{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"What Does a Luxury Car Even Mean These Days?, Driving the Latest & Quickest Mercedes Ever","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-does-a-luxury-car-even-mean-these-days-driving-the-latest-quickest-mercedes-ever","audioUrl":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/4778f66f-5d19-456a-9820-b08f00dfd567/555233ef-fe01-40f1-90b6-b3aa015e536c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=42336c1a-f7c2-4898-885b-b08f00e0bb66","description":"Luxury is slippery to define when you can spend $42,000 on a Mercedes-Benz or $114,000 on a Ford pickup truck. The term has become so ubiquitous, it has almost lost all meaning. That's the focus of Hannah's latest reporting. 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