A PR shop is basically the team that handles publicity for a car company. They work with the media and help decide what stories get told about new cars.
NHTSA is a U.S. safety agency that tests cars to see how well they protect people in crashes. A “crash test” is basically a controlled crash to measure safety performance.
Land Rover is a car brand that makes vehicles built for rough roads and off-roading. Here, they’re talking about Land Rover’s driving schools and trips, which are meant to teach people how to handle those vehicles off-road.
Off-roading means driving on rough, unpaved paths instead of normal roads. It’s less about going fast and more about controlling the car so the tires can keep traction on tricky ground.
Muddy ground is slippery, so tires can lose grip and the car can get stuck. You usually have to be gentle with the gas and sometimes use extra help to keep moving.
Driving schools are places where people learn how to drive better and safer. In off-road settings, they teach you how to handle slippery or rough ground.
They’re talking about an event designed for kids who can’t see well. Instead of relying on sight, they use other ways—like touch and Braille—so the kids can still enjoy the cars.
“Top down” refers to lowering a convertible’s roof to open the cabin to the air. It’s a common enthusiast detail because it changes how you experience sound, airflow, and visibility while driving or interacting with the car.
Stuttgart is a city in Germany that’s famous for cars. If a car segment happened there, it’s likely connected to a major automaker or automotive facility.
The steering column is the part that connects the steering wheel to the steering. If there’s no steering column, it means the vehicle isn’t using a normal steering-wheel setup.
A prototype is an early, experimental version that’s still being tested. People like journalists or executives may be allowed to try it before it’s finalized.
Crash testing is when cars are deliberately smashed in controlled ways to see how safely they protect passengers. The results help engineers make cars safer.
A crash-test facility is where automakers run controlled impact tests to evaluate how vehicles protect occupants. The guest notes it was brand new and that press were allowed in for the first time, highlighting how these environments are used to demonstrate safety performance.
Child safety means how well a car protects kids during a crash. It’s not just the car’s crash strength—it’s also whether child seats and booster seats fit and work correctly.
A booster seat raises a child so the vehicle’s seat belt fits properly across the chest and hips. The guest describes a specific booster-seat setup in a test facility, emphasizing how the system can be integrated with the vehicle interior while still being considered safe.
GM test track refers to General Motors’ vehicle testing facilities used to evaluate prototypes and production vehicles. These tracks simulate real-world driving demands so engineers can measure performance and durability before launch.
Testing in different places means the car gets exposed to different weather. Arizona is used for hot conditions, and Michigan helps represent cold conditions.
A thrill ride is a roller-coaster-style attraction meant to feel exciting and intense. It’s the kind of ride that people line up for because it’s more than just a casual show.
Epcot Center is a Disney theme park. The speaker is saying it used to be more about learning and exhibits, and then they added a big exciting ride that changed the vibe.
A three hour wait means people stood in line for about three hours to ride it. That’s a sign the attraction was extremely popular.
Car
Mercedes G-Wagon
The G-Wagon is a Mercedes-Benz SUV that’s famous for being tough and good off-road. It’s also kind of a “big deal” car, so getting to drive one is a notable experience.
A motorcycle driving school is training for people learning how to ride safely. It teaches you the basics and helps you avoid common mistakes before you ride on your own.
Skip Barber is a training program for learning how to drive better on a track. They teach you car control skills with coaching and practice so you improve faster than just driving around.
Car control is how you keep the car stable and predictable while driving hard. Training helps you learn what to do when the car starts to slide or lose traction.
A skid pad is a special part of a track used to practice losing traction in a controlled way. It helps you learn how the car reacts and how to steer safely when the tires start to slide.
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Welcome to the podcast of Motor Week,
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Here's your Motor Week podcast host, John Davis.
And welcome to a special edition of our Motor Week podcast.
I am indeed your host, John Davis,
and we're glad to have you with us
for another special episode of our show
where we celebrate our 45th anniversary season
by talking to a special guest from our past.
And that means this episode is also being video recorded
and can be seen on our YouTube channel Motor Week at YouTube.com.
Today's guests started on the Motor Week staff
as our FYI reporter back in 1999
and adventured with us for five years,
traveling just about everywhere.
A polished news reporter when she came to us
and we were very lucky to have her apply
and we're just as lucky to have her with us today.
May I introduce the one and the only Jennifer Cosnobus.
Jennifer, welcome to our Motor Week podcast.
I'm so happy to see all of you.
