A Million-Dollar Hybrid Attitude?

Welcome And What’s Coming

Don Armstrong 0:06

From World Headquarters in Texas, USA. It's the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Got a couple of stories that we're going to talk about. One is with Ford and the uh CEO of the company touting the fact that oh we've turned the corner on all of these recalls. So we're going to talk about that. We're also going to talk about a new $700,000 Audi that's coming your way. I know you get you're going to be in line to buy one. I've got an innie. Well, this is an Audi. Okay. So we got those stories coming up, and we're going to talk about that, and we'd like you to join in with us if you'd like to. We'd love that. Uh, that and more coming up. Uh Jeff has the motor minute, and I'll review the new Toyota Crown. Howdy, along with Mike, out of this world, Mars. We always need more Jeff Zeke, Chief Engineer David Ainsley. I'm Don Armstrong. So glad that you could join us for this broadcast. Okay, so let's start off with this one. Let

Audi’s $700K Nuvolari Hybrid V8

Don Armstrong 1:02

me read the story for you, since I've already kind of teased it. Audi's new. Have you heard this, Mars? Audi's new $700,000 Nuvolari. Now spell that N-U-V-O. Nouveau, N-U-V-O-L-A-R-I. One word, Nuvolari, is a curious car for an industry supposedly marching toward an all-electric future. It has nearly 1,000 horsepower, three electric motors, and enough technology to make most EVs look relatively simple. Yet at its heart sits the thing affluent performance car buyers apparently are not ready to give up. And what is that? A great big loud VH. Oh man. Yeah, baby. That's what I'm talking about. And according to Audi CEO, Gurnot Dahlner, I swear to God, it said, look, Gurnot. Yeah, that's G-E-R-N-O-T. Well, Gurnot, Gernot says it's not an accident.

Jeff Dziekan 2:07

Gurnoy or Gernot? Gurnoy.

Don Armstrong 2:09

No, that's Larry says. Larry says the higher the segment is, the more the enthusiast still loves the combustion engine. You think? Mm-hmm. The lower the segment is, the more battery electric is accepted. Okay. The Nu Volari is Audi's latest and perhaps most extravagant example. The mid-engine supercar combines a 987-horsepower V8 with three electric motors, delivering the instant torque and low-speed smoothness of electrification without sacrificing the noise, vibration, and mechanical theater, this writer wrote, of an internal combustion engine.

Mike Marrs 2:50

Most people will pay extra for all that theater.

Don Armstrong 2:53

Yeah. Well, they're going to in this one, to the tune of almost a million dollars, 700,000. It's a lot of dough. It's a lot of dough ratings. Yeah. Um, Audi developed the car in just 405 days after Dahlner saw an early concept in March of 25. The company decided to push the Nivellari into production ahead of a fully electric model now expected to arrive in 2028. Decision says something about where the luxury performance market is heading, at least for now, according to this writer. This is from Automotive News.

Mike Marrs 3:28

Does it say how many they expect to sell?

Jeff Dziekan 3:30

499. I'm looking it up as he's reading it.

Mike Marrs 3:32

Yeah.

Jeff Dziekan 3:33

499 of them?

Mike Marrs 3:34

Yep, no more than 499.

Jeff Dziekan 3:36

Okay.

Don Armstrong 3:36

So they've got a cap on it. Did you throw your hat in the ring, Mars?

Mike Marrs 3:42

Well, I thought about it, but they said it was 501, so I guess I'm not going to get one. That.

Don Armstrong 3:48

Hybrids accounted for roughly 14% of new car sales in the U.S. last year, compared with less than 3% in 2020. Europe is seeing a similar rise. And at the top end of the market, electrification increasingly means adding motors and batteries to an exotic combination, combustion engine, rather than replacing it altogether. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Formula One and IndyCar have an electric component?

Jeff Dziekan 4:15

Yeah, they've got the hybrid component to it, yes.

Don Armstrong 4:17

And so, you know, here you are with your little bitty four-cylinder engine screaming at 100 million RPMs. And then you have a, I think the push to pass thing is the electric aspect.

Jeff Dziekan 4:27

You only have so many seconds of it, yeah.

Don Armstrong 4:29

Right.

Jeff Dziekan 4:29

Right. And so you push, and then psh, it I mean, it nails it. And in Formula One, they've got a part of the track where you can rejuvenate that power by rolling over certain parts of the track. Oh, really? Oh, yeah.

