Friday, June 28, 2013

CHRYSLER'S NEW 200, STINGRAY NUMBERS and ROUSH FOCUS ST

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

Chrysler's 2014 200 brings dealers to their feet at a recent preview. Pentastar honchos say "We'll die trying" to make a statement in the mid size market!

We have the Stingray's official horsepower numbers and they are even better than expected.

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JAG is real happy with its initial F Type sales numbers.

Talking Tech : Smaller engines in street cars now smaller engines in race cars. We'll discuss some Chevy Indy car engine tech.

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Ford's Fiesta ST gets EPA rates and Roush turns up the wick on the Focus ST.

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Plus an "At the Wheel" review of the the Ford Explorer Sport awd.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

MALIBU REDO, ECO BOOST CHALLENGE and FUTURE JEEP DETAILS

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

Taking Action: With Chevy's Malibu turning in less than stellar sales numbers it was time for a quick ahead of schedule refit.

Stylists wanted: Did Jeep telegraph future Wrangler details in a want ad?

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Why its smart for car companies to market to older drivers?

Plus Ford's Mike Murphy discusses


the 13-City Eco Boost Challenge  that will put you behind the wheel of some exciting product.

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Plus an "At the Wheel" review of the the Ford Explorer Sport awd.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

MERC and NISSAN TEAM UP, FISKER BUY BACK and RILED AUSSIES

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

Mercedes teams with Nissan for its affordable CLA  Can the Fast and Furious Movie help sell new Dodge Darts even though they are not featured in the film?

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Buyback: Is Fisker bidding for is former company and who else is involved.. Could it be a guy wanting to drop in a V8?



They are both powered by a Boxer engine and both are rear drive. Which sells better the Scion FR-S or the Subaru BRZ?

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And what has Aussie petrol heads all riled up?

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Plus an "At the Wheel" review of the the Ford Explorer Sport awd.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

BMW ULTRA LUX COUPE, VW DIESEL MODS and QR CODES TO THE RESCUE

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

BMW teams up with famous Italian design firm for a uber lux Coupe. Chevy prices its EV Spark and Toyota takes its lithium.

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Get ready for Chrysler's Hell Cat and What's a Honda engine doing in a Mclaren?

VW Modifies its Diesel fleet.

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Talking Tech how could QR codes help emergency responders? And who has Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson ticked off this time?

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Plus an "At the Wheel" review of the the Kia Sorento SX awd.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

CROSSOVER CRASH, JEEP HOLY TOLEDO and MERCEDES S CLASS

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson
Small Crossovers get the crash test and only two come out winners.
 Holy Toledo: Jeep rolls out its one millionth Wrangler.

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We get details on Mercedes tech heavy brand new S Class. GM rebrands Nissans to get into the small van business.

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Talking Tech: HD Radio is now even more than radio! Plus Fisker Firesale , Quicker Yellows and Robin hooders in trouble.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

HONDA NSX SUPER CAR HQ, TWIN TURBO XTS and KIA CADENZA

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson


Honda Announces its return to Formula One and NamesNSX supercar will be built.
a location where its

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Under Pressure: Cadillac announces a twin turbo XTS Talking Tech: Will you feel comfortable when you cars knows everything about you?

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KIA builds its flagship: We get behind the wheel of the brand new Cadenza luxury sedan.

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Saturday, June 08, 2013

TESLA TIMES, BUICK CENTENNIAL and THE LEAST JUNKED

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

Big times for Tesla : High price shares, big praise and an autopilot. 


Talking tech: will Bosch lock up the home EV charger market?

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GM's Mark Reuss  likes a nice and light idea for a new RWD car.. Are the but are the millennials listening?

BUICK celebrates its 100 anniversary and its hot rod tank.

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What are the most and least junked cars in America? And what landed in the back of one Californians pickup truck?

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John Lennon's first car a 330GT Ferrari 2+2 goes to auction.

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Wednesday, June 05, 2013

E-15 REVOLT, F TYPE COUPE and Z/28 CAMARO

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson


Maine says no to any Ethanol in the tank is the the beginning of a E 15 revolt?

Is Jag getting ready for a F Type Coupe photographic evidence says yes!

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Talking Tech: This in car infotainment brought to you by. VW: CARBON's up the new Golf.

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And its the most track capable Camaro ever.. We get the details on the 2014 Z/28 from Darren Bohne assistant program engineering manager for Z/28

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Monday, June 03, 2013

GM HERITAGE, TOYOTA FUEL CELL and PULP FICTION MALIBU

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson

GM buys its birthplace to display some heritage.

The Corvette Stingray paced the Indy 500 but is there even more horsepower up GM's power train engineers sleeves?


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Toyota's ready to sell its Fuel Cell and Honda takes on Pikes Peak. Talking Tech : Volvo stores its energy in a flywheel.

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Kia brings back a model from the past and Quentin Taratino's Pulp Fiction Malibu reappears.
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Plus Sirius gets into the infotainment business.

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