Roadkill getting CANCELLED hints at the Motortrend channel’s imminent demise

[@carlg7535]

Motortrend died long ago, they just didn’t know it

[@HenkeEdge]

Yepp, like when they turned their backs to the youtube audience.

[@flashnmb1]

Nailed It ! MotorTrend went Woke with pushing all the Government Koolaid. The publisher has No Value or perspective on what real Americans can afford. Some fantasy about some exotic cars; 90% of its content pushing deceptive content of reliability and value of EV’s, ignoring consumer demand for basic ICE. Just like the publication adding 2 pages of thicker bond paper; yet spreading the fonts to less content. We didn’t get 3X content in a once a quarter magazine; Bidenomics, paid more got less. Give us back a thin paper monthly content of real value transportation that average Americans could buy. Best issue was Pinto / CVIC comparison; real Cars , not million dollar Hurricanes on Rodeo Dr. RIP MOTOR TREND; getting back to values isn’t in your DNA.

[@oonwing]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@pedpalmer1918]

Like a zombie

[@Paul-wh4ic]

@@HenkeEdge And us folks in europe, I was very surprised when they ended my subscription and haven't watched any since.

[@USAWILL]

Roadkill lost its fans when it moved its roadkill series to Motortrend on demand and became paid to watch. Even if it was $1 a month, people will not pay. The convenience of watching Roadkill on KZbin was lost. Soon other channels took their place, and Roadkill became history years ago. Samcrac, Vicegrip garage, Cleetus McFarland, Mattsoffroad garage, GoonzSquad etc. picked up the viewers in a heartbeat. Time for Fridburger and the other guy to make a channel together.

[@matt0607hkgts]

not being in the USA , thats exactly what happened to me with Roadkill , how the tables have turned now.

[@scrapelifeQ45]

You're a goon. They have channels on YT 🤨

[@TrevorReaStewartnexus]

The app sucked too.

[@Chris-hw4mq]

@@scrapelifeQ45 that upload crap, why would you even subscribe

[@jamesbowden5306]

Understand that David F had no say in it!

[@Terryrouge427]

Subtle Veyron flex in the background

[@yungkidnf]

I saw it too

[@Albebacck]

That blue mustang caught my eye first

[@USAWILL]

The way he bounced out of that divorce makes it seem like a badass flex. Movies garage 3.0 is definitely on another level, I wonder if his ex-wife watches any videos

[@michaelmiller4606]

Is that Mustang new?

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Lots of secrets!

[@davebarron5939]

Doesn't surprise me, KZbin is so much better, more personal and more direct / choice. You nailed it April, Dave Kindig is one the the best.

[@RJP400]

Give people interesting content and they will watch it. Overproduced garbage isn't what people want. Why can't these big companies see this?

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Because they're doing it the way they've always done it, and it's always worked and always will! Until it doesn't.

[@trappedinkalifornee]

The people drink the sand because they are too ignorant to be able to know the difference between the sand and the water.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Because the people advising the big companies still think you have to have Netflix approved gear to make decent content. They can't get thier heads around how capable a decent phone is. A good phone with a cheap Anamorphic Adapter and half decent gimbal, with LumaFusion to edit in on the phone, can shoot and edit and upload in less time then it takes to get an ENG camera on location and a LiveU connected, and look great.

[@JuniorNitroJunki]

ROADKILL was great what are you saying?! We WANTED to be able to in Australia but couldn't even with a VPN

[@readtherealanthonyfaucibyr6444]

And also much longer formats here that a professional show would have to skip

[@jjmarz1001]

Motortrend died the day they cancelled Dirty Every Day.

[@calvinmathers]

It was certainly the day I gave up on them

[@stevepatch1809]

That and junkyard crawl with Steve Magnante

[@DylanL69]

Dirt everyday was an absolutely awful show I couldn't stand watching that crappy show

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@DylanL69 it appealed to the truck/off road crowd. Not my fav but I did enjoy watching the episode driving through the pond underwater

[@DylanL69]

@thebigpicture2032 I tried I could never get into that show the production just wasn't good. It wasn't very interesting

[@yungkidnf]

I'm legitimately surprised to see y'all talk about roadkill on here. Ever so happy to see it, though. RIP to Roadkill. I've been subbed to Finn and Fry for years anyway.

