Auto Show Insights: Exploring Mazda's Innovations

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Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast , a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am , central From the 42nd Annual Houston Auto Show . It's a bonus hour of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . Lucky you Coming up . We've got another guest from today's new car show , along with a few surprises , and we're also going to have a guest from Mazda talk to us .

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What ? And at the bottom of the hour , rochelle Salinas , with the Houston Automobile Dealers Association , joins us to give you a preview of what you can expect when you come out to the show either this afternoon or tomorrow . Howdy , along with Mike , out of this world bars . We always need more Jeff Zekin and our chief engineer and bottle washer , david Ainsley .

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I'm Don .

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Armstrong , glad that you could join us today here inside NRG Center . And , by the way , not only is the car show going on here , we've got the boat show going on down there . And then later on we've got the monster truck show over at NRG Stadium .

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It's happening .

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It's a car-filled day , automobile happening , autobotive happening . So who's our guest ?

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Mr Morris , this is Mr Britton Smith with Mazda he's actually with Jeff Ha haas mazda here very good , so , uh , but he knows everything there is to know about what mazda's got here at this show .

Speaker 1 1:31

All righty , he told me , jeff haas , mazda has been around since the beginning of mazda , which was born , I think , in 1900 .

Speaker 2 1:39

Correct , yes , mazda himself yeah , but so , uh , where is jeff haas ? Mazda , we are Correct . Mazda just himself yeah , but you don't look that old .

Speaker 1 1:44

Where is Jeff Haas Mazda ?

Speaker 2 1:46

We are off of I-10 in Barker Cypress over near Katy . I know exactly where you are , so that's sort of like an automobile row of I-10 .

Speaker 1 1:53

Well , there's that and there's also right . He's just south of West Houston Airport . Yeah , yeah right there by Barker Reservoir . I know all that .

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Yeah , right there by Barker Reservoir . I know all that . So when you get off your plane you come right to the dealership . There you go , fly in , drive out , fly right into the dealership . Right there , we've got a little landing strip in the back . Why didn't I think of that ?

Speaker 1 2:14

Is your first name , britton , correct ?

Speaker 2 2:16

Like the country , just spelled a little differently .

Speaker 1 2:18

Interesting . So what were your parents thinking ? What were ?

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your parents thinking Well . My parents were thinking well , how are we going to honor my grandmother ? And they were like , well , that's her last name , so let's make it his first name .

Speaker 1 2:27

Oh wonderful , there you go . All right , there you go . I love it . I'm here for it . It's very unique . I don't know . I've never met a Briton before , and hopefully , the last time . I'm just kidding . So when you were going through school , did the kids make ?

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fun of you or anything . Always the question I got was are you really from Britain ? And I would always fake a British accent . Yes of course I am . So when you were learning about Britain in school , did they all look at you ? I don't know why , but every time they were like , oh , and we have the namesake here , that's it Do I look like .

Speaker 1 3:02

So how long have you been with Jeff Haas ?

Speaker 2 3:04

I've been with Jeff Haas for almost two years now , but I've been a Mazda enthusiast since .

Speaker 1 3:09

Oh my , gosh Dirt Since dirt . Yeah . Well , from time to time we get to drive new Mazdas in the press fleet and there aren't as many Mazdas in the press fleet as we'd like actually . Yeah , and that has nothing to do with you or us . It has to do with Mazda putting vehicles in the press fleet for us to drive . Why everybody doesn't do that ? Because it's free advertising . You can't buy Exactly , but I don't know . I'm not in charge of anything and don't want to be .

Speaker 2 3:42

What Mazdas have you all driven ?

Speaker 1 3:43

Oh God .

Speaker 2 3:45

Bunches . Well , I'll tell you what . How much time do we got ?

Speaker 1 3:47

Let's turn it around on you and let's name the models of Mazda that there are .

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Let's do it .

Speaker 1 3:53

Start from the bottom , the entry-level Mazda .

