HONDA'S NEW FIT, G37 LIVES ON and Quiet Soybeans

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

Honda shows its new Fit with Exciting H styling. Infiniti decides to Sell both is new Q50 and it older G37

side by side.

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Mini ends the run of one of its models after just 50 are sold.




Talking Tech: Quieter vehicles thanks to Soybeans.

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And is flashing your lights to warn other drivers about a speed trap.. Protected Speech? What about Police departments keeping scanned license plate data on file?

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And Ford gets sued over My Ford touch.

Cruise Control airs live Saturday August 3rd at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

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JETTA GOES EURO, EVOKE TOP CHOP and MOST STOLEN VEHICLES

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

VW puts more power in the 2014 Jetta and adds back some European handling.

Mazda Celebrates MPG while Toyota is not to happy with the RAV4.

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Should Land Rover cut the top off their Evoke?

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 We have the list of the most stolen cars and there have been some changes.

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Plus Ford cuts EV prices, Is $5 dollar too much to charge up your electric car? And green lighted.. a plug in Corvette Stingray?


Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 27th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

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NO DODGE DEMISE, NAV APPS and INFINITI Q50

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

He says it ain't so ! Ralph Gilles Senior Vice President

of Design at Chrysler Group LLC says talk of demise of the Dodge brand is just that.. talk..

And is SRT brewing up a hot rod version of the new Jeep Cherokee?




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Infiniti's brand new Q50 luxury sports sedan rolls into dealers in Early August.. There is plenty of new car tech including direct adaptive steering. Kyle Bazmore will drop in with the details.

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Talking tech: Navigation APPS may bring an end to more traditional $1500 factory navigation systems.. But maybe your phone and car will play nice. GM thinks they can.

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Plus, GM getting in the small van sales game with some Euro designed product.

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TECH TEAM UP, VW DUNE BUGGY and COMPACT CROSSOVERS

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

TECH TEAM UP: GM and Honda  team up this time  its for fuel cell development.

Cadillac takes a pass on a possible 100 thousand dollar top of the
line model.



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VW says a performance Diesel Golf is headed to the US and possibly a Dune Buggy? Break out that bikini.

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Are you ready for a wave of Compact Crossovers? Jeep might be! And Ford builds a Thunderbird Mustang?

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Plus an "At the Wheel" review of the 2013 Lexus LS460 AWD

Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 20th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

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NEXT GEN MAZDA 3, STINGRAY NUMBERS, VW TDI MPG RECORD

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

Kevin Tetz host of the Power Block's Trucks!, owner of Paintucation and contributor to the Eastwood Company is our special guest host this week.

We take a look at the Next gen Mazda 3 with swoopy styling and a no smile grill. Mazda  filled it with tech and perhaps a diesel drivetrain in the future.

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Corvette Stingray numbers get official and we have them. Zero to Sixty and more. The full size Ram pickup gets a bucket load of new engine options.

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And the Guiness book world records gives it approval to two guys in a VW TDI Passat 77.9 MPG. The record holders  Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger will be our guests.

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F150 TREMOR, ULTIMATE BARN FIND and LIGHTER AUDI R8

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

Kevin Tetz host of the Power Block's Trucks!, owner of Paintucation and contributor to the Eastwood Company is our special guest host this week.

Its the ultimate barn of all time featuring over 500 cars from the 50's 60's and 70's some have one mile on the odometer and they are all headed to auction.

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Ford Says goodbye to the F150 Harley Davidson edition but hello to the Tremor is this the long awaited lightning replacement?

Talking Tech: Hot air means quieter cars.

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Audi R8 goes on a diet for better performance and MPG but there is no loss of displacement.

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ALFA TIME?, PAINT DEFENDER and GLOWING GRILLES

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

Ready for Action: CEO Sergio Marchionne says Fiat has everything it needs to relaunch Alfa Romeo and bring it to the US.

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Green Tax: looks like idea of states taxing green and hybrid cars is catching on..But Why?


Mercedes turns up the juice and takes on the ring with electric SLS AMG


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Talking Tech: Are glowing grill emblems the next big thing in bling?

This probably annoys you.. You new vehicle gets hit with a stone of other debris and gets a nick or a scratch.. You can get expensive paint guard films.. Or now you can spray on the 3M Paint defender system. 3M's Todd Mathes will join us.

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Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 13th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

Plus an "At the wheel" review of the 2013 Buick Enclave AWD.

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WINNING SKYACTIV-D, FULL SIZE PICKUP BONANZA and MORE MINI ALL FOUR

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

Full Size Pickup prices are rising twice as fast as the car industry rate. Is this a return to the good old big truck days for dealers?

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Talking tech: Gluing it together.. Why are adhesives becoming the fastening method


 of choice for vehicle manufacturers? Mini makes ALL Four available for more!

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Mazda's Skyactiv-D Clean Diesel is scoring one victory after another in the GRAND-AM GX class and its doing it with a largely stock diesel engine you can get in a Mazda 6. Joel Miller driver of the Double O Visit Florida car will be our guest.

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Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 13th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

Plus an "At the wheel" review of the 2013 Hyundai GT.

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AUTOMOTIVE APPLE, VW DIESELS and WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO IN A RENTED MCLAREN!

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

APPLE Says it wants control of your dashboard.. We talk tech at the top of the show.

Could another venerable American car brand fade away?. Boy would those guys be mad..

What not to do when driving a Mclaren... Ahh a rented Mclaren!


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Land Rover says yes to a Diesel Hybrid in the US.

Speaking about Diesels Doug Skorupski, Volkswagen of America's Alternative Fuels Technical Strategy Manager talks to us about the benefits of today's clean oil burners.

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And We take a look at a couple of stealthy rides for some difficult situations.

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SHELL SUPER RIGS, PORSCHE CONCEPT and GORRILLA WINDSHIELDS

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

We start this week with pricing on a bevy of new vehicles including BMW's, Nissans and Cadillacs. Porsche shows off its hybrid concept for Lemans.

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Talking tech: Gorrilla Glass it works for your smart phone now how about your car?

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And Big Rigs are getting customized like cars slammed, chopped and more but these guys run 8 inch exhaust stacks. Shell's Dave Waterman will tell us about SuperRigs for Shell.

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And we discuss the Supra concept. Could it have BMW power?

Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 13th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

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THE NEW COROLLA, SS PRICED and 3D PRINTED PARTS

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

Volvo plans on staying in the US Market and maybe selling a diesel plug in hybrid. How are future car buyers expectations tied to smartphones? 

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Talking tech: Rapid prototypes for car parts is a reality thanks to 3D printing. Chevy Prices the SS

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And Toyota pulls the covers off the 11th generation Corolla in a rare mid-week reveal. We get the deep details from Toyota's Moe Durand.

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Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 6th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

And what is the vehicle option Fred and Les never use?

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JEEP RECALL, PRICE CRIMP and APP TURN ON

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

RECALL REFUSAL: JEEP reconsiders its no to a government recall of certain Grand Cherokee and Liberties,but does recall other vehicles. Is Ford testing the waters for a new smaller crossover?
Could pricey cars and truck put a crimp in the auto industry comeback?

 

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Could pricey cars and truck put a crimp in the auto industry comeback?

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Talking Tech:Smart Apps are a turn on for GM

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And making a statement with a mashed Mustang and a burnout

Cruise Control airs live Saturday July 6th at 10AM Eastern find out how to listen live.

Plus an "At the Wheel" of the 2013 Cadillac XTS Platinum AWD

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