Don Armstrong 4:40

So they're a little bit ahead of the curve. Well they think they are. Well, I mean, yeah, I will tell you this. Mars,

Why Hybrids Feel So Good

Don Armstrong 4:47

have you driven any hybrids? Oh, yeah. I I'm a big fan of hybrids, and I never thought I would be. But you know what the first hybrid from mass production was and still is the Prius. Yeah. Prius. Toyota Prius. Um, and you know, when that thing came out, I remember getting it. I was at uh another television station at the time. I got to drive it for a week. And even then it it looked weird, funny to me. It still does, but actually, it looks a lot better than uh I will tell you that I was impressed with it because it got great gas mileage, and I really didn't know that big of a difference. Now, today, some of the hybrids on the market, you know, they're really uh antiquated as far as when they start the uh the uh gasoline engine, and there's this rumble, and the whole thing shakes, and you know it, and it's it just it's not right, but there are others, and the more money you spend on them, man, they are smooth as glass.

Mike Marrs 5:49

Yeah, you don't even notice the change unless you're looking at the gauges.

Don Armstrong 5:53

And I drove, and I'm gonna review here in a couple of weeks, the new Toyota crown, and it is a hybrid. Let me tell you something. Those Toyota people got this thing down. Yeah, not a ton of horsepower, but plenty of horsepower that you're gonna go, I can drive this, and you never know, never feel when the hybrid kicks in. When when the when the battery goes from engine to battery, it's truly amazing, and they've done such a good job of it. And the car itself is just rides like a million bucks. I'll get into that later.

Mike Marrs 6:30

But on the whole hybrid scene, it's that torque that that electric motor provides that okay, that gets you going, and you don't need as much horsepower to keep going.

Don Armstrong 6:39

Well, it's that, and and it adds to the gas mileage. I got 36 miles per gallon overall with this uh Toyota crown. That I'm telling you for the money. Now, this Toyota Crown that I had was a little bit on the pricey side, I will tell you that. It was 50, almost $60,000. But it was loaded, it had every option known to man on it. You don't have to do that because it's only this engine and battery combination that is available for this Toyota Crown, Signia, it's called. It's the station wagon slash SUV. Oh no, you got my interest. I'm telling you. Station wagon. I know. Uh this thing, and it doesn't look like a station wagon, it looks like an SUV.

Jeff Dziekan 7:25

I Googled it while you're reading that. There's there's you know what you were saying, but that story popped up as well. But uh, I saw five of uh 499 is the number that they were going to build, and it notated that uh sort of like on an R8-esque platform, you know, that kind of sportiness in the car. And they've got pictures of it too. So it's good looking. New Volari. Yeah, one of Audi's most. He was a race car driver. Was it a race car driver named New Valari? I don't know. But since you're over there, Google I did something about a what did you say?

Don Armstrong 7:54

A song?

Mike Marrs 7:55

I think it was song of Valari.

Don Armstrong 7:58

Hey, well, I want you to sing the whole thing. Come on.

Jeff Dziekan 8:00

Well, I would, but I'm you and Hello Lang right here. We'll join the chorus. And a one and a two.

Don Armstrong 8:07

And a one and a two. You need bubbles behind.

Mike Marrs 8:09

I need my bubbles, yeah. Tiny ones.

Don Armstrong 8:12

I'll tell you what, when I read this story, I'm thinking, wow, Audi's actually gonna do something other than what they've done for the past 30 years.

Jeff Dziekan 8:21

Also, what popped up was Sewell Audi and Katie. Was it really Sewell? Go buy one.

Don Armstrong 8:26

Well, I will tell you, Mars, did you ever drive the R8? No. I drove it back in the day when we were all a member of a certain organization up at Texas World Speedway on the road course. Oh my god, that car. And of course, they stopped building that. Yeah, yeah. That, my friend, if you want a sports car, a bad to the bone German sports car, that's the one to get that R8. And I'll bet you you could find them online on the used car market. Uh, but you have to look hard because wait for the uh what it sold for segment. Well, there's that.

Mike Marrs 9:01

There you go.

Don Armstrong 9:02

If I find one on there, I'll definitely do it.