Speaker 2 3:55

All right , the entry-level Mazda is going to be our Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback , which .

Speaker 1 4:06

I am actually a current owner of um , then you go . Which one ? The ?

Speaker 2 4:07

hatchback . Of course , practicality 65 inch tv , german shepherd across the country easy got it . Yes , all right the next ones are going to be the suvs . Starting from the bottom , we have the mazda cx30 , our subcompact suv , yep . Then you're going to have the mazda cx5 right , that's maz's bread and butter best-selling vehicle to date worldwide , yeah . And then next is going to be the all-new for 2023 , the CX-50 , which I was also an owner of as well .

Speaker 1 4:31

Isn't the 5 going away ?

Speaker 2 4:34

It is not going away . The CX-5 and CX-50 are going to sell alongside each other Redesigned . And you may see something online if you type in 2026 CX-5 , maybe .

Speaker 1 4:44

Gotcha . Yes , can't say too much Because they are different and because of the popularity of the CX-5 , they're hanging on to it . That is correct . Yeah , okay , go ahead .

Speaker 2 4:53

And then , after the CX-50 , is going to be our next model , which is going to be the CX-70 . The CX-70 and the CX-90 , which is the next one , are siblings . They're on the new large platform rear-wheel drive architecture . I don't know if y'all got to experience that no , we haven't yet . Take the Miata and just put three rows .

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I've heard that and I'm going okay , I've got to see it , you've got it down there , we do .

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We have both of them here , we have the plug-in hybrid option , which is all new for us , and we have our inline six , developed in Japan as well . All in-house , very nice yeah .

Speaker 1 5:30

Give me the six . What did you say ? I said give me the six .

Speaker 2 5:33

Give me the six all day , any day .

Speaker 1 5:34

Inline six , and these guys know this I am an inline six guy . I'll take an inline six over a V8 , and I'll hop that inline six up and I'll beat that V8 .

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Are you listening , Dylan ? You hear that he's a V8 Chevy guy .

Speaker 1 5:52

Yeah , well , I am that , but I prefer inline six .

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That smooth , perfectly balanced , streamlined drive .

Speaker 1 5:58

Because that's what I got . I opened up the hood of an old pickup truck and it had a 235 Blue Flame 6 in it and I probably doubled the horsepower in that thing .

Speaker 2 6:15

He was 40 whenever he did that I did not .

Speaker 1 6:17

I was not 40 . I was like 16 , but that's okay .

Speaker 2 6:21

You can pretend I was 40 .

Speaker 1 6:22

All right , so you are a product specialist ? Yes , and a salesperson . But you're not selling these here , because I understand that , you know , the whole idea behind this show is the fact that we don't want to pressure these people to buy a new car . Come learn about the car .

Speaker 2 6:40

That's right .

Speaker 1 6:41

Compare the cars . So the next question to you is who is your biggest competitor ? Toyota .

Speaker 2 6:47

You know , what's really interesting about Mazda is we really straddle the middle between the mainstream competitors and really that luxury market as well . Mazda is positioning themselves to be nicer materials on the inside than some of our mainstream competitors like Toyota , Honda , Subaru and kind of reaching for that premium status of Lexus , Acura , BMW , Mercedes , without the price tag associated and with the expensive maintenance as well .

Speaker 1 7:13

Very good answer yeah .

Speaker 2 7:15

I like it , thank you .

Speaker 1 7:16

Can I get that in writing ? That's right , exactly Well , and I think that that's a good description , because the ones that we have always driven , the mainstays , obviously haven't driven the brand , brand , brand new ones , but the ones that we have driven are just that Even the Mazda , miata , mx-5 . And we put those two words together because some people know what the MX-5 is , most recognize Miata , and it still is to this day how we all internally refer to it oh , you're here to drive the MX-5 is Most recognize Miata .

Speaker 2 7:45

And it still is , to this day , how we all internally refer to it , oh you're here to drive the MX-5 ? You mean the Miata ? Yeah , miata is always the answer , yeah .

