August 5, 2025 • 29 mins
Ted Ryan, Ford's Heritage Brand Manager, joins us from a golf course to share exciting news about the 60th anniversary of the Ford Bronco. The special commemorative model features stunning Wimbledon white paint with red accents, including the Bronco name spelled out in red on the hood and "1966" embedded in the hubcaps. The original Bronco was unveiled on August 11, 1965, when Ford handed reporters cowboy hats and scarves, telling them "let's go rodeo" before introducing what would become an American icon.
Ryan shares delightful stories about the Bronco's enduring appeal - from his 84-year-old father who's on his third new Bronco to being stopped by a Mississippi police officer who wanted to see the vehicle so badly that Ryan handed him the keys for a test drive. The officer's immediate reaction? "I'm buying one of these things." Ford has already sold over a million combined Bronco and Bronco Sport models in just four years since their revival.
We also explore fascinating Bronco trivia, including how Pope John Paul II used customized white Broncos as "Popemobiles" during his New York visit, with a famous photograph showing him surrounded by admirers at Yankee Stadium. Ryan debunks the myth that O.J. Simpson's infamous white Bronco chase killed the model's popularity, noting it was already being phased out before that event.
The episode rounds out with Jeff's Racing Calendar highlighting upcoming motorsport events, Mars's automotive history segment covering everything from the first US steam-powered carriage to NASA's founding and its impact on automotive technology, and current industry news including tariff changes, Tesla's planned chauffeur service, and record-high average car payments. Whether you're a Ford enthusiast or simply appreciate automotive heritage, this episode offers a rich exploration of how iconic vehicles shape our cultural landscape.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute
mini version of the In WheelTime Car Show that airs live
every Saturday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is your place to 11 am.
This is All Things.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Automotive, the award-winning In Wheel Time Car
Talk Show Coming up.
We're going to talk to Ted Ryan, ford's Heritage Brand Manager.
He knows everything.
Later, jeff has the racingcalendar, mars has this Week in
Auto History and I'll get youcaught up on some of the stories
making automotive newsheadlines this week.
Howdy Along with Mike out ofthis world, mars down there Over
(00:30):
here is Jeffrey.
We always need more.
Jeff Zekin, I'm Don Armstrong,glad you could join us for this
Saturday morning.
I did want to mention one thing.
You know, since we've beendoing this show from Sugar Shack
Studios here, you have fromtime to time commented about my
dog of 13 years, susie.
(00:51):
Well, susie's no longer with us, unfortunately.
I had to put Susie down a weekbefore last and she lived a good
life.
I can promise you that, yeah,she did, and she was 13 1⁄2
years old.
I had her for 13 of those 131⁄2.
And I miss her every day andwalking in the house these days
and if you've ever lost a dog,you know what that means when
(01:13):
you come home in that tailswagon ready to greet you.
So I just had to mention thatSuze isn't with us anymore,
unfortunately, and lots morechanges are headed our way and
we're going to blame it on her.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
No.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
No but the blame is good.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
She's influenced the changes Very much.
So yes, she has.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
All right, so I've done my due diligence on that.
I wanted to mention that to ourfriends.
I know that Candace Thackerayand Mr Skelton have been big
fans of Sue's throughout theyears and I appreciate it, and
so does she.
Everyone has.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
George is up in Arkansas, by the way.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh, he is oh boy.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
He said hello from Springdale.
Is he cliff diving?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I'm not sure what he's doing up there Cliff diving
in Arkansas, I thought maybe hewas going to the Hot Springs or
something Woo-hoo.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
George in the Hot.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Springs, I don't know , speaking of rejuvenation.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
we've got a guest right now His name is Ted Ryan.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
No, we don't Hold on, oh we don't have him.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I thought you did Well, we did but now he's gone.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I'm trying to get him back, darn it.
There he is.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Okay, okay.
So here is the preview of whatwas apparently just released to
the press just a short time ago,just a short time ago, and it's
Ford Bronco stuff, and ifyou're a Ford Bronco fan, I
think that you're going to bepleased with what Ted Ryan, the
(02:32):
Ford Heritage brand manager, hasto say about it.
Ted, good morning to you, sir.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Good morning to you guys as well, and pardon my
setting, but I sent a note.
My son showed up out of theblue from Birminghamama this
morning and surprised me with around of golf.
So I'm actually on a golfcourse right now.
So if you hear clicks in thebackground, uh, that's what
you're, that's what you're here.
I'm going to take a hole up andtalk to you guys, but uh, you
can't, you can't say no to a sonwhen they show up and go.
(03:00):
Dad, let's go.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Absolutely not.
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Are there echoes of Roll Tideover there on the golf course
this morning?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
No, I live in Detroit .
He flew in from Birmingham,alabama.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, he went to Sanford inBirmingham.
He's a bulldog.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
This interview is over.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
We've got the 60th anniversary of the Ford Bronco,
which that's not a bad thing tobe celebrating.
August 11th 1965, all thesereporters showed up from New
York in their suits and theirhats, their bowler hats, and
Ford handed them a bunch ofscarves and cowboy hats and said
let's go rodeo.
(03:42):
And they introduced the Bronco.
So we're celebrating that 60thanniversary with the special
edition Bronco.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So that was the news today.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
That's the news today , and it's a fantastic looking
car.
If you haven't seen it yet, gocheck it out at the price
fromtheroadcom, which is Ford'swebsite.
You can see it.
It's beautiful.
It's Wimbledon white, it's gotall these red accents.
It's got 1966 buried into thehubcaps.
Everything about the car isabsolutely stunning.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That's so cool.
Yes, and as a matter of fact, Ihate to admit it, but I was
around back then and it was agame-changer.
I mean, everybody went, wow,look at that.
And they sold like the Mustang,sold a ton of those for many,
many years, without any changesto the body style or anything.
The only thing that they didwas they upgraded engine
components, they upgradedsuspension, all the things that
(04:34):
you would expect that the FordMotor Company would do.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
They did, and that's actually how they sold it.
