October 23, 2009 4:37 PM PDT
Car Tech Live Podcast 141: Lexus fires up its first supercar!
Lexus is about to put the V-10 LFA into production; Ford puts batteries in the Focus; Nissan swears that goofy Land Glider is for real; we discuss why your cell phone may not work worth a damn in your next new car; and we take a ride in the luxury crossover that started it all.
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EPISODE 141
SHOW NOTES• Lexus' first supercar is reality: The LFA
• Honda CR-Z coming to the U.S.
• California energy rules could hamper in-car cell phone reception
Brian Cooley is an editor at large who keeps his fingers on the pulse of consumers' attitudes toward tech. His specialty is CNET Car Tech videos, but, frankly, most people have seen him on the TVs at Costco (or in one of his '60s Fords or Fiats).
Brian Cooley has a fleet of late '60s cars so he's well aware that great motoring exists happily in the absence of silicon--car technology only impresses him when it's great.
Wayne Cunningham On the cutting edge of tech coverage, Wayne began his journalism career writing about the Web in 1995. Although he has covered many areas of technology, he considers the Car Tech beat the best yet.
Antuan Goodwin gained most of his automotive knowledge the old fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway. From drivetrain tech and performance to car audio installs and cabin tech, if it's on wheels, Antuan is knowledgeable.
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by make_or_break
October 25, 2009 12:16 AM PDT
- And I suppose that Toyota thinks that the green points the Prius is scoring will easily negate all the gasoline and other consumables it'll take to make the 552 horses and handle the performance that shoves the LF-A to 202 mph. I'd expect this sort of overindulgence from a hedonistic company like Ferrari, but for Toyota it's mixed signals for sure.
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by antuan.goodwin
October 26, 2009 1:05 PM PDT
- They're only making 500 of them and at $400K no one will buy them. So, I don't think this will do too much to hurt Toyota's "Green Image"
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