Oh my goodness, I am so happy to be here.
Oh, it is great to see you after all these years.
And I have to tell you, you just haven't changed a lick.
Really? Oh, that's good to hear. I love to hear that.
I wish that were true.
Hey, you know, most people know you.
They've seen a lot of you recently
in some of our retro marathons, retro review marathons on YouTube.
And we've gotten a number of questions like, who was that lady?
And give us a little bit of an idea of what your background was
before you came to Motor Week and how that all happened.
Because you do have quite an interesting backstory.
You really were a very polished on air reporter
long before you came to our door.
Yeah, I started in news.
That was sort of the goal when I started and I got out of college.
I went to a news reporter and I did and I was an anchor
to the smaller stations and then I eventually moved to WBAL
and I was a general assignment lowest on the total book
at the time I was very young and I was there
and while I would never knock the news business of all whatsoever
I loved my there, but you know, it's heavy.
I mean, as we know in just in the world today
listening to news in general, it's heavy and it was weighing on me
for a little while and I kind of started to think,
you know, I'd love to do something more feature
and it just so happens that I had a boyfriend
when I was much, much younger and he was into military jeeps
and so he got me into cars and so that was kind of where
that interest was sort of coming from that.
So I had that with the news and then so it just so happens
that it was available.
Lisa had left and I submitted to you guys,
called me, I came into audition and interview
and everything and it worked out just so perfectly
and it was absolutely, it was like the savior to job
that exactly what I wanted and it was wonderful.
You know, I remember that we had Lisa Barrow
had decided to leave us and Lisa went over on
what we used to call the dark side.
She went to work for the auto company PR shop
and we were really didn't know where we were going
to find a replacement for her
because frankly, good talent is hard to find
and when you applied, you know, we all perked up saying,
well, here's somebody that knows our local market.
They know who we are.
They're right down the street and when you came in,
you know, you had all of the qualifications
and then some that we had hoped for
and this bubbly enthusiasm that you still have today,
I'm happy to say and you took right to it
but tell us about the transition.
What do you remember good or bad when you had to basically
go from that daily news regiment to something
where you do a segment, you know, a couple of times a month?
Well, I was actually really excited for that.
I couldn't wait.
I was just so happy to do a segment
that was put more time into it.
It wasn't just, you know, one minute and 20 seconds
and throw away and that kind of thing.
I love the idea of doing that.
But the first person, like the first phone call I made
when I first started at Motor Week was Lisa Barrow.
I got into the office and I had like a little roll of ducks.
Imagine that back then.
And I wanted that was the first phone call I made was Lisa
and I, you know, I wanted to introduce myself
and I was like, Alison, I have these huge, you know,
shoes to fill.
I'm very aware of that.
And any tips you can give me any advice, you know,
any sort of anything to make the transition smoother
because I want to do you proud.
I was like, I want to do proud for you
because I have to fill in for you now.
And we ended up, you know, developing a long friendship
and that is in everything.
And she's so wonderful.
And she really did make the whole thing very seamless for me.
And I, you know, I would have to say at first it was shooting
of those a little bit different for me
because it was so much more that we would shoot.
We'd spent so much more time.
Yeah.
Because you really, you basically go out shooting.
Running gun.
Well, it's ambulance chasing basically is what it is.
This was not.
And I really, I really loved that.
And I was really just relishing in that.
At first it felt a little strange because it wasn't what I was used to.
But, you know, I really, you know, really got right into it really fast.
And, and then I just was like, oh, I love this.
This is exactly what I wanted.
And it was, and, you know, I was already loved cars so much that
and I was already into it.
So it just was, it was really seamless for me.
And I, it was amazing, amazing.
Just a wonderful job that I had.
And I, I cried my last day.
We did too.
It was all, I was so sad.
Pat, I forget if it was Pat or Ray that shot my last motor news.
And I like said my last line and I just started crying.
I'm like, this is my job.
I don't want to leave it.
And then you, then you went to the West Coast.
I mean, you basically halfway halfway all the way across the country.
Oh, I sure do.
It was definitely an adjustment is definitely very different than Maryland and Pittsburgh
where I'm from originally.
So yeah, it was, it was definitely, I mean, it took me about five minutes
to get used to the weather.
That's for sure.
But life is definitely different out here.
And I've been here now for so long before we get away from Lisa.
Do you remember any specific advice that she gave you something that maybe
if you were passing it along to someone else fill in your shoes,
what would you tell them?