They sold it as the Mustang forthe off-road and when Don Fry
introduced it in 65, he saidwe're adding another pony to the
stable, and obviously alludingto the Mustang that had been
introduced the year before.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Well, I have to tell you, when you guys first came
out with the renewed version ofit here about a year or two ago,
I had a chance to drive it andI got more thumbs up, more
people to stop me in the grocerystore parking lot hey, is that
a new one?
I said yes, it is.
Can I look at it?
I had to do demos for you outin the parking lot, and I'm sure
(05:19):
that you've heard the samestories.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
One of my favorite tales is I was driving my other
son to LSU and I was drivingfrom Detroit to LSU for family
weekend.
I'm in my Bronco and I had apolice officer stop me in
Mississippi just so he could seethe car and I was in a demo
unit.
So I handed him the keys andsaid take it for a spin.
And he did.
And he turned right around andsaid I'm buying one of these
things, so they're beautiful.
(05:42):
My dad is 84 years old and he'son his third Bronco already.
He just trades it in every yearand a half and gets a new one.
He he loves it.
They drive so well.
And this new one, guys, whenyou see it, it looks amazing
with the white and with the redaccent, the Bronco on the front
hood spelled out in red and thenall the 60th anniversary
details and the Easter eggs thatwe put throughout.
(06:08):
And and the Easter eggs that weput throughout, and do they make
this particular model, theanniversary model, in two and
four doors?
Oh, you know that's a goodquestion.
You stumped me, I don't know.
I'm suspecting it's only atwo-door to be the traditional
one, but I honestly don't knowthe answer to that question.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I stumped the band.
I haven't seen one in person.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I've only seen the pictures.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Mike's online right now and he says four doors.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
well, Four doors well , oh, four doors.
Well, oh, thank you.
Thank you for you know, I justwasn't sure.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
That's okay.
Well, now you know.
So all the rest of theinterviews that you're doing
today from the golf courseyou'll be able to be very
knowledgeable about that.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Y'all are actually my last interview of the day.
Oh, you didn't tell us that13th hole, 19th hole, I'm on
hole number eight.
If we had made the turn, I'd beeating a hot dog while I was
talking to you guys.
But you know they block out mySaturdays for these calls and
typically if I know I havesomething going on, I block it
out.
But this was a surprise, verypleasant surprise, good one.
(07:02):
I'm shooting about double bogeyaverage right now, so I'm not
shooting well, but I'm havingfun.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, you need to order up the drink cart.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Actually, if I drink a beer, my game goes to hell.
I'm just not going to worryabout that.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know I've never gotten a hole in one playing
golf, but I did hit a guy youdid hit a guy.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I almost got hit a little bit ago.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Let.
You did hit a guy.
You did hit a guy.
There is that I almost got hita little bit ago.
So let me ask you this Arethese special order vehicles or
do they have them at the dealersalready?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
No, they don't.
In fact, you'll be customizingyour order.
The order window is what isopening up today, and I believe
delivery will be a little bit inthe future.
So they aren't at the dealeryet, but you can look at what
you're going to get online andthe show sample.
I saw the one that we're goingto have at Woodward Dream Cruise
.
It just looks amazing.
I'm a sucker for a white Bronco.
(07:52):
Can I tell my two favoritewhite Bronco stories, though?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I wish you would.
We all know the one we all knowthe one.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Did OJ kill the Bronco?
No, he didn't.
It was actually going awaybefore OJ.
But the other one is Pope JohnPaul II.
In New York Secret Servicebought three Broncos and
customized them and turned theminto Popobiles.
And there's a famous photo ofPope John Paul II in Yankee
Stadium surrounded by adoringthrongs and he's in a white
(08:19):
Bronco.
So I don't think the drivers ofthose two or the riders in
those two Broncos are meetingany time soon, are any, those
two Broncos?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
are meeting anytime soon.
Are any of the Broncos in theHenry Ford?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
No, they don't actually have a Bronco in their
collection.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Well, there's another great idea from Houston Texas
and the in-wheel time game.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, that's it.
I've got one in my collection.
I've got the one that was shownto the board of directors in
February of 2020, right beforeCOVID hit, where we showed what
the finished Bronco was going tolook like.
So that's the one I have in mycollection.
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Do you have all the not necessarily the deep stats,
but are there engine options onthe Broncos?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I don't have those at my fingertips.
If I was sitting at my house,I'd have my computer up in front
of me and be able to give youall of the stats.
I know that the 17-inch alloywheels, 35-inch wheels and a lot
of the different treads, but Idon't know the particular stats
on the engine.
Sorry, that's where I'm at adisadvantage.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
No, I hear you.
Well, we have a picture fromthe Ford website of the new
Heritage model that Jeff isshowing us right now.
Ford website of the newHeritage model that Jeff is
showing us right now.
And boy it's stunning looking.
You know you don't think aBronco in white would be really
good looking, but this one is.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
It looks fantastic.
When I first saw it I was like,oh my God, this will be an easy
one to talk about, becausesometimes you go on air and
you're talking about X, y, z.
The other interesting thing onthe Broncos is we sold a million
of those guys between thebronco and the bronco sport.
Uh, we've already surpassed amillion in sales in the four
short years that they've beenout.
So, uh, just this you knowamazing story this has a hint of
(09:56):
the flex in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I've got, I've got visions of the flex on the on
the board flex, yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, it just kind of squared off like people back
yeah, yeah, you people back.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Yeah, but we're old.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Do you know what the code name on the Flex was.
By the way, guys, no.
You can stun people at cocktailparties.
It was actually a concept modelcalled the Fairlane no.
Which eventually became theFlex yeah, and Fairlane was the
home of Henry Ford.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Obviously, you had tours of Fairlane.
It is closed right now forin-depth renovations, but will
be reopening soon and they'reactually going to be restoring
the garage, which is going to begreat news.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
I grew up in Dearborn Heights, spent many a time at
Greenfield Village and themuseum and all that.
So every place you've talkedabout I know about.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
So it's fantastic.
I saw Fairlane garage two weeksago when they were fixing the
turntable.
Henry installed a turntable sothat he could store more cars in
his garage and it actually hadelectric chargers.
