Autoline After Hours
Autoline
Updated 1 day agoThe show for those who are more than just car enthusiasts, but are also enthusiasts for the automotive industry. Join us as we talk shop with the top designers, chief engineers and product planners about the latest vehicles they’re bringing to the market.
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Episodes (795)
AAH #316 - Chevy Bolt: The EV for the Rest of Us
UP FOR DISCUSSION: Deep dive into Chevrolet's new 200-mile electric Bolt,CES: Is Las Vegas Simply Sexier Than Detroit?, NAIAS: Did a Minivan Really Steal the Show?, Autonomous: Ford and GM Are Chasing ItSPECIAL GUEST: Steve Majoros, Chevrolet Marketing DirectorAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv and Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production, and Mike Martinez, The Detroit News.
AAH #315 - Yumpin’ Yiminy, We’re Talkin’ Scandinavian Design
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- An in-depth look at Volvo’s new XC90 and how the company is moving from premium to luxury especially with its interiors.- Volvo’s relaunch into the American market.SPECIAL GUEST: Tisha Johnson, Chief Design Interiors, Volvo North AmericaAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv and Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production.
AAH #314 - Presents, Coal, and Chorus
UP FOR DISCUSSION:Tis the season for the Annual #AAH “Presents and Coal Show” with Santa John, his elves — Gary, Mark and Scott -- with music by the former General Motors Employees’ Chorus.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv, Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production, Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, and Scott Burgess, YAHOO!Autos.
AAH #313 - At Mazda, the Sky's the Limit
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- NACTOY Finalists: Honda snags two out of six slots; Nissan has only “truck” in final three; Neither Volt or Prius make the cut.- CES Threat to NAIAS? More and more automotive reveals scheduled at CES in Vegas just days before the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.- The Crude Slide: Oil continues to drop as the Saudis announce its pumps are full speed ahead for 2016.SPECIAL GUEST: Robert Davis, Senior VP, U.S. Operations, Mazda NAVEHICLE IN STUDIO: 2016 Mazda CX-3All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv, Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production, and Chris Paukert, CNET.
AAH #312 - On Site With Nissan Titan XD
UP FOR DISCUSSION:On site in Arizona at the Nissan Titan XD Media Launch. Get the inside scoop from the experts on:-the design of the new truck-the details on the engineering of Titan XD-the overall program concept-the marketing and advertising plan for Titan XD GUESTS: Diane Allen, Senior Manager, Nissan Design America; Rich Miller, Director, Product Planning, Trucks, SUVs, CUVs and Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America; Brent Hagan, Manager, Product Planning, Nissan North America; Phil O’Connor, Director of Marketing, Trucks and SUVs, Nissan North America.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production.
AAH #311 - Something for Everyone at the LA Auto Show
UP FOR DISCUSSION:-The Lincoln MKZ-Ford's new Escape-All-new FIAT 124 Spider-2017 Buick LaCrosse-And many, many more reveals from the 2015 LA Auto ShowGuests: Kumar Galhotra, VP, Ford Motor Company and President of Lincoln; Milton Wong, Chief Engineer, Ford Escape; Bob Broderdorf, Director of FIAT Brand North America; Tony DiSalle, VP, Buick/GMC MarketingAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; and Anton Wahlman, SeekingAlpha.com/TheStreet.com.
AAH #310 - Excuse me, But is that a Panhard in the studio?
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- VW's Gift Cards: Will $500 make a difference to US customers?- LA Auto Show Preview: The hottest cars unveiled in the City of Angels.- Dieselgate Fallout: Bob Lutz blames Ferdinand PiechSpecial Guest: Ken Nelson, Orphan Car Collector with Panhard 24 BT in studio- Automotive Innovations that have been lost to historyAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production.
AAH #309 - Crossover Sale Highs to Luxury Brand Lows
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- VW: EPA discovers more cheating.- October Sales: Is 18 the lucky number?- Hyundai: Its long-anticipated luxury line.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Todd Lassa, Automobile; Bob Gritzinger, Wards.
AAH #308 - Pratt and Miller’s Amazing Engineering Playhouse
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- NSX: Acura gives the press its first seat time in the long-awaited performance car.- Tokyo Motor Show: Honda intros new Fuel Cell car, while Nissan and Yamaha are the talk of the show.- Trump v Ford: CEO Mark Fields "corrects" the GOP presidential frontrunner's "facts" on Mexico.SPECIAL GUEST: Lynn Bishop, VP, Engineering Services, Pratt and MillerAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Lindsay Brooke, SAE; Frank Markus, MotorTrend.
AAH #307 - ROUSH Performance: There's an App for That
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- VW: A Brand Sell-off Could Mean a Smaller Company Post-Scandal.- Consumer Reports: Tesla’s Model S is the Best Car Ever, Not.- LG Chem: Supplier Ticked Off After GM Reveals the Price of Batteries.SPECIAL GUESTS: Don Manfredi, VP, Marketing, ROUSH Performance and Justin Schroeder, Chief Engineer, ROUSH PerformanceAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Dave Sullivan, AutoPacific.
AAH #306 - Sergio, Elon and The Brady Bunch
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- VW: The Scandal Goes On and On… Like a Diesel- FCA and UAW: Can Sergio Afford It?- Tesla’s Autosteer: Like a Bike with Training Wheels?All that and much more with Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Sharon Carty, Yahoo! Autos; Scott Burgess, Motor Trend; Mike Wayland, The Detroit News.