Speaker 1 7:52

And you know I get the naming . No , I don't . I've never gotten the naming thing with the alphanumeric stuff of any vehicle manufacturer , because I'm old and I stuff of any vehicle manufacturer because I'm old and I realize that you know I want the cadillac escalade we realize it too , etc .

Speaker 2 8:10

Etc .

Speaker 1 8:10

Names yeah , that that way , but uh , so which of all of those vehicles that you name is your biggest seller ?

Speaker 2 8:17

oh , cx-5 by and far . There really is by far . Oh yes , the cx-5 sells three to one what the CX-50 does just for comparison , the CX-5 is really positioned to be the direct competitor to all of our other rivals , their compact crossovers , rav4 , cr-v , you could go Acura , rdx , bmw X3 .

Speaker 1 8:37

Five-passenger . Two-row Five-passenger two-row .

Speaker 2 8:40

Yeah , that's real heavy , I mean that's a real heavy .

Speaker 1 8:41

I mean that's a very competitive segment .

Speaker 2 8:42

Very , very competitive segment , and we have something that a lot of other competitors don't really have is a multi-link independent rear suspension on the mainstream side , and so for the CX-5 to have that and ride smooth without that luxury price tag is something that you really can't find in the market right now .

Speaker 1 8:58

Interesting . What kind of engine ? Are there options to engines in that vehicle ?

Speaker 2 9:03

In the CX-5 ? Yeah , you have the same engine size and pretty much same configuration , but you have naturally aspirated and you have a turbo engine as well .

Speaker 1 9:11

Okay , all right . And how much horsepower do the two have ? Do you know ?

Speaker 2 9:15

Yes , the naturally aspirated on regular fuel by itself makes 187 horsepower , 187 pound-feet of torque , and it's mated to a six-speed automatic transmission . The turbo makes 256 horsepower on premium fuel and 320 pound-feet of torque On regular gas , which it is engineered to run on as well . 227 horsepower , I want the turbo . I have a turbo . I'll tell you In my Mazda 3 hatchback , night and day difference .

Speaker 1 9:43

Yes , I know yes . I've driven the turbo and it works well . Interesting Now . Did you actually buy this car , or is it a demo ?

Speaker 2 9:53

Oh no , I bought it with my own money . This is my second and third Mazda that I bought with my own money .

Speaker 1 9:57

Did you get the friends and family discount ?

Speaker 2 10:00

You know you'd be shocked about the pricing for Mazdas . You know , when you compare it to the domestics , I'll say way less . And that's Mazda's philosophy . When a client comes in to any Mazda dealer , it's the same price across every dealership . And the market is this little .

Speaker 1 10:17

Really this little 2.5% .

Speaker 2 10:20

Kind of like McDonald's . You know what you're going to get . You get a value meal . Yeah , basically Kind of like McDonald's .

Speaker 1 10:22

You know what you're going to get ?

Speaker 2 10:22

You get a value meal , yeah , basically you know what you're getting when you walk in and it's a streamlined experience . It's like a boutique Take it off the shelf , take it to the register .

Speaker 1 10:29

How is your inventory ?

Speaker 2 10:31

We are the largest Mazda dealer in the nation right now .

Speaker 1 10:34

Wow .

Speaker 2 10:34

And our inventory . We've got plenty . So come on down . Plenty , plenty , we got plenty . We've got how many ? How many is plenty ? Is that five or is that 50 ? We've got a full front parking lot and our building stretches . Oh my goodness , it's probably over 200 feet long , um , and we've got a whole parking lot of cx5s , cx30s , mazda 3s , cx50s , hybrids , plug-in hybrids , everywhere do you have storage lots off the ? Main property . Right behind us , we just built a brand-new parking garage and Jeff is very proud of it .

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Yeah , so they're not all just sitting out in the sun and the weather and the hurricanes and the snowfall . There was covered parking at one point and now we have a new open parking lot at the back , but that way they're locked and safe as well .

