PODCAST: GM and Toyota Sales Get Vandalized in February

We are back from a one-week layoff and have lots to talk about.
Car sales were reasonable last month, and Ford even overtook GM as the top seller. To win back buyers both Toyota and GM are offering 0% financing deals in March.
Bob Lutz retires from GM, again.
Toyota drivers complain that cars aren't fixed.
Consumer Reports releases its annual rankings.
The Geneva auto show was filled with interesting designs and crazy concepts.
And Matt's Vibay is vandalized - unjustly.

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At Auto Show, Carmakers Put Up a Good Front - NYTimes.com

The Geneva auto show is this week and the NYTimes writes about how car makers are still showing some glitz even as the industry struggles to pull out of a massive sales hole.

I have been watching the coverage and some of the things I've seen are just awesome. I'll post a wrap-up tomorrow with my favs.

Mini Countryman to be first production car with internet streaming radio? -- Engadget

Mini Countryman to be first production car with internet streaming radio? -- Engadget

PODCAST: Get Out of My Black Box

Toyota continues to hit potholes and unintended media acceleration, and this week its black boxes, a rising death toll and questionable paperwork. Meanwhile, a new study indicates fatter people may be safer when they get in a car crash. Volvo rolls out a totally over-the-top back-seat entertainment system. What happened to looking out the window and watching the scenery roll by? A bunch celebrities -- including George Clooney -- have signed the hood of a Chrysler 300 that will be auctioned to raise money for Haitian relief efforts. And Matt gets a new coworker in Pulitzer Prize winning car columnist Dan Neil.

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FLO TV Moves to Automotive Application

I'm not a big believer in TV in the car and I don't know if you ever need more than a DVD player, but here is FLO TV getting into the back seat.

[PODCAST] Toyota Recall Media Hype Exploitation

Matt finds an online mapping tool to help him avoid the snowpacalypse but its too late; Recalling the best Super Bowl ads; David rants about the media hype around the Toyota recall, thus adding to the noise; Fiat discloses plans for new Chrysler models, including the 500 and the sexiest vehicle shown at the Chicago Auto Show was a Honda minivan: Not a good sign for the car industry.

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Jon Stewart takes on the Toyota Recall

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