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#253 - BMW is Lying to You About Horsepower, the RSX Type-S is Back, and My Worst Bimmer Challenge Performance!

Under the Hood gets into Texan's Obsession with Speeding, BMW is Lying to You About Horsepower, and the RSX type-S is back! Then we will wrap up with my trophy chase with Bimmer Challenge!

#251 - Used Car Problems Continue, An Apology to John Cena, and The Legend of The Long Lost Shelby Cobra!

Under the Hood gets into continuing used car problems, a crumbling EV world, Street Legal Drag Racing,  an R32EV, An Apology to John Cena, The Civic Type R is Having Problems. Then we'll get into a special story "The Legend of The Long Lost Shelby Cobra"

#250 - Rolls Royce Goes to the Moon, Acura Confirms 320 Horses, and Why Did Speedometers Only Go to 85MPH in the 80s?

Under the Hood gets into Rolls Royce going to the moon, Acura Confirms What Everyone Knows, Hagerty Doesn't Want You To Be A Crossfitter, A Road Legal Mustang GT3,  Donut Media Gets Efuel Wrong, and Stolen Cars For Sale at Carvana. Then we'll answer the question, "Why Did Speedometers in the 80s Only Go to 85MPH?"

#249 - We Got Another E36 M3 and Corona Gives Hyundai it’s First WRC Podium!

Under the hood covers OEMs killing the radio, finishing a race on 3 wheels, a car than can talk to you, and EV future goals get a stretch.
There's a new M3 in the nintyoneoctane garage.
A Moment in History: Hyundais First WRC Podium Brought to You Buy Corona Cerveza!

#248 - A Snow Day at Big Willow and Bending the Rules Returns with MSR Caught in Daytona!

As always we go under the hood and cover Doug Demuro's Lies, Car Financials Crisis, and Autonomous Reposessions.  Jon makes his Bimmer Challenge debut in a very snowy Willow Springs International Raceway. Finally, Bending the Rules is back AGAIN, this time with breaking news from Daytona on Meyer Shank Racing.

#247 - Your Car Might Be Snitchin’, A Suzuki MR2, and Bending the Rules: The Story of Ford’s Rule Bending in 2003.

As always we cover your headlines and introduce a new segment, Bending the Rules, which covers stories of "cheating" in motorsport. This week we cover Ford's creativity in the 2003 WRC
 
Show Notes:
Under the Hood
Your Car Might Be Snitchin'
Catalytic Converter Calamity
Malcolm Escapes the Middle at Daytona
For about $200 dollars you can get all green lights
Could Toyota Debut a New MR2?
People are Still Stealing Head Units!
Segment: 
Bending the Rules: Ford Caught in the 2003 WRC

Chris Cobetto | #246 - Racing Blunders, Behind the Scenes of NASA, and The Genesis of Hyperfest’s Power Wheels Attack!

Chris Cobetto, the Director of NASA Mid Atlantic and Founder of Hyperfest joins us to talk early automotive inspirations, becoming a champion, racing while directing a major racing organization, and we wrap up on the Automotive Amusement Park he founded, HYPERFEST.

Carlos Valenzuela | #245 - CRX Builds, Racing Porsches, and Driving for Riaction USA.

Carlos Valenzuela joins us in the studio to help cover this week's headlines and talk racing changes over the last year!
Topics: 
Under the Hood
Car Dreams
Shrinking Parking Spaces
Stellantis Invents Turbohead
The 10 Most Satisfying Cars to Own
Guest
Carlos Valenzuela
CRX Builds
Racing Porsches
Driving for Riaction USA
Believing You're Fast
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#244 - Cars Say A Lot About Your Intelligence, Ford and F1 are a Thing Again, and a Race You’ve Never Heard Of: The Fur Rondy Grand Prix

We go under the hood to cover your headlines for the week and introduce a new segment, A Race You've Never Heard Of.
Under the HoodYour Car Says A Lot About Your Intelligence
Sports Cars are the Answer to Steroids
Real Life Gone in 60 Seconds
Matt Damon Has to Make a New Ford Movie
Racing in your 80s
Doug Demuro Shows Us What's Possible in the Car World
SegmentA Race You've Never Heard Of:  The Fur Rondy Gran Prix

#243 - Williams Caught Cheating (Allegedly) in Daytona and The Kidnapping of the Godfather of Formula 1

This Week's Topics:
Under the Hood
William's Caught Cheating in Daytona
Pimp My Ride is BACK
 A 5 Year Wait for a Sienna
The Integra Gets the Single Letter Treatment
Mobile Chop Shops in the UK
GM Says Internal Combustion has another run in it
The History Bank
The Kidnapping of the Godfather of Formula 1