Weekly Driver Podcast

As a Motor Trend Staffer, regular personality on Spike’s Car Radio and host of MT’s Inevitable Podcast about the future of the automobile, Jonny Lieberman has plenty of experience with the world’s greatest cars - ICE, EV, or otherwise. So, we talk about driving purism building driver’s EVs and debate the place of EVs with synthesized gears.

Remember Volkswagen's Spektrum program that saw special paint underpin a series of Golf R models? Turns out even more Golf Rs and eGolfs were made for Canada - a program that inspired Spektrum to come to America. To get the backstory, we catch up with Megan Closset who was the Volkswagen Golf Product Manager at the time Spektrum came about.

Having photographed the car before its debuts in Milan or Münich, our friend Auditography returns to talk about the remarkable new Audi concept C.Check out his YouTube channel at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Auditography⁠.

Meet Jeff Gerner and Dan Gray. With hot rodding and aviation in his blood, Gerner is an enthusiast who campaigned an Audi “ur” S4 at Pike’s Peak, then later the Bonneville Speed Week where he holds records. Jeff is now aiming to retire and the S4 is up for sale. Dan Gray of Authentic Auctions is helping him do just that, listing the car this week on Cars & Bids. Learn more about the men, the car and the whole process in this episode.Find the Auction Here: https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KZ5GkOqZ/1993-audi-s4?ss_id=141d77aa-4d90-4212-baea-0a8d3942e6c8&ref=lr_1_1

Meet Ryan Compton and Troy Sicotte, by day one is a branding attorney and the other the head of a renowned outdoor apparel brand. Both are Audi enthusiasts and owners. Both have served as President of Audi Club North America - the brand's largest owner's club worldwide. Motivated by the Auditography video 'Speak up for Audi', we analyze what's going on at the brand that's resulting in concern by its broad community of aficionados.Check out ⁠ooooIYKYK.com⁠ for more news and features about the Audi brand,

Next up, our first tailored build car and owner profile via Tailored Driver. Meet Jon Walton, owner of what we'd argue is the most subtle execution of Lamborghini's most bonkers Huracan. With the help of his dealership Lamborghini Philadelphia, Jon went deep into the offerings of Lamborghini's in-house tailor Ad Personam, including Sant Agata's back catalogue of colors. Here, he walks us through creating his unique specification, visiting the Lamborghini Lounge in Manhattan, Lamborghini's factory in Sant Agata, Italy and offers detail of his home cars and coffee gathering outside Philadelphia where he and his STO are regulars.Check out more tailored automotive content at http://www.tailoreddriver.com

As the first Audi-focused episode in our recurring ooooIYKYK series, George Achorn catches up with the creator behind the Instagram account and YouTube channel ‪ ⁨@Auditography⁩  who revealed an hour long video last week that was heartfelt, yet critical of the Audi brand he loves. We catch up with him to dig into his issues, and compare our own knowledge and concerns about the brand.Watch the Auditography Speak Up For Audi here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43C8hSLcCAc

What's a Tailored Driver? From limited edition model to factory commissioned special, remastered modern to reimagined classic, a tailored driver is something intentional, self expression on four wheels and something beyond monotone transportation appliances.Meet host George Achorn, Will Barber and Denis Podmarkov of TailoredDriver.com.