The embargo-breaking kerfuffle surrounding the new
Nissan GT-R heads Autoblog Podcast #80. The picture made its way onto the internet through a
small
big whoopsie at
Motor Trend, leading to a flurry of embargo breaking. We offer our incisive analysis on the
new car. It looks great to us, though we kind of wish the Alice Cooper headlight treatment had stayed. We'll get to see the car in the flesh in Tokyo soon. A new Skyline is earth-shattering in its own right, but not to the same degree as
Toyota getting slapped around by
Ford on
Consumer Reports' new
reliability survey. That's right, Toyota is getting some of its models branded as below average reliability and no longer will
CR recommend certain models. In another surprise, Mazda's
CX-9 beat out lots of tough competition to be named
Motor Trend's
SUV Of The Year, though we had our money on the
Enclave. We'd entirely forgotten that
Jaguar was even selling the X-Type cum Mondeo here, Duratec and all. Even Jaguar-specific cylinder heads and an attempt at making a baby
XJ couldn't move such an ancient platform, so the
plug has been pulled long after anyone stopped paying attention. Of course, we are looking at Jaguar again, now that the
XF is headed for showrooms. These content points are of course bookended by our cutting wit and expert insight, 53 minutes worth.
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