{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Preventing the elderly with signs of dementia from buying new cars....it's on you!","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/preventing-the-elderly-with-signs-of-dementia-from-buying-new-cars-it-s-on-you","audioUrl":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021673/episodes/18856392-preventing-the-elderly-with-signs-of-dementia-from-buying-new-cars-it-s-on-you.mp3","description":"Send a textEmail Lennie at lennielawson2020@gmail.com"},"annotations":[{"startTime":50.5,"endTime":55.68,"type":"car","title":"Nissan Rogue","url":"/cars/nissan/rogue","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/2016_Nissan_Rogue%2C_Front_Left%2C_04-13-2021.jpg","quote":"We ended up selling them a vehicle, a 2026 Nissan Rogue. They drove off very happy.","canonicalId":"car:nissan:rogue","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Nissan Rogue is a compact crossover SUV produced by Nissan. 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