Jeff Dziekan 9:05

So uh to go with uh 700 horsepower and 799.

unknown 9:10

There you go.

Don Armstrong 9:11

You go for it, Jeff. So um, anyway, the new Valari from Audi. It's coming. Thousand horsepower. Golly. I don't I I would be scared to drive it. I'm afraid I'd wipe it out on some, you know, going around the corner out here in the old people's neighborhood. I've seen you drive, yeah. Okay. Now the old people's corner. This

Ford Recalls And The Quality Reset

Don Armstrong 9:36

is a car. This is a story from CarScoops. And thank Jeff Heitzmann for sending it to me because I thought it was interesting enough for me to bring it to your attention. Thank you, CarScoops, for the story. For the past few years, Ford has been fixated on solving quality control issues that have frequently forced it to issue more recalls than any of its competitors. All the time. However, things are starting to improve, and Chief Executive Jim Farley has lifted the curtain on what prompted Ford's recommitment to quality. Here's the story. Ready? In nine, and sorry, in 2023, Ford launched the fifth generation F-Series Super Duty, and they made a big deal out of it. Hugely important model for the brand. Things did not go smoothly. Software issues and semiconductor shortages forced the company to park thousands of nearly finished trucks in parking lots across the United States. You remember this? Nearly finished, yeah. You remember? They couldn't find enough parking spots for them. They kept cranking them out of the factory, but they weren't complete to sell. No chips. And they had to be fixed before being sent to the dealerships. So while speaking with the Detroit Free Press, Jim Farley said the disastrous super duty launch was a catalyst for change at the company. He revealed that since the truck's launch, two-thirds of Ford's leaders in the industrial system, manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering departments have been replaced. Those who had an it's good enough mentality were given their marching orders, kicking off a huge hiring change across the company. CEO Farley said, in the past, we would have released that superduty and it would go to the dealers, and then we would love to and then we would have recalls, Farley told the Detroit Free Press. We didn't want to pass along any of the problems to the customer. It sounds very simple, but it's not, because that means that we had to slow production down. We had it to delay vehicle launches, we had to take the pain at the company to do that. It was very hard to do that. Ford was recently ranked number one among mainstream brands in JD Power's important initial quality survey, indicating that the changes are already bearing fruit. However, Ford is still leading the industry in recalls this year and will need to remain committed to quality in the years and decades to come if it has any chance of matching rivals like Toyota in this regard. And I will tell you that there are now more and more manufacturers that are going after two things. One is the Jeep Wrangler and Bronco, and the other one, trucks. All of a sudden, everybody around the world is waking up going, hey, they're selling lots of trucks in the United States. We need to make one of those. So be ready because every manufacturer known demand that's worth a hoot, you're going to start building a truck. Good luck. Because I'll tell you what, I think that the U.S. market is going to be a tough nut to crack because people love American trucks. Ask Toyota. They sell a lot of trucks, but not near as many as Chevy and Ford.

Jeff Dziekan 12:56

Here's another point to consider European roads are smaller

The Case For Small Pickup Trucks

Jeff Dziekan 13:00

in design than American roads.

Don Armstrong 13:02

Well, that's another thing, too, is the fact that, and I have always touted the fact that we need to have a small, subcompact pickup truck like the old original Ford Ranger, that size. Chevy Love, Ford Ranger, all of us. Nobody builds it. Why not? Oh, well, they don't they don't pass uh, you know, EPA, they don't pass crash. Okay, so make them pass all of that.

Jeff Dziekan 13:25

Put an LS in it. Your thoughts, Mr. Morris?

Mike Marrs 13:29

Well, I was just thinking the same thing. Jeff was. You know, the roads over there are smaller. They may that's the reason they have smaller vehicles, but that might, if they get one that'll pass all these tests, they may get them into this market to fill that niche of people that are looking for that small mini truck that used to exist.

Don Armstrong 13:49

You still see them today. I saw one the other day, it's out here actually. It looked, I mean, the guy took care of it clearly, because they haven't built the thing in 20 years. And it looked brand new. And I'm thinking, so why don't they build that today? It may hold three people in it, as long as somebody hadn't changed it out to bucket seats. What? Small people. Yes. Well, not necessarily. I mean, you know, look at all of the the bug guys, the the exterminators. That used to be the go-to trick.

Jeff Dziekan 14:23

All that stuff.

