Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast, Episode 163: Rebranding Jaguar Land Rover, Digging into Polestar

Tom and visitor host Paul Herrold of the Sons of Speed (Jill is touring this week) opened the present discussing the shocking rebranding occurring at Jaguar Land Rover. Tom and Paul agree that the deliberate updates, which embody spinning Discovery off as a separate model, foretell the demise of Jaguar within the U.S. Paul shared information concerning a private automotive buy. Paul lately took supply of a BMW M2, a car he plans to take pleasure in on the race monitor.
The hosts are joined within the second section by Sam Fiorani of AutoForecast Solutions. Sam up to date the workforce on what’s brewing with the UAW contract negotiations coming later this summer time. Sam additionally shared some historical past and background info on Polestar, the brand new luxurious EV model owned by Volvo guardian firm Geely. Sam defined how Polestar shall be working outdoors the normal dealership mannequin.
In the third section Paul is subjected to Tom’s “French Car or Asthma Drug” quiz. After the quiz Tom lamented about how small turbocharged engines lack the smoothness and progressive energy supply of old-school V6 engines. Tom used the up to date Buick Enclave, which incorporates a huge V6, for example of fantastic powertrain refinement.