Speaker 1 11:21

Does Jeff show up there every day ? He's there every single day yeah , one of the best people is he right , right over your shoulder going how brit , how dare you , what are you give that ? Yeah , how are you doing ?

Speaker 2 11:32

yeah , exactly no jeff is one of the most down-to-earth , normal people I've ever met and when you really if you never really had experience with like owners or like just these like big , unattainable people they're normal people , just like you and I that's nice , cracks jokes invites us up to his office . He'll come down and sit at our desks with us . Cool , normal like us . Yeah , not like us . There's nobody like us , not y'all , not y'all , not in real time , no .

Speaker 1 11:59

Yeah , we're the father .

Speaker 2 12:01

time is what we are , and I think we're going to rename the show . What was the dinosaur that you wrote ? That's exactly it , yeah .

Speaker 1 12:09

Mars , that's . Your next job is to find the dinosaur that we're going to roll out of here on and put a cable on it Uh-huh , Flintstones meet the Flintstones and I'm on a story , uh-huh , yeah and everybody now .

Speaker 2 12:26

Hey , sing along you know .

Speaker 1 12:28

I think that it's interesting that most people don't really know of the Japanese manufacturers . They know that Toyota is , but the others is kind of like Subaru's made in Japan . They're competitors , mazda , japan . And when somebody says to me , well , what do you recommend ? I say well , what country do you want to drive ? Because the driving experience in each country is different . You're correct , japanese feels different than German , feels different than german , feels different than american . Name it whatever it is in . Those countries have their own philosophy about designing a car and the ride . And if you're going to , in my estimation , if you're going to go look at a CX-5 , if you're going to compare it to other Japanese makers , well , we know what they are . But if you're going to compare it to , let's say , for instance , bmw , that's a whole different experience . Compare it to the VW . If you're going to buy American , my God , all of the major three manufacturers have a competitor with the CX-5 .

Speaker 2 13:49

They do .

Speaker 1 13:49

Go drive the competitor , the CX-5 , and you're going to find a different driving experience to each of those , because they're designed , built , in a different country . Yes , some of them are manufactured in the United States , but it's the way they're designed , right ? Okay , and I will tell you that , driving all of these cars that we drive one different one every week you can really tell the difference , not that one's better or worse than the other , it's just the style , the feel of the car when you drive it down the road . If you're a real car person and you're looking to get into the driving experience of , say , a Mazda CX-5 , drive it , go , compare it . You may really get off to the way that the Japanese design their cars . I do .

Speaker 1 14:38

I bought a Lexus that I fell in love with . This was years ago . Fell in love with that thing , but that was . The wife drove it . You know she loved it and resonated with it , whereas if she went for the competitor to it , whatever Chevy was making at the time , totally different , and I would suggest that to anybody that asks me that you're going to shop the car and drive it , treat it as a different thing . Take whatever it is that you're driving , put that aside and go in with an open mind . Find out what country you want to aside and go in with an open mind .

Speaker 2 15:15

Right , find out what country you want to drive and then compare the two , I'll tell you just to give you a little glimpse into Mazda's philosophy for their vehicles . One little instance of this Every single button in all of our cars is programmed to have the exact same tactile feel across all of them the window switches , the AC controls and it's that attention to detail that the Japanese focus on and Mazda technicians and engineers really hone in on , because that shows everything that we care about our vehicles . Every car is carved in clay before it ever goes into production by Takumi Craftsman in Japan . Every single one has human soul in it , and so that's different when you're talking about well , maybe it's not the most spacious , maybe it's not the most economical , but it's the design and the purpose and philosophy in our cars which really drives our customers and I agree .

Speaker 1 16:04

You know it's funny . Did you ever go to the ? Uh , I guess it was when the MX-5 came out Somehow someway . I guess I weaseled my way into Koda and they had a division race there of Miatas , a very competitive thing , and it's a whole other story that I don't want to get into today because it's too involved . But it's a whole culture of Miata people and you know , here's the engine , this is the engine I've got in this one , this is the engine I've got in this one . We all compete . It's a whole thing .

