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It's been around for a long time and has recently been updated to look and feel more modern.","imageAttribution":"Autosdeprimera (CC BY 3.0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"John Paul","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/can-ai-get-you-a-better-car-deal-a-ai-and-my-review-of-the-toyota-tacoma-trd-pro/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}