Carbitrage

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, federal infrastructure crumbles on queue to discuss crumbling federal infrastructure, Black History month is here and we talk about the C.R. Patterson and sons company. Dr. Wags the F31 and parts engineered to fail. English folk take to the streets to poke fun at Boris Johnson, and you might be able to buy your own defunct RAF airbase race track as the Gr...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss McKinley Thompson, JR - the father of the ford bronco as our black history month spotlight this week. On the heels of Mazda and Mercedes, Stellantis is joining BMW in a mass market straight 6 engine, Toyota's Camry has been in NASCAR for longer than a Dodge product. Rivian vs Tundra in highway range trailer test ends how you'd expect it would,...

On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss Richard Spikes on Black History month for inventing the pre selector gearbox, the 3000GT breaks 100,000 at auction, $5B bipartisain bill pushes much needed funding in to federal EV charging infrastructure, Dihatusi wins ths tokyo auto salon again this year, but in a diffferent way, the upcoming miata mentions electrification, but not a manual g...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we look at picking out a car for a new st bernard pup dad, the GMA T.33 and its overwhelming manual take rate, Tommy Pastrami (travis pastrana)'s new subaru wagon, Santa Fe gauge clusters going in to australia mode, the hammer price on the Hirohata merc, and Tesla's appaling quality issues don't make it pas the TüV. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/car...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we look at an after-market company that makes a real steering wheel for the Model S and X to get rid of that stupid yoke, Volvo 245s about to become the next unaffordable thing, Stallantis brought a slew of new 500es to CES, does that mean we might have a new Fiat 500 states-bound? Planters taking a page out of oscar myers book and parading a NUTmobile ar...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we conclude the obvious in that no one likes the Toyota CH-R, Toyota saving that story with news that the MKV Supra is enroute to the USA with a 6-speed manual on the B48 and B58 engines, and GR-MN version is coming with the S58 as well. Front wheel drive Celicas are under rated cars, Corolla hatch XSE trim giving way to a GR trim with AWD and some racier...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk CES and its car reveals and tech, Janas $3000 nanny challenge, the Buzz EV ID.7 getting an official build start date, i9 pileup started by idiots with bad tires, tesla breaking their UI and freezing owners to death, Hirohatat Merc custom for sale at Mecum Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk about the NIO model 3 fighter we probably won't see in the states, Albert Biermann, father of moden M and Hyundai's N line, retires, Citroen ami gets a buggy guise, China brings a funky electric KEI convertible to market with a soft top and neon colors, Nissan's stanza NewBird looks like I EV swapped it and the saga of an amazon driver flattening...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Polestar's third vehicle offering, called 3. Cool cars you want your friend to buy instead of yourself due to horrible reliability, living with wintery climates and how cars change, new DOT signs coming soon, Hyundai ionic 5 starts to roll off the line, Nissan restores a power ranger daily driver, and the Taycan Sport Turismo is the overpriced...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Subaru and its design incest, ferrari actually making a terrible CUV, Lamborghini Trattori, the Bremach Taos in actual trim coming to US with manual transmission, one of the EB 110's ugly 4 door stepbrothers comes up on the auction block with some pretty cool specs, Lancia tames down its Ypsilon, and the Ghibli ends production next year (we did...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we recap JCCS, SEMA 2021, Alaska's EV bus that works just fine in the cold, Hertz backlogging tesla deliveries, VW Buzz spotted in near finalized looking sheet metal, Tri-5 meets electric with the Songsan Monterey, BMW already planning to replace the existing X5 chassis after just 3 years due to ugliness, makes concept similarly ugly, germany re-Tüvs a ca...

ON this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we're back! slightly new home but recording once again! Acura butchered the Integra concept in to reality, consumer reports finally gets something right about Tesla, Hyundai does another modern classic restoration to join the Pony, Chinese market design pressure gets something right with Buick, the IH scout is the play for a great classic daily, Toyota is...

On this hiatus special episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the origins of the british sleeper car phrase 'Q ship', a special used subaru that costs more than most houses, 27% of new broncos ordered with a manual gearbox, which cars have a difinitive best body type, manual swapping a gen 5 maserati quattroporte, Citroen Ami gets factory stickerpacks, EV tax credit trying to cut tesla out...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast - we are live at Modest premium automotive showcase at the St Paul Rivercenter - hosted by Drive Cartel Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk about why to never trust an RX-3 mazda, Tom's neighbor sells her XK8 for a song, KIA's new world logo and how Ryan hates it, Nathalie Maillet, boss of the SPA racetrack brutally murdered by her husband, the 400Z getting darn close to something you can buy, Rimac, the Bugatti owners now, have a production ready car that runs 8.5 second quarter mile...

On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss the cars and craft / powercruise weekend, the mediocrity of lockdown, the grand tour special, cyclecars and how we wished we had more fun money, the new cadillac CT4 and CT5-v manual transmission monsters, the new integra that turned out to NOT be vaporware, Erik prepping an episode about the 8 series BMW to dispel all the misinformation, Phill...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we appraise our former patron Tom's nrighbors Jag XK8, we discuss a business that should exist for advocacy in auto insurance and vehicle brokering all under one roof, a 2017 V12 Vantage eclipsing its original MSRP used on BaT, a one-owner V160 supra turbo closing for lower than anticipated, MN adopting the clean air car rules of CA by 2026, oddball USDM...

On this cars and caves episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we play the guessing game as to how many walnuts were living in Jana's Buuukuu, Tesla paying minor blood money to model S and X owners over their OTA battery limiting practices, and audi shooting themselves in the foot being nasty with a journalist shuttling german flood victims in a press issued RS6 avant. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.c...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we welcome a patron and previous guest, Tucker, on the podcast to discuss electrification of over the road trucking, Ryan brings up a new game called "Stuff-That-Totally-Wasn’t-$40k-When-This-Podcast-Started challenge" and we pick our mule there, Erik recaps the Brian Redman challenge (the HAWK vintage) at road america, and a new german start up pays homa...

On this episode, we discuss an early plug and play turbocharger setup found in an estate sale, Ryans Fiat got hit with a boomerhammer, and Kurt burns to the ground amongst erik's first ever uneventful trip. Two men decided to recreate not only the vehicle, but the trip taken in dumb and dumber, covering over 400 miles on a homemade hog, Ryan became an internet hotwheels superstar accidentally, the...

On this episode off the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss future collectible cars in a tier list, and we accidentally do a really good job of it. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id1363...

on this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we welcome Mike Gatsch (of first name last name photography) on the show to discuss the standard guest questions, his history and Erik covers the story of the Rolls Royce Phantom. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-1159...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss four wheel drum brakes, Hyundai killing the TAU V8, Toyota readying the axe for the UR series 'iforce' V8 engines, the future of the Celica name, Blubzki's manual transmission future, extinct automotive technologies of the past that needs a second chance at life, Hagerty's G chassis M3/M4 video and how they got it a bit wrong. Finishing up with...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss a patreon topic about the best and worst automotive brand collaborations, why you might need an FJ convertible conversion in your life, Germany laying down the fab with an official september renaming of the first corner on the Nordschleife as Sabine Schmitz Kurve, Back to the 50s recap, Mazda shedding a bit more light on their RWD platform, and...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Fiat going all electric by 2030... with their one model? MK3 supra owner in Japan sells car to pay cat's medical bills and finds a buyer that overpays to help out, Sabine Schmitz' co drivers Johannes Schied pays homage driving their 96-97 24H of nurburgring car around the schliefe, Suzuki crosses 25 million Kei cars sold, Model S Plaid laying p...