Because Clara Ford drovebattery cars.
She didn't like to.
She didn't like starting aModel T and she didn't like the
(11:01):
smell of the gas, so she likedthe quiet electric cars and you
know, most people don't reallyrealize that Henry did have
electric cars back in the day.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
Really they were more popular than the original
gasoline-powered cars just for alot of reasons, like you say
convenience and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Well, this is great to talk to you Particularly with
women.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah, well, you say convenience and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, this is great to talk to you, particularly
with Lintman yeah Well, we cancertainly understand that, the
way that the cars were designedback then, I mean, go a few
blocks and you're filthy dirtyby the end of the trip.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, yeah, it's been fun.
Do you mind if I go ahead andjump?
I'm going to play the next holeand there are kids and golf
carts there one and two so it'stime for me to get back on the
range.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Go to it, my friend.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I'm excited and everybody go check out Fordcom.
You got it, ted.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Great talking to you.
Thank you, my friend, go playgolf.
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Speaker 3 (13:57):
Thank you for that.
We've got IMSA this weekend.
It's the sports car weekend atRoad America that will be on
your Peacock channel at 2 pmtoday.
Craftsman Truck Series nextweek they're off today but
they're going to be running nextweek Watkins.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Glen.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Well, you've got to have time to fix all the crashed
trucks?
Well, yeah, I'm supposed.
And then this week for theXfinity and also the Cup guys,
they're going to Iowa, the IowaRaceway, and they've got a story
about Indy on NASCAR too.
The rating results for the IndyBrickyard 400 absolutely sucked
(14:33):
60,000 people in 120,000.
And NASCAR is defending it that, yeah, these are bigger crowds
for some of our bigger stadiumsHorse hockey, you blew it, and
there's all kinds of stuff goingon with NASCAR.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
What are you trying to say?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Jeff Horse hockey.
They're actually Boston Red Soxare playing in the infield of.
I've got the story right here.
I did have the story right here.
They're playing on the infieldof a NASCAR here they're playing
on the infield of a NASCARtrack.
They're playing baseball.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
I got it here somewhere.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
They were talking about how they're going to
convert.
They've converted it to playbaseball on it.
It's going to take them40-something days to convert it
back to a NASCAR track.
Why would they do that?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
They said the name of it Similar to.
To convert it back to a NASCARtrack.
Why would you do that here?
It is right here.
Yeah, they said the name of itSimilar to the Field of Dreams,
bristol Motor Speedway.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Bristol, bristol Motor Speedway.
Why do they keep jacking withthat track?
I don't know they turned itinto dirt for a race.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Well, they did that thing in California, the
Coliseum, and they thought oh on, horse hockey, formula One.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
I want.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Riverside to come back.
There you go.
Wouldn't that be cool?
Oh, that'd be great.
I think they'd have to redo thetrack, though.
Resurface it.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Yeah, like tear down all the homes that are now on it
Exactly Well, driveways,Hungarian Grand Prix.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
So there you go.
That's on tomorrow for Formula1.
Nhra is off.
This weekend there were somepretty big records 343s, 344s,
1,000 feet Serious speed.
Serious speed.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
They did an interview with David Grubnick, who is a
tuner for Brittany.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Brittany.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Brittany was the first one, top fueling.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And the guy said well , how do you feel about the
speed?
He says we don't tune for speed, we tune to get the car down
the track and win the race.
We don't tune for speed.
Speed has nothing, it's just abyproduct of getting it down the
track.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Just a measurement of how.
Another measurement of how fastit got down the track Exactly.
But, Another measurement of howfast it got down the track
Exactly, but nobody cares aboutthat.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Who won, that's the big thing.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
That's true, that's very true.
All right, so there you go.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Thank you very much, sir.
Yes sir, interesting Time nowfor this week in auto history,
mr Morris.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Yeah, this week in auto history.
There's a few things in herethat we found were rather
interesting,63 was the firstsuccessful steam-powered
carriage in the United States.
Don't tell Jay Leno that Builtby Sylvester Roper, I think Leno
has one.
It was known as the Roper steamcarriage.
It was a four-wheel vehicle,coal-fired boiler.
(17:13):
Yeah, and this guy was aninventor.
He later went on to invent someof the earliest motorcycles as
well.
Now, also this week, in 1953,the first production Corvette
leaves the factory.
Now, this is designed by HarleyEarl Corvette.
Guys like you, don, I'm sure,know all this stuff, but I did
not realize that the first year,1953, they only built 300
(17:36):
because they were hand-built.
They were all whiteconvertibles with red interiors
and a black canvas top.
I thought the top was beige,but whatever, go ahead.
Well, the uh, blue flame, sixcylinder with a two-speed power
glide, 235 cubic inch, and theyonly built 300 of them.
In 1954 they built, startedbuilding over 3 000 I saw a
(17:57):
number two.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
I saw a number two and it's worth millions, but I
saw it.
And if you were to see the car,if somebody were to say here's
a brand new car, check it out,I'd go.
What in the world is wrong withthe paint?
Because they barely put anypaint on it and all of the?
You can see all of thefiberglass underneath the paint.
(18:19):
Really, you can see the actualfibers of the fiberglass, not
because it's 60 years old.
They didn't put a gel coat onthe top of it which hides the
fibers, right right, they didn'tdo that, they just painted it.
I'll be darned.
It's the most amazing thing Isaw, number two.
I don't know whatever happenedto number one.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
It's probably in some museum somewhere.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
But I saw number two and I was proud of the fact that
I got to see number two.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Oh yeah, yeah, that'd be pretty impressive, you and
your number twos.
Yeah, also this Proud of them.
In 1958, nasa was founded.
Now this is important becauseof the technology that NASA
developed and all theinnovations that are created in
materials, science, electronics.
All that stuff has beenincorporated, such as your GPS
and ABS and engine managementtools.
(19:06):
All came from being developedoff of NASA's development.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
That's correct.
Thank you, Katie Armstrong.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
There you go and Jeff .
In 1960, the first Toyota LandCruiser arrives in the United
States.
