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Cars on call is a different kind of podcast. Steve Schutz has been reviewing cars for over 30 years. Stephan Moran is a retired trauma surgeon and motor vehicle safety expert. Adams Hudson is not a doctor but he's a raconteur, car collector and connoisseur, and has a brain full of car oriented details.
Join us as we discuss car topics with unique viewpoints you won’t find anywhere else.
Visit us at carsoncallpodcast.com and send your questions and opinions to comments@carsoncallpodcast.com
Join us as we discuss car topics with unique viewpoints you won’t find anywhere else.
Visit us at carsoncallpodcast.com and send your questions and opinions to comments@carsoncallpodcast.com
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Jeff Bank joins Steve-0 today! They discuss Q3 2025 auto sales: BMW takes the lead in luxury, and Toyota, especially Toyota trucks, are killing it.Jeff's family was involved in two crashes recently, neither their fault, so he gets into how to keep your family safe on our hectic roadways.Steve-0 spotted a 2026 Audi Q5. It was underwhelming.Finally, Jeff attended a Boise PCA mtg, and saw some amazing Porsches, including many Turbos--2025 is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the legendary 930--and other cool vehicles.#carsoncallpodcast #porscheturbo #audiq5 #traumasurgeonsafety #audiq5 #carsoncallpodcast #porscheturbo
The BMW 3-series turns 50 this year, and we celebrate it. We know that it didn't arrive in the US until 2 years later, but that's ok, it's still 50 years old.Our trauma surgeon, Dr Stephan Moran, talks about older cars and how they're not safe compared with new vehicles. He also addresses the particular challenges of teenage and older drivers.CoC addresses the rumored 2027 Toyota Supra V8. We hope Toyota actually makes it, and that if they do, they use a Toyota engine, not something from BMW.Audi will be phasing out the RS3 sedan, which means they will no longer sell an in-line 5-cylinder engine. That's a big deal, because those engines have been critical to the brand for more than 40 years. We get into it.#carsoncallpodcast #automobile #audiquattro #5cylinder #traumasurgeonsafety #toyotasupra #bmw3series #bmwm3
Is the BMW X5 the most successful vehicle over the last 25yrs? Seems like it to me. It's been a trailblazer in its segment since its launch in 2000, and it's a financial juggernaut making BMW NA an estimated $1billion dollars of profit every year. We get into it.CoC trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran discusses whiplash and its cost both to victims' health and our economy. Then he teaches us how to minimize the risk of getting whiplash if you're ever in a vehicle that's hit from behind.Nissan is in big trouble and may not survive. While it appears the company has some good products coming, Nissan has released very little details. No problem Nissan, CoC has a bunch of ideas that will certainly turn everything around, starting with a Raptor-ized Frontier pickup and ending with a Crosstrek-ized Sentra, with many other recommendations in between. And yes, we have ways to fix Infiniti too.Rumors say the GMC Syclone and Typhoon from the early '90s may be returning. We are psyched and discuss in detail.#carsoncallpodcast #traumasurgeonsafety #BMWX5 #BMWNA #BMWUSA
Audi has been sagging for about 5yrs, mostly because they over-spent on BEV tech while under-spending on internal combustion/hybrid tech. To help turn things around Audi plans to reverse that course, make a new TT, and go into Formula 1. We discuss.Then Steve-0, Adams, and Dr Stephan Moran, our trauma surgeon, each list their three favorite recent Audis.Dr Moran gets into how and why safety standards are different in the US, Europe, and Asia, and he recommends that one set of regulations become the standard globally. Which one? We won't reveal it here but here's a hint: it starts with the letters EU.Finally Adams wife spotted a beautiful 2025 Porsche 911 in Paint to Sample Brewster Green. #carsoncallpodcast #traumasurgeonsafety #audiquattro #audiusa #audiTT
BMW is apparently planning to make a Mercedes G-wagen competitor. We enthusiastically wish they would and hope Lincoln, Audi, and other manufacturers do so as well.Canada has many laws and other features of their automotive lives that make their roads significantly safer than ours. Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran discusses the differences and how adopting many of them would keep us safer.Steve-0 spots a Scion iQ, a rare car. Scion was an unusual failure for Toyota, and we get into it.Stephan then talks about upcoming manufacturing changes being planned by Ford. If Ford CEO Jim Farley can make these changes happen it will make the company competitive with any other manufacturer, even those from China.#carsoncallpodcast #scion #traumasurgeonsafety #bmw #bmwgwagen #mercedesgwagen#bmw #scion #carsoncallpodcast