AAH #305 - The Tucson Also Rises
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- 2016 Volt: Does/Will Anyone Care?- Emissions: Paris Goes Semi-Carless- Porsche, Motor Trend and Google: Whose Data Is It, Anyway?- ISIS: A Customer Toyota Doesn’t WantSPECIAL GUEST: Mike O’Brien, VP of Corporate and Product Planning, Hyundai Motor America- While the Tucson carves its way through the crowded crossover field, Hyundai finishes its first month as a new NFL sponsor.All that and much more with Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Richard Truett, Automotive News; Henry Payne, The Detroit News.
AAH #304 - One Badass Tacoma
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Model X Revealed: Is $142,000 Ludicrous Enough?- FCA and UAW: Too Hasty at the Bargaining Table?- September Sales: How were VW and diesels affected?SPECIAL GUEST: Mike Sweers, Chief Engineer – Trucks, Toyota.- Learn more about Toyota Tacoma, the newest pickup in the compact truck segment.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Chris Paukert, CNET.
AAH #303 - VW's Emissions Nightmare
UP FOR DISCUSSION:Volkswagen:-What VW did.-Who knew what and when?-The casualty list.SPECIAL GUEST: Brian Bautsch, Lead Safety Engineer, Honda R and D-How Honda ACEs the safety test.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Henry Payne, The Detroit News; Csaba Csere, Contributing Editor, Car and Driver.
AAH #302 - Forecasting the Hits for Frankfurt
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- IAA Cars in Frankfurt: Bentley Bentayga, Rolls-Royce Dawn, Audi e-tron quattro, Honda Project 2 and 4, and more!- 2016 Toyota Prius- Labor Front: What's going on between the UAW and the Big 3?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Todd Lassa, Automobile; Stephanie Brinley, IHS Automotive.
AAH #301 - A Fake City for Tomorrow's Cars
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- BMW's DriveNow: Will only the rich buy cars?- The Tesla Trifecta: X, 3, S.- Sales: Should OEMs just build trucks?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Peter Sweatman, MCity; Doron Levin, SiriusXM
AAH #300 - 6 Years, 300 Shows and 1 of the Most Beautiful Cars in History
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Dodge Barracuda and Ford Bronco coming back.- Is it time for closed cockpits in racing?- Chaos in the Market: What it means for August sales.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Karl Brauer, Kelly Blue Book; Michelle Krebs, AutoTrader
AAH #299 - Meet the 3000-Horsepower Blue Viper
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Will Toyota and Lexus put an end to dealer haggling?- Is Tesla about to be clobbered by the Germans?SPECIAL GUEST: Van Conway, CONMAR RacingAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Jim McCraw, Freelance Auto Journalist
AAH #298 - An Automotive List to Die For
SPECIAL GUEST: Jason Fogelson, Author, “100 Things for Every Gearhead to do Before They Die.”- Digging into a gearhead’s bucket list and adding a few items of our own.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Todd Lassa, Automobile.
AAH #297 - How Do You Stop a Rocket Ship?
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- The Apple i3: Will BMW provide the basis for the MacMobile?- Mazda’s Delayed Diesel: Is it ever going to happen?- Aluminum proves its mettle in IIHS F-150 testSPECIAL GUEST: Dan Sandberg, President and CEO, Brembo NAAll that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Richard Truett, Automotive News
AAH #296 - How Tesla and CARB Got Us to Drink the Kool-Aid
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Hacking cars: Serious Issue or Serious Exaggeration?- Tesla Battery Swap: Is the Million-Dollar Loophole Dead?SPECIAL GUEST: Larry Moss, Chairman, Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s- What cars will be at the Concours and why were they chosen?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Ed Niedermeyer, Daily Kanban
AAH #295 - Lessons Learned from the BMW i3
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Silverado/Sierra: New faces for ’16. How clever is this?- Sergio Shows His Elbows: The start of UAW negotiations- Magna Gets Getrag: “Every vehicle has and will have a transmission in the foreseeable future”SPECIAL GUEST: John Kelly, BMW Product Manager- Join us as we take a deep dive into the BMW i3.All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Gary Witzenburg, Freelance Auto Writer.
AAH #294 - 2016 Nissan Maxima: The Whole Thing’s Controversial!
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- ZF Shows Off its Coolest Tech in Germany- Inside Edsel Ford‘s 1915 Cross-Country Road TripSPECIAL GUEST: Vishnu Jayamohan, Product Planner, Nissan Product Planning and Advanced Strategy- What’s the strategy behind Nissan’s big, all-American Maxima?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press.
AAH #293 - Lincoln Continental’s New Design Direction
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- Chevrolet Unveils the new Cruze and the Camaro Convertible- Alfa Romeo Unveils the Long-Anticipated Giulia- Ford Unveils… an Electric Bicycle?SPECIAL GUEST: David Woodhouse, Design Director, Lincoln Motor Company- Does Lincoln’s Continental Concept look a little too much like other luxury leaders, or just enough?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; John Manoogian, College for Creative Studies.
AAH #292 - Designing Sex in the Surfaces of the Ford GT
UP FOR DISCUSSION:- 2015 J.D. Power IQS: Who is it good for?- Porsche Wins Le Mans: Even if it did take 17 years- EPA Ratings: Reality checkSPECIAL GUEST: Craig Metros, Exterior Designer, Ford GT- Which came first, engineering or styling?All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production; Todd Lassa, Automobile.