RoAb #57 - The 'DOA' Episode

This week we look at a lineup of stories that can only be described as “dead on arrival.”  GM executives wuss out and pull the plug on a commercial featuring Sarah Palin and Tina Fey (I guess it’s full-speed ahead on “Chevy runs deep”).  Honda showcases a lineup of pimped-out CR-Zs at the SEMA show in Las Vegas (need I say more?).  The “Critical Mass” bicycle rally is critically wounded as police in Long Beach, California cite cyclists and impound their rides.  Enjoy all that and more, plus we take a look at some revolutionary aircraft in the “Blind Spot” and delve into the inner workings of the human mind with another installment of “Psy-Car-Logy.”  The birdman Colin Bird from Cars.com is this week’s special guest.

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Featuring: Colin Bird, Michelle Naranjo, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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Show Notes:

GM executives kill Sarah Palin/ Tina Fey commercial

$140,000 electric supercar takes on Tesla

SEMA Honda CR-Zs: Lipstick on a pig?

SEMA Prius: “All show, no go”

SEMA Hummer: Hopefully this car won’t arrive at the South Pole DOA

Canadian car advertising can’t go above 25 miles an hour

Carbon Motors plant at a stand still more than a year since inception

Wind-powered car literally treading water

Critical Mass bicycle rally thwarted in 20 minutes

AUDIPLE PICK OF THE WEEK

Life by Keith Richards, narrated by Johnny Depp

BLIND SPOT

Will MIT’s revolutionary new aircraft get off the runway?

Qantas Airbus A380 dumps engine

Airbus A380 specifications

SECRET-WORD CONTEST

Win a CarMD!

IN THE GARAGE

Scion xB
Cadillac CTS

PSY-CAR-LOGY

Driving while drowsy just as dangerous as while drunk

Motherproof and MythBusters on Drowsy Driving

USTREAM VIDEO

RoundAbout Episode 57