Dec 04
Episode #035, Saleen
Mr. Blue, AKA Mr. Detroit, wanted to talk about Saleen, Hyde Park, and American Sunroof Corporation, ASC. ASC now owns the state-of-the-art niche assembly plant where the Ford GT was built. The boys discuss the potential for Saleen’s new S7 successor, which will sell for a lot less money. Mr. Black holds court about who actually developed the S7—it was an old friend of his. Also another foray into the distant past covering relations with Panoz Automotive development and how that planted so many ideas in the minds of Deeeeeeetroit engineers. Mr. Blue makes his point about Kenny Brown. And we all wish Steve Saleen the very best of luck in his new ventures, modifying various Detroit pony cars.
Duration: 40:00
Size: 37.70 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
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Duration: 40:00
Size: 36.66 mb
Format: MP3
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Tags: Saleen, ASC, Raptor, Hyde Park, American Sunroof Corp, Panoz
written by Dennis
\\ tags: American Sunroof Corp, ASC, Hyde Park, Panoz, Raptor, Saleen
Sep 14
Episode #033, Compact Trucks, Part 2
More on little pickups. Perfect if you want to know what it’s like to sit in a marketing meeting with people who actually know what they’re talking about–as opposed to the MBAs who so often make poor decisions.
Duration: 24:04
Size: 19.90 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
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Duration: 24:04
Size: 22.10 mb
Format: MP3
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written by Dennis
\\ tags: Chevrolet, Colorado, Compact Trucks, Ford, Frontier, Mahindra, Nissan, Tacoma, Toyota, Truck
Aug 10
Open Road Podcast
Episode #032, 2008 Compact Trucks, Part 1
A new player enters, Stage Right. Mr Blue is a truck marketing geek. He and Mr Black discuss the potential market for a compact pickup. This is one for marketing people to listen to, or guys who know about trucks.
Duration: 33:06
Size: 29.20 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
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Duration: 33:06
Size: 30.34 mb
Format: MP3
Direct download: ORP-Episode032.mp3
written by Dennis
\\ tags: Chevrolet, Colorado, Compact Trucks, Ford, Frontier, Mahindra, Nissan, Tacoma, Toyota, Truck
Jun 30
In this show, we complete our 5 part interview with Freeman Thomas, the head of Advanced Design at Ford.
“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
