On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the results of our warm hatch $6000 challenge and its marketplace results! Dusenberg values are bucking every economic and automotive trend on valuations, BMW ruins the Neue Klasse concept by making it an XM, Honda and Nissan being forced to partner due to domestic japanese financial stress? AMG's GT flagship now has a 4 cylinder engine on its spec sheet. time to kill it off, make it electric or keep the V8, AMG. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patre...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss flyover states and back roads, Warm, not hot hatches, and what we'd buy for $6,000 used. The Bugatti EB-110 was almost a Lamborghini, Internet connected cars are selling your data without your knowledge to your insurance broker, likely raising your rates. Great shame has come upon myself not knowing what the mystery buttons are in the Lamborghini Murcielago, Citroen eC3 gets a 0 star euro NCAP rating, good thing your dumb crossovers are safe....
Mar 31, 2024•56 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss automotive service jobs we'll never do again, Cressidas are thoughtfully engineered, Audi TT coming back already as our first production EV convertible, Faraday Future's 11 production vehicles all recalled, Oldsmobile's 32-valve V8 from the 1960s, Buttons are back! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940...
Mar 24, 2024•1 hr 8 min
On this episode of he Carbirage Podcast, we welcome a guest - BrickLyn! the most in the know car person thats not at all a car person as we talk some of our standard questions. indy game devs really do know better than AAA studios, microlino coming stateside in a clever WW2 era way, Atlas Auto the GOAT. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage ...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we discuss Lucid beating their base price projection by 20%, Stellantis boss says he can take chinese EV competition head on, Autoblog's list of all manual vehicles available today on sale in the USA, the grand national roadster show is an amazing and not well known event in CA every year, north american market 500es roll off the line in Turin, Italy, Vinfast's Vingroup reports a 2.4 Billion dollar loss for 2023, and the ID.4 lawsuit trial starts, but t...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we discuss the Mazda Ford 4 cylinder MZx series engines and a cheap power upgrade, SAE J3400 being a done deal, and its NOT nacs, solar accessories taking over as EVs become more mainstream, Mercedes cutting EQ platform production over slow sales of the expensive metal, BYD USA has a website and its not immune from Engrish, Erik bought a cheap E46 330i ZHP, and the new renault 5 has some serious 3 wolf moon vibes. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/car...
Mar 04, 2024•51 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss a new Fiat 600 by name only, the crossover of automotive enthusiasts and city planners / engineers, German electric wagons not coming to the US, GM chinese wagons not coming to the US, and Porsche's (automatic as it turns out) Taycan sport turismo not having any provision for a trailer hitch. did we mention a humidifier in the Tata option sheet? we sure hope selecting this option removes the carpeting for mould reasons. Carbitrage Patreon: ww...
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min
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Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast we go over our Buy, Sell and Hold bull and bear market picks for automotive in 2024 Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/carbitrage
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 31 min
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Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk about a 100 unit production GR MN vehicle from 2012 that ISNT'T the GT86, VinFast possibly aiming for a smaller cheaper US built vehicle to establish the brand stateside, Grand Tour and TopGear UK both indefinitely red lit, Mexico's staggering number of new chinese vehicles on sale, Hyundai/Kia on the bottom of reliability the last 7 years due to the Theta and Niro gearcases, the HWEM is adorable and we want the final mile to be cute. Carbitrage...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min
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Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast - we dicsuss the J3400 certification of the former NACS connection standardization getting closer than ever, Musk slandering companies for making good decisions needlessly, selling cars in the winter may actually get you MORE money, not less, Tesla's board taking steps to suspend Musk finally after damaging social fallout, Thailand proves to us that it knows whats best for the truck market, Mitsuoka modding a honda to look like an old Nissan... and a mop...
Nov 26, 2023•42 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the Dihatsu Copen getting a larger second generation design with RWD and possible US presence, the S2000 BMT rally and how amazing arkansas roads somehow ended up being, Toyota besting the new Z with a pickup truck just like 2005, Ramcharger's cool idea but poorly applied name, local news misinformation, Lucid's R1s competitor, the gravity, how to take photos of your car. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www....
Nov 19, 2023•50 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast - we talk about the reduced sight unseen car risk and how the more expensive the car is, the less inherent risk there is with a dice roll, there's a new Delica but stable diffusion wont let us actually see it, DMC's modern counterpart scraps their excellent looking near production gullwing EV and decides to put a Chapparal kit on a C8 corvette instead, Dacia moves way up the sales charts in Europe since no one has money, Ford following in VWs foot steps ...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 3 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Toyota's in house butt plug design, surge brakes of years past transitioninig in to a self propelled peebblee RV, Honda starting to test modular EV batteries in cars, more NaCS J3400 adopters but still no clarity on the 'standard', F1 enginieers let you quad cam your 911 for a cool $35,000, A91 gaining competition package hardware soon with the upcoming Supra GR MN. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtub...