I think she's the first thing she said was to me, have fun with it.
And that really was, that was such a great, you know, great piece of advice
because it really just, it took it from then like, don't be nervous.
Don't be worried.
You know, you're going to do this to like, yeah, let's have fun with this.
And then the subject, I mean, one of my favorite things about motor week,
and I think the viewers would agree with this is the fact that one week I would
be doing a crash test at NHTSA.
And then the next week I would be on the red carpet doing the Jaguar tribute
to style.
And the next week I'd be in, you know, in the needy pin mud in, you know,
Land Rover, you know, the diversity of all the segments I got to do.
And I think even Greg and both Lisa would say that, that that really,
not only was it just pleasant for us, but for the viewers,
it's such a great thing to kind of be so kept on your toes a little bit.
And I really, really loved, loved that.
And it was such a great experience.
Very contrast to what I've been doing before.
I have to tell you the, the legendary Bill Baker,
who was public affairs for a Land Rover.
He, he would take, he loved Lisa and he took Lisa on a lot of Land Rover
trips all over the world.
And often it would be Lisa and one other female journalist,
and they basically had to share a room.
And that was important for Bill because he never had enough places for
anybody to stay.
So I remember when Lisa decided to leave us,
Bill was on the phone to me like, you better hire a woman for that job.
And I said, Bill, I can't promise that.
He says, and he was very relieved when we,
he found out that we had hired a Jennifer and, and he went on.
And I remember when you came back from the first trip you did with them,
he was very, very impressed.
And, and he said, good job all the way around.
Oh, that was it.
I remember it was, it was really was the,
if you would definitely call it Land Rover Adventure and then the best
sentence possible.
I mean, it was really felt like I was where I wanted to be.
And it was such a great job.
And I loved everything about it.
And Land Rover, I did a lot with them actually doing all of their
driving schools and a lot of their trips.
And, and it's actually one of my favorite things to still do.
I love the off-roading.
Really?
People would think I would love speed.
Yeah.
Not so much.
I mean, not saying not so much, but I loved,
I loved the off-road part of it.
I just loved the whole intricacy with, you know,
with, with, with just doing the, you know,
with off-road vehicles and learning how to do it.
And I, I really enjoyed that.
That was my favorite, probably my favorite thing to do.
So.
Do you get to do any desert off-roading at all?
We did mostly not really desert.
I mean, I didn't get to do that ironically, but I did.
We did a lot of their, you know,
it's more just more muddy terrain type of thing.
And they had the driving schools.
Do they still have their driving schools?
I believe they do.
I remember we were supposed to go to Africa and that trip got
canceled.
There was some sort of military reason why we couldn't go.
And I remember being like, Oh no, I really wanted to do that.
That was on your bucket list.
Yeah.
Whatever.
That was literally the thing.
So excited for it.
I thought, Oh no.
There was some sort of danger of traveling there.
So we weren't able to do that.
And I was like, Oh no.
You know, behind the camera that's shooting me today is
another one of your fans from your past.
And that's Tim Pugh.
And Tim was a videographer with you on a number of your
shoots and one of the ones he recalls.
And I wonder if you were called it.
You did a Porsche club of America where you had visually
impaired blind children that were involved with getting a
feel for the cars.
Do you remember anything about that?
Cause I remember that segment quite well.
One of my favorite segments.
I literally, it was such an amazing day with that.
I actually think I might have said it on my interview that
you did about five years ago.
You guys came out here.
And I had said that was actually one of my most favorite
segments.
It was such a beautiful day with all these kids and they were
so excited.
Obviously they knew Braille and everything, but the way they
get around, you would never even know that they even, even
bothers them.
They were just amazing.
Got in there and they were reading the directions in Braille.
And I remember this one girl.
She was, she was so, she's like, I want to make sure my
hair looks good with the top down and everything.
And I was like, I literally was like, I'm trying not to cry
cause this is this most amazing was touching.
And I don't know if they still do that event, but it was, it
was such a wonderful event.
And I was like, please keep doing this.
This is so beautiful.
And I really loved it.
And I, when I get those moments where you get to do a segment
that really just touches you and touches the audience, it just
everybody, you know, those are so rare.
And I love that I had an opportunity to do that.
But yes.
And Tim was my, that's right.
Tim Tim, I remember that.
We were there the whole day and, and loved it.
And couldn't say enough wonderful things about that event.
You know, we, you got to travel.
Like you mentioned with Land Rover quite a bit.
