MotorWeek - Podcast Rankings and reviews

i stumpled upon this podcast after missing a few of the TV shows. This show is informative, sometimes funny and very quick but always enjoyable. The show seems to "speed" through the 30 minutes. I enjoy the show's interesting facts and comments they bring on several automobile topics which are presented on the show. Their car reviews are easy to understand and not filled without too much technical speak. The hosts interact with each other very nicely and sometimes humorously. It's like listening to your friends around the water cooler. This show is definitely a must listen for anyone.

This is a very well done podcast. Good ways to describe it: Candid. Fun. Insider. Automotive. Journalism. I feel like I’m sitting around a table with the legends from MotorWeek and chatting candidly about cars and the automotive industry. It’s open, it’s fun, and it’s approachable.

Podcasting is the best format for John Davis because he actually sounds like a normal person and less stilted than he does on TV. The podcast is entertaining but the episodes can be too brief and they arrive way too infrequently.

Give longer episodes and produce one per week or at least every two weeks and you'd have a great podcast.

You guys have produced professional TV content for decades yet you allow your host and contributors to sit in their kitchen echo chambers 4 feet from some sort of built in laptop mic for this recording?? Does anyone listen back to this podcast?

I know this seems harsh, but you as professionals know better. Use quality mics and get up close to them. It matters to those of us who listen. Nothing turns me off to a podcast quicker than crappy echo’e sound. In this post Zoom world there is no reason your show should sound like amateur hour.

I’ve been a very long-time Motorweek viewer and listener - since the 1980s. But the pod is getting further out of touch lately, often including info on EVs, AI, etc., that is simply wrong or missing key elements. And when John Davis asserted in this week’s episode that full EVs are a bridge to a future of hydrogen cars, that was a bridge too far for me. They really need to hire someone like Marques Brownlee, Laycee Schmidtke (Miss Go Electric), or Tom Moloughney to join the team and bring them up to speed. If you want general info about the cars and tech of the past, they’re fine, but if you want to understand the latest technology and future direction of transportation, sadly, you’ll need to look elsewhere.