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Jim Liaw: The Guy Who Brought Pro Drifting to America Oct 22, 2025

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This week, Joe sits down with Jim Liaw (@jimliaw), co-founder of Formula Drift and head of Performance Racing Industry (PRI), to hear how he brought pro drifting to the U.S., built it from nothing, and kept it alive when no one believed it would work. From coming up with the first rulebook to battling racetrack shutdowns across America, this is the story of how one man’s obsession changed motorsports forever.

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How Bring a Trailer Changed Car Buying — And What Cars to Buy Next Oct 15, 2025

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This week on The Big Three, Joe catches up with Randy Nonnenberg, founder of Bring a Trailer — the Craigslist email chain that became the internet’s most trusted car auction site. From $850 mudslide Porsches to $200k Integras, Randy breaks down how BaT made buying cars online actually fun — and why he still has 90 tabs open right now.

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How Doug DeMuro Beat YouTube — and Bought His Dream Car Oct 08, 2025

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This week on The Big Three, we hang out with Doug DeMuro, the man who unintentionally created the blueprint for every car YouTuber since. From Porsche spreadsheets to viral quirks and features, Doug reveals how he stumbled into the perfect formula—and how that same formula nearly destroyed him. We cover his Jalopnik days, starting Cars & Bids, his treasured Carrera GT, and how the key to YouTube might be… not caring.

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How Ruf Made the Perfect Sportscar Even Better Oct 01, 2025

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October is interview month on The Big Three! This week, we’re sitting down with Alois and Aloisa Ruf, the family behind the fastest Porsches ever made. From the Yellowbird’s wild rise to fame in Gran Turismo, to building air-cooled monsters in 2025, the Rufs show how passion and family can shape legends that last.

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The Fastest Car You Can’t Buy in America Sep 24, 2025

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This week, a Chinese EV just hit 308 mph — but you’ll never see it in America. Plus, Hyundai finally admits it needs a real truck, and Genesis sets its sights on the luxury off-road market. We also look back at Dieselgate on its ten-year anniversary and how Volkswagen is still haunted by the scandal. Meanwhile, BMW insists gas isn’t going away anytime soon, and Ford fires back with the 815-hp Mustang GTD “poster car”.

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Oversteer Isn't The Problem, It's You (ft. Pro Driver Nik Romano) Sep 17, 2025

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This week we’ve got pro driver Nik Romano in the studio to answer: is “snap oversteer” even real, or just the excuse bad drivers use when they spin out? We’re also diving into Ferrari’s all-new 849 Testarossa, Polestar’s first in-house platform with the 884hp Polestar 5, and the weirdest DUI of the year… in a Barbie Power Wheels Jeep. Plus, Willow Springs just got a refresh—are big racing series coming back?

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EV Daytona Gets Ticket For Exhaust it Doesn't Have Sep 10, 2025

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This week on The Big Three: an EV gets busted for being too loud, Danny Ric hangs up his helmet, and divers in Chicago drag nearly 100 cars out of the river. Plus, Dodge’s Hurricane swap shoves 800 horsepower into an ’87 Ram, and Mercedes dusts off the droptop G-Wagon.

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The GT-R is Dead... For Now (with JD Cronise from The Sword) Sep 03, 2025

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This week, we chat about the R35 GT-R finally saying goodbye after 18 years, Volkswagen’s plan to drop a five-cylinder turbo into the Golf R, and Ford’s 1,600-horsepower truck ripping Nürburgring lap times faster than supercars. Plus, heavy metal meets car culture as The Sword’s JD Cronise joins us to talk garages, oddball builds, and mosh pit etiquette.

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Is Amazon Going To Put Carvana Out of Business? Aug 27, 2025

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This week, we talk about a billionaire hoarding every Gordon Murray S1 LM supercar, Amazon crashing the used car market, and Cadillac’s shocking F1 lineup with the addition of Checo and Bottas. Plus, Infiniti ditches EVs for a manual Q50, Nissan revives the Xterra and Pathfinder as rugged hybrids, and Mercedes might be dropping BMW engines under the hood.

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Hagerty's Larry Webster Reveals the Next Collector Car Boom Aug 20, 2025

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This week we're recapping Monterey Car Week — from the chaos of Laguna Seca’s historic races to million-dollar concepts at The Quail. We talk about the Gordon Murray S1 LM, a 2,000 horsepower Corvette EV, Lexus’s LFA successor, Lamborghini’s 1,065-horsepower Fenomeno, and an unforgettable drive in the new Ruf Tribute. Plus, a special sit-down with Hagerty’s Larry Webster (@Hagerty) on the next collector car boom, the myths we believe about cars, and why the Miata really is the answer.

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