Oct 22, 2023•54 min
On this, our 300th episode, of the Carbitrage Podcast, we once again remind you that Isuzu has never made a bad car, Toyota bringing us a Jimny, Mopar people have always been 'the problem', 92% of UK youth drive a proper manual transmission, the New Beetle wasnt supposed to be how we received it, Cybertruck finally showing up in production candidate trim and as I said, it looks nothing like the concept. Top 15 cars for the 1990s? Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube:...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 45 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the Subaru Vivio RX_R, a homologation rally kei car, the 800V e-GMP gains NACS/J3400 soon, retro futurism toyota facelifts work surprisingly well, MORE three cylinders, Dihatsu concept season, idiotic plastic skid plate mounts, a track package that doesnt add power but does add driver aids, F150 Lightning gets heat pump, but only on a $70,000 trim called the FLASH. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube...
Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the BYD Yangwangs massive price tag and weight with its aliexpress esque ad copy, Ioniq 5 N proves you can engineer an EV to not overheat at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Buick Envista is an old parts bin you may be able to save with lowering springs, Toyotas 3 cylinderG16E homologation derived 3 cylinder is apparently good for over 740HP on a stock bottom end, Toyota giving us a nod to the AE86 once again with a 40 year nod GR86, Mirage caps...
Oct 01, 2023•52 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the inline 6 mazda 6 not being fully dead, Hyundia/Kia/Genesis and Chevrolet offering a free level 2 EVSE install to homeowners and why thats maybe a little tone dead toward the city dwellers that would most benefit, Honda and Acura are back to relevance with a new $999 vehicle, 500E is coming to the USA for sure, but would you LOOK AT THIS 1962 oasis blue 500?!! Fiat Topolino preorders are open for the $8,000 micro car in europe, Vehicle to ...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 3 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Restomodding and how that word needs to go the way of ol' yeller, the new Toyota Minivan that will eat the cullinan for lunch, the much superior radial fluxing nature of new motors, moped bonneville speed records from a 1950s stocker, Camera wiper blades are now a thing? Chinese EVs coming to europe, time for the domestic manufacturers to start innovating once again. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtu...
Sep 17, 2023•52 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Vinfast's US stock listing, Toyota rebuilding their once lost Toyopet based race car born in wartime secrecy, Stellantis alludes to fiat 500e coming yet this year amist chat about ever ligtening high voltage packs with better density on the horizon. Are sedans getting more common? yes they are! What $18,000 vehicle would you buy as an automatic owner to learn manual and daily drive? Germany's new mandates in germany for service center based D...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 20 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the immense take rate of manual transmissions on the A91 Supra B58 cars at 47%, further driving the nail in the coffin of the Nissan Nismo Z's pooro AT only decisiion, Carmmunity's Minneapolis Mile recap, Acura bringing the ZDX back for some forsaken reason, seasonal vehicle pricing apparently isn't a thing, Lotus teasing us with the possibility of a new type 66, and Yep! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www....
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 18 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the tonedeaf Nismo trim Z that is arriving in only the heavy automatic configuration, a massive new continental automaker charging conglomorate announced to take on Tesla's supercharger network, our biggest pet peeve car mod trends, the mid engine carbon bodied ford non GT (d), fake JDM license plates and why they're missing the point, stock mod Buicks from the 50s, 60s and 70s and an amazing realization of Octane not being regulated widely u...
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 9 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we disicuss goodwood festival of speed cancelling a run day for the first time ever due to weather, the Electric N series, toyota's 86 twin getting the GR Yaris inline 3 potentially, 5 door Jimny is the energy we really need, french authorities are not cool and not above the law, great looking cheap card liike the Perodua Axia E, and a slightly more expensive WuLing Bingo! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.co...
Jul 23, 2023•54 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we discuss the local event scene over the last month, the VinFast VF8's general badness and how the company is really flexing their consumer forward muscles with the initial batch of vehicles. MN pushing hard in EV adoptioon with their own tax credits on new and used EVs, Jaguar MKII wheel hits two people at goodwood luckily without fatal consequences, Ioniq 5 N soft launches at good FoS with shockingly innovative tech, DaeWoo Matiz has a huge following...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we wish the twingo well on its 30th birthday, recap why 1964 is a clear line in the sand for collectible classics, the G99 M5 coming to the usa, a brilliant Brazillion vehicle called tthe Santa Matilde we both love now, and the SuperBugger. ultimate 1970s vacationing. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carb...
Jul 09, 2023•57 min
On this episode of the Carbitirage Podcast we discuss the st paul highschool prank that turned an ineffective principal in to a legal battle for one of the local families that donated a vehicle for curriculum activities, Alec from Technology Connections gets his way and Hyundai/Kia are software updating E-GMP vehicles to keep the brake lights on at a full stop in one-pedal mode, Ryan's recap of back to the 50s, and the buick still chugging along, cars and crafts changes venues for the worse, Zoo...
Jul 02, 2023•1 hr 18 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss this amazing Microlino Brompton fitment, Citroen Ami gets even cuter with the Fiat topolino variant, Buick Saga update, the coolant flush strategy, Bizzarini, the father of, amongst other thinigs, the first lamborghini V12 dies just short of 97 years old, the R53 Mini One base is oddly endearing and good, the average car payment is up $100 year over year to $727, and 18% of all new car loans cost american individuals over $1,000 a month. Chil...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 5 min
