Open Line: Car Talk that Talks Back

Episodes

1. 8

   OL #7 - LULz with Lutz

   It's the big Open Line Finale of 2011, and boy did we find the right guest to help us go out with a bang! We've got the legendary automotive icon that can't help but speak his mind: Bob Lutz. We'll have tons to ask him, and we're sure you will too, but chief among our concerns is the latest news...

   Dec 19, 2011

   1h 03m
2. 7

   OL #6 - What Happens at SEMA Stays at SEMA

   This month host Michelle Naranjo is in Sin City for the annual SEMA show, and she's invited some of the big players to come on and talk. First off is John Krafcik from Hyundai who will talk about their presence at SEMA and their new turbo version of the Veloster. Also Margaret Brooks from…

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   Nov 21, 2011

   1h 16m
3. 6

   OL #5 - Kids in the Pits

   We’ve said it over and over here at Autoline: kids just aren’t into cars the way they used to be. They’d rather play with their iPhones than polish a muscle car. So if you can’t get teenagers interested in driving cars, how can you ever hope to get a new generation of kids to be mechanics? That...

   Oct 12, 2011

   1h 07m
4. 5

   OL #4 - Turning Oil Into Salt

   Shhh… keep this on the down-low, but this month’s Open Line guest is hush, hush. Jim Woolsey is, for all practical purposes, a “greenie,” but not necessarily for all the reasons you might think. You see, Jim served as the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and so he knows a thing or...

   Sep 19, 2011

   47m
5. 4

   OL #3 - Bring Back the El Camino

   This week, Chelsea and Michelle are joined by a real GM insider. We ask him about the idea of a $25,000 luxury car and he explains the Buick brand's position on the eAssist technology and what that means for consumer education. We also ask about what GM knows about marketing fuel efficiency…

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   Aug 8, 2011

   47m
6. 3

   OL #2 - Green with Indy

   July 5th proved to be a great Open Line as Chelsea and Michelle interviewed Mark Dill, VP of Marketing and PR for the Indianapolis Speedway and took calls and chatted about cars well into the night. We even had our first participant in China! Discussion ranged from new technologies in electric…

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   Jul 14, 2011

   45m
7. 2

   OL #1 - Eric Fitch, PurposeEnergy

   In Open Line's first podcast episode we talk to Eric Fitch from PurposeEnergy. He creates fuel from, of all things, beer! What other ways can we cleverly repurpose byproducts for energy in a world without a viable EV infrastructure?

   Jul 3, 2011

   55m
8. 1

   OL Preview - Meet the New Open Line

   Everyone’s favorite automotive call-in show returns to the airwaves of the Internet with host Michelle Naranjo back at the helm. But — we’re making some improvements to the show, see what surprises we have in store!

   Jun 5, 2011

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