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It's another podcast. Thanks for joining us. We're glad to have you back with us. And we've, we've decided we're not even going to do questions this time. We're just going to do the actual news. So we can get to conclusions. We're going to get to conclusions. We're going to do an actual idea that we have that came from one of your questions actually. That is the whole topic Tuesday about great cars at different price points. This is good. We're going to have two really interesting car debates,

some conclusions. It's still going to be a long podcast. We're very excited about it. I'm going to

jump in first with two very different bits of news about the current market, the current car market.

I want to like shuffle papers or like, yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's that kind of thing. Stacks and papers

or do something to. For sure. This, it's that kind of thing. Stacks and papers or do something to.

For sure.

This is the news.

The Lexus L.S. This is the car that put Lexus on the map. Yes. This is the car that when they announced it. Boy, how it's changed through the years. Seriously. When they announced it, it was, remember all of the champagne glasses on the, on the hood and the whole thing.

I mean, this wasxas going almost too far

to prove a point yes and this is what made lexas a real brand and a real luxury competitor and

honestly the the concept of lexas then carries forward to this day but the ls really put them on

the map and it's now dead i am showing a photo of the first gen and the current gen. They're doing like a weird heritage edition thing for the last few people that are going to buy it that I guess are LS fans. Please buy it. I guess. Does this mean they're no longer a luxury brand if they're getting rid of the car that launched their brand? No, because what it shows is where the market is going, and that is away from these big

sedans into SUVs.

Yeah.

Okay?

So, you know, obviously Audi is hanging on, BMW is hanging on.

Mercedes, of course, is still trying to lead the charge because the S-class is their

signature vehicle.

But even they leaned in with the EQ lineup and thought they were going

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