Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Podcasts , Hybrid , SUV , Etc. , Bentley , Chevrolet , Ford , Toyota , Volkswagen , Russia 2012 Toyota Camry, Frankfurt Motor Show, Russia to Alaska tunnel, Bentley SUV and hybrid Episode #245 of the Autoblog Podcast is here. This week, Chris, Dan, and Zach are joined by Drew Phillips, just back from Monterey.
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Autoblog Podcast #245
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Podcasts , Hybrid , SUV , Etc. , Bentley , Chevrolet , Ford , Toyota , Volkswagen , Russia 2012 Toyota Camry, Frankfurt Motor Show, Russia to Alaska tunnel, Bentley SUV and hybrid Episode #245 of the Autoblog Podcast is here. This week, Chris, Dan, and Zach are joined by Drew Phillips, just back from Monterey. Topics we cover include the 2012 Toyota Camry, concepts we’ll see at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, the tunnel from Russia to Alaska and Bentley hybrids and SUVs.
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Autoblog Podcast #245
Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Ford A new car, updated livery and a fresh set of tires can only mean one thing for Ken Block – a new Gymkhana video is in the works, and it’s slated to take over YouTube sometime this summer. The new instrument of driving precision and rubber destruction is Block’s Ford Fiesta Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle .
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Gymkhana 4 production underway, arriving late summer
Filed under: Motorsports , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Subaru Travis Pastrana reveals the new livery on his 2011 WRX STI – Click above to watch video after the jump Travis Pastrana may have jumped over to the world of NASCAR , but he clearly didn’t forget how to drive a rally car. He’s prepping for the upcoming 2011 X Games , and was looking for a way to show off the new livery on his 2011 Subaru WRX STI . Taking a page from the book of Block, Pastrana has decided to go with a marketing video that looks, um, awfully familiar. Pastrana has called upon the Mad Media production company, the same crew responsible for a Ken Block clip from earlier in the year
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Video: Travis Pastrana takes a page from the Ken Block school of marketing
Filed under: Technology , Ford 2011 Ford Fiesta – Click above for high-res image gallery Derrick Kuzak, Ford Group Vice President of Global Product Development, has confirmed that the Dearborn automaker will offer turbocharged EcoBoost powertrains in 90 percent of its vehicles here in the United States by 2013. This journey for (nearly) full-line forced-induction started with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 found in the Taurus , Flex and F-150 , as well as the Lincoln MKS and MKT . Next, we’ll be seeing a 2.0-liter EcoBoost inline-four under the hood of the Edge and Explorer , and now, Ford has confirmed development of a 1.0-liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine. This 1.0-liter, inline-three will be the smallest engine in Ford’s portfolio, and it will find its way under the hood of vehicles across the globe
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Official: Ford confirms 1.0L EcoBoost three-cylinder, eight-speed transmission
Filed under: Podcasts , Acura , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Ford , Lincoln , Earnings/Financials Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now! Podcast Team number one – Chris Shunk, Dan Roth and Zach Bowman – kick it for Autoblog Podcast #228. The crew mulls our First Drive of the Lamborghini Aventador, a Lincoln performance sect, Chrysler’s profit and loan payback and the Forbes worst car list. Your feedback and questions finish it off, and we’ve re-posted the Q&A at the bottom of this post so you can play along at home, too. Thanks for listening, we’ll see you next week! Autoblog Podcast #228: Lamborghini Aventador, Lincoln performance, Chrysler profit and loan payback 2012 Lamborghini Aventador First Drive Lincoln performance divison rumors Chrysler profit and accelerated loan payback Forbes’ Worst cars on the Road List In the Autoblog Garage: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible V6 2011 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon Hosts: Dan Roth , Chris Shunk , Zach Bowman Runtime: 01:26:24 Get the podcast: [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes [ RSS ] Add the Autoblog Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator [ MP3 ] Download the MP3 directly Feedback: Email: Podcast at Autoblog dot com Voicemail: 734-288-8POD (734-288-8763) Review the show in iTunes and take our survey Autoblog Podcast #228: Lamborghini Aventador, Lincoln performance, Chrysler profit and loan payback originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 03 May 2011 17:44:00 EST.
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Autoblog Podcast #228: Lamborghini Aventador, Lincoln performance, Chrysler profit and loan payback