We name great cars that catapulted manufacturers from just ok to major player. Actually, we name a bunch. Trauma surgeon safety: our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran recommends the best vehicles for your teenager to drive and stay safe.Car spotting: Adams spots his own 993 Porsche 911, and we love it.The Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus GX550 are big hits. We discuss.https://www.iihs.org/ratings/safe-veh... • Canada 03 Martin Brundle Talks To Ozzy Osb... #carsoncallpodcast #toyotalandcruiser #fordmustang #audiquattro #lexusgx550
Red Bull F1 fires Christian Horner, who was the boss there for 20yrs. We discuss with guest host Jeff Bank, MDOur trauma surgeon Stephan Moran, MD says Tesla's self-driving tech needs lidar to supplement its cameras. High quality cameras are fine, but they need lidar to maximize safety.Steve-0 spots a 1979 Datsun 280zx.Finally, Jeff gets us going on the expiring federal electric car subsidies. We talk hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric at length. #carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety #electriccar #hybridcars#carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety
John McNamera, a small Buick/GMC dealer on Long Island stole $450mil from GMAC from 1980-1991 by selling 248,000 conversion vans that didn't exist. How did he get caught? GMAC finally figured out that the vans had no VINs. Steve-0 talks about it and how it happened right near where he grew up. Have you noticed the e-Bike boom? Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran talks about how they're just as dangerous as you think they are, both for the riders and the pedestrians they hit.Steve-0 recently drove a base Subaru Crosstrek. Once he got over the cheap interior plastics and terrible continuously variable transmission, he fell in love with the simple HVAC controls, manual seat adjustments, and other low rent features. It's a nice car!Finally, Dr Moran talks about the just-launched Ford Mustang GTD that starts at an astounding $327,960. That's a big number, but since it's a racing car for the street, it's not unreasonable. Dr Moran wants one!#carsoncallpodcast #mustanggtd #GMACponzi #GMACscandal #subarucrosstrek #carsoncallpodcast #mustanggtd #GMACponzi
A Chinese transport ship carrying electric cars across the Pacific Ocean catches fire and sinks, shades of the famous Felicity Ace that caught fire and sank three years ago in the Atlantic Ocean. The Chinese ship doesn't have a stripper name, but it sends the same message: transporting EVs by ship is dangerous and can cause ecologic disasters.Thanks to retired Ford CEO Alan Mulally the US has moved from using old-school and fuel sucking body-on-frame vans like the Econoline to fully embracing Euro-style unibody work/family vehicles like the Transit and Ram ProMaster. It's a huge transformation that happened over 15 years. Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran discusses a different safety advantage of self-driving cars: passengers in self-driving taxis don't have to worry about a driver they don't know victimizing them either during the ride of afterwards.The Audi TT was launched 25yrs ago as a 2000 model year car. When it hit the market it was an absolute sensation, and we pour some sugar on one of the greatest Audis of our generation.Everybody Wants to Rule the World turns 40 this year. OMG we can't believe it's been that long! Remember the car featured in the video? If you answered British Racing Green Austin Healey 3000 you win.#carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety #audittmk1 #auditt #oneford #fordtransit #fordtransitconnect #felicityace #evtransporter #carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety
Dr Moran goes to Tuscany for a wedding. Now he wants to move there.Hyundai branding that even non-car enthusiasts get. That's smart.Automotive journalist Steve Schutz tested a Mercedes Maybach GLS recently. The guys discuss.Automotive safety: our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran addresses "Swangers", window tinting, and other car mods that subtract from safety. Bottom line, don't do it.Thanks to sagging sales in China and a very expensive failure to launch for the Taycan and other BEVs, Porsche AG is struggling. Steve-0 and Stephan say bring back the 914 from the 1970s and lean on the 911 by making more base models and launching a softer luxury version.Regular cars in Europe are far more colorful than vehicles in the US that are overwhelmingly (and depressingly) gray, silver, black, and white. Dr Moran says give our cars more color, if only for safety reasons.#carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety #porsche #porsche911 #carsoncallpodcast #automobile #traumasurgeonsafety
Dodge hints they're resurrecting their V8 engines including Hellcats. Yay!Trauma surgeon safety: fatalities on our highways are dropping, and Dr Moran discusses. We hope this trend continues.Doug DeMuro said Ford should make a Lincoln version of the Bronco, and we get into it. Like Doug, we think it would succeed. Ford please do this!Steve-0 spotted a mid-1980s Nissan Pulsar NX. What a weird car!#carsoncallpodcast #nissanpulsar #traumasurgeonsafety #automobile #dodgev8 #dodgeperformance #carsoncallpodcast #nissanpulsar #traumasurgeonsafety
Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran discusses the recent Trump tariffs (25% on imported vehicles). He hates them, and Steve-0 is mostly opposed. We hate higher prices for cars and parts, but we like manufacturing jobs coming back to America.Steve-0 spotted a 1992 Saturn SC2. Saturn was GM's 90's effort to compete with Honda and Toyota, which failed. We get into it.Dr Moran's safety segment says, "If you want to get out of your vehicle, make sure it's in Park before you do". As usual, our trauma surgeon has graphic examples of what can happen if you don't.Finally, the guys discuss Nissan's current dire straights. It's an involved conversation, but maybe you can sum it up by saying, "Bring back the X-Terra and do some other stuff"#carsoncallpodcast #nissanproblems #traumasurgeonsafety #saturncars #tariffs #carsoncallpodcast #nissanproblems #traumasurgeonsafety
Adams and trauma surgeon Stephan Moran are away, so Steve-0 and his long time friend, automotive journalist Ed Barrett, discuss what it's like being an active and published member of the motoring press. Neither of us is famous like the writers from Car and Driver and Jalopnik, but we enjoy access to press cars and have been invited to many cool events. We talk about it.#carsoncallpodcast #automotivejournalism #automobile
Steve-0 spent a weekend in Newport Beach (the epicenter of SoCal's Orange County) and saw a lot of cool cars. We discuss.Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran talks about the safety advances that accompany active driver assistant systems (ADAS). He loves it but wants each system to include driver monitor systems (DMS).Adams introduces the topic of great cars let down by lousy engines. There are many cars like this, and the three of us each list five examples. Finally, Dr Moran gets into BYD and other Chinese BEV manufacturers who are way ahead of the US and the Europeans.#newportbeach#carsoncallpodcast#traumasurgeon#carsoncallpodcast#newportbeach#traumasurgeon#traumasurgeonsafety
Steve-0 runs down 2024 new car sales: BMW leads the luxury market with Lexus number 2, pickups still rule, BEVs are stalling, and hybrids are surging. Oh, 24,000 people bought cybertrucks?!!
Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran gives some love to modern ADAS (active driver assistance system) systems. Thanks to better software and machine learning, ADAS has become less "Karen" and more "chauffeur Jeeves".
Adams, our collector car expert, discusses how boomer faves like muscle cars are fading while "fast and furious" cars like 90s civics and supras are ascendant. Demography is destiny, even in the collector car world.
Finally, we give our 2025 predictions.
#carsoncallpodcast #adas #collectorcars #carsoncallpodcast #adas #collectorcars
Nissan had their CEO Carlos Ghosn arrested and jailed in 2018. Now the company is on life support. Lesson to any major corporation anywhere in the world: Don't have your CEO jailed unless you absolutely have to.
Our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran discusses cars that have high death rates and why they do.
Adams spots a new Aston Martin. Will Aston Martin survive or go the way of Nissan? We get into it.
Steve-0 tells the story of how a relatively small New England advertising agency won the BMW North America account 31yrs ago, and then made some classic ads that still pop up on Instagram and elsewhere. Steve-0's sister was there, and so was Steve-0 (kind of), and he spills the tea
#carsoncallpodcast #mullenadvertising #mullen #bmwna #90sbmw #bmwadvertising #astonmartin #traumasurgery #nissan #nissandying #carsoncallpodcast #mullenadvertising #mullen
Nissan bringing back the XTerra. We’ve been pushing for that and Nissan finally listened!Trauma surgeon safety. Dr Stephan Moran gives us another lesson in automotive safety from his unique perspective Our automotive journalist Steve Schutz gives us tidbits from Q1 new light vehicle salesDr Moran discusses the new 2026 Hyundai Palisade. Despite a dash of Range Rover, it looks distinctive and luxJagged Little Pill turns 30!
Car spotting — Adams saw a New VW GTI and loved how it’s a cool sporty car for everyone Steve-0 talks about Air Water Porsche show in Orange County, CaAdams Nissan Z rant - They took a great car and ruined it!Steve-0 rant — Robert Eaton was a momentous figure in the auto industry, and not for good. If not for him Chrysler would be alive and American rather that Euro and dyingCrazy car deals — Adams went to a Porsche Cars and Coffee and came home with *two* more Porsches. Then Steve-0 talks about a Duke faculty member who sold a crappy old Dodge Omni by bundling it with tickets to the Duke-Michigan basketball game which featured the “Fab Five”
2docs and Adams discuss their love of the late 70s Mercedes 6.9 sedan (no power seats?!!!) and their non-love for the new Porsche 911 Dakar. Returning guest Jeff Bank joins the team to talk Miatas old and new, and then trauma surgeon Stephan does a deep dive into the world of active driver assistance systems (ADAS) and how much safer they keep us.
Steve-0 spots a Toyota MR2 and a 1995 BMW 325i sedan. Three amigos talk classics that aren't and those that became one by accident. Stephan goes over the history of major landmark automotive safety innovations.
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