[@joemartino6976]

Retired ad agency media director here. I think there will always be a market for a good story, well told. But the challenge is one of cost. Back in the early 80's. Miami Vice was the first network prime-time show to break the $1 million production cost per episode, however, a big audience (huge by today's standards) could easily justify it. 40 years later, technology has fragmented the viewing audience to such a degree that making a reasonable profit has become a major challenge.

[@VL1975]

Except in this instance, MotorTrend decided to pull Roadkill JUST as KZbin was really starting to blow up for creators. They thought if they took control and consolidated all their shows on 1 network and charge people, that would make them profitable. After 10 years, it fell apart because people are pulling the plug and moving away from cable and even subscription services now! They calculated wrong and killed almost the whole franchise from MotorTrend to Hot Rod Magazine.

[@57WillysCJ]

Freiburger did an anouncement on his channel. I thought something was in the wind when he started doing KZbin content. It's got to be hard for someone with that long of a career with MotorTrend to not be with them anymore. It's not like they can go back to magazine work as it really doesn't exist. Still hard core fans will be with them on their various channels. It was sad when their bosses took them off of KZbin but when you are an employee the person paying the bills dictates.

[@logicthought24]

Freiburger already has 234K subs on his channel and the content is enjoyable. He doesn't have the big team he did when MT was footing the production bill. We'll see where he goes with it. He has a lot of friends in the KZbin world so there should be some interesting collabs in the future.

[@SlowMenThinking]

I remember when Roadkill went to the paywall motertrend. I said take my money and it was geolocked to the USA. So that was that could not watch or pay to watch so it was a lost customer....

[@stevebeck9470]

Yup me too

[@ghydda]

Same.

[@worthyland4104]

Same here

[@jrbuch]

Yep same. First I used a VPN to access the free episodes, but that became harder and I just gave up.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

As an Aussie I was subscribed,, content disapeared but the kept taking my money,, actually STOLE my money. That alone was very stupid, They had a world wide audience with You Tube and a 48 states without You Tube

[@xopherzenitram]

Funny, I quit TV in recent months in favor KZbin content. Unlike traditional television, I can watch what I want, when I want, pause and do whatever I need to do, and come right back and pick up where I left off. Goodbye TV.

[@TedStoffers]

I quit years ago. Tried to come back and watched them try to get me exited about stuff that wasn’t that great (Worlds Worst Drivers, Deal No No Deal). I think I’ve outgrown TV.

[@lancairw867]

I just watch sports, auto racing and maybe 1 or 2 shows. But my teenage boys never even wanted a tv 📺 for their room and never turn ours on. Their gen is all on iPads/ computers watching, you tube , tic tok and Netflix.

[@TedStoffers]

@@xopherzenitram I don’t watch sportsball , but Amazon is getting into live sports. I did Bit Torrent Gotham for a season, and then Paid got it (iTunes). Broadcast TV is now dead to me. There is too much good stuff on the streaming services, I wish they would put it all on one service.

[@michaelnell600]

I gave away my TV in 2007. Now whenever I see it at some else's house, I can't believe I ever liked it. TV sucks. The positive side of television was the unity it created. We all knew Lucille Ball or Fred and Barney. But only us special/lucky few know Freiburger and Finnegan. We only pay attention to the things we desire and to hell with the rest. You do you and I do me. Good luck.

[@boltspeedman91]

I really think Tyler and the Car Wizard should make a show similar to Wheeler Dealers!

[@eurobeatbandit]

Tyler has no idea how to buy a car they could make a profit on xD

[@stephensbasement4803]

I love the idea

[@kdailey4315]

They did. It was on Netflix for3 seasons.