Now it was initially targetedfor a rugged use, you know, a
big off-road vehicle like it hadbeen in other parts of the
world.
But the FJ40 became a cultfavorite and established
Toyota's reputation forreliability and off-road
capability.
And of course, later on theLand Cruiser evolved into a
(19:35):
luxury SUV, which is what it isnow.
It's tough heritage is kind ofdependent on what you're doing.
1990, the last Citroen 2CB,citroen Citroen, citroen Citroen
.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Whatever, whatever.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Anyway, the last one was built in 1990 in Portugal,
which I did not realize that'swhere it was Now.
This ended a 42-year productionrun because it was introduced
in 1948 to be a rugged,affordable car for rural France
and they built over 5 million ofthese things and I'm not sure
and I didn't get in and find agood reason why it ended in
(20:14):
Portugal.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Well, because people were mentally hurt by the look
of that car.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Wow, no, I'd tub it out and put an LS in it.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
That's what's wrong with it.
It didn't have the LS.
1990, iraq invades Kuwait.
Now this is important becauseof the impact to the oil prices
which impacted the auto industry.
Because of all the oil crisis,the auto industry tried to
adjust and start buildingdifferent kind of vehicles that
were more fuel efficient andtrying to think of real
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alternative fuels kind of leadsto what some of the crap we have
nowadays.
Then in 1996, I'm heartbrokenthe final Chevrolet Beretta was
produced.
Oh God, this was a sleektwo-door coupe.
You'm heartbroken.
The final Chevrolet Beretta wasproduced.
Oh God, this was a sleektwo-door coupe.
You would Mars.
Well, I had a friend that hadone a GT, a GT, yes, wow yeah.
(21:04):
So you could get it in a GT.
A GTZ and a Z26 was the hot rod.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
It really wasn't really much of a muscle car, but
it was respectable.
3.1 liter quad four engine.
It just it was a nice littlecar.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
It was a turd is what it was.
That's what you're trying tosay, isn't it?
Politely, yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Yeah, 2005,.
The production of the FordFusion begins Now.
I saw this as a midsize sedanand they built a lot of these
cars and they quit building themin 2020.
But there's still a lot of themout there and it's still
considered a very reliable,comfort, value-driven,
performance-type car that kindof competed against the Camry
(21:44):
and the Honda Accord and mygranddaughters have had two now
so far and they were very goodcars, as long as they didn't
wreck them, yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I've decided I want to be the Ford Heritage brand
manager.
I've decided I want to be theFord.
Do you play golf?
I'm going to put this down.
I'll play golf On this date inhistory automotive history.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Don Armstrong applied for.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Yeah, the Heritage brand manager.
Except I think I'd rather do itfor Chevrolet.
You know, we've listed you as aheritage.
Speaker 4 (22:16):
I am yeah, you're a world-class heritage yeah, an
old heritage.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
You're a stop on the heritage crosswalk.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Yeah, that's right, right there by the Beatles.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
All right, here's some stories making automotive
news headlines this week.
President Trump signed anexecutive order July 31st
increasing tariffs on Canadianimports to the United States to
35exico-Canada agreement,leaving little changed for
automotive, in which the bulk ofcross-border trade is covered
(22:58):
by that agreement.
So we all think that, oh well,if the car was built in Windsor
Ontario, it's going to receivesome 35% increase in tariffs.
No, it's covered under adifferent agreement, the
US-Mexico-Canada agreement.
That has not changed.
But if you're going to importsteel, things like that- 35%.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
To build the cars, didn't.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
George Bush Jr.
Didn't he put that in act?
Didn't he start?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
that Don't get me to lie.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Okay, I'm thinking.
Speaker 4 (23:29):
When you talk to him tomorrow, ask him Okay, yeah,
please.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
US and the European Union agreed on a hard-fought
deal that will see the bloc face15% tariffs on most of its
exports, including automobiles,steaming off a trade war that
could have delivered a hammerblow to the global economy.
The pact was concluded lessthan a week before an August 1st
deadline, so congratulations onthat.
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South Korea also did a similardeal 15%.
They've got to spend a lot ofmoney here in the United States
on top of the tariff on the carsbecause they're going to build
things and have things for salein the United States, but
they're plugging in a bunch ofdough.
Tesla plans to offer get this achauffeur-style service, oh,
(24:17):
operated by human drivers, to alimited number of people in the
San Francisco Bay Area, andthat's contrary to a media
report that the EV maker wouldoffer a robo-taxi service.
Unlike Alphabet's Waymo unit,tesla cannot operate its service
using autonomous vehiclesbecause the EV maker does not
have the required permits and isnot applied.
(24:38):
According to a spokesperson forthe California Public Utilities
Commission, tesla did notrespond to a request for comment
from Automotive News.
Elon Musk said on an allearnings report that the company
was getting the regulatorypermission to launch robo taxis
in several markets, includingSan Francisco and, I'll bet you,
(24:59):
in Austin as well.
Business Insider reported onFriday that the service would be
a robo taxi operation withhumans in the driver's seat who
would be able to control the car.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Didn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having the
remote?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
No, because right now they're going to have no
robo-taxis.
It won't be robotic, they'llhave kind of like a car service.
Remember the difference betweena car service and a taxi cab.
No, it's a difference, there'sa difference.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
So it's kind of like in the movie Airplane where they
had the autopilot that's rightthe blow-up doll thing, yeah,
yeah, yeah, autopilot.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
Yeah, I remember that very well, never seen it,
you've never seen.
Airplane.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Yuck.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
My God.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
You don't even know.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Santa Claus.
Mercedes-benz has temporarilyhalted the order bank for its
electric EQS and EQE sedan andutility vehicle models in the US
.
A Mercedes spokespersonattributed the decision to
current market conditions anddid not say when the automaker
would resume taking orders.
By the way, the plant thatbuilds those, I think, is in
(26:13):
Alabama, I think it's in Alabama.
So what are you going to do?
They're going to build otherstuff at the Alabama plant.
