Consumer Guide Automotive, Tom Appel, Jill Ciminillo
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Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Car Stuff Podcast connects vehicle reviews and industry news to the practical realities of buying, driving, charging, and maintaining cars.
Car Stuff Podcast turns automotive news into a practical conversation about how cars are designed, sold, serviced, charged, and lived with. Tom Appel and Jill Simonello move easily between vehicle reviews and industry shifts, bringing an editor's specificity to questions of…
A pedicure joke before EV charger economics: your car talk can have range.
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A grounded car chat that blends auto-world news, a Sam Fiorani segment, and enthusiast-minded advice.
This episode keeps to grounded automotive talk. Jill and Tom move through current auto-world developments, then bring in Sam Fiorani of Auto Forecast Solutions, whose forecasting perspective gives the discussion some industry weight.
A grounded EV-market discussion that balances affordability, market position, and real-world usefulness.
Tom and Jill keep the episode centered on electric-car market context, giving the Leaf the clearest attention and making a strong case for where it fits.
Practical car talk that moves from an Outlander check-in to Kelley Blue Book Best Buys.
Tom and Jill use the episode to move from a practical look at the Outlander to a Kelley Blue Book Best Buys discussion with Brian Moody. The Outlander segment stays on the questions that matter most: whether the vehicle fits two-row needs, how useful the very small third row…
A grounded look at driver assistance, ADAS, and where automation may go over the next 10 years.
Tom and Jill keep the episode close to the auto world. Jill Simonillo's week in the Lucid Gravity gives the conversation a concrete anchor, and Sam Obilsamed of Telemetry adds a market research angle that keeps it from drifting into pure speculation.
A grounded mix of auto talk, winter tire common sense, and real world range concerns.
The episode stays practical and a little skeptical, moving through everyday car talk before settling into the tire segment that does the heaviest lifting.
Car talk leads, then the conversation opens out without losing its footing.
Car Stuff starts where it should: Jill and Tom trading practical auto-biz notes about a site update, the 2026 best buy list, and Tom's upcoming Polestar 3 review. The talk stays plainspoken and useful, with enough pace to keep it from feeling like a checklist.
A brisk car conversation that turns auto-world chatter into a practical look at modernized classics.
Car Stuff opens in broad auto-world chatter before narrowing to a practical talk with Rob Howard of Kindred Motorworks about taking old cars and making them new, including electrified versions.
A grounded look at how the auto industry adapted through COVID, the chip shortage, and digital selling tools.
Car Stuff looks back at how the auto world kept moving through COVID, the chip shortage, and the rush toward FaceTime, Zoom, VR, and virtual showrooms. Jill and Tom keep it grounded.
Real car testing, plain-spoken buyer advice.
Car reviews with the fine print left in.
Fast car talk with lived-in opinions.
Garage talk meets new-car judgment.
Tom Appel and Jill Simonillo open with Volvos on frozen roads in Ottawa, then move through a correction on the Chrysler TC by Maserati and a note that Sam Fiorani pointed to the Spirit RT and Daytona IROC RT as the Lotus-head examples.
Tom and Jill discuss automotive news including China's ban on flush door handles, a review of the 2025 Volkswagen Tiguan, and Tesla's Cybertruck price increase.
Tom and Jill open with their usual back-and-forth, then move into the week's auto news and a practical car review.
Tom and Jill discuss automotive news including the discontinuation of the Nissan Ariya EV and review the Audi SQ8.
Tom and Jill start with their usual banter, then move straight into electric vehicles.
Tom opens with housekeeping, then gets Jill into the chair with the same easy, playful back-and-forth.
Tom Appel opens with housekeeping and a quick correction that sets the show’s tone.
Tom opens with housekeeping.
Car Stuff Podcast episode 301 spans a Kia Telluride design preview, a Lucid Air ownership update, and a long interview with Tiago Castro, Vice President of Infiniti of the Americas.
