Dodge Doing Wheelies, Banning the Bans, New Yorkers Unite Over Shade - Special Guest: Scott Simons, CMA

The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier

Welcome to Tuesday Troublemakers. Today we’re talking about an absurdly fantastic new muscle car, an effort to ban the bans in the US House, as well as NYC residents banding together to push back on a new logo.

• In an effort to ‘go out with their boots on’, Dodge is celebrating the retirement of its current V8 engine Challenger and Charger by bringing back the Challenger SRT Demon with an edition CEO Tim Kuniskis calls “the new pinnacle of factory crazy.”
  • The Demon will produce 1,025 total horsepower, 945 foot-pounds of torque and reach 60 mph from a rolling start in 1.66 seconds
  • It is touted as being ‘barely street legal’ and is capable of popping wheelies
  • Dodge was expected to reveal the car earlier this year, but engineers were “blowing up” engines attempting to get as much performance as possible out of the car, Kuniskis said. The problems led engineers to develop a new supercharged engine for the vehicle.
  • The production run will be about 3000 units and will start around 100k going up to 120k w/ add ons
• Thus far, at least a dozen US states have pledged to ban ICE vehicles by around 2035, amidst a rousing debate over who should get to decide what consumers choose to drive. Now a new bill sponsored by aftermarket behemoth, SEMA has entered the US House in an effort to ‘ban the bans’.
  • HR1435 was introduced by R-PA Rep John Joyce and is being branded as the “Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act” and promoted as a bill designed to protect Americans’ right to choose the technology that powers their cars.
  • “SEMA believes that vehicle owners should not be directed toward a specific technology, but rather be allowed to choose the type of vehicle technology that best serves them,” said SEMA CEO Mike Spagnola. “While electric vehicle technology expands clean transportation options, SEMA will continue to advocate on behalf of the industry that has helped make the internal-combustion engine (ICE) a reliable, affordable and clean option for millions of consumers.”
    
• This week, New Yorkers (NYC residents specifically) were greeted with a rebrand of the iconic ‘I love NY’ designed by Milton Glaser in 1977. The collaborative work from several NYC agencies and the city made not so subtle changes to the logo which now reads, “We Love NYC”. New Yorkers are not so subtly hating on it.
  • The move is designed to spark pride in those who are committed to fighting for, and maybe just staying in, the city
  • “The goal of the new campaign is to help combat ‘negativity.’ Well that didn't work.”
  • “Part of me hopes that they've done this as a PR stunt. And in a few weeks, they will be like ‘just kidding.’”

Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
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