You also did a segment, a joystick car in Germany.
Do you remember that?
Cause I must say, I don't remember that.
Do you remember what that was about?
Yeah.
It was, they, they had this joystick car in Stuttgart.
That was, um, that was basically kind of designed sort of like a
fighter pilot.
So instead of a steering wheel, you had just a joystick.
Yeah.
It was using joysticks on it.
And it definitely was, I mean, I got behind it and I was driving it.
It definitely felt very strange at first.
I did eventually, you know, I kind of got right into it.
But at first it felt really odd and you had no, you know, no
steering column whatsoever there.
So you were like, uh, you felt like you were playing like, you
know, old Atari the way that, that it was.
And it was, um, and it would, if you took it out on the road and we took
it, the airport and everything.
And, um, it was, it was a prototype at the time.
And, uh, they were only kind of having journalists and executives and
everything, you know, kind of using it at that, at that moment.
But, um, it was really amazing.
And I, I was, I was actually impressed with myself because I
thought, how am I going to be doing this?
And now it was, it was pretty, pretty easy to get to used to, but, um,
that was really amazing.
And the technology was, I mean, for that time, and that was how many
years now.
And we don't want to, we don't want to go there.
No, no, no, we definitely do not.
I can't even believe the amount of time it seems like yesterday.
My eye just blinked in.
How did I get here?
Oh, Jen, you did a lot of first.
I remember when we got a call from Volvo PR and they basically said,
would you like to come to our new crash facility in Sweden?
And this was at a time when crash testing was really becoming
something that the public was aware of.
Do you remember that trip?
And do you remember anything about what you saw when you got there?
Oh, absolutely.
That was an amazing trip.
And it literally was like the moment.
The funny thing is the moment I was there, I literally thought,
when I have a child, I'm going to have, I'm going to get a Volvo.
Cause these are the safest.
I literally was completely blown away with the safety.
And I really realized it was educational for me because I mean,
I, I obviously knew a little bit about it, but I didn't know, you know,
how different, different manufacturers would, you know,
how well they were studying this and that's that facility.
I mean, it was obviously spent quite a bit of money on it.
And it was amazing.
And they had just everything covered.
I mean, really they, they even had a museum there to kind of show you,
you know, the, the height of like the chairs was to show you the impact
of what it would feel like.
And then a helmet, like if you're a baby and the child, it was amazing.
I was, I was totally blown away.
And to this day, I still tell everybody when you're safe as cargo,
get a Volvo assuming they're still the leader for what I've read.
They still do a lot.
I think that was the first time they had ever allowed the press
into that test facility because it was brand new.
They were painting all the areas in there.
We were going behind sort of behind the scenes where they were showing
like this color, this one to show where, you know,
impact in everything.
And, and the amount of stuff, the amount of work they did on child safety
was amazing.
I remember they had that booster seat with that literally,
I don't know if they still have that in there,
but it was in that time it was like a three, I believe,
and you would remove the, in the center console.
You could pull up.
I remember that too.
And it still was considered, you know, safe with everything.
Now having, you know, having had a child and, and everything that,
you know, really appreciated it even more.
So after becoming a mom, that was a wonderful segment.
I really enjoyed that.
And it was, it was such an educational, even for me,
I mean, not even just for the viewer, but for me as well.
And I loved it.
Speaking, speaking of behind the scenes at that jog to memory of mine,
didn't you go behind the scenes at Disney or Disney World to do some of their cars?
I did.
I actually did.
So they had the GM test track.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah.
And they did it.
What they did was they, they recreated the proving grounds in both Arizona and
Michigan at the time, and they kind of combined it into this ride.
And then they had sort of a, a throw apart at the end.
But that was, that was amazing.
I mean, that was, I could not believe how intricate was.
And then what they actually had me do is they had me do the proving grounds.
Like they actually had me do the proving grounds after I did the ride.
And I actually flew from there to Detroit to actually do the actual
proving grounds.
And I actually ended up doing also the Arizona one as well and sort of mushed
the whole thing together so I could see the extreme heat, the extreme cold,
all the things that they do with the testing.
And, and that ride was, it was quite in demand.
I remember everybody wanted, that was quite a long, I know everybody else had
a, I didn't have a long wait, but everybody else had a long wait to get in there.
Yeah.
I got pushed to the front of the line there, which was very nice.
That was actually, I think the first thrill ride that they had opened at Epcot
Center.
So that was a big deal.
Yeah.