I'm sure JD Power projectedJuly will end with an average
new vehicle loan paymentreaching $742, up 1.6% from a
year earlier and setting arecord for the month.
(26:35):
The average new vehicle pricewas expected to rise 2.1% to
$45,063, and the average vehiclewas predicted to sell for 90%
of its sticker, up 1 percentagepoint from a year earlier,
according to preliminaryestimates JD Power released on
July 23rd.
All right, well, that's nosurprise there.
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Everything keeps going up,price of groceries in particular
, and I'm not a fan of that.
I like going grocery shopping,but I sure don't like the way my
weekly bill keeps oozing up.
I'm telling you, you know, yeah.
I mean you don't because you'vegot a wife that does all that.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
I shop.
Oh well, what do you shop for?
Group participation?
No, we fill out lists together.
We go together to shop.
I read labels oh yeah, she letsyou go to the grocery store
with her?
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Yeah, but you have to trail behind.
Y'all don't walk together, haveyou ever seen?
Speaker 3 (27:30):
puts me up in a basket.
Have you ever seen puts me upin a basket?
There's that.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
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We're going to talk to Ted Ryan, ford's Heritage Brand Manager.
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Later, jeff has the racingcalendar, mars has this Week in
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making automotive newsheadlines this week.
Howdy Along with Mike out ofthis world, mars down there Over
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here is Jeffrey.
We always need more.
Jeff Zekin, I'm Don Armstrong,glad you could join us for this
Saturday morning.
I did want to mention one thing.
You know, since we've beendoing this show from Sugar Shack
Studios here, you have fromtime to time commented about my
dog of 13 years, susie.
(00:51):
Well, susie's no longer with us, unfortunately.
I had to put Susie down a weekbefore last and she lived a good
life.
I can promise you that, yeah,she did, and she was 13 1⁄2
years old.
I had her for 13 of those 131⁄2.
And I miss her every day andwalking in the house these days
and if you've ever lost a dog,you know what that means when
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you come home in that tailswagon ready to greet you.
So I just had to mention thatSuze isn't with us anymore,
unfortunately, and lots morechanges are headed our way and
we're going to blame it on her.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
No.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
No but the blame is good.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
She's influenced the changes Very much.
So yes, she has.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
All right, so I've done my due diligence on that.
I wanted to mention that to ourfriends.
I know that Candace Thackerayand Mr Skelton have been big
fans of Sue's throughout theyears and I appreciate it, and
so does she.
Everyone has.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
George is up in Arkansas, by the way.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh, he is oh boy.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
He said hello from Springdale.
Is he cliff diving?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I'm not sure what he's doing up there Cliff diving
in Arkansas, I thought maybe hewas going to the Hot Springs or
something Woo-hoo.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
George in the Hot.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Springs, I don't know , speaking of rejuvenation.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
we've got a guest right now His name is Ted Ryan.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
No, we don't Hold on, oh we don't have him.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I thought you did Well, we did but now he's gone.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I'm trying to get him back, darn it.
There he is.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Okay, okay.
So here is the preview of whatwas apparently just released to
the press just a short time ago,just a short time ago, and it's
Ford Bronco stuff, and ifyou're a Ford Bronco fan, I
think that you're going to bepleased with what Ted Ryan, the
(02:32):
Ford Heritage brand manager, hasto say about it.
Ted, good morning to you, sir.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Good morning to you guys as well, and pardon my
setting, but I sent a note.
My son showed up out of theblue from Birminghamama this
morning and surprised me with around of golf.
So I'm actually on a golfcourse right now.
So if you hear clicks in thebackground, uh, that's what
you're, that's what you're here.
I'm going to take a hole up andtalk to you guys, but uh, you
can't, you can't say no to a sonwhen they show up and go.
(03:00):
Dad, let's go.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Absolutely not.
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Are there echoes of Roll Tideover there on the golf course
this morning?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
No, I live in Detroit .
He flew in from Birmingham,alabama.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, he went to Sanford inBirmingham.
He's a bulldog.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
This interview is over.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
We've got the 60th anniversary of the Ford Bronco,
which that's not a bad thing tobe celebrating.
August 11th 1965, all thesereporters showed up from New
York in their suits and theirhats, their bowler hats, and
Ford handed them a bunch ofscarves and cowboy hats and said
let's go rodeo.
(03:42):
And they introduced the Bronco.
So we're celebrating that 60thanniversary with the special
edition Bronco.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So that was the news today.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
That's the news today , and it's a fantastic looking
car.
If you haven't seen it yet, gocheck it out at the price
fromtheroadcom, which is Ford'swebsite.
You can see it.
It's beautiful.
It's Wimbledon white, it's gotall these red accents.
It's got 1966 buried into thehubcaps.
Everything about the car isabsolutely stunning.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That's so cool.
Yes, and as a matter of fact, Ihate to admit it, but I was
around back then and it was agame-changer.
I mean, everybody went, wow,look at that.
And they sold like the Mustang,sold a ton of those for many,
many years, without any changesto the body style or anything.
The only thing that they didwas they upgraded engine
components, they upgradedsuspension, all the things that
(04:34):
you would expect that the FordMotor Company would do.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
They did, and that's actually how they sold it.
They sold it as the Mustang forthe off-road and when Don Fry
introduced it in 65, he saidwe're adding another pony to the
stable, and obviously alludingto the Mustang that had been
introduced the year before.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Well, I have to tell you, when you guys first came
out with the renewed version ofit here about a year or two ago,
I had a chance to drive it andI got more thumbs up, more
people to stop me in the grocerystore parking lot hey, is that
a new one?
I said yes, it is.
Can I look at it?
I had to do demos for you outin the parking lot, and I'm sure
(05:19):
that you've heard the samestories.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
One of my favorite tales is I was driving my other
son to LSU and I was drivingfrom Detroit to LSU for family
weekend.
I'm in my Bronco and I had apolice officer stop me in
Mississippi just so he could seethe car and I was in a demo
unit.
So I handed him the keys andsaid take it for a spin.
And he did.
And he turned right around andsaid I'm buying one of these
things, so they're beautiful.