Don Armstrong 14:25

Right. And the exterminators and the pool people. Um, and this, I mean, it was a great huh?

Mike Marrs 14:31

I even saw a Tacoma that was so small, I thought it might actually fit in the bed of my truck. You know, it's that's how old it was. And like you say, somebody had taken care of it and kept it up. But it was like, comparatively speaking, you think it's like a quarter-sized vehicle.

Don Armstrong 14:47

Yes, yes, exactly. And you know, the the newer models uh that they've come out with, those to me are like mid-size, and some of them are almost as big as a full-size truck.

Mike Marrs 14:58

Oh, you look at the the Colorado that Jeff was talking about in the GMC version, and the Maverick. Yep. They're they're all up there. You know, park them in the driveway next to a full size, and you're gonna be they're gonna be almost full size.

Don Armstrong 15:11

Yeah. So I say compact. Can you imagine if that catches on like like that, like the the original Ford Ranger?

Jeff Dziekan 15:19

And I think safety regulations have been revised since those vehicles as well. I mean, crash impact tests and things. Yes, of course. All of that. So that's probably one way of you know, you gotta bring it back safely. So that's I think part of the reason why they didn't continuum because there were so many regulations moving on to make it a legitimate truck for the modern.

Don Armstrong 15:38

I had a nephew that had one of those Tacomas you're talking about, had it jacked up, some big tires and wheels on it, and it it jacked up even off the ground even more. That thing was killer, it looked great, and he was in high school. And I mean, it was it was one of those kind of vehicles that was old enough to get into the whole scenario of kids got getting these things and you know, making them look really cool.

Mike Marrs 16:03

Yeah, they were cheap enough you could buy one and do that to it.

Jeff Dziekan 16:06

Yep. I had a 79 Chevy Love of black, white wagon wheels, red interior, stick, and that's what we moved down into Texas in. Those things were everywhere. Four wheel Chevy Love.

Mike Marrs 16:19

Yeah, four-wheel drive.

Jeff Dziekan 16:20

Were they imported?

Mike Marrs 16:21

Yeah, yeah, it was like an Izuzu motor.

Jeff Dziekan 16:24

They had an Izuzu motor in it, yes, sir. It did, and it was a General Motors. It was it was it was basically a Nissan, is what it was.

Don Armstrong 16:32

Pretty much. Well, I'll tell you what. I I I I think that you're gonna see the truck that's you're gonna see a whole new market of those coming soon to a dealership near you.

Mike Marrs 16:42

And if you look, there's still a kind of an underground mini truck movement out there with the custom guys that swap them down and all that. It's not real public because they're just not that many people, but they're out there.

Don Armstrong 16:55

You can find them.

Mike Marrs 16:56

Yes.

Don Armstrong 16:56

All right, just ahead, Jeff's Motor Minute, and a review of the new Toyota crown. I said it in the next couple of weeks. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 17:04

Uh, you did. Uh, you got me looking for through my notes whenever you said that.

Don Armstrong 17:08

A couple of minutes.

Jeff Dziekan 17:10

Well, you know, um the big Lanyacht's coming, or the aircraft carrier's coming pretty soon.

Don Armstrong 17:14

No, that is that too. It's all coming up in the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show continues after this 90-second break.

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Don Armstrong 17:22

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Motor Minute And Danica Backlash

Don Armstrong 18:53

Time now here on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show for Jeff's Motor Minute.

Jeff Dziekan 18:56

The Motor Minute, I got a couple of things. One, back the school has started. Please observe the school zones. I've seen it already. People, you know, rushing through. Blowing through. Yeah, not necessarily that, but you know, trying to eke those miles per hour in a in a in a school zone. Don't do that. You're gonna get caught. It's very expensive. I I hope you get caught if you're doing that. The other thing I have is uh the Freedom Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. was last weekend. I watched it. It was a good race. Don watched it. A lot of people watched it. But there was a bit of controversy in the pre-race where fans rip Danica Patrick over nauseating broadcast appearance. The American racing fans once again were dismayed to see Danica Patrick on the screens that she served as a commentator for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington. Patrick, a former indie and NASCAR driver, was called up by Fox to serve as an analyst for the race setup to wind through the streets of the nation's capital. Indy fans were loud and clear in their criticisms of Patrick, including her non-racing commentary on social medica media. Danica and the whole Fox crew verbally nauseating, as somebody wrote. Oh boy, that blankety blank Danica Patrick and others are going to make this unwatchable. One user posted nothing worse about an indie broadcast than hearing Danica Patrick. Fans were not happy, and they they don't want this lady coming back in the NASCAR racing industry there, the broadcast industry. Criticism came after Patrick was let go by Formula One broadcast sports, Sky Sports, just days ahead of the 2026 season back in March. So she got fired. They picked her up for whatever reason.

