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Mitsubishi plans to roll out a new model every year until 2030 in the U.S. market. Listen in for details.\nIn the last segment, Jill is subjected to Tom's \"Is it a VW Trim Level?\" Quiz. Listen in to see how she scored.\n \n \n  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising."},"annotations":[{"id":508943,"startTime":200.98,"endTime":205.72,"type":"car","title":"Ford Explorer","url":"/cars/ford/explorer","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/2020_Ford_Explorer_%28sixth_generation%29_1.jpg","quote":"a family of five were parked in a Ford Explorer, a used older Ford Explorer with the air conditioning on. 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