Which was a huge deal because Epcot before then was really, you know,
really about rides.
Yeah.
More about nations and, and science and so forth.
And yeah, things like that.
So this was, this was very new for them and it was obviously super popular.
I think it had like a three hour wait for people.
But, but it was really, it was, it was very indicative of what they actually did
at the proving grounds.
I was really impressed because I thought, oh, it's going to be Amusement Park.
You know, it's not going to end up being like something that's, it's going to just
be fun and everything.
And I was like, really was amazed how they recreated it for this ride while keeping
it entertaining for all the people that were riding on it.
So I really, yeah, that was fun.
So, so we've been, I've been prompting you with segments that you did that I remember.
How about you?
Let's turn to the tables and say, can you think of a few that you really love doing
that maybe even you had forgotten that you did?
And I thought to myself, this is like, it would be like picking my favorite child.
Which I only have one.
So I'm safe there.
But it would feel like that because it's so hard to do that.
But I was, I was thinking some of the fun ones.
I remember doing the hovercraft.
That was, I was, I got behind that.
And I really, I mean, I was going through the floor with that.
And that was very interesting.
I loved a lot.
We did a lot of the, you know, the, like Jaguar tribute to style a lot of red carpet.
And I really loved that.
And, and I ended up still doing some of that when I moved out here for a little while.
And I did love those.
Those were always, I felt very much my elements, you know, with that.
And, and I, you know, I, like I said, I love the off-road ones, the Maryland School for
the Blind.
I love that.
I loved my segment I did on Nitsa too.
You got to drive the G-Wagon before anybody else in the staff, the big, you know, leftover
Mercedes from almost the war era.
The goat, as I call it, it was like a mountain goat going up there.
Yeah.
I did.
And in God's house.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We went and we took that thing.
And I was, I realized that that thing was a workforce that moment.
It was, I mean, it was, it was like going up like this.
And, and I was like, okay, this is definitely built for that.
And that was, right.
We actually toured the factory as well, which was really kind of neat to see and everything.
And I, I flew in German because my mom was from Germany.
So it was, you know, I remember having, you know, really little conversations with them.
And, and that was always very nice when I get there, especially when people don't speak
English there.
So, but I love that it was, that was a great trip.
I love that.
And it's so beautiful in Austria.
And what a picturesque setting it was for this, you know, in amazing quality.
Everybody was asking for it to come back.
Everybody really wanted that to come back.
And it was such a request.
So, and I understood why, because it, it really, I left that like, that thing is a goat.
It really just right up the hill there.
And, and we had some pretty rough, steep terrain to do.
And it handled it like a boss.
It was great with that.
So yeah, I did do that.
I love that one too.
That was a great, that was a great.
So I had so many, it's literally like, I was going through the, to the retro this weekend
and I'm thinking, Oh my goodness.
I'm like, how do I pick?
And I am like, I know he's going to ask me which one my favorite one was.
And I, I'm thinking, I don't know if I can give a favorite.
I probably Maryland school for the blind.
I would obviously, that was a good choice.
Yeah.
That was definitely my most touching segment.
But, you know, a lot of fun ones.
And like the hovercraft was one I could think of.
And then of course the racing ones, obviously that was, those were always really great.
And, and, you know, and the driving schools, a little, a lot of driving schools.
I remember doing the motorcycle driving school too.
That one in, in, which I really, during that one, I thought everybody should be doing this.
It should be mandatory because I realized a lot of people coming in there.
Cause I want, I shot everybody, you know, learning this and doing this class for the
motorcycle in Maryland.
It was, and, and there were a lot of people who really did not know what they were doing
on the motorcycles.
I was very happy that they were taking that course.
And I was thinking everybody should be taking this course.
And I remember doing that and the skip barber.
That was another one.
I love the skip barber racing and driving school.
I did that.
Curious.
Do you think it actually, I mean, you are covering these events, but do you think it
actually helped you as a driver?
Oh, absolutely.
Of course.
There's no way you could do that without learning.
I mean, I, cause I had, even like we did the BMW, the performance center.
And you really get learned some car control during those things.
And I did so many of them that, and it's, it's with me, you know, and they're kind of with
me forever.
And absolutely they are, you, there's no way you couldn't do it without learning something
from it.
I do have a really funny story about that with actually with the BMW performance was that
they had this skid pad right in the middle of the track.
And it was the skid pad.
And right in the middle, it was a big depression, like a big hole.