(05:42):
My dad is 84 years old and he'son his third Bronco already.
He just trades it in every yearand a half and gets a new one.
He he loves it.
They drive so well.
And this new one, guys, whenyou see it, it looks amazing
with the white and with the redaccent, the Bronco on the front
hood spelled out in red and thenall the 60th anniversary
details and the Easter eggs thatwe put throughout.
(06:08):
And and the Easter eggs that weput throughout, and do they make
this particular model, theanniversary model, in two and
four doors?
Oh, you know that's a goodquestion.
You stumped me, I don't know.
I'm suspecting it's only atwo-door to be the traditional
one, but I honestly don't knowthe answer to that question.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I stumped the band.
I haven't seen one in person.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I've only seen the pictures.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Mike's online right now and he says four doors.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
well, Four doors well , oh, four doors.
Well, oh, thank you.
Thank you for you know, I justwasn't sure.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
That's okay.
Well, now you know.
So all the rest of theinterviews that you're doing
today from the golf courseyou'll be able to be very
knowledgeable about that.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Y'all are actually my last interview of the day.
Oh, you didn't tell us that13th hole, 19th hole, I'm on
hole number eight.
If we had made the turn, I'd beeating a hot dog while I was
talking to you guys.
But you know they block out mySaturdays for these calls and
typically if I know I havesomething going on, I block it
out.
But this was a surprise, verypleasant surprise, good one.
(07:02):
I'm shooting about double bogeyaverage right now, so I'm not
shooting well, but I'm havingfun.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, you need to order up the drink cart.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Actually, if I drink a beer, my game goes to hell.
I'm just not going to worryabout that.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know I've never gotten a hole in one playing
golf, but I did hit a guy youdid hit a guy.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I almost got hit a little bit ago.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Let.
You did hit a guy.
You did hit a guy.
There is that I almost got hita little bit ago.
So let me ask you this Arethese special order vehicles or
do they have them at the dealersalready?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
No, they don't.
In fact, you'll be customizingyour order.
The order window is what isopening up today, and I believe
delivery will be a little bit inthe future.
So they aren't at the dealeryet, but you can look at what
you're going to get online andthe show sample.
I saw the one that we're goingto have at Woodward Dream Cruise
.
It just looks amazing.
I'm a sucker for a white Bronco.
(07:52):
Can I tell my two favoritewhite Bronco stories, though?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I wish you would.
We all know the one we all knowthe one.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Did OJ kill the Bronco?
No, he didn't.
It was actually going awaybefore OJ.
But the other one is Pope JohnPaul II.
In New York Secret Servicebought three Broncos and
customized them and turned theminto Popobiles.
And there's a famous photo ofPope John Paul II in Yankee
Stadium surrounded by adoringthrongs and he's in a white
(08:19):
Bronco.
So I don't think the drivers ofthose two or the riders in
those two Broncos are meetingany time soon, are any, those
two Broncos?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
are meeting anytime soon.
Are any of the Broncos in theHenry Ford?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
No, they don't actually have a Bronco in their
collection.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Well, there's another great idea from Houston Texas
and the in-wheel time game.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, that's it.
I've got one in my collection.
I've got the one that was shownto the board of directors in
February of 2020, right beforeCOVID hit, where we showed what
the finished Bronco was going tolook like.
So that's the one I have in mycollection.
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Do you have all the not necessarily the deep stats,
but are there engine options onthe Broncos?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I don't have those at my fingertips.
If I was sitting at my house,I'd have my computer up in front
of me and be able to give youall of the stats.
I know that the 17-inch alloywheels, 35-inch wheels and a lot
of the different treads, but Idon't know the particular stats
on the engine.
Sorry, that's where I'm at adisadvantage.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
No, I hear you.
Well, we have a picture fromthe Ford website of the new
Heritage model that Jeff isshowing us right now.
Ford website of the newHeritage model that Jeff is
showing us right now.
And boy it's stunning looking.
You know you don't think aBronco in white would be really
good looking, but this one is.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
It looks fantastic.
When I first saw it I was like,oh my God, this will be an easy
one to talk about, becausesometimes you go on air and
you're talking about X, y, z.
The other interesting thing onthe Broncos is we sold a million
of those guys between thebronco and the bronco sport.
Uh, we've already surpassed amillion in sales in the four
short years that they've beenout.
So, uh, just this you knowamazing story this has a hint of
(09:56):
the flex in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I've got, I've got visions of the flex on the on
the board flex, yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, it just kind of squared off like people back
yeah, yeah, you people back.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Yeah, but we're old.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Do you know what the code name on the Flex was.
By the way, guys, no.
You can stun people at cocktailparties.
It was actually a concept modelcalled the Fairlane no.
Which eventually became theFlex yeah, and Fairlane was the
home of Henry Ford.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Obviously, you had tours of Fairlane.
It is closed right now forin-depth renovations, but will
be reopening soon and they'reactually going to be restoring
the garage, which is going to begreat news.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
I grew up in Dearborn Heights, spent many a time at
Greenfield Village and themuseum and all that.
So every place you've talkedabout I know about.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
So it's fantastic.
I saw Fairlane garage two weeksago when they were fixing the
turntable.
Henry installed a turntable sothat he could store more cars in
his garage and it actually hadelectric chargers.
Because Clara Ford drovebattery cars.
She didn't like to.
She didn't like starting aModel T and she didn't like the
(11:01):
smell of the gas, so she likedthe quiet electric cars and you
know, most people don't reallyrealize that Henry did have
electric cars back in the day.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
Really they were more popular than the original
gasoline-powered cars just for alot of reasons, like you say
convenience and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Well, this is great to talk to you Particularly with
women.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah, well, you say convenience and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, this is great to talk to you, particularly
with Lintman yeah Well, we cancertainly understand that, the
way that the cars were designedback then, I mean, go a few
blocks and you're filthy dirtyby the end of the trip.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, yeah, it's been fun.
Do you mind if I go ahead andjump?
I'm going to play the next holeand there are kids and golf
carts there one and two so it'stime for me to get back on the
range.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Go to it, my friend.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I'm excited and everybody go check out Fordcom.
