Jun 30

Open Road Podcast

In this show, we complete our 5 part interview with Freeman Thomas, the head of Advanced Design at Ford.

Freeman Thomas

“I’m Mr Black and I’m here with Mr Blonde in our virtual studio editing the interview carried out yesterday with Freeman Thomas, the head of Advanced Design at Ford.

Whaddya think so far, Mr Blonde? For guys like us, who want cars that are both efficient and fast, Freeman’s thinking holds a lot of appeal. Nothing waste, get the job done, like a hummingbird or a Cheetah. I’d also ask for a healthy does of good looks and materials.
You know, at this Cars & Coffee show, a guy had an Ariel Atom. Now that’s efficient like a hummingbird, but you need to wear a helmet and a rubber suit to drive around in it. That’s perhaps a little too efficient for a road car. Still, I’d love to have one as a toy for track day.

OK, Mr Blonde, we’ll roll into Jaguar and Mazda commentaries. ”

Duration: 15:40
Size: 14.40 mb
Format: MP3
Cars discussed include:

Ford Interceptor
Ford Airstream
Lincoln MKR
Mazda Ryuga
Jaguar C-XF

written by Dennis

Jun 03

Seattle’s NBC affiliate, King5 has a television show called Evening Magazine. They are showing video clips of events in the Pacific Northwest. They have chosen to air the footage we took at last year’s Hillsboro Air Show where a small plane lands on the world’s shortest runway while the runway atop a motor home travels at 60mph.

We have posted the video clip on YouTube and embedded it here:

written by Dennis