Speaker 1 16:40

Yeah , we did a couple of , but when they designed that Mazda Miata the new one that you're selling today they look at your driving position behind the steering wheel , because I don't know whether you were paying attention to it . Most people don't . You actually don't usually sit directly behind the steering wheel . You may be off an inch , sometimes two inches , but you're sitting back far enough . You really don't pay that much of attention . They do and they make a big deal out of that and they design the car around the driver's driving position , ergonomics , and it was amazing to hear the engineer talk about that .

Speaker 2 17:17

And that philosophy is called Jimba Itai , which translates to horse and rider as one . The car should be a natural extension of your body .

Speaker 1 17:25

Where is your display ?

Speaker 2 17:26

We are located right after Honda and we're right behind Subaru as well .

Speaker 1 17:30

So you walk in the front door and you just kind of look either side and you're right in the middle .

Speaker 2 17:33

You go in the front door to the left all the way back and look for the big Mazda sign .

Speaker 1 17:38

Or if you're in for beer , we're right next to the beer garden and how can you forget ? The beer garden . Beer garden . The beer

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garden .

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Britain . It's great to talk to you , of course . Nice work . Thank you very much , very much , so Very informative .

Speaker 1 17:51

We'll tell Jeff , send you again .

Speaker 2 17:54

Oh , thank you All right .

Speaker 1 17:55

Take care of yourself . We appreciate it .

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Speaker 2 20:46

Yeah , oh boy , here we go .

Speaker 1 20:48

Has figured out a way to put pictures with our little game that we play , and so the game that we play is mars . Are you listening ?

Speaker 2 20:58

yes , sir absolutely not .

Speaker 1 20:59

You're over there looking at download speeds and you need to . You need to calm that down and pay attention .

Speaker 2 21:04

Here I'm paying attention . All right , you want to ? You need a quarter no , I don't , but .

Speaker 1 21:10

Um , so we guess . As to the boys , you guess how much these cars sold , for you're included too , david so turn on your microphone . He's right there , kyle , you can guess too all right , so you want to get on how much do you think a 2006 cadillac x-V sold for on Hemmings this week ?

Speaker 2 21:34

Not enough .

Speaker 1 21:34

Now . This is based on a Corvette chassis that Cadillac built for a few years . It is a two-door little sports car , two-seat convertible . Okay , Cool , looking Right . So how much do you think ? Come back over here , Ben hey . Look at it $9,000 . How much $9 , it $9,000 . How much $9,000 . $9,000 ? Really Okay , Jeff , I'm going to go . It's probably going to be high , but I'm going to go . $32,000 .

Speaker 2 22:01

$32,000 ? Yeah , wow , okay . And Mr Morris , how much do you think ?

Speaker 1 22:05

I'm going to go $ . It's again pushing at this gas at 18 . Kylie says 18 . 18? . It sold for $37,013 .

Speaker 2 22:15

You go Jeff .

Speaker 1 22:16

Whoa , I'm going to tub it out when I get it . Yeah , that's a good-looking little car . It really is . Unfortunately , it had the North Star engine in it and it just didn't resonate with Cadillac buyers .

Speaker 2 22:27

Tub it and put the LS in it . Yeah , that's it Moving on .

Speaker 1 22:29

All right , here's one that's a little bit earlier than Kylie has been around . I don't think her mother was born in 1975 .

Speaker 2 22:38

No .

Speaker 1 22:40

So this is a 1975 Chevrolet Caprice . You remember the Caprice Great big sedan . Now , this is a two-door . Okay , A two-door big boat is what it is .

Speaker 2 22:57

Is it a convertible ?

Speaker 1 22:57

It's a convertible with wire wheels yes . It looks like it's a convertible and it's got well . It's got wire wheel covers .

Speaker 2 23:05

I think yeah , because I had those on my nose , uh-huh , and white walls .

