Longtime Car and Driver editor Eddie Alterman thinks all cars are great, even the awful ones. But some cars, he says, transcend their "car-ness” and have a story to tell. On Car Show!, Alterman tells those stories. Stories of the vital cars — the ones that have changed how we drive and live, whose significance lies outside the scope of horsepower or miles per gallon. Because some cars are more than just a pile of metal, glass, and rubber. Some cars are rolling anthropology. Launches May 18, with new episodes on Wednesdays.
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From Medal of Honor: James Fleming’s Impossible Vietnam War Rescue
In 1968, in the dense jungles of Vietnam, a team of Green Berets was pinned down by an overwhelming North Vietnamese Army force. Their last hope was a young Air Force pil
May 27 31 min
From Business History: De-Nazifying the Love Bug: The VW Beetle Story Part II
We're sharing an episode from another Pushkin podcast, Business History. Hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small
Jan 21 42 min
From Business History: Hitler's Gift to the Hippies: The VW Beetle Story Part I
We're sharing an episode from another Pushkin podcast, Business History. Hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small
Jan 14 33 min
Into the Toyota Land Cruiser
The Toyota Land Cruiser returns as a more affordable SUV, Tony and Eddie take it off-roading to find out if it lives up to the Land Cruiser name.
For more on the Toyota
Jul 11 2024 39 min
Into the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato
The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is designed to play in the dirt, so we get it dirty. After a spirited drive, hosts Tony Quiroga and Eddie Alterman talk to Lamborghini’s
Jun 6 2024 35 min
The Final Round with Malcolm Gladwell and Alonzo Bodden
In our Car of the Year finale, the finalists from rounds 1-4 now go head to head! Eddie, Malcolm, and Alonzo Bodden talk through the finalists, explain why they deserve a
Dec 22 2022 39 min
Round Four: SUVs with Ezra Dyer
In our penultimate round, the contenders are the Ford Bronco Raptor, Genesis GV70, Honda CR-V, and the Land Rover Range Rover. Car and Driver Senior Editor Ezra Dyer and
Dec 21 2022 36 min
Round Three: EVs with John Voelcker
In this episode, Eddie and Green Car Reports’ John Voelcker evaluate four industry-leading EVs: the Ford F-150 Lightning, BMW i4 M50, Hyundai Ioniq5, and the Cadillac Lyr
Dec 14 2022 47 min
Round Two: Sports Sedans with Elana Scherr
Eddie is joined by hot rodder, muscle car enthusiast, and Car and Driver Senior Editor Elana Scherr to weigh in this week’s contestants: the Audi RS3, Cadillac CT5-V Blac
Dec 7 2022 40 min
Round One: Sports Cars with Matt Farah
In round one of our tournament to determine the car of the year, Eddie is joined by Matt Farah to debate the various merits of the Corvette Z06, Nissan Z, Toyota Corolla
Nov 30 2022 50 min
Car Show Season Two: The Tournament
Car Show will return on November 30 with a 5-episode tournament to determine Eddie’s highly subjective pick for best car of the year. We’re not just talking about perform
Nov 28 2022 2 min
Family Car Shopping with Malcolm Gladwell
Eddie helps new father Malcolm Gladwell shop for a family car. They put a souped-up crossover, a Swedish luxury wagon, and... a minivan to the test to help him find the p
Jul 13 2022 45 min
The Chrysler Minivan and the New American Parent
Envisioned as the antidote to the dowdy station wagon, the minivan became more stigmatized still, as it gave power and locomotion to a new entity: the helicopter parent.
Jul 6 2022 34 min
The Bugatti Veyron: the Quest to Outrun Gravity
The Veyron is what happens when unlimited money and colossal ego meet the hardest automotive-engineering questions ever raised. It was built to be the fastest production
Jun 29 2022 34 min
Detours: The Great Muscle Car Debate with Mike Musto
Eddie sits down with muscle car guru Mike Musto, who didn’t totally agree with Eddie’s take on the Golf GTI being Generation X’s Pontiac GTO, in Car Show episode 6. If yo
Jun 27 2022 23 min
Our First Cars with Lake Bell and Rob Corddry
Eddie talks to Lake Bell and Rob Corddry about the cars that shaped their adolescent years and turned them into car geeks.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform
Jun 22 2022 52 min
The Volkswagen GTI was our Hero ft. Malcolm Gladwell
Proud VW evangelists Malcolm Gladwell and Eddie agitate for a reappraisal of the VW GTI as a historically monumental vehicle—at least to Gen Xers.
See omnystudio.com/lis
Jun 15 2022 38 min
The Chevrolet Corvair: How Safety Failed Us
The Corvair was Motor Trend’s Car of the Year for 1960, yet the car hit bottom just three years later. In this episode, how battles over safety shaped the future of the C
Jun 8 2022 40 min
The Lunar Rover: The Most Important Car off this Earth
Why did we send a car to the moon? How did we design something for an environment we knew nothing about? How did we get it up there? Plus: a behind-the-scenes peek at GM’
Jun 1 2022 41 min
The Porsche 928: Why Better Isn’t Always Best
The Porsche 928 was meant to replace the Porsche 911. Instead, it cemented the 911 as the Porsche icon. In this episode, Eddie investigates why the incredibly great Porsc
May 25 2022 40 min
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A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
I’ve listened to every episode twice. About to start again from the beginning. Why? I don’t know… is it the great writing? Is it the cheerful host? Is it plain ol’ great topics and insights? It’s the secret sauce of auto journalism in the audio form. 👏👏👏
AndreT3000 · Oct 2023
Just the right amount of history and tech, excellent guest lineup and stellar writing. Bonus points for the GTI episode!
Keep up the great work and keep ‘em coming!
JTom78 · Sep 2022
I am *not* a car person yet I still want to make smart purchases. This is educational with a point of view which helps sort through all the features and mechanics of today’s car offerings. I enjoyed the family car episode. Next up should be “what is the best car for your new teenage driver”!
flamingo25! · Aug 2022
It’s all about the story and Eddie does an exceptional job. He provides just the right amount of historical context and personal anecdotes to keep the topics interesting. My 78 year old car indifferent mother was enthralled by the moon rover and minivan episodes. My favorite was the M5 pod. Thank you for the content.
Brewster Baker's no.1 fan · Jul 2022
Well researched and well produced. Unfortunately the show cratered during the Corvair episode when it veered wildly into a libertarian ditch.
“It’s not the car! It’s the driver!”
Right. Because had not Ralph Nader insisted on safer cars, the general public today would all be ready for LeMans.
I had fears during the “nothing more American than a Jeep!” Episode, and they came true.
Still, I have hope for this show. If the author can stick to “what cars mean” and not “what cars mean to me.”
DogDove · Jun 2022
The Corvair episode was injected into the feed for another Pushkin show. The episode was so bad that I am taking a moment to search for the show and review it. The supposition is that car safety makes people drive worse. True, there is a well known principle that sometimes making things feel safer makes people act more reckless, but it does not always pan out that simply. Instead of putting together an interesting and informative show exploring whether or not car accidents per vehicle mile driven show whether or not car safety has made people more reckless, the host just bemoaned that you cannot buy unsafe cars like you used to and that the ABSOLUTE NUMBER of car accidents remains similar to when the Corvair was around. I expect much better than this from Pushkin.
JRMole · Jun 2022
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