Talking Cars 320: Driving the Hyundai Santa Cruz and Nissan Frontier
We also share your “guilty pleasure” vehicle picks and explain how CR tests electric cars
Main theme: We start off this week discussing the cancellation of the New York auto show due to the pandemic. Then, as a follow-up to the popular “guilty pleasures” segment from Episode 319, we share some of the vehicles you say you love but others may shame you for.
Driven this week: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz and 2022 Nissan Frontier
Audience Questions
- At what point should I throw out my 2011 Toyota 4Runner’s spare tire and get a new one?
- Has CR created specific testing for some of the unique aspects of electric vehicles, such as range vs. efficiency or at-home charging rate vs. DC fast charging?
- With some EVs now coming with a “skateboard” chassis design that enables better weight distribution, will this give rear-wheel-drive models comparable traction in the rain and snow to all-wheel-drive versions?
- Why don’t you folks at CR castigate the Toyota Prius for its joystick-like electronic gear selector the way you do with so many other vehicles that have a similar setup?
- My wife likes the way European SUVs drive, but I find the seats in American and Japanese models to be much more agreeable with my back. Can you recommend an SUV that would make both of us happy?
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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 (log-in required) and video on YouTube.
- 2021 Hyundai Ioniq, Frunks, and Guilty Pleasures, episode 319
- Driving the Genesis GV70, episode 318
- Driving the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe, episode 317
- Driving the 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness, episode 316
- Driving the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, episode 315
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