Speaker 1 23:09

So how much do you think that that would have sold ? For Now let me just say this . I'm going to give you a little hint . This is a car that has either been restored or it's all original , with low miles , and really looks nice . Little tlc on it , a little tlc . I'm going to say 18 , 18 , 25 , 100 or 1000 , 000 , no000 . No , david just said 25 . I went 18 , 25 .

Speaker 2 23:35

I went 12 . You went 12 ?

Speaker 1 23:38

12 . Kylie says 22 . It sold for $29,400 . I win , there you go . Okay , now here's one that Kylie would really like . This car I think it's a 2003 BMW M3 . It's a four-seat . Really a four-seat sports car is what this is . Yeah , but you don't use that . And it's a convertible . It's two and a half . Don't believe him on the back seat .

Speaker 2 24:04

Okay , well , don't confuse the issue .

Speaker 1 24:06

Sorry , what year again ? 2003 BMW M3 . Thirteenth out Sixteen , you said thirteen 2003 BMW M3 . $13,000 . $16,000 . You said $13,000 ? $13,000 . David said $13,000 . I say $16,000 . You say $16,000 .

Speaker 2 24:20

I would go $15,000 . David knows all this weird stuff .

Speaker 1 24:23

You guys are all in the same tub . It sold for $14,175 .

Speaker 2 24:32

I think that was her guess . Did I win ? I won Again .

Speaker 1 24:37

Now let's go back to

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Speaker 1 24:38

the boat era , since we got the auto boat in show . Here's a boat A 1976 Oldsmobile 98 . Yeah , baby , this was about as big as they ever got . Okay , a 76 Oldsmobile 98 . It's Okay , a 76 Olds 98 . It's a coupe , it's a ? No , I'm sorry , it's a sedan , it's a four-door sedan , it's a hard top the opera window fender skirts the opera window back there .

Speaker 1 25:06

And it's got the fender skirt on it . This thing is as ugly as the day is long and I think those hubcaps they each weighed a ton . Uh , as ugly as the day is long and I think those hubcaps were , they each weighed a ton and the color is beige .

Speaker 2 25:18

Yeah , baby , beige vinyl , beige brown , if you want ?

Speaker 1 25:20

you want to get boring 11 days ? You'll do it . 11 for me . I'm going to go nine you may like beige .

Speaker 2 25:25

I don't like that . I like beige . How do you say it ? Because you got a skin colored . How's that ?

Speaker 1 25:29

he said 9 . Oh , I was going to go 12 .

Speaker 2 25:33

How much . It needs a propeller .

Speaker 1 25:36

Yeah , pretty much . It would sink immediately , so it sold for $10,605 .

Speaker 2 25:43

I won 9 . You won 11 .

Speaker 1 25:44

$10,605 . Wow , we're all in . That was close , that thing there that would be a perfect hot rod tour of Texas , absolutely .

Speaker 2 25:52

Oh yeah , float down the road Next up . Yeah , just sleep in it Next up , let's go to the hot rod tour stuff 1972 Plymouth Cuda , cuda .

Speaker 1 26:04

Not Barracuda , but a Cuda .

Speaker 2 26:06

Yeah .

Speaker 1 26:06

Oh , cool Perfect . Okay 72 Cuda . It is red in color . It looks like it's stuck . Yeah , but that could be a sun barrier . It's got a sun barrier and quite several different things there .

Speaker 2 26:21

Ooh , there's some pins All right , I'm going to .

Speaker 1 26:25

West Point . Thank you , west Point , thank you West Point . It's all good . Yeah , appreciate it . Sunroof , you got white interior buckets . Yeah , man , there's so much variation .

Speaker 2 26:34

Now it is a 72 Cuda .

Speaker 1 26:36

So that alone , despite the fact that it may have been crunched and repainted whatever it's still a 72 Cuda . But what I'm doing is I'm hinting to you here that this is not so much the attention to detail of the car . We don't know . I don't know all of the details about it , but it is a 72 Plymouth Cuda .