You got it, ted.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Great talking to you.
Thank you, my friend, go playgolf.
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Thank you for that.
We've got IMSA this weekend.
It's the sports car weekend atRoad America that will be on
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Craftsman Truck Series nextweek they're off today but
they're going to be running nextweek Watkins.
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Well, you've got to have time to fix all the crashed
trucks?
Well, yeah, I'm supposed.
And then this week for theXfinity and also the Cup guys,
they're going to Iowa, the IowaRaceway, and they've got a story
about Indy on NASCAR too.
The rating results for the IndyBrickyard 400 absolutely sucked
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And NASCAR is defending it that, yeah, these are bigger crowds
for some of our bigger stadiumsHorse hockey, you blew it, and
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What are you trying to say?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Jeff Horse hockey.
They're actually Boston Red Soxare playing in the infield of.
I've got the story right here.
I did have the story right here.
They're playing on the infieldof a NASCAR here they're playing
on the infield of a NASCARtrack.
They're playing baseball.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
I got it here somewhere.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
They were talking about how they're going to
convert.
They've converted it to playbaseball on it.
It's going to take them40-something days to convert it
back to a NASCAR track.
Why would they do that?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
They said the name of it Similar to.
To convert it back to a NASCARtrack.
Why would you do that here?
It is right here.
Yeah, they said the name of itSimilar to the Field of Dreams,
bristol Motor Speedway.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Bristol, bristol Motor Speedway.
Why do they keep jacking withthat track?
I don't know they turned itinto dirt for a race.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Well, they did that thing in California, the
Coliseum, and they thought oh on, horse hockey, formula One.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
I want.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Riverside to come back.
There you go.
Wouldn't that be cool?
Oh, that'd be great.
I think they'd have to redo thetrack, though.
Resurface it.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Yeah, like tear down all the homes that are now on it
Exactly Well, driveways,Hungarian Grand Prix.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
So there you go.
That's on tomorrow for Formula1.
Nhra is off.
This weekend there were somepretty big records 343s, 344s,
1,000 feet Serious speed.
Serious speed.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
They did an interview with David Grubnick, who is a
tuner for Brittany.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Brittany.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Brittany was the first one, top fueling.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And the guy said well , how do you feel about the
speed?
He says we don't tune for speed, we tune to get the car down
the track and win the race.
We don't tune for speed.
Speed has nothing, it's just abyproduct of getting it down the
track.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Just a measurement of how.
Another measurement of how fastit got down the track Exactly.
But, Another measurement of howfast it got down the track
Exactly, but nobody cares aboutthat.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Who won, that's the big thing.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
That's true, that's very true.
All right, so there you go.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Thank you very much, sir.
Yes sir, interesting Time nowfor this week in auto history,
mr Morris.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Yeah, this week in auto history.
There's a few things in herethat we found were rather
interesting,63 was the firstsuccessful steam-powered
carriage in the United States.
Don't tell Jay Leno that Builtby Sylvester Roper, I think Leno
has one.
It was known as the Roper steamcarriage.
It was a four-wheel vehicle,coal-fired boiler.
(17:13):
Yeah, and this guy was aninventor.
He later went on to invent someof the earliest motorcycles as
well.
Now, also this week, in 1953,the first production Corvette
leaves the factory.
Now, this is designed by HarleyEarl Corvette.
Guys like you, don, I'm sure,know all this stuff, but I did
not realize that the first year,1953, they only built 300
(17:36):
because they were hand-built.
They were all whiteconvertibles with red interiors
and a black canvas top.
I thought the top was beige,but whatever, go ahead.
Well, the uh, blue flame, sixcylinder with a two-speed power
glide, 235 cubic inch, and theyonly built 300 of them.
In 1954 they built, startedbuilding over 3 000 I saw a
(17:57):
number two.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
I saw a number two and it's worth millions, but I
saw it.
And if you were to see the car,if somebody were to say here's
a brand new car, check it out,I'd go.
What in the world is wrong withthe paint?
Because they barely put anypaint on it and all of the?
You can see all of thefiberglass underneath the paint.
(18:19):
Really, you can see the actualfibers of the fiberglass, not
because it's 60 years old.
They didn't put a gel coat onthe top of it which hides the
fibers, right right, they didn'tdo that, they just painted it.
I'll be darned.
It's the most amazing thing Isaw, number two.
I don't know whatever happenedto number one.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
It's probably in some museum somewhere.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
But I saw number two and I was proud of the fact that
I got to see number two.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Oh yeah, yeah, that'd be pretty impressive, you and
your number twos.
Yeah, also this Proud of them.
In 1958, nasa was founded.
Now this is important becauseof the technology that NASA
developed and all theinnovations that are created in
materials, science, electronics.
All that stuff has beenincorporated, such as your GPS
and ABS and engine managementtools.
(19:06):
All came from being developedoff of NASA's development.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
That's correct.
Thank you, Katie Armstrong.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
There you go and Jeff .
In 1960, the first Toyota LandCruiser arrives in the United
States.
Now it was initially targetedfor a rugged use, you know, a
big off-road vehicle like it hadbeen in other parts of the
world.
But the FJ40 became a cultfavorite and established
Toyota's reputation forreliability and off-road
capability.
And of course, later on theLand Cruiser evolved into a
(19:35):
luxury SUV, which is what it isnow.
It's tough heritage is kind ofdependent on what you're doing.
1990, the last Citroen 2CB,citroen Citroen, citroen Citroen
.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Whatever, whatever.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Anyway, the last one was built in 1990 in Portugal,
which I did not realize that'swhere it was Now.
This ended a 42-year productionrun because it was introduced
in 1948 to be a rugged,affordable car for rural France
and they built over 5 million ofthese things and I'm not sure
and I didn't get in and find agood reason why it ended in
(20:14):
Portugal.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Well, because people were mentally hurt by the look
of that car.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Wow, no, I'd tub it out and put an LS in it.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
That's what's wrong with it.
It didn't have the LS.
1990, iraq invades Kuwait.
