BMW Celebrates 40 Years of the M3, Then Kills Everything It Stood For

About this episode

Kris and Jake discuss various automotive topics including the 40th anniversary of the BMW M3 and the implications of recent industry changes.

Kris and Jake on the Grand Tour's new hosts, the death of start-stop, China banning flush door handles and steering yokes, Lamborghini killing its EV, the RS5 outweighing an F-150, BMW ending the manual and rear-drive M car era, and a billion-dollar fraud. Support this show: https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub 0:00 Intro 0:30 Open 2:24 The Grand Tour Returns 12:40 The Death of Start-Stop 18:24 China Bans Flush Door Handles, Yokes & Touchscreens 23:45 Porsche 718 EV in Development Hell 29:50 Lamborghini Kills Its EV 42:06 StopTech Fraud & Shutdown 50:20 The E30 M3 Turns 40 52:33 BMW Kills the Manual & RWD M Car 1:01:08 The Audi RS5 Weighs More Than an F-150 1:13:00 TPMS Tracking 1:16:16 Your Car Thinks You're Asleep

People in this episode

Host: Kris Clewell

Guest: Jake

Topics covered

• BMW M3
• automotive news
• Grand Tour hosts
• Lamborghini EV
• China automotive regulations
• manual transmission
• fraud in automotive industry

Keywords

• BMW
• M3
• automotive
• Lamborghini
• Grand Tour
• China
• manual transmission
• fraud
• RS5
• E30 M3

Sponsors

Overcrest Productions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BMW, Grand Tour, China, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi, StopTech

Products: E30 M3, RS5, F-150, TPMS

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