Car Stuff Podcast opens with Tom describing Ford Expedition Tremor’s unlabeled iPod-style steering-wheel controller and Jill comparing it to the Lincoln Navigator’s thumb-wheel setup.
Tom and Jill discuss automotive news including the cancellation of Ram's electric truck, a review of the Honda Civic Hybrid's real-world performance, and an interview with Don Sikora about classic cars like the 1969 Camaro.
Tom Appel and Jill Simonello open with Mercedes-Benz’s DrivePilot, a level 3 hands-off system that was limited to Northern California and parts of Nevada, cost $2,500 a year, and only worked below 60 miles an hour.
Tom Appel and Jill Ciminello spend the first half of Car Stuff Podcast on three auto-industry shifts: the Lexus LS ending after 2026, the 2026 Nissan Leaf, and new tariffs on heavy-duty trucks.
Tom Appel and Paul Harrell open the show, with Paul filling in for Jill while she is at CES on a manufacturer invite.
Tom and Brendan spend the show moving between new car reviews, auto world chatter, and the kind of side conversations that make car talk feel lived in.
Tom opens with the usual housekeeping and sends listeners back to Consumer Guide.
Tom and Jill open with the usual car-world housekeeping and a quick Chicago Auto Show check-in.
Tom and Jill look back at a few of the auto stories that shaped the recent stretch.
Tom and Jill open with their familiar banter, mention the cold snap and a Corolla SE Hybrid aside, then move into an Outlander discussion about whether it really works as a two-row vehicle and how a very small third row changes the picture.
Tom starts with the usual Consumer Guide check-in and a quick nudge to consumerguide.com.
Jill and Tom open with their familiar loose banter.
Jill and Tom open with their usual housekeeping and a quick run through the week’s auto-world chatter.
Tom Appel opens with the usual show housekeeping and a nudge toward consumerguide.com.
Tom Appel and Paul Harreld open with the Chevrolet Bolt's return at $29,995 and a switch to a lithium-iron phosphate battery that they say improves cold-weather behavior and lowers production costs.
Toyota revealed a 2027 Highlander in Ojai, California, and Jill Simonello says it is electric only, with no gas powertrain.
Tom Appel and guest host Paul Harreld compare the Polestar 3, Duracell’s EV-charging plan, and General Motors’ decision to drop CarPlay and Android Auto.
Tom and Jill open with Mercedes-Benz ending its limited DrivePilot level-three system in the U.S., where the subscription cost was $2,500 a year and the feature worked only below 60 miles an hour in one market.
Tom Appel and Jill Simonillo open with Jill’s Las Vegas trip to CES, where she drove Zeekr and LYNK & CO vehicles from Geely on the Las Vegas Speedway track.
Tom Appel and Jill Simonello open with Lexus' redesigned ES, saying the sedan returns as an EV and hybrid with no regular gasoline version.
Chris Fuel’s departure as Chrysler CEO becomes the lead story, and Tom Appel argues Stellantis may drop Chrysler entirely because the brand now has one product.
Editors of Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new car reviews, shopping tips, and automotive news, with a segment on a road rally in a Lucid Air.
Editors of Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new-car reviews, shopping tips, and automotive news.
Tom and Jill discuss the latest auto news and Jill's daughter's purchase of a certified pre-owned Mazda CX-30.
Editors from Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new-car reviews, shopping tips, and automotive news, with a lighthearted segment about picking rain-themed bumper music.
The hosts discuss automotive news, new car reviews, and industry updates, with a focus on consumer guidance.
Editors from Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new-car reviews, shopping tips, and everything in the auto world.
Editors of Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new-car reviews, shopping tips, and automotive industry news.
Tom and guest Dave discuss car news, correct a previous error about a Chevrolet song, and preview the show's focus on automotive topics.
Hosts Tom and Jill discuss the latest auto news, preview an interview with a Rivian guest, and banter about car culture.
Editors from Consumer Guide Automotive discuss new-car reviews, shopping tips, and automotive news.