{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Reload EP144 - Show us your (Yang)Wang","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/reload-ep144-show-us-your-yang-wang","audioUrl":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2190238807-veedubboy-122195539-reload-ep144-show-us-your-yangwang.mp3","description":"On EP144 we chat about a new OEM+ wheel option, flying batteries and how a chinese EV with a weird name takes the fastest production car record!\n\nEnjoy!"},"annotations":[{"startTime":32.16,"endTime":38.08,"type":"car","title":"Chrysler New Yorker","url":"/cars/chrysler/new-yorker","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/1961_Chrysler_New_Yorker%2C_front_view_%28low%29.jpg","quote":"...n, I'm not sure I worry as though. Is it Monorca, New Yorker? One of the Orcas? 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