{"podcast":{"title":"The Drivecast","slug":"the-drivecast-7679263","podcast_index_feed_id":7679263,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thedrivecast","website_url":"https://thedrive.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d7009d68-c3da-11f0-ab0b-27730799ec2e/image/5e5027867576f73364084f450272a356.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Drive","episode_count":22,"summary":"The Drivecast gives you an inside, behind-the-scenes look at the biggest stories, controversies, and people shaping the car industry from one of the top automotive news sites in the country. Each week, The Drive's editor-in-chief Kyle Cheromcha, director of content Joel Feder, and a rotating cast of expert staffers will break down how automakers are navigating a transformative time. Massive shifts in technology, manufacturing, and consumer demands are changing the ways cars are built and sold quicker than ever, and the way car companies are navigating this moment will shape the way our roads