[@Warpigeonkac503]

they do now it's called hoovies garage

[@krtacct]

@@eurobeatbanditthe guy drives a veyron

[@garyleibitzke4166]

I agree with April, save Kindig/Bitchin Cars. That shop builds vehicle artwork.

[@gamerjunction5335]

As some who just celebrated my 61rst BDay I can say I am spending more in my 60s than I did when I was 55 or younger. Us Old Farts are still a viable audience.

[@Myrune1]

Me too....but I'm spending it on things I want now. Vacations and toys....lots of both.

[@ross7684]

Me too, but my spending will be diminishing in the next 5-10 years while the 30-50 age group still has 20-40 years of spending ahead of them.

[@thebigpicture2032]

It’s the advertisers tho - you’re not as likely to be swayed to purchase the crap they keep coming up with.

[@rayfabbri3759]

It was nice meeting you and Tyler at your folks house last week. I was curious how the cooling problem got resolved. With Tyler’s new post today it explained it all. Nice to meet you.

[@TheOriginalLugnuts]

The draw for the motor trend app was Top Gear reruns and the commercial free live streaming. When they dropped Top Gear the app went to crap then they merged the app with Discovery+ they dropped the live streaming. I’d rather pay the $5 a month to watch commercial free content then watch the TV channel

[@stephenriddle1292]

I wish spike TV was still on the air!

[@Scotty_B123]

I think they lost all credibility once they named the Blazer EV SUV of the year. I mean.... you couldn't even BUY one at the time when they announced it.

[@stevengreco1939]

What a perfect couple!

[@ryankeul5690]

Good thing that tabletop isn't made of sandpaper! April's hands would be worn to the bone 😂

[@randomkoreanguy]

I loved MotorTrend's KZbin shows back in the day, but I stopped when they shoved it all behind a paywall because I knew this was the inevitable end result. I know some fans followed them behind the paywall and I commend those fans for their dedication but I couldn't personally justify the added cost. Am I sad Roadkill is getting the axe? Yes. It's a great, fun show with a lot of personality and I still wish I could see the rest of the seasons I've missed since it went behind a paywall. Freiburger does have his own channel and I encourage anyone who's a big fan to go give it a shot. I see he's just uploaded a video about this that I'm going to go watch right now after this one.

[@davidkroth]

Freiburger just dropped a video explaining it all.

[@garyslentzii2796]

Just finished it

[@BijanY]

What’s fried burger

[@garyslentzii2796]

@@BijanY David Freiburger from Roadkill Garage

[@VL1975]

@@BijanY What Bi JAN?

[@clancyMonty]

Sorry to see 'The Guys' go, reminded me of growing with my late older brother growing up in the 1970's, working at the auto parts store/machine shop, thanks for the memories 🎸🎹📣🎼🎵🌋👍

[@palmlimit9297]

I haven’t watched regular television in 15 years.

[@theczar6171]

Same here something in those numbers,. Television blow , and I never replaced it.

[@ScottDLR]

It's been 4 years for us. Don't miss it.

[@donaldparlett7708]

Hey Roadkill started on the internet so if they return I’d say hurrah! It was the best show on the internet back then. They weee able to control the content which they lost when they went to Motortrend.

[@votekyle3000]

Motortrend was always producing it, it was consolidation with other broadcasters that moved it behind a paywall

[@Fevebblefester]

When Motor Trend took over Velocity channel the end was preordained. Most of the good shows were canceled and the crap began. I won’t miss it.

[@sjhudon386]

That blue Mach 1 💙

[@darrenniles2448]

Some things never change, April remains absolutely gorgeous and fun and well, that doesn’t change however there is great sadness in that there is no Lamborghini in the background any longer

[@cesariojpn]

Never looked back when many shows I was watching on KZbin went to "exclusive" platforms. Roadkill was one of them. Im not paying 30 different platforms to consume content.

[@thebigpicture2032]

KZbin is where it’s at for creators and viewers.

