Nissan Z Warrior trademark, Jeep Gladiator loses Manual, BMWs New Designers + More! Weekly Update

[@zachbrown5264]

Matt Friggin Maran. What a dog. STILL the best automotive journalist on KZbin. Fun personality, great depth of research, a good sense of what is relevant, and a lot of hard work. Great stuff, Matt. Keep it coming.

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thank you, I really appreciate that 🙏

[@davevan9150]

Best auto news update on KZbin 😊

[@BlackstarSI]

@@davevan9150 110% 👍🏾

[@Slimothy]

*RIP Rolls-Royce* 😂

[@androiduberalles]

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[@hellokyle_]

Matt "I have a new merch store." Ok you talked me into it.

[@sf7234]

Last week’s update: 10 mins. This week: 40!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@pedrofame2573]

Hey Matt, I am glad you are reaching your goals with the merch drop and having a dedicated digital store maybe we could one day see the mustang mach 1 back in garage again if all goes well.

[@ian2372]

I'm old enough to remember the dodge stealth coupe.

[@hotballer02]

@@ian2372 I had one in manual

[@eddieg6436]

……Mitsubishi 3000gt!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

@@hotballer02 Foolish for selling it....if they were not overpriced on the 2nd hand market now, I would buy one...but I am in my 20s so I was born too late to get one cheap.

[@CarRhydes]

Jeep should put the Hurricane inline-6 in the Wrangler!

[@androiduberalles]

I feel like "Rock you like a Hurricane" could be used in there somehow 🤔

[@im_an_alvani]

New Z announcement but I still haven't seen more Zs on the road than fingers on my right hand, just crazy lol. Can't wait to see what the merch store has!

[@Vandantcyclone]

Should see more soon. Seeing sport trims now around a reasonable 43-44k. Top of the line still 49-59k though at some places.. but at least the base isn’t in the 50s anymore.

[@AWildKappa]

Always happy to see a new video from you !

[@Blank00]

BMW’s new designers also better bring back physical HVAC buttons

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

The irony of calling a huge SUV "Stealth" went straight past them.

[@nater122]

that lotus looks amazing. really astonished by how consistently good lotus designs look.

[@allanz977]

Just curious, what's the upside of hydrogen compare to electricity?

[@Angryeddie14]

Let’s goooo best part of Fridays!

[@Blank00]

Historically, SE for Honda is Special Edition. Back in the 1990s and 2000s, it meant that the car got refreshed. Then in the 2010s, it meant that it’s on its final year before redesign. Maybe nowadays it means the final model year before the mid cycle refresh?

[@Inferno45]

The car just came out year. I dont think its gonna get another full blown redesign for a while. A refresh makes more sense.

[@cyberspd]

I may have to check out the pint glass. Cheers!!

[@wg5331]

Just getting caught up on the news update. Great updates as always. I wanted to ask though that in case I missed it on Sundays livestream, did you toast to the final Grand Tour? Seems fitting as Clarkson, May, and Hammond were inspirations for a majority of car enthusiasts of this generation.

[@chadsmith7542]

My first car was a 3000GT, if they do the stealth dirty and make a new eclipse cross… ugh! Havent they seen how well recieved the new hyundai n 74 is?!

[@Inferno45]

Stellantis hates money.

[@c.a.r.s.carsandrelevantspecs]

Wow, a lot of interesting news for sure! I"m especially interested in the Nissan Z Warrior, and all the partnerships are very intriguing. I'm looking forward to hearing more!

[@JohnDoe-fy7sr]

So they ruined the new X3 then changed the design team?!😭😭 nooooo

[@blackedout5.0fan39]

Hi Matt! I hope that Z comes available with AWD (since Q50 and Q60 are available woth AWD)

[@blackedout5.0fan39]

*with

[@anydaynow01]

Yeah with the next gen GT-R being BEV for performance reasons it would be nice if the Z did all the hshift ICE fun things. A performance hybrid AWD Z would be nice, I just hope they keep the R200 diff.

[@05Forenza]

Thanks again for another great update!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks for watching it!

[@AdamJakowenko]

Wow so many updates this week!

[@paulfairchild8942]

Thanks Matt!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks for watching Paul!

[@supersteve1585]

I think Jeep is wrong to limit the v6 as yes the turbo 4 has better performance but many people i know prefer the v6 unless the turbo 4 drastically proves it reliablity which is in the low end of the possibility.

[@marcnobel3938]

Wunderbar! Another Episode of the Matt Maran Friday Night Car News Show - with almost 40 Minutes of great content again. Wishing everybody here a great day and a fantastic weekend ahead. Enjoy the News!!