Now this is important becauseof the impact to the oil prices
which impacted the auto industry.
Because of all the oil crisis,the auto industry tried to
adjust and start buildingdifferent kind of vehicles that
were more fuel efficient andtrying to think of real
(20:43):
alternative fuels kind of leadsto what some of the crap we have
nowadays.
Then in 1996, I'm heartbrokenthe final Chevrolet Beretta was
produced.
Oh God, this was a sleektwo-door coupe.
You'm heartbroken.
The final Chevrolet Beretta wasproduced.
Oh God, this was a sleektwo-door coupe.
You would Mars.
Well, I had a friend that hadone a GT, a GT, yes, wow yeah.
(21:04):
So you could get it in a GT.
A GTZ and a Z26 was the hot rod.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
It really wasn't really much of a muscle car, but
it was respectable.
3.1 liter quad four engine.
It just it was a nice littlecar.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
It was a turd is what it was.
That's what you're trying tosay, isn't it?
Politely, yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Yeah, 2005,.
The production of the FordFusion begins Now.
I saw this as a midsize sedanand they built a lot of these
cars and they quit building themin 2020.
But there's still a lot of themout there and it's still
considered a very reliable,comfort, value-driven,
performance-type car that kindof competed against the Camry
(21:44):
and the Honda Accord and mygranddaughters have had two now
so far and they were very goodcars, as long as they didn't
wreck them, yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I've decided I want to be the Ford Heritage brand
manager.
I've decided I want to be theFord.
Do you play golf?
I'm going to put this down.
I'll play golf On this date inhistory automotive history.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Don Armstrong applied for.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Yeah, the Heritage brand manager.
Except I think I'd rather do itfor Chevrolet.
You know, we've listed you as aheritage.
Speaker 4 (22:16):
I am yeah, you're a world-class heritage yeah, an
old heritage.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
You're a stop on the heritage crosswalk.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Yeah, that's right, right there by the Beatles.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
All right, here's some stories making automotive
news headlines this week.
President Trump signed anexecutive order July 31st
increasing tariffs on Canadianimports to the United States to
35exico-Canada agreement,leaving little changed for
automotive, in which the bulk ofcross-border trade is covered
(22:58):
by that agreement.
So we all think that, oh well,if the car was built in Windsor
Ontario, it's going to receivesome 35% increase in tariffs.
No, it's covered under adifferent agreement, the
US-Mexico-Canada agreement.
That has not changed.
But if you're going to importsteel, things like that- 35%.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
To build the cars, didn't.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
George Bush Jr.
Didn't he put that in act?
Didn't he start?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
that Don't get me to lie.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Okay, I'm thinking.
Speaker 4 (23:29):
When you talk to him tomorrow, ask him Okay, yeah,
please.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
US and the European Union agreed on a hard-fought
deal that will see the bloc face15% tariffs on most of its
exports, including automobiles,steaming off a trade war that
could have delivered a hammerblow to the global economy.
The pact was concluded lessthan a week before an August 1st
deadline, so congratulations onthat.
(23:53):
South Korea also did a similardeal 15%.
They've got to spend a lot ofmoney here in the United States
on top of the tariff on the carsbecause they're going to build
things and have things for salein the United States, but
they're plugging in a bunch ofdough.
Tesla plans to offer get this achauffeur-style service, oh,
(24:17):
operated by human drivers, to alimited number of people in the
San Francisco Bay Area, andthat's contrary to a media
report that the EV maker wouldoffer a robo-taxi service.
Unlike Alphabet's Waymo unit,tesla cannot operate its service
using autonomous vehiclesbecause the EV maker does not
have the required permits and isnot applied.
(24:38):
According to a spokesperson forthe California Public Utilities
Commission, tesla did notrespond to a request for comment
from Automotive News.
Elon Musk said on an allearnings report that the company
was getting the regulatorypermission to launch robo taxis
in several markets, includingSan Francisco and, I'll bet you,
(24:59):
in Austin as well.
Business Insider reported onFriday that the service would be
a robo taxi operation withhumans in the driver's seat who
would be able to control the car.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Didn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having the
remote?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
No, because right now they're going to have no
robo-taxis.
It won't be robotic, they'llhave kind of like a car service.
Remember the difference betweena car service and a taxi cab.
No, it's a difference, there'sa difference.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
So it's kind of like in the movie Airplane where they
had the autopilot that's rightthe blow-up doll thing, yeah,
yeah, yeah, autopilot.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
Yeah, I remember that very well, never seen it,
you've never seen.
Airplane.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Yuck.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
My God.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
You don't even know.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Santa Claus.
Mercedes-benz has temporarilyhalted the order bank for its
electric EQS and EQE sedan andutility vehicle models in the US
.
A Mercedes spokespersonattributed the decision to
current market conditions anddid not say when the automaker
would resume taking orders.
By the way, the plant thatbuilds those, I think, is in
(26:13):
Alabama, I think it's in Alabama.
So what are you going to do?
They're going to build otherstuff at the Alabama plant.
I'm sure JD Power projectedJuly will end with an average
new vehicle loan paymentreaching $742, up 1.6% from a
year earlier and setting arecord for the month.
(26:35):
The average new vehicle pricewas expected to rise 2.1% to
$45,063, and the average vehiclewas predicted to sell for 90%
of its sticker, up 1 percentagepoint from a year earlier,
according to preliminaryestimates JD Power released on
July 23rd.
All right, well, that's nosurprise there.
(26:56):
Everything keeps going up,price of groceries in particular
, and I'm not a fan of that.
I like going grocery shopping,but I sure don't like the way my
weekly bill keeps oozing up.
I'm telling you, you know, yeah.
I mean you don't because you'vegot a wife that does all that.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
I shop.
Oh well, what do you shop for?
Group participation?
No, we fill out lists together.
We go together to shop.
I read labels oh yeah, she letsyou go to the grocery store
with her?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Yeah, but you have to trail behind.
Y'all don't walk together, haveyou ever seen?
Speaker 3 (27:30):
puts me up in a basket.
Have you ever seen puts me upin a basket?
There's that.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
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