Interior Hits & Misses, High-Speed Autobahn Commute, In The Name Of Research | Episode 1,031

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Leisure, Hobbies, Automotive

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

The guys discuss modern car interiors with screens, and how the driving experience compares to cars of the past. Who does interiors right, and who does interiors badly? They debate single-car autobahn choices for Joshua in Germany, whose back is hurting from the long distances. Then, Brandon in TN has a perfectly sorted garage. So why is he looking for what’s next? Social media questions ask how to make road trips better for your girlfriend, will there be more competition in the small-truck segment, and will the guys ever be back on Motor Trend TV? Audio-only MP3 is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and 10 other platforms. Look for us on Tuesdays if you’d like to watch us debate, disagree and then go drive again! 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Prelude Video Is Coming! 01:57 - Genesis Reveals Off-Road X Scorpio Concept + Desert Editions 05:36 - 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Introduced 12:05 - Honda 3.5L V6 Engine Recall 14:25 - Topic Tuesday: Screens Suck. Also, Interior Design Hits And Misses 47:53 - EDD & HOD National And European Adventures 2026 51:25 - Car Debate #1: Long, High-Speed Autobahn Commute 1:04:04 - Car Debate #2: In The Name Of Research 1:17:04 - Car Conclusion #1: On The Edge Of Self-Restraint 1:19:57 - Car Conclusion #2: Will Volvo Ever Bring Back Performance? 1:21:54 - Audience Questions On Social Media Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe to our two YouTube channels. Write to us your Topic Tuesdays, Car Conclusions and those great Car Debates at everydaydrivertv@gmail.com or everydaydriver.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello again, everybody. Happy Tuesday. Happy podcast day and settle in because we were just talking
0:06.1	about the fact that this is going to be long and varied. We're very excited. A ton of stuff is going
0:10.7	on. Lots of news. Car debates. Topic Tuesday's conclusions. You guys bombarded us with questions.
0:15.8	And I'm just going to, I'm just going to take a deep breath and calm all of us down.
0:38.7	There's been a lot of prelude videos. There's been a lot of prelude discussion. Okay. Yes, we have a prelude comparison coming. We're very excited about it. We feel like it's the right comparison. It's the prelude versus the Prius versus the 86. It's coming Thursday. So this week on this channel, this is coming. We're really excited about this piece. We will not be taking your, what do you think of the
0:42.8	prelude questions because the video is coming. That's right. So that will happen. But thank you
0:46.8	guys for being excited about talking about it, even though I also feel like this is one of those
0:53.5	politics discussions.
0:54.9	You have decided.
0:56.3	People have decided how they feel.
0:58.2	And now that U.S.
0:59.5	journalists, and here's the crazy thing,
1:01.8	UK journalists, Japan journalists, drove it months ago.
1:04.8	Oh, yeah.
1:05.3	There's all kinds of driving impressions out there.
1:06.3	It's been on sale in Japan for three or four months.
1:08.1	It's crazy.
1:08.7	So this one has been poorly scheduled.
1:12.1	Let's put it that way.
1:13.3	So you're watching or listening, you have decided on the prelude.
1:18.1	The internet has already decided.
1:19.3	But we were actually genuinely excited to put it back to back.
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