And I remember Pat, Pat Stelionis, I was, yeah.
And he was, he was like, how come you guys have a hole in the middle of this?
You know, when, you know, when did somebody go off?
Like if they skid out, wouldn't they go in there?
Like, Oh no, it's never happened.
It's never happened.
Sure enough.
There's a guy that is taking the class like right before us.
He starts going up and goes right into their middle.
They're all looking at Pat like, and we're like, Oh man, I think we just, did he get
that?
Can we see the tape?
Oh yeah.
I think we did.
I don't know if we put it in the segment because I think they asked us not to.
Probably.
Probably.
But it was literally like, Oh no, I think we just said a president here by opening our
mouths.
But we both thought this is crazy.
Why wouldn't you have this like solid like that?
Again, my luck.
When it was a very fast five years that you were with us.
And, and when you left us again, just like when Lisa left, you left up a big hole that
we had to fill.
But I know a lot of folks would be curious, where did you go?
You went to the West Coast.
You've obviously got a son.
Tell us a little about Jennifer Kuznabas since she left motor week.
Well, I did.
What are you doing now?
Well, right now I'm, I have a mom and my mom has issues.
So I'm, I'm busy.
He's, he's 16 though, but he has some medical issues.
So it keeps me pretty busy with him.
But, but he's doing great.
And I came out here and I did freelance for a little while.
I ran into you.
I think that she did.
Yeah.
And I ran into a couple of other shows and I had done the GM style GM 10, which was out
here, the GM 10 was out here.
So I did that a couple of years.
My mom and dad got sick and that really kind of stopped everything a little bit with that.
They, they had gotten very ill.
And, and then my son came along and that obviously got, you know, took up my time as well.
But, but, you know, and we had a lot of, a lot of tragedy because I like my in-laws passed away
and things like that.
So a lot of sort of distraction from, you know, what I really loved with motor week and being
on, you know, doing that, but, but it never, never left me when I watched it all the time.
And my son watches it with, you know, I'll have him watch it with me.
And now he's kind of like old hat, like I'm like, look, Graham, what's on?
He's like, oh yeah, mom.
I'm like, okay, well, I'm glad you're so thrilled.
Well, I have to tell you, it has been an absolute treat for me to see you on camera again and
with us.
And I'm glad that you seem happy and you've got, you know, I'm just terrific that you have
all these great memories that you just didn't relegate us to somewhere in your past.
No, not at all.
I mean, I, I literally, I've always, I've tell people to this day, I'm like, I missed
that job so much.
I hated leaving.
I didn't want to leave, you know, and it was sort of life happens.
But, but yeah, I definitely was really sad leaving that job.
It was really just my, it felt like I was in my element there.
And what a great bunch of guys to work with.
You guys were so fantastic to work with.
And I was mutual.
We miss, I miss you guys all so much.
And I'm doing a good job of not crying right now.
I'm trying really hard.
You don't want me having tears on my eyes.
But yeah, but I really loved it.
It was such a great experience.
And I often think of it as like one of my best times in my life when I just loved, just
loved it and I miss it so much.
Thank you, Jennifer.
The same for us.
Thanks so much for being with us today.
It was, it was absolutely a blast.
It was so wonderful.
It was so exciting.
And thank you so much for having me and congratulations 45 years.
Oh my God.
Thank you.
20 years walking around the office and everybody was like slamming the door in my face.
I did not want to be on camera.
Well, this will not be the last time we'll see you.
I guarantee that.
I hope not.
Definitely not.
Oh, thank you so much, John.
Thanks, Jennifer.
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About this episode
Jennifer Khasnabis (Jennifer Cosnobus) returns for MotorWeek’s 45th anniversary special, recounting her path from traditional broadcast news into automotive TV as an FYI reporter in 1999. She describes the shift from daily hard news to more time-intensive segments, leaning on Lisa Barrow’s advice to “have fun,” and highlights the variety that kept her and viewers engaged—from crash testing and safety facilities to red-carpet style events and off-road driving. Memorable stories include Volvo’s child-safety crash lab, a joystick car prototype in Germany, and a deeply moving Porsche Club segment with visually impaired children.
We are back with another one of our special anniversary themed podcast episodes! This time John Davis is joined by Jennifer Khasnabis, who stepped in as our FYI and Motor News reporter from 1999-2004 after the departure of Lisa Barrow. John and Jennifer talk about some of her favorite memories, what she’s up to know, and a bit of advice she got from Lisa after she started!