[@herrmp5sd]

Love that April's nails matching the Bugatti 😎

[@curaca0]

matching my headlights also

[@LOH3NGR1N]

Warner is killing everything from let's plays to car shows.

[@bernardowens1648]

This is so sad. Their Saturday morning shows, mostly started with shows on TNN in the 80s. Stacy David's "Gears" came out of TNN. Unless these weekend "Shadetree Mechanic" type shows, which was the title of one of TNNs gearhead weekend shows, migrate to KZbin, they will all just disappear.

[@MultiMegafred]

Well deserved. MT on demand was not allowed to stream outside the US, supposedly due to "classified content." Yeah. Right. I am sure Roadkill is all about rocket science and nuclear propulsion. What a crock of 💩. I had written MT about it, and there was no response. Freiburger didn't dare to acknowledge my direct comment to him, either. Good to see Roadkill back on KZbin now. Hope it stays that way.

[@oonwing]

I'm in the DC area, when Pat Goss of GOSS' GARAGE died. We fans, all mourned.

[@petercook4858]

America mourned 😢.

[@taelorwatson9822]

MotorWeek should replace him with Scotty and his hand Opera

[@oonwing]

@taelorwatson9822 Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Seriously this is why to me the Wizard, and Car Ninja should be apart of April's show...we love our vehicles, it won't take away from her and we can learn more. Motorweek and Trend are the foundation of all these KZbin CHANNELS.

[@mikedisalvo1479]

The hooptie hanger is looking incredible. So cool, hell yea brother 🇺🇸

[@mentaldiversions]

The only reason I have dementia is by watching your other channel. But you do add the disclaimer of "the dumbest automotive channel on youtube". Just pulling your leg. Love your stuff.

[@SunnynPhilly]

Just found season 2 & 3 of Car Issues on the Max (HBO) app. Thx for mentioning it’s available there. 👍 *I’d only seen season one before

[@Slatersave]

I got this email yesterday from Kindig-it Design "After an amazing run, we’re sad to announce that Bitchin’ Rides will wrap up after its 11th season in 2025. With MotorTrend TV winding down production, the series that’s been a favorite for car enthusiasts around the world will air its final episodes"

[@arcadesunday4592]

I'm not surprised. There is just SO MUCH excellent content on KZbin and the choice to discover and watch (almost ANYTHING) you want to watch, whenever and wherever you want to. TV has been dead to me for 10 years. KZbinrs are getting better and more professional too. SO MANY great channels... and then some!

[@bmwbob51]

Millennials gave up TV years ago. Satellite TV isn't long for the world too.

[@pathoyer5402]

I used to watch it all the time and now hardly watch it. The shark was jumped when it became the MotorTrend Channel. Roadkill was overplayed and ruined the channel. Most programs were reruns from MotorTrend+ streaming channel. Plus most programs were nowhere as good as what was on pre-MotorTrend. Who wants to watch shows that are two years old.

[@nathanbush76]

Glad to see the Veyron safety in the garage. Can’t wait for the next video on it.

[@ACFOGG]

Just more proof that Warner Brothers have really dropped the ball in recent years. Only thing keeping it afloat is the Attractions, and a couple of select movies, Dune, the Harry Potter & Wizarding world income. $40+billion in debts... Disney would go the same way if it wasn't for the parks. These megacorps are on limited time I feel. Advertisers prefer online, as you get a higher view rate in shorter time, and a higher click through, all at a fraction of tv advert costs... They need to move with the times.

[@davewatts6724]

With April right there? TV? Cable? Hell no……you may be the luckiest halfman in the universe…..❤

[@gregrussell5374]

Good job Tyler and April. You have positioned yourselves well. I think your show is great.

[@tubelarbelly]

I must make a comment to your studio setup. You always had such a nice backdrop on GMYT. Now it's simply a white wall. In a corner I can barely recognize some cars and two bright yellow flaps (please remove those - eben if it is a lot of work). Or simply place the camera further to the left, so we can see all of the nice cars in the back. Even better if all obstructions by the railing and the halo lights above the bugatti are not as prominently visible. Just some ideas ... please keep up the work! I love your channel(s).

