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Everyday Driver Car Debate

MORE Cars That Need A Comeback (N-Z), Susceptible To Greatness, Waiting Too Long | Episode 1,014

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Leisure, Hobbies, Automotive

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The guys continue the second half (N-Z) of their discussion about cars they think OEMs should bring back to the market. They debate fun commuters for Ian, who lives in Perth, Australia and has wildly varied distance needs. Then, Andrew Z. has a young family and needs kid-hauling space, but yearns for a Miata (which is on the horizon). The guys dive into social media questions, which include asking about rear diffusers on non-sporty models; and why doesn’t Ford build a 4dr Mustang branded as a Lincoln?  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 02:12 - Tom Matano, Father Of The Miata, Has Passed 05:54 - Porsche “Product Strategy Realignment!” 08:36 - EV Battery Ejector Concept ???? 15:21 - Paul’s List Of Cars (N-Z) 35:13 - Todd’s List Of Cars (N-Z) 1:02:51 - Hooked On Driving October 2025 Events 1:04:00 - Car Debate #1: Don’t Drive It, You’ll Want One 1:16:50 - Car Debate #2: Two More Years Until Miata 1:27:30 - 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

It's Tuesday, everybody, and we are coming in hot.

0:03.5

We had one of those days where you and I must have talked for 90 minutes, and we realized we're really on a podcast. So let's dive in. We started early today, like, hey, we're going to get stuff done. And here it is late because we got a podcast, and we're excited to be with you guys. We have so much. We got news up front. We are continuing from last time, which I really enjoyed. I'm excited.

0:21.3

I'm excited.

0:21.5

Come back.

0:22.1

We're going to do the back half of the alphabet, which I realized has got fewer car companies. But back half of the alphabet, in through V. I got some. And I doubled up because I wanted extra models from the same car companies. So I might have added a few. I love it. That'll be great stuff. We'll talk through that. Of course, we've got car debates. We keep running so long on our topic Tuesday that we don't even get to car conclusions. We'll hopefully get to a couple of those. You guys have also given us some really good questions. There's a lot of stuff. But I have to ask a favor. Have you seen our Coda Road Trip series? It is now six. That's right. Count them. Six parts. It is on our, this exact same channel. It's right here. You found us already on YouTube if you're watching. So it's on the same channel. We have all six parts. Every one of them. You find any one of them. You can find the playlist for all of them. All of them connect. We went from Utah, here where we're based, to Austin, to Circuit of the Americas,

1:11.5

and then all the way to Knoxville.

1:12.9

Great roads the entire way, broke it up into six parts, drove different cars every time.

1:16.9

If you haven't seen it, please watch it.

1:19.0

If you've seen it, watch it again.

1:20.6

If you know somebody that might like road trip films, we work so hard on these.

1:24.2

We love doing them.

1:25.0

I really hope you've watched it.

1:26.3

I hope you will pass it on to friends. We are doing more. We're already, I can't tell you yet, but we're already talking

1:31.1

about next year's big road trip films. It's already happening. But we were so excited. And I also

1:36.4

want to say, we recently had our Beartooth trip. We don't normally, except for the Cota Peace,

1:41.6

film during these trips. But the Bear Tooth trip, we had an opportunity with our sponsor Power Stop who just wanted us to do a piece that is about kind of the day in the life. Well, day in the life for us is like sit here and do a podcast. So that's not quite as interesting. You're already watching that. Start the engine. Drive. And lots of edit, lots of me in a dark room. So you don't want to watch that. But we did

2:01.7

actually film our Beartooth trip. We're going to share that for Power Stop actually later in the year.

2:05.1

So that's exciting too. So that's coming up. But we have news. There's news up front, all kinds of

2:10.3

mixed news. Yeah, we do. On a sad note, the father of the Miata, Tom Matano, has passed at age 77. And he was so many things to so many people. I love that he was an art center alum, just like I am. He was also notably the designer of the FDRX7. Which is one of the prettiest cars ever. I totally agree. That is up there with E-Type and Z-Car and I think the LC-500 cars that 20, 30 years later, still attractive.

2:36.2

Also, Arts and her alum.

2:37.2

Anyway, props to my school.

2:39.1

There you go.

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