[@ImFAULKn]

I’ve never bought any merch from any KZbinr but I got you Matt I’ve been here since the beginning and you deserve it, you’ve provided us fantastic content for many years now it’s the least we can do since the algorithm has bad taste

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thank you, I really appreciate your support all these years and especially now! It means a lot! 🙏

[@aptkeyboard3173]

Great news for BMW! 🎉

[@CarsTechWood]

Such a Nissan thing to do of not giving us a true Raptor competitor like they had in the Titan Warrior and give us something 4 people asked for in a Z warrior. Nissan just makes the most disconnected decisions constantly

[@nberkel]

Hopefully the new gen Cooper JCW E is here in a few years, that'll be perfect timing to trade/sell my current Cooper SE 👍🏼

[@andycalifornia426]

Lotus: I call bullshit on their claim. They say they aren't shooting for numbers and yet this is what, 980 HP, which MORE than double HP they've ever had in a sportscar. 980 HP means they need more battery, which means more weight. They already have a hyperEV with a gazillion HP in the works - there's absolutely no reason they HAVE to make the "lesser" sportsEV so crazy. 500 HP would do the trick.

[@ThatWasherNerd]

Oh I’m definitely getting that whiskey glass

[@anydaynow01]

Totally agreed that future sports cars have to focus on the visceral hshift ICE driving experience, the boring BEV party tricks have made ultimate numbers irrelevant.

[@ProjectM97]

Matt, I was a little bit confused on how you said the Accord is copying the Camry with the SE trim. The SE trim has existed for over 20 years on the Accord. My mom had one in 2001 and the 8th and 9th gen Accords up to 2017 also had an SE trim which stands for a special edition instead of sport edition like you mentioned for the Camry.

[@andycalifornia426]

Porsche ICE design patents: isn't this too little too late? They've already settled on ditching an ICE Cayman next year.

[@frankdeboer1347]

I'd love to see the Ranger PHEV with about 40 miles of electric range. It would be awesome, but also outrageously expensive.

[@fromisheon4867]

Manual transmission in a challenger is really nice, but a gladiator and wrangler manual transmissions are not nice. It feels disconnected and not engaging. The clutch pedal feels too light, and it also feels like e brake pedal. People complain about kia or hyundai's manual transmission. Jeep is worse than that. Dodge Dart, fiat cars' sticks are good.

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

China wouldn’t be such a big threat if car makers were giving people what they want. Good job you saved 50 cents per vehicle removing buttons, downgraded your engines to fewer cylinders, started selling my driving data to insurers without my consent and drastically raised the price while requiring subscriptions for what used to be free. With that track record maybe I would be tempted to buy Chinese, some cars already are anyway

[@BrawlFreak786]

Won’t be a much Stealth if it’s a huge 3 row crossover smh

[@anydaynow01]

Yeah I can definitely see Dodge using the Stealth name to make an electric CUV, which is a shame, they need a new halo sports car badly!

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

With the Sport trim Gladiator/Wrangler getting standard power windows/locks, the jump up to a Sport S just seems even less worth it now. My buddy has a base 2024 2-door Wrangler. The contrast between the hyper modern 2024 screen and the crank windows is a thing of beauty. He now has the last model year vehicle sold with crank windows in the US, unless a fleet truck or two are still keeping them around.

[@venussavage]

So right, re Lotus. Simplify then add lightness

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks!

[@georgemcunty6383]

MERCH MATT!

[@GamingDude360]

the new BMWs already look like RRs so he should fit in perfectly

[@SonOfTamriel]

Hope BMW can bring back dual round headlights, like Dodge did

[@GTAYLOR1972]

BMW I feel like has made a lot of improvements in reliability as well. BMW design has been fine with me and even the weird 440 design has actually grown on me.

[@winc06]

Ford doesn't want to make their electirified product too attractive here. It will cut into their ICE product. Less of a problem in Europe where the don't sell as many trucks.

[@thegoodstick3985]

If bmw now has huge grills. Will the new rolls Royces have huge metal grills and over styled rear ends 🤔🤔

[@TheMGChannel]

Awesome Merch Matt! 😎

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

I would love a manual Wrangler...if it was 15k brand new like it should be for a 2 door one.

[@anydaynow01]

It's hilarious because the new Toyota and Honda HEV systems are a lot like the Voltec system GM developed almost fifteen years ago. If GM stuck with developing Voltec they would be head and shoulders above everyone right now. Typical GM bean counters and board members knee capping the GM engineers, prioritizing today's profits over tomorrow's growth and progress.

