Daily Recap: Thursday, April 23, 2026
28 episodes · If you only listen to one: The Heritage - DWA! Podcast Episode #932, Driving While Awesome
Ford's entry-level price has nearly doubled since 2015, with the Fiesta S replaced by the Maverick XL Hybrid at $28,145. Honda is pulling out of South Korea at year's end after sales fell 22% to fewer than 2,000 units last year.
Ford Entry-Level Price Nearly Doubles Since 2015
Ford's cheapest model has gone from the Fiesta S to the Focus to the Maverick over the past decade, with an 83% price increase along the way. CarEdge Live compared entry-level pricing across Ford, Stellantis, Hyundai, and Kia.
"In 2015, Ford offered the Fiesta S Sedan at $15,405. Today, the cheapest option you can get from Ford is the Maverick XL Hybrid Super Crew at almost double the price, $28,145."
Honda Exits South Korea at Year's End
Honda will stop selling cars in South Korea by the end of 2026. The company sold fewer than 2,000 cars there last year, a 22% decline, per Autoline Daily.
"Honda will stop selling cars in South Korea at the end of the year. The company says the reason is changes in the market and the need to strengthen its mid- to long-term competitiveness... Honda sold fewer than two thousand cars there last year, down twenty two percent."
Episode Spotlights
On the QX65's Klipsch audio system, which calibrates to each driver's hearing:
"The audio system, our 20-speaker Klipsch, will give you a hearing test. It gives you a very short three minute hearing test that plays some tones and then you tell it by touching the screen what you can hear."
If You Only Listen To One
The Heritage - DWA! Podcast Episode #932
NASCAR professionals at Team Hendrick turn out to own B13 SE-Rs and S2000s. Recorded at the Heritage Invitational private track event in Charlotte, the episode explores how Southeast car culture differs from the West Coast. A strong pick for anyone curious about the overlap between professional racing culture and enthusiast ownership.
"It's fascinating, the more I talk to people there, especially people in the NASCAR world who work at Team Hendrick or are actively building these cars, and they love B13 SE-Rs and they're telling me how they had an S2000, and one dude who's one of the operations managers rolled up in a Z3M coupe while he works on the Camaro race cars."
By the Numbers
Most-Mentioned Cars
Mention counts across today's episodes; not every car here appears in a dedicated story section.
| Car | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 6 |
| Toyota Corolla | 5 |
| BMW M3 | 5 |
| Honda Prelude | 4 |
| Ford Edge | 3 |
| Ford Mustang | 3 |
| Ford Bronco Sport | 3 |
| Porsche Cayman | 3 |
Trending Terminology
Mention counts across today's episodes; not every term here appears in a dedicated story section.
| Term | Mentions |
|---|---|
| downforce | 3 |
| tires | 3 |
| center of gravity | 2 |
| tariffs | 2 |
| gearbox | 2 |
| daily driver | 2 |
28 episodes. 383 car mentions. 2101 terms explained. Browse every episode with searchable annotations and plain-language term definitions in the Car Curious app.