Don Armstrong 20:37

Narcissism is an ugly thing.

Jeff Dziekan 20:39

Uh and it's it's worth there are so many other retired race car drivers or race car drivers that are looking for rides that could do so much better. I don't know why they keep going to her. I really don't.

Mike Marrs 20:50

Well, and and even if it's not a race car driver that's that's retired or something, they've got so many fators.

Jeff Dziekan 20:57

Exactly, so many knowledgeable people.

Mike Marrs 20:59

Well, they they they learn, they go out and they learn, and they can make a presentation. Right.

Jeff Dziekan 21:06

Well, she has some other things in other things that Mike that were brought up, uh her political beliefs. Uh she does that a lot on social media, and she's you know gun-ho about certain political parties, and that bled over into the broadcast, and that's what they don't know.

Don Armstrong 21:20

Does she have a boyfriend now? Is she married again?

Jeff Dziekan 21:23

I don't really care. I mean, I feel sorry for that poor guy. Um all the time. I've wasted enough energy.

Don Armstrong 21:29

Yes, exactly. So there you go.

2026 Toyota Crown Signia Review

Don Armstrong 21:32

All right, time now for this hour's car review. The 2026 Toyota Crown, built in Aichi, Japan. It comes in these trim levels the XLE and the Limited. Uh the reviewed trim level is the limited. Uh, it's a small wagon that looks like an SUV. It is considered a wagon. Doesn't look like a wagon to me. It looks like an SUV. Seats five, including the driver. Exterior changes, it was all new last year. This is the cygnia version of it. One of the sharpest looking SUV wagons on the market today. I think. Front fascia is modern with a nod to the Lexus brand. Sloping roof line is a nice arrow style. Narrow taillights and sunshade at top of the uh hatch adds to the great look. What I liked about it, everything. Look at that grill. It kind of has a little smattering there of the Lexus, doesn't it? Uh, what could use improvement? Absolutely nothing. Toyota nailed it with this. Now, interior highlights include a great instrument cluster that melds into the center screen for a sleek, user-friendly feel. Well thought out center console, handy and useful, roomy second row seating, and great leather appointments. Wide opening hatch with a panoramic sunroof with a nice shade on the top. See that one there? See the cell phone? It's vertical, right ahead of the shifter. It is the perfect place for your phone. Pardon me? It's out of the way. It's out of the way. Cargo trunk room, adequate for this size vehicle. Start comparing it to other vehicles. Don't, but if you have to, it's going to be a little bit smaller. Good. That's exactly what we want. What I liked, the vertical phone charger takes minimum space and works great. We could use improvement. Nothing. Stop trying to rock the boat. I wrote that. I did that. Um, engine, 2.5 liter, four-cylinder hybrid motor. No other choices. It doesn't need any. 240 net horsepower, CVT transmission, 2,700 pound tow rating. Here's the good part. Miles per gallon, 39 in the city, 37 on the highway, for a combined of 38. I got 36.9 miles per gallon over 409.8 miles. Not bad, man. Not bad. What I liked, the drivetrain is plenty responsive. What could use improvement? Nothing. This is the gold standard for hybrids, in my opinion. Ride and handling. What I liked about it, the smoothness. What could use improvement? Nothing when it comes to the ride. They got this right. Go and drive one. You're gonna go, well, Don Armstrong's not right about much, but he was right about this one. Base trim price, 48,790. Price as tested, 53,944. Base model price to get in it, 44,690. Here are the competitors. The Toyota RAV 4. Now it's kind of a distant cousin, only because they have a hybrid version of the RAV 4. It starts at 32,850, but it's not this one. The Nissan Murano starts at 41,670. And the VW Atlas Crossport 383. I want you to go drive this.