[@bmitchellc]

Note to Jeep (and all auto mfg's): "most customers" is not ALL customers. With that logic, why would they have options and color choices in the first place? Might as well config each vehicle identical, paint it silver. Or Ford Model T black.

[@bmitchellc]

I"m willing to have Rolls take a bullet for design if BMW's can get back to looking good.

[@michaelclementi727]

Matt do you hear anything about a Jeep Grand Cherokee refresh for 2025?? maybe with more power

[@MattMaranMotoring]

It’s been spied and I think it should be revealed fairly soon. Reports were saying only turbo 4 there too.

[@RamCruiserOverland]

Sad to hear about the Gladiator, although I'm sure the manual wasn't great. I tried to buy one in late 2020. They couldn't sell it to me because of a recall on the clutch (they were grenading out of the transmission and catching fuel lines on fire, great) and the updated parts weren't available. Hopefully Toyota keeps the torch lit, but I'm not hopeful.

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Disgusting that the Stealth wont be a 2 door sports car.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Mat doing the lords work

[@Inferno45]

How tf are we getting a Z warrior trim but The Titan never got one??😂 bro nissan did the Titan dirty. Even the frontier doesn’t have that trim

[@Chang916]

Yea… matt is spiraling… leaving explaining engineering to engineering explained… I blame peter

[@RyGuyTheAVGuy]

Teespring link doesn't work

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Ah yeah I forgot to get rid of the teespring link, that’s the old store. Just go to mattmaranmotoring.com for the new store.

[@2Bunphettered788]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1600">26:40</a> min - 😄😄😄😄

[@fortheloveofnoise]

6 stroke? I want 2 stroke cars to return!

[@briangasser973]

Do all these proposed partnerships require the government to investigate that the OEMs are not taking on monopolistic power and reducing competition among the manufacturers?

[@maureencora1]

My Favorite BMW is 1990s E38 740i Sedans.

[@andycalifornia426]

BMW designer and Rolls Royce. From where I stand, it makes sense. Roll Royce have these humongous grills that are just the biggest and most obvious in the industry, so the BMW designer will be at home there. Plus, the new 5 series looks less athletic and more bulky - it has a Rolls Royce vibe from where I stand. Rollses look like houses on wheels, they have this very angular bulky style. My theory is: the BMW designer wanted to work a Rolls Royce and he needed to prove himself. So he used BMW as his way to catch Rolls Royce's attention. BMW designs were ruined just so one asshole could land a dream job.

[@2Bunphettered788]

If you want a sporty Honda V6, they want you to buy/ lease an Acura. 🙂

[@Ride_Runner]

Good show Cars only news, love it. Whiskey recommendation Horse Soldier Comes in Bronze, Silver, or Gold Bronze is great. There's no reason to spend up for the others unless you just need to spend money.

[@frankdeboer1347]

I don't see any benefit for Hyundai and Kia from working with GM.

[@GothRocker7]

Matt, thanks for the Friday News. I hope some one at Rolls Royce has some common sense and leadership to say hey, you are not turning this brand into a ugly, disgusting car and throwing away our legacy/heritage. I personally always liked the style and conservative, classy lines that the Rolls Royce cars always have. I don't want to see a goofy large grill and ugly sheet metal/goofy designs.

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks for watching Rich! Yeah I also hope Rolls Royce adheres to some safeguards for the designs.

[@Robin-kg1yv]

Honda has used SE trim for decades, its not new and copying Toyota. Honda's stands for special edition, not sport edition

[@frankdeboer1347]

Who asked for a stealth 3 row SUV.

[@MrChrissercamaro]

If jeep had any kind of working brain, they would put the hurricane inline 6 in it as an option.

[@kajukuja]

😀👍

[@Landez97]

I genuinely don't understand why Dodge isn't putting out a new Durango already. They have a new grand Cherokee and Wagoneer platforms. They could even bring back the journey to slot under it and make the Durango their Tahoe/expedition. No point bringing back stealth for somethig like this

[@venussavage]

Ford brand management sucks, it's a time honored tradition.. Back in 90s J Mays strip mined decades of peak Ford design and petty much all of it went nowhere. These guys got rid of Taurus for Five Hundred. C'mon

[@briangasser973]

Sedans have been dying for decades. GM got rid of the Impala and now the Malibu. Chrysler ended the 300 and Nissan ended the Altima.

[@boost331]

Nothing says "stealth" like a giant 6000lb short bus. C'mon, please dont.

