{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"The Wildest Car the FBI Has Ever Seized.","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/the-wildest-car-the-fbi-has-ever-seized","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/d3a12600/podcast/play/112048577/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-2%2F413633299-44100-2-e604da1c925fd.mp3","description":"In this episode the guys break down the insane story of the FBI seizing a thirteen million dollar Mercedes CLK GTR roadster from an Olympic snowboarder who built a cocaine empire. WE also get into WhistlinDiesel’s tax-evasion indictment, Toyota’s surprise new V8, GM’s wild two-stroke patent, the GM rewards loophole that paid off an Escalade, Sam Altman’s bounced Tesla refund, Stellantis pushing ads into dashboards, and why plug-in hybrids are basically gas cars with homework. 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