On October 28, 2026, MTM rolled its one millionth vehicle off the line. They were expectedly cagey about which vehicle was 1,000,000 and which was 1,000,001, stating they were “neck and neck” off the line.

In this bonus episode of the Car Stuff Podcast, Jill sits down with Mazda North American President and CEO Tom Donnelly.

Jill and Tom welcome Mazda Crashworthiness Program Manager Christina Smith to the podcast. Christina discusses Mazda's safety philosophy, and the systems currently in place in the maker's products.

It’s impossible to see the kind of volume pickup makers enjoy, and not assume that everyone, everywhere, is buying pickups, but that’s not actually the case. That said, some States of the Union are FAR more pickup committed than others. What you really need is two charts to fully appreciate where these trucks are going.

We are losing our flagships in a hurry—at least our big-sedan luxury flagships. In the last dozen months or so, the Audi A8 and the Lexus LS have been dropped from U.S. Showrooms, and, for good reasons: large luxury-vehicle consumers are moving to big crossovers--at a alarming rated.