[@powerskurf]

Love you guys great insight and excellent commentary. Yes the Chemistry is working so pleased and so funny !

[@cobracommander2297]

Main stream TV sucks - Keep us in the loop April, we will follow you :)

[@ImgoneButUrstillHere]

Hi April loving the new look channel.. and with that and seeing as im a 5 Star hairdresser i was thinking... New look April? Nothing drastic just a lil snip was just thinking we could take 6-8inches off the bottom and just leave the rest ..they d look great im sure 😁

[@84C10JEFF]

CANCELED…..WHAT DO YOU MEAN CANCELED !!! Hot Rod and MotorTrend magazine still lives on for now .

[@jakelannetti3128]

Freiburgers new channel is great, really enjoying his history of car culture type videos while still reviving some great cars.

[@Loki_Trickster]

Freiburgers channel has a lot of potential. WIth it mainly being his history lessons. Finnegans I would like enjoy more but all his builds are so slow. its like watching my own project car get finished lol.

[@petercook4858]

I remember when I was 30 years old I had 4 subscriptions to car enthusiast magazines. As print media has died off, I'm left with one that produces an edition every other month. As those print houses moved to diversify into screen media they failed to fully look at their established competition. They could emulate the efficiency, cost savings, and speed of on-line creators and work with them OR go for full-on productions with all the costs, delays, and redundancy of reporting most of the stuff we got days or weeks earlier. They went with the second option, hoping to outdo the on-line creators and keeping all the control and profit to themselves. Cooperation works, greed doesn't. In the end, they got what they deserved. Sad so many talented folk now have to give the finger to MoterTrend, but most will probably have an online show soon.

[@christophercrowley6707]

I saved Hoovie money, I probably paid for one light fixture on the house. When his show went to MT, I stated I was not going to pay. Hoovie offered to pay, I said no. That payment with interest paid for a farm house light fixture. YOUR WELCOME 😂

[@daexion]

So nice you found April. Now we have April and Hoovie, Sofia and Stradman!

[@johndcunninghamjr4111]

This news is very sad and depressing. 😢

[@thebigpicture2032]

No, it will be better as they will be back on KZbin

[@Mr6day]

I got tired of being ripped by the cable companies and sick of MSM. You tube is great.

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

Can we have Steve Magnante on this show please?

[@babs075]

Very sad. So happy we attended HRG Day at Famoso a couple weeks ago and saw all of them together.

[@martingriggs6362]

Most people have given up on cable TV a long time ago. The young man that installed my internet in my house 7 years ago says he doesn't even have cable tv from his own company.

[@BobbyWParkerJr]

The image quality of this is awesome! New camera?

[@slickshift6]

I worked for 5 years on a History Channel show. We haven't filmed in 15 months. But its not "canceled". 50 people on set some days. That's alot of jobs.

[@amusingarts]

My son is a Special effects union member in Hollywood, hasn't had stedy work for months and months, probably a year by now with the strikes and all.

[@ryansmith2845]

It really got super frustrating for me when everything went to Discovery Plus. You had to pay extra to see the new episodes. The regular Discovery channel would get the same 6 shows playing over and over and over! Pissed me off so much, that I would never give a dime to Motortrend, or Discovery Plus. We cut the cable, got a Roku, which has free Motortrend channel(again revolving same 6 episodes) but it's free. KZbin also, free, times are a changing, and folks are broke. I will miss Roadkill, Roadkill garage, and engine masters!

[@occasionalquest]

Classical TV is dead ... finalize things ...

[@secaII]

Yep, with the Baby Boomer generation slowly fading away, regular TV will die.

[@UberPilot]

April set that joke up perfect. Tyler’s line was supposed to be……”The glitter is from chasing unicorns last night with the boys…….honest…..true story….”

