Episode #28 – Luxury Econocars, Big Trucks and Malaise vs Autonomy




Wheel Bearings show

Summary: <div id="attachment_287" style="width: 1290px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"> <img class="size-full wp-image-287" src="https://i2.wp.com/wheelbearings.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wb-28.jpg?resize=1170%2C642" alt="Wheel Bearings #28"><p class="wp-caption-text">Wheel Bearings #28</p> </div> <p>This week Dan and Sam return to the Ford F-250 Super Duty which Dan is now driving and compare it to the Chevy Silverado 2500. They also talk about BMW’s $100,000 economy car, the 740e plug-in hybrid. Topics include the departure of Travis Kalanick from Uber, the 2017 edition of J.D. Power’s Initial Quality Study and a bunch of listener questions including a recommendation of the Mazda6 and contemplation of which is worse, the malaise era or the coming autonomy era?</p> <p>Links</p> <p><a href="http://www.jdpower.com/cars/articles/jd-power-studies/infographic-2017-us-initial-quality-study-key-stats">2017 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study Results</a></p> <p> </p>