Talking Cars: Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf, and GMC Sierra

Our podcast crew answers your questions and talks about the latest truck news

By Mike Quincy

March 09, 2018

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Main theme: This podcast episode kicks off with our panelists answering your questions about the Tesla Model 3, the sophisticated electric car featured in episode 140. We also talk about news of the redesigned GMC Sierra, with its optional carbon-fiber composite bed and multiposition tailgate.

Driven this week: The electric Nissan Leaf.

Viewer questions: We explain how much wind noise we experienced with the Model 3 and whether we need to "break in" its electric motor.

Panelists: Mike Monticello, Mike Quincy, and Ryan Pszczolkowski.

As with other "Talking Cars" episodes, this one is available free through Apple Podcasts. (Subscribe to the audio or video.) You'll also find the audio on Spotify and video on YouTube.

• Tesla Model 3, episode 140
• Top Picks: The Best Cars of 2018, episode 139
• Takata and Other Recalls, episode 138
• Viewer Questions, Ford EcoSport, episode 137
• Decoding Car Safety Systems, episode 136

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Mike Quincy

My automotive journalism career started when I was hired by David E. Davis Jr. at Automobile Magazine in 1989. I joined Consumer Reports in 1993 and started working at our test track full time in 2001. I've purchased over 100 cars for testing and received high-performance driving training from Jackie Stewart and at the Skip Barber Racing School. Non-automotive pursuits include long-distance bike riding, homemade pizza, and old-school martinis.