[@hondaracer888]

Yall are the best, but suggestion to Bring the camera up on a taller tripod and angle it down. Show the cars! More interesting lighting. It’s a downgrade from the old set.

[@darrtetzy]

It can't be a surprise to them either - the nightly programming has stopped from being a new program every 30 minutes to hours long blocks of the same repeats over and over. I'll really miss the Mecum auction coverage.

[@hardwurkindaddy]

I dropped cable 8 years ago. Television was dead long, we've just been entertaining its corpse.

[@theRussians1918]

I was a MT subscriber for a few years. their interface drove me crazy. very hard to jump between shows that I liked and new seasons were just random. new shows that I couldn't click with were always front and center

[@gregmacd2829]

I have no idea when the last time I watched network television, I watch all my entertainment from KZbin…(I am 58)

[@stevethompson3365]

It’s also curious that Roadkill Garage, Roadworthy Rescues & others from MT showed up on Tubi right before this news broke. No Roadkill but a lot of them.

[@donphillips5957]

You're right about tv being dead, I can go weeks without turning mine on.

[@nesupport1]

I used to come home daily to see if any new episodes for RK had been released. It was so sparse and I never knew when. The only way I could find MT was on my Amazon account. Make it easier to find and the numbers would be there. JMHO

[@yesh3]

Hoovie has no idea how many KZbin viewers are over 50.

[@brianfrank7176]

Just wanted to say I enjoy the show and keep up the good work.

[@erincherry3870]

Roadkill was my entire teen years, and inspired my other channel. What some people don't realize is that Roadkill worked because of what it was, which was a semi-high production appearing show with low production hosts, where creative control was completely up to them, and they could be themselves, not some scripted garbage. If Freiburger and Finnegan were to try and recreate it, which they won't, because they both have their own stuff going on, and without the overarching company that can expunge cash to put people together, we will only see one-offs every so often, because KZbin simply doesn't incentivize higher budget production. Even 1 Cam Op production which they usually shoot with 2 or 3 plus editors, its just too expensive to survive, unless they are willing to sacrifice quite a bit in order for it to happen. Unfortunately, it seems like the general public WANT these types of videos AND events, but without backing from a company who can pour money into it, they cannot justify trying to make it all work. It is very sad, and I watched every Roadkill, but when it went to Discovery+, it went down the drain, not production wise, but the app is so poorly setup and made it a nightmare to simply watch a single video, this along with bad marketing on new episode announcements, and seemingly no release schedule, just felt like a slap in the face to viewers. I hope they continue, and that someone is able to bring some of these hosts together in a way that is sustainable at least for a few years.

[@OctaneExpress]

I quit paying for cable/internet long ago. Why would pay to watch advertisements and internet providers track everything Makes no sense I wouldn’t use if they paid me to.

[@hanstubben]

They had good shows on KZbin before and got greedy with subscription only. I used to watch Roadkill and Head2Head. Lucky for us at that time Jason Camisa went to Hagerty, and it looks he's doing fine, also Randy went there.

[@zfixation9817]

Very jealous, in high-school I would look out the window of the school bus and wine like a dog when we went by the Ford dealership which had a 2004 Graber Blue Mustang Mach 1.

[@BigTireGarage]

I would argue that Roadkill was not the flagship show, I would say that it was Bitchen Rides if we were talking pure ratings and viewership. I don't think you are going to see the "demise" of Motortrend Channel...it might change names, but you have to remember that Motrotrend (The Channel) is owned by Dicovery/Warner Communications...one of the largest streaming globally

[@scscarborough]

Motortrend Magazine is on the same track (no pun intended) as well ...has been for quite some time. Four issues per year does not cut it.

[@frankgreco8946]

Awesome video!

[@TwoDollarGararge]

Motor trend is a relic of the mid 20th century and independent youtubers can do what motortrend did better. They had some good shows but that talent can do it solo, if they need a corporate daddy, they can just go the hagerty they seem to be doing a good job.

