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<br />What better way to kick off the weekend than Episode #136 of the Autoblog Podcast? Okay, so it's a thin excuse for delivering this edition late, but here it is. Chris, Sam and Dan congregate and discuss a few issues, starting with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/breaking-early-camaro-ss-manual-transmission-failures-reported/">manual transmission issues afflicting some Chevrolet Camaros</a>. Sticking with General Motors, we cover <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/11/lutz-pontiac-g8-to-continue-as-chevy-caprice-in-u-s-z28-likel/">Bob Lutz's comments</a> on the Z28, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/lutz-confirms-cadillac-cts-v-coupe-is-coming-sport-wagon-dou/">CTS-V Coupe</a>, and the possible transmogrification of the<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/from-the-horses-mouth-lutz-says-pontiac-g8-wont-spawn-chevrol/"> Pontiac G8 into the Chevrolet Caprice (not gonna happen)</a>. The GM talk wraps up with a mulling of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/fun-while-it-lasted-porsche-panamera-turbo-reportedly-tops-cadi/">Porsche Panamera's showing on the Nurburgring</a>, besting the CTS-V's time. After plenty of time on GM, we move across town to Ford and kick around the idea of a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/">Fusion-based Taurus</a> before leaving the country entirely and discussing <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/10/cash-for-clunkers-trade-ins-account-for-7-percent-of-hyundai-sal/">Hyundai's Cash for Clunkers pre-emptive strike</a>. Your questions and comments wrap it all up, and as usual, keep those rolling in to <strong>Podcast at Autoblog dot com</strong>, and <a href="http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?pubid=JRJrA-gkKy4$&ver=standard">hit the survey</a>, if you haven't already. Thanks for listening!<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Autoblog Podcast #136</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/">Autoblog Podcast #136</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19101736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<br />What better way to kick off the weekend than Episode #136 of the Autoblog Podcast? Okay, so it's a thin excuse for delivering this edition late, but here it is. Chris, Sam and Dan congregate and discuss a few issues, starting with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/breaking-early-camaro-ss-manual-transmission-failures-reported/">manual transmission issues afflicting some Chevrolet Camaros</a>. Sticking with General Motors, we cover <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/11/lutz-pontiac-g8-to-continue-as-chevy-caprice-in-u-s-z28-likel/">Bob Lutz's comments</a> on the Z28, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/lutz-confirms-cadillac-cts-v-coupe-is-coming-sport-wagon-dou/">CTS-V Coupe</a>, and the possible transmogrification of the<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/from-the-horses-mouth-lutz-says-pontiac-g8-wont-spawn-chevrol/"> Pontiac G8 into the Chevrolet Caprice (not gonna happen)</a>. The GM talk wraps up with a mulling of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/fun-while-it-lasted-porsche-panamera-turbo-reportedly-tops-cadi/">Porsche Panamera's showing on the Nurburgring</a>, besting the CTS-V's time. After plenty of time on GM, we move across town to Ford and kick around the idea of a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/">Fusion-based Taurus</a> before leaving the country entirely and discussing <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/10/cash-for-clunkers-trade-ins-account-for-7-percent-of-hyundai-sal/">Hyundai's Cash for Clunkers pre-emptive strike</a>. Your questions and comments wrap it all up, and as usual, keep those rolling in to <strong>Podcast at Autoblog dot com</strong>, and <a href="http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?pubid=JRJrA-gkKy4$&ver=standard">hit the survey</a>, if you haven't already. Thanks for listening!<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Autoblog Podcast #136</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/">Autoblog Podcast #136</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19101736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/17/autoblog-podcast-136/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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