Jeff Dziekan 25:24

Even if you don't want to buy it, drive it, you're gonna go, wow. So the sedan crown is not made anymore. Um the crown started out as a sedan. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 25:34

Yeah, it's still made. Is it okay? Yep. Well, it's still their website, let me put it that way.

unknown 25:40

Yeah.

Jeff Dziekan 25:41

This thing, uh, this thing nails it. Because Kathy was looking at the the the Toyota's when she was looking for her car and she ended up on landing on Alexis. Yeah, well, uh this one.

Don Armstrong 25:53

Wow, I'm impressed. And it takes a lot to impress me when it comes to new cars these days, but that's one rocks the boat.

Guest Setup And Email Us

Don Armstrong 26:03

So, Mr. Morris.

unknown 26:06

Sir?

Don Armstrong 26:07

Are you still with me? Oh, yeah. Well, I just wondered because I didn't hear from you.

Mike Marrs 26:13

Well, you can't get a word in edgewise. Yeah, exactly. That's what I was saying, though. I was I just contributed that they still make the sedan. Yes. You did say that. Yeah, no, I'm I'm watching our next guest. They're they're um they're getting set up, but I'm kind of watching them to see what they're gonna do.

Don Armstrong 26:31

I see. What is it is it some sort of clown show, or I mean, should I be worried?

Mike Marrs 26:37

I'm not sure what they're doing. Um it's always interesting to see what they're doing.

Don Armstrong 26:44

Yes. Where uh where are they? Are they in uh in in Portugal or are they in uh no?

Mike Marrs 26:49

I think I think they're up there uh they're on the west coast at home because they leave tomorrow for the Alcan.

Don Armstrong 26:54

I see. Okay. Well, we're talking about the Lillian Thals. Andy and Mercedes and uh quite the couple, and uh they're going to be joining us here in just a just a minute or two. I'm sure that they're trying to get set up as we speak.

Mike Marrs 27:08

Yep.

Don Armstrong 27:09

And I I'm digging through here because I had a couple of news stories that I was going to uh show, tell, all of that, but I can't find them because I mixed them up with the other stuff. Oh you know, I was one of those students in school. Oh, I've got all my stuff ready, and uh what and there's that, yeah. I did that, and I've got I got the book down here, and I I'm all set, and then I can't find what I'm supposed to find.

Jeff Dziekan 27:35

That's when you look over to Johnny's desk next door and you copy off of Johnny. Hey, Johnny, help me, Johnny.

Mike Marrs 27:41

Johnny's over there hiding his stuff in the back of the wheel.

Don Armstrong 27:44

Yeah, yeah, from me.

Mike Marrs 27:45

Yes.

Don Armstrong 27:46

That's it. All right. Well, I'll tell you what, why don't why don't we just go ahead and take a break here? Okay. And then uh we'll get the uh Lilienthals all set up. They won't keep dinging us in. Ding ding. Yeah. So uh let's do that. Hey, if you'd like to get in touch with us, send us an email. The address here is info at inwheeltime.com. Back after this quick break. Stay with us. Your car is a direct reflection of you, so don't be satisfied with color fade or a dingy dull appearance. Get rid of those terrible automated car wash scratches. Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your save the paint company. John Gray and his team of detailing experts can help your cars finish without a full repaint. Searching for real experts in window tent or windshield protection, Gulf Coast Auto Shield. Dash cams, radar detectors, Gulf Coast Auto Shield. Got a new car? Get it protected as soon as you take delivery. If you don't know which of the multitude of protection products to go with, John Gray will give you an honest opinion and won't sell you something you don't need. John will help you understand the many options and pricing right on the spot. He's your guy to have your ride looking its best and protected too. See the state of the art shop yourself, free tours anytime. Gulf Coast Auto Shield is easy to get to, located just south of the Southwest Freeway on the Sam Houston Parkway. Gulf Coast Auto Shield, full service luxury car care today and online at gcautoshield.com. Gift giving should be meaningful, and we have an idea: a hand-painted custom illustration of your car from one of the nation's leading artists. Now you can get one or a car show poster customized for you, a friend, or a loved one. Bill Sites will be happy to guide you through the process. No matter what the day, birthday, anniversary, or any day, an autographics custom illustration adds an extra touch of class to any home. Call Bill today, 832-922-0963. That's 832-922-0963.

Live Show Invite And Sign-Off

Don Armstrong 29:40

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