[@klasseact6663]

No talk about how big China is in the car world here....hmmm, wonder why....oh yeah, election year🙄 Yeah, yeah....opportunity economy, yeah, yeah, that's it🤷‍♂️

[@milesfathi]

You sit so high up in the Z they may as well make it a crossover lol

[@anydaynow01]

Yeah it's a lot like that lifted Porsche 911 Dakar special edition VW green lit recently, may as well have done it with the Macan!

[@bobbyjones2112]

Not all the BMWs in their lineup are ugly. It’s probably the non ugly ones they sell a lot of!🤣

[@luiscruz-if1sg]

Maybe because ford doesn't want it to out shine up lightening

[@CorridorCulprit]

Every week I wait to see how bad of decisions Stellantis makes and each week I'm more disappointed in them

[@hanswurst6742]

Finally fuckin finally lotus makes a car with that type of doors I like. Now make something that somebody can actually buy

[@jamesryanwigley]

Not Rolls Royce!!!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@eddieg6436]

…..Who would ever buy a ghetto, old design Durango?!? Total piece of junk!

[@Inferno45]

Why tf is dodge killing the durango. Its their best sell vehicle and has a strong nameplate

[@Elephant_Thoughts]

I completely believe your report and sources that Dodge would do some CRAZY crazy decision to curb the Durango. Right now, Stellantis is creating a dumpster fire with Dodge and Chrysler, especially with the recent visit from the CEO to the factories in the US. Terrible way they are getting handled.

[@JoshScott-v7j]

@@Elephant_Thoughts I wonder why the Durango wasn't redesigned at the same time as the Grand Cherokee? I mean the hemi still fits in there.

[@Elephant_Thoughts]

@@JoshScott-v7j I believe they are going to make Dodge a global economy brand at this point which will fail quick, fast, and in a hurry. x_x

[@JoshScott-v7j]

@@Elephant_Thoughts That is true. And out of all the companies they have why Dodge? What Dodge sells is primarily for the American Market. They don't have to go global.

[@Elephant_Thoughts]

@@JoshScott-v7j They are following the steps of Disney-- buy up everything then suck the life out of brand by mishandling every project by saying they know better than the audience until the consumers say they don't like the brand anymore so they can say, "see-- no one care for this and that anymore; the market has moved on..." which ultimately was their fault in the first place from being mismanaged.

[@andycalifornia426]

On moving production to Canada. I don't get it: are Canadian salaries so much lower? They're knowingly propping up the socialist Canadian economy and hurting their home US economy, for what benefit? Saving a couple hundred bucks on each car?

[@frankdeboer1347]

Do you even know where Windsor is? It's just across the river from Detroit.

[@jimmypham2487]

Hydrogen is stupid expensive do not buy a hydrogen car so dumb

[@hpickettz34]

So future bmws will look more gayish🤢🤢

[@LoganWard4621]

have a great weekend as usual Matt btw having/have anything fun planned for this weekend also btw good luck with the new merch/merch website apparently production for the Ineos Grenadier's was halted due to a critical component/trim part from a Ineos supplier and won't be back up and running again until/at the latest 2025 Stellantis and Ferrari's chairman assets where reportedly seized in a tax fraud probe apparently Faraday Future is launching a new mainstream brand called Faraday X and they will release 2 models which are going to be the FX5 and FX6 with affordable pricing between $20,000 and $50,000 dollars and production is planned for the end of 2025 Volkswagen dealers/dealerships in the US where shown previews/sneak peak's of upcoming models at a meeting in Orlando Florida which are going to be redesigns for the Atlas Tiguan and the ID4 and the new Atlas and new Tiguan will be reveled at this year's/2024 LA Auto Show and are going to be launching in the summer of 2025 the ID Buzz will be on sale at Volkswagen Dealerships around Thanksgiving the 2025 Toyota Corrolla has been priced at $22,000 dollars and the 2025 Nissan Versa has been priced at $17,190 dollars and i don't know if you have heard anything about this apparently the FBI raided Rahal Letterman Lanigan's headquarters in Indiana and apparently it has something to do with a former Andretti Global employee and was supposedly transferring intellectual property from the former team and the FBI is calling the investigation/incident a White Collar Crime i will keep you updated if hear about any new updates/information when it becomes available

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks for all that Logan, I hope you have a good weekend! My kid is sick so it’ll probably just be a weekend at home for me haha.

[@LoganWard4621]

@@MattMaranMotoring it will be even better if the Falcons win on Sunday Night Football at home against the Chiefs

[@2Bunphettered788]

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[@frankdeboer1347]

Who asked for a stealth 3 row SUV.