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Autoblog Podcast #341

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Ram 1500 wins Consumer Reports comparo, Lexus RC Coupe spied, Long-Term Garage update

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Episode #341 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and the crew this week is Dan Roth, Steven Ewing and Michael Harley. We cover the Ram 1500 winning a Consumer Reports comparison test, the spy shots of a Lexus RC coupe and what more coupes could mean for Lexus, and we also come up to speed on how the Autoblog Long-Term Garage is faring. Like always, we start with the garage and end with your questions and comments. For those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel, thanks for taking the time. You can follow along after the jump with our Q&A. Thanks for listening!

Autoblog Podcast #341:

Topics:

  • Ram 1500 wins Consumer Reports comparo
  • Lexus RC Coupe caught
  • Long-Term Garage updates

In the Autoblog Garage:

  • 2013 Volkswagen Beetle TDI
  • 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
  • 2013 Nissan Juke Nismo

Hosts: Dan Roth, Steven Ewing, Michael Harley

Runtime: 01:36:13

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Autoblog Podcast #341 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Autoblog Podcast #341 goes LIVE at 10PM Eastern!

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We’re almost ready to record Episode #341 of the Autoblog Podcast! Check out the topics below, add your own to the Q&A and join us live via UStream, as well. Keep reading for our embedded UStream player, and thanks for listening!

Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #341

  • 2014 Ram 1500 wins Consumer Reports comparo
  • Lexus RC Coupe caught
  • Long-term Garage updates

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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #341 LIVE!

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Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #341

  • 2014 Ram 1500 wins Consumer Reports comparo
  • Lexus RC Coupe caught
  • Long-term Garage updates

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Spectre 341 Challenge is back and open to everyone

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Corvette ZR1 tackling the Spectre 341 Challenge – Click above to watch video after the jump

In June 1972, Hans Tanner and other members of the Southern California Ferrari Owners Club set out to the road that’s known today as Nevada Highway 341. Tanner sought to emulate the great hill climb events in which he participated in Europe, and the Virginia City Hill Clmb was the perfect opportunity to take a shot at recapturing that glory. The event ran until 2002, when tragedy struck and organizers decided to discontinue the event.

In 2010, new organizers rebooted the Virginia City Hill Climb, rechristened as the first annual Spectre 341 Challenge. The second running is scheduled for June 17-20, 2011. Unlike last year’s invitation-only event, the 2011 Spectre 341 Challenge is open to everyone.

Are you ready to take on 5.2-miles of twisty Nevada blacktop? The road features multiple blind corners, near-constant elevation changes and some spots are still waiting on attention from the Nevada Department of Transportation (read: no guardrails). If yyou feel you and your car are up to the task, you need to do two things: have the $341 entry fee ready, and get your butt to Nevada to try and get into the 3:41 club. If ham-fisted automotive journalists like Ezra Dyer have made the list there may be room for you as well. Click past the jump to watch some highlights from the 2010 Spectre 341 Challenge.

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Video: Ezra Dyer tackles the Spectre 341 Challenge in a Porsche 911 Turbo

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We didn’t make it out to this year’s Spectre 341 Challenge as time just wasn’t on our side. Fortunately, we can live vicariously through a few of the participants, including Automobile scribe Ezra Dyer.

If you’re not familiar with the event, it has roots dating back to the early seventies, when then-president of the Ferrari Owners Club of Southern California, Hans Tanner, organized a hill climb up Nevada Highway 341.

In the years since, the event has waxed and waned, but the purpose has remained the same: run up the 5.2-mile hill, tackle over 20 turns and scrape just north of 6,200 feet in a time of 3:41 – or less. Can Dyer do it in a Porsche 911 Turbo? Make the jump to find out and read more about the event here.

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