About this episode

The episode discusses VW's recent plant closures, the impact of horsepower wars on driving enjoyment, and features various car debates.

VW continues to slash and burn their way to profitability through layoffs and plant closures. What about making great, fun-to-drive vehicles? Topic Tuesday: Have Horsepower Wars Killed Fun? 00:00 - Intro 0:31 - Used EV Batteries Last Longer Than Expected 5:27 - VW Closing 4 Plants And Killing SEAT?! 9:47 - Topic Tuesday: Have The Horsepower Wars Killed The Fun? 27:15 - Car Debate #1: Boredom Is The Enemy 50:39 - Car Debate #2: The Car For The Kids You Don’t Have 1:09:22 - Car Conclusion #1: A Car From 5 Different Countries 1:11:13 - Car Conclusion #2: The Yellow Race Car 1:13:27 - Audience Questions On Social Media Thanks for taking the time to watch, and remember to support our sponsors Griot’s Garage, Vredestein Tires, FCP Euro, Powerstop Brakes and Autotempest.com #griotsgarage #vredestein #fcpeuro #powerstopbrakes #autotempest #cardebate #topictuesday #hookedondriving Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe to our two YouTube channels. Write to us your Topic Tuesdays, Car Conclusions and those great Car Debates at everydaydrivertv@gmail.com or everydaydriver.com Instagram.com/everydaydriver Facebook.com/everydaydriver Audio-only MP3 is available on Spotify, Apple…

People in this episode

Host: Everyday Driver

Topics covered

• VW layoffs
• fun-to-drive vehicles
• horsepower wars
• car debates
• used EV batteries
• car conclusions
• audience questions

Keywords

• VW
• horsepower wars
• fun-to-drive
• car debate
• used EV batteries
• SEAT
• sponsors

Sponsors

Griot’s Garage, Vredestein Tires, FCP Euro, Powerstop Brakes, Autotempest.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VW, SEAT

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