Speaker 2 26:56

Just keep that in mind .

Speaker 1 26:57

David , your turn . How much . 19 . He said 19 . I was going to go a little higher , but I'm not . I'm going to go 17 . Mars 24 . 37 , 275 . So it is kind of hot , brought it up .

Speaker 2 27:15

Well , you could have a six-cylinder all the way up to a . I know .

Speaker 1 27:19

I know , we don't know what it has .

Speaker 2 27:21

Wait a minute , it's got a sunroof . It's got a sunroof . What does it say on the hood ?

Speaker 1 27:25

It just says CUDA , cuda , ta , ta . Yeah , that's a 340 .

Speaker 2 27:32

All right , so it's got a small V8 . If it's a real TA , it's a 340 .

Speaker 1 27:34

All right , I've got to stand up for a minute .

Speaker 2 27:36

All right .

Speaker 1 27:37

So here we go . Here's your next one . Here we go , a 1966 Ford F100 . An F100 . It's a good-looking truck , it is . It's with a black bumper and , uh , clearly it's been restored somewhat I don't know what .

Speaker 2 27:56

I wouldn't call it a resto mod , but y'all okay .

Speaker 1 27:57

Uh , 1966 ford f-100 . David , did you see it ?

Speaker 2 28:04

I can't see it I saw it on the back of the the paper there , it is right .

Speaker 1 28:08

There got a a picture of that Mars . What do you think that went for ?

Speaker 2 28:12

$12,000 .

Speaker 1 28:13

$12,000 . You're going to go with $12,000, . Mars , you took mine . What did you ? $16,000 . $16,000 ? $17,000 . $17,000 . It sold for $18,375 .

Speaker 2 28:22

I'll take it Nice .

Speaker 1 28:26

I know I would too , because it's in it , but it doesn't mean I'll take the six or the eight . Doesn't mean there is , and here's jeff's car yeah , baby this is the last one in the morning a 1989 chrysler le baron convertible fourth out oh my god , priceless , that's jeff .

Speaker 2 28:44

What'd you say ? Priceless , david says four thousand 4,000 .

Speaker 1 28:50

I want to go six Jeff's going , six Michael's going . I would say three .

Speaker 2 28:57

It's a convertible , so I'll go eight . I'll give it a little .

Speaker 1 29:00

You can have that car for 4,300 . I should have went for three .

Speaker 2 29:05

I should have went with my first guess .

Speaker 1 29:07

Oh my God . Go with your first choice , but you know what it's clean , I would drive it . That is Just for the heck of it , I'd buy that car and I'd drive it today .

Speaker 2 29:17

Seriously , I would .

Speaker 1 29:18

You would Look at it . I understand . White on white convertible with a white interior .

Speaker 2 29:23

That'd be a chick magnet for you .

Speaker 1 29:24

It would be . You'd be like Bernie sitting in the back going that I don't want to . That's right . You thought it would . Oh my God . Well , that was fun . Nobody said we didn't have a good time on this show . Yeah , really . Hey , if you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email . The address is info at inwheeltimecom . And be sure and follow us on Facebook and YouTube . And all that other stuff Back in a flash .

Speaker 1 29:47

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Speaker 1 30:47

It's time for the 47th Annual Corvette Chevy Expo in Galveston Saturday and Sunday , march 15th and 16th , at the Galveston Island Convention Center . This premier indoor event features iconic Chevrolets , from classic Camaros to America's sports car Corvette . See over 135 displays , automotive vendors and unique finds at the expansive swap meet . You'll also see the all-handmade Galveston craft show featuring over 100 local artisans . Be part of this Chevy celebration March 15th and 16th . For tickets , visit CorvetteChevyExpocom . That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show . I'm Don Armstrong , inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook , youtube Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website , youtube Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website . Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts , spotify , stitcher , iheart Podcast , podcast , addict TuneIn , pandora and Amazon Music . Keep listening and we'll see you soon .