Chatting with automotive legend Steve Saleen.

Whether or not you drive a automobile, want a automobile, or simply sometimes bum a experience with buddies, you’ve come to the best place. Be a part of Jill and Tom as they break down every little thing that’s occurring within the auto world. New-car evaluations, buying ideas, driving inexperienced, electrical automobiles, traditional automobiles, and loads of nice company. That is the Client Information Automotive Stuff Podcast. – Dialog with Steve Saleen
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Episode: 311
Broadcast date: January 26, 2026
Visitor: Steve Saleen
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Buick Leaves China, Kia K4 Hatchback, A Dialog with Steve Saleen
(Present Notes)
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Information
Jill and Tom open the present acknowledging a number of international cities through which there are Automotive Stuff Podcast listeners. Pay attention in for the checklist.
Buick Envision
Tales this week embrace information that Mercedes-Benz is dropping its Drive Pilot semi-autonomous driving system within the U.S., and Buick is shifting manufacturing of the U.S.-market Envision small crossover out of China. Tom additionally shares the outcomes of his very unscientific “Most American” automobile ballot. Did the Corvette, Mustang, or Wrangler win? Pay attention in for particulars.
Kia K4 Hatchback
Nonetheless within the first phase, Jill evaluations the 2026 Kia K4 Hatchback. Does the hatch make for a greater compact Kia? Indicators level to “sure.”
Steve Saleen
Within the second phase, Jill and Tom are joined by automotive legend Steve Saleen. Steve talks in regards to the growth of the S7 tremendous automobile, modifying Mustangs and F-150s, and his super-car present on the LeMay Museum in Tacoma, Washington. It’s a fantastic dialog.
Quiz and Winter Driving
Within the final phase, Jill is subjected to Tom’s “2025 Automotive Gross sales” quiz. The hosts shut the present discussing the affect of chilly climate on the Lucid Air, and the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid.
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