Automotive Icons

The Six Coolest Cars You Can Buy From $15,000 - $20,000

Automotive Icons

Show Notes

We are BACK! After a brief hiatus involving the holidays, work chaos, and a never-ending warehouse renovation nightmare (apologies for the concrete reverb!), the Automotive Icons podcast is hitting the road again.

In this episode, James Reeves kicks off a new mini-series: The Six Coolest Cars at Every Price Point. We’re starting in the $15,000 to $20,000 bracket. To keep it fair, James self-imposed a "60,000-mile cap" to find vehicles that haven't been beaten to death—and the results range from "brilliant" to "genuinely stupid." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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