RoAb #58 - The 'Away We Go' Episode

Join us this week for a VERY-special installment of RoundAbout as we hit the road to test out some newfangled technology.  Up for discussion are topics including a one-off Aston Martin DB9 that’s not all it appears to be, a pair of Nordschleife-themed timepieces that can keep track of your laps and a look at an oh-so-cool 1/32-scale model of a Formula 1 track.  All that and more, plus a discussion about why Americans like things big and a walk around the controversial 2011 Nissan Juke.  Join us as we broadcast LIVE from the road on this very special installment of RoundAbout, #58, the “Away We Go” episode.

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Featuring: Jeffrey Ross, Michelle Naranjo, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our webcast and look in on all the antics.

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A Closer Look - 2010 Kia Forte SX

Kia, now with more "The Power to Surprise!"

In the eyes of many consumers, companies like Loius Vuitton, Maserati and Apple stand at the top of their respective industries.  Besides building premium products, their names seem to roll off the tongue, connoting more to buyers than the sum of their products’ parts.  Kia is not one of these brands.  Its name is more akin to a tribal battle shriek than something that brings to mind luxury and exclusivity.  Nonetheless, the South Korean upstart has come unimaginably far in the past decade and is poised for serious growth in the next.

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A Closer Look - 2010 Ford Transit Connect

It's what's inside that counts. No, really.

“What the hell is that smell?!” I thought to myself as I fired up the Transit Connect for the first time.  Looking over my shoulder, I scanned the cargo bay to make sure nobody left anything in the back that would account for the odor, but no, the metric ton of Kibbles ‘n Bits I expected to see wasn’t there. 

Ford has finally decided to bring this versatile and compact cargo van – henceforth referred to as the Trani – to its home market, complete with what has to be the most unappealing “new car smell” of all time.  I don’t know what they’re doing over in Kocaeli (kō-chel-E), Turkey, where it’s built, but it REEKS of dog food, and not the good kind.

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