Drive Thru News #11 - June ’21

The Drive Thru is our monthly recap where we've put together a menu of local, racing, electric-vehicle and random car-adjacent news. Tune in for Episode #11 covering June of 2021, with Special Guest Host: Donovan Lara from GarageRiot!

Just some of the topics we covered this month:

• Showcase Brand: FORD
• Alfa Romeo CEO Keen on Bringing Back GTV and Duetto Sports Car
  
• $9.2 billion offer to VAG for Lambo - NOT FOR SALE!
• Lost & Found: American Classics
• Rolls Royce to build 3 “boat tail” drop tops
• Unplugged RETURNS to pikes peak with Plaid edition Tesla
• Nissan Has Intern Sit in Stop-and-Go Traffic Every Day for Months – for Research
• Motorsports News
• HPDEjunkie.com Track Day Report
• and much, much more! 

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00:00:00 Introduction and Sponsors

00:01:09 Ford's $1.3 Billion Penalty

00:03:29 Ford's New EcoBoost V8

00:06:15 EV Revolution and the Mach-E

00:10:41 Chip Shortages Impacting Production

00:21:29 Ford Bronco's Off-Road Adventure

00:25:05 Alfa Romeo's Exciting Future

00:30:55 Lamborghini's Electric Plans

00:35:47 The Rise of the ID.4 and ID.3

00:37:06 GTX: The New GTI?

00:37:30 Drift Mode: Necessary or Nuisance?

00:39:29 Green Mobility Experiments in Greece

00:40:56 The Return of the Five-Cylinder Audi

00:44:16 Nicolas Cage's Impressive Car Collection

00:46:04 Lost and Found: Rare Car Discoveries

00:48:38 Collector Car Market Trends

01:01:14 The Controversial Tesla Plaid Edition

01:06:54 The Boring Company's Vegas Tunnel

01:11:19 Unexpected Car Videos

01:12:18 The Bizarre Citroen 2CV Roadster

01:14:23 The Worst Internship Ever

01:16:04 Strange Incident at Circle K

01:18:04 NASCAR at COTA: A Rainy Disaster

01:20:55 Women Making History at Indy 500

01:24:36 The Mystery of Michael Schumacher

01:25:55 Toyota's Rally Prius Experiment

01:29:57 BMW's Return to Le Mans

01:31:40 Motor Mythbusters and Richard Hammond's New Show

01:34:21 Sad News in Motorsport

01:38:56 Upcoming Events and Final Thoughts

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