Drive Thru News #31 - Season-3 FINALE!

The Drive Thru is our monthly recap where we’ve put together a menu of automotive, motorsport and random car-adjacent news. Tune in for Episode #31 where we celebrate our Season-3 FINALE!

• Showcase: ROLEX-24 HOURS
• All the automotive commercials from SUPERBOWL 2023
• Break/Fix Season-3 Retrospective! 
• Volkswagen design chief ousted over retro designs, replaced by Bentley design head
• Mercedes cars to have supercomputers and Google!
• BMW expanding hybrid options and giving the X5M and X6M facelifts, or rather nose jobs 
• $2B loss reported for FORD
• More Hyundai N74 Supercar Updates! 
• LOTUS going public with their EV division
• #teslagate continues! More Tesla & Musk drama. 
• NASCAR Hendrick/Garage 56 Camaro headed for LeMans
• 2023 F1 “car launch” - did ANYTHING really change?
• Ford announces return to Formula 1! 
• We review WRC's Rally Monte Carlo and Rally Sweden
• Community News, brought to us by CollectorCarGuide.net
• HPDEjunkie.com Track Side Report
• With hysterical Florida Man stories and much, much more! 

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00:00:00 Introduction and Sponsors

00:01:21 Rolex 24 Hour Race Experience

00:06:25 IMSA Racing Insights

00:15:55 DC and Richmond Auto Shows

00:18:54 Super Bowl Automotive Commercials

00:29:41 Season 3 Highlights and Reflections

00:38:07 Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche News

00:44:36 Mercedes' Latest Tech Innovations

00:46:30 BMW's 2024 Models and Hybrid Expansion

00:48:16 Domestic Car Market Insights

00:50:54 The Future of EVs and Hybrids

00:56:31 Honda's Ongoing Airbag Recall Issues

00:58:10 Hyundai's N74 Concept: In or Out?

01:00:55 Polestar's New Model and Dealership Trends

01:06:15 Amazon's Driverless Taxis: The Future of Transportation?

01:09:29 Lost and Found: Rare Car Finds and Auctions

01:16:22 Tesla and Elon Musk: The Latest Updates

01:24:18 Post Top Gear Era

01:24:34 Clarkson's Farm Controversy

01:26:01 Dealerships and Human Verification

01:27:26 Catalytic Converter Theft

01:30:22 Florida Man Chronicles

01:37:14 Motorsports News

01:45:26 Rally Recap and Insights

01:59:58 Upcoming Events and Announcements