{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"New BMW 3-Series Revealed! Honda Quits EVs, a Toyota \"Raptor\" Truck? ","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/new-bmw-3-series-revealed-honda-quits-evs-a-toyota-raptor-truck","audioUrl":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/tracking.swap.fm/track/AoSMVIl7piQbthzJoBqJ/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBIEA6871465266.mp3","description":"Have a question you want answered on the podcast next week? Ask HERE https://crsnbds.com/PODQUESTIONS\n\n\n\nWelcome to THIS CAR POD! Doug DeMuro & Friends offers weekly expert insight and opinion on breaking automotive stories, the car market, and audience Q&A.\n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors! \n\nEveryPlate - Try EveryPlate and get $2.99 per meal on your first box, plus free steak for a month. 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Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"},"annotations":[{"startTime":13.1,"endTime":30.2,"type":"car","title":"BMW i3","url":"/cars/bmw/i3","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/BMW_i3_front.jpg","quote":"The biggest news story of the week is the new BMW i3. That's right. We've been talking about the new class BMW, literally new generation BMW, yep, and it is now out. It has been revealed in full, the letter version at least. This is an important news story for a lot of reasons, not because they're reusing the i3 name, which used to be on a carbon fiber gondola with wheels,","canonicalId":"car:bmw:i3","priority":0.9,"confidence":1.0,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"The BMW i3 was originally a small electric car with a carbon fiber body, but the new BMW i3 is repositioned as a fully electric vehicle that aligns more with the traditional BMW 3 Series in size and role. 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