ford messed up with the early 2000s Thunderbird (Steve-0 has a story). Dr Moran makes the point that Renault's new Renault's BEV R5 is awesome, as is the neo Renault R8. But ultimately, the neo-Cobra being built by South African who wants to keep a low profile (for now).#carsoncallpodcast #traumasurgeon #fordcobra #shelblycobra #neocobra #silhouette

Kimi Antonelli looks to be a generational talent. Maybe.....Ford is bringing back sedans, namely Mustang sedans. Is it a good idea? We think so.Trauma surgeon safety: As ADAS transitions to self-driving, our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran thinks that highway deaths will start to decline,We love old American cars and reminisce about a bunch of old crazy/awesome/weird vehicles that are gone but not forgotten.Finally, Steve-0 gets into how Porsche is implementing a come-back plan that we think will work. We discuss...#carsoncallpodcast #automotivepodcast #mustang #fordmustang #traumasurgeon #traumasurgeonsafety #porsche #porsche911

Car repos are way up. The average cost of a new car in 2026 is $50k, and that plus high gas prices are the main reasons for that. We discuss repos, The deets:Repos are up 20% from 2025. 60% of new car buyers take out a loan, and 24% of buyers have a loan term of 7yrs or more. Ave monthly payment is $777 for a new vehicle.But - lenders don’t actually want to repo cars: Toyota credit loses $13,602 per repoed vehicle. And many vehicles are wrongly repoed, which is a nightmare for lenders (think deployed military members—CarMax recently paid $500k to resolve allegations it improperly repoed 28 military personnel vehicles)On the flip side, over 10,000 repo companies employing over 18,000 employees exist in the US. They charge about $200-500 per repo. And many of these garner thousands of views on YouTube or TikTok. It’s a profitable business.Trauma surgeon safety: the benefits of dashcams. Get one if you don't already have one. Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran gets into it.Car spotting: Car Week auction results are way up. 2026: $755.6Mil final sales total, surpassing even the pandemic-fueled frenzy of 20222025: $432.8mil so $756mil is roughly a 75% jump year-to-year, and it blows past the old Monterey record of $471 million set in 2022.Dr Moran has a rant: The new Aston Martin Valen will sell for $2mil but, regrettably, it looks a lot like the Ford Mustang Darkhorse. Dr Moran and Steve-0 have thoughts.#carsoncallpodcast #mustangdarkhorse #traumasurgeon #traumasurgeonsafety #astonmartin #carweek #carreposession #repoman #astonmartinvalen

Volkswagen took the good looking iDBuzz off the US market prematurely. Thankfully, they're bringing it back. We're happy!Trauma surgeon safety: our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran says, "Don't take the doors off your Jeep Wrangler/Ford Bronco!" There's a reason.Steve-0 discusses the (kinda hard to understand) Personal Luxury Coupe craze of the late 1970s/early 1980s. Was it due to the sexual revolution? Maybe.Finally, Dr Moran says bring on traffic calming and other measures to make our roads safer for drivers and pedestrians.#carsoncallpodcast #carpodcast #traumasurgeonsafety #traumasurgery #vwidbuzz #oldsmobilecutlass #personalluxurycoupe #vwmicrobus #vwbuslove