CarTalk with MotoringME.COM February 13, 2017

Our week starts with an informative and entertaining conversation about the latest automotive news with the roving reporters from www.MotoringME.com.

This week we had all sorts of things to talk about and of course a healthy dose of SMS messages kept us busy.

The show notes.

Lexus LX

Grand Charokee trailhawk

-Renault has some great deals

-Lets talk Volkswagon

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/scandal-ridden-car-company-now-world-s-best-selling-automaker-n714266?cid=public-rss_20170213

It's official: Volkswagen became the world's best-selling automaker in 2016, toppling king-of-the-hill Toyota by more than 150,000 vehicles worldwide.

If anything, analysts suggested, the German maker's lead would have been even larger were it not for VW's ongoing diesel emissions scandal. Demand in the key U.S. market took a double-digit dip last year, but the "people's car" company still managed to deliver a 3.8 percent global increase.

-Vans! We need more vans! (Volks, GM, Dodge)

-What did you learn from Elon Musk?

-The camero really is the best muscle car from the US

-Hyundai and self driving cars?

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170212/OEM02/170219965/hyundai-motor-hires-former-gm-researcher-to-lead-self-driving-car

-Ford Expedition is NEW

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170213/OEM04/302139953/redesigned-expedition-sets-the-new-standard

-Rav 4 goes rugged

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170212/OEM04/302139946/amid-sales-push-rav4-goes-in-a-more-rugged-direction

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