[@Sevalecan]

Discovery+ when I went to resubscribe after a few months(Finding out that doing it through MT was no longer an option) to watch some new Roadkill was over twice the price of what MT had been. That surely didn't help. A lot of people would hate to spend $4 or $5/mo even to just get one new episode of the show they like per month.

[@thebigpicture2032]

They dropped their price to less than $5 a month so I bought it for a year to catch up on Roadkill.

[@leitheparsons1186]

I hadn't watched Motortrend since 2017. I started traveling for work in the past 2+ years and started watching again. It was the all reruns and the Roadkills that I hadn't seen just didn't draw me in like they used to. I just don't bother anymore.

[@mouseanalyse]

Well I was a huge Roadkill fan when it was released on KZbin. When they moved it to the app, I couldn’t watch it anymore (I’m in EU 🇪🇺). Sad to see that a show like that now bites the dust. It’s not due to their content quality. It’s due to corporate marketing 💩. I hope Freiburger moves back to KZbin where he’ll probably get paid more anyway.

[@AudreyH48]

I officially hung up cable a year ago. Hardly noticed. It has that feeling of when Blockbuster died. It was sad to see it go but I also wasn't using it.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Wow, used to watch Roadkill religiously until the paywall came in. I remember people predicting it was the beginning of the end for Motortrend - took longer than most people thought though.

[@jazzjokesjalopies]

The other factor with traditional tv is that people dvr them and skip the commercials. Streaming makes viewers watch the ads. KZbin, part of each ad.

[@arizonasprinklerpros]

The Roadkill guys have KZbin channels. I hope they collaborate and grow.

[@davidblalock9945]

The truth is, Freiburger and Finnegan are now free to engage in whatever shenanigans they so choose.

[@scottpaddock6685]

The ugly truth is that the production quality is not what brings eyes. Motortrend can’t compete with a KZbinr filming with their phone, and they should have seen that coming. Going forward, I hope that back catalog makes it to KZbin, and I’d be onboard to pitch in for crowdfunding more Roadkill. Let the fans take it all over- we could hardly do worse.

[@sayrerowan734]

Christmas decorations?! It's not even Thanksgiving yet!!

[@johndandrea8034]

The Bugatti looks awesome in the garage. It looks much better than Ed's!

[@jrbuch]

I loved Roadkill here in Australia, when it was on KZbin. But when they put it on MotorTrend they made it harder to watch. Fine, a VPN solved that. Then the requirement was that you needed a US credit card in order to pay for it. It's like they didn't want anyone other than US viewers to be able to access it. Big middle finger at them for doing that. I see so many creators breaking away and heading back to KZbin without their corporate overlords.

[@edwardnelson3413]

If you look at the trend of most network television viewership has been on the decline for years. The peak for automotive was in the early to mid 2000’s. The death of automotive media started with the end of the original Top Gear. Which inspires content creators to this day.

[@johnholm8175]

I am Ambidextrous, I watch TV streaming and UTube. Motortrend had 10s of millions of subscribers, at around $5 a month. I would have thought it was very profitable

[@amusingarts]

It's never profitable when you use "Hollywood Accounting".

[@magnateataxia]

NCIS is still a huge show on CBS...yes they do put it on Paramount+ but it is like a week behind of something.

[@KenColumbia]

I was told when notified my Motortrend channel subscription was being cancelled that to get their content, including new episodes, was to go either to Discovery+ or Max (which I chose at twice the monthly cost)... very little new content and not all the old content.... crazy

[@mirthenary]

Well, if they're responsible for the original cast of Car Fix leaving, good. Their replacements were terrible. Miss Lou and Jared😢

[@dodgeguyz]

I used to watch RoadKill religiously. Then they switched to MT and wanted money to watch. That’s when I stopped watching. They screwed over their audience. Lots of kids would watch this and see some good tips and tricks as well as getting kids into cars. By switching over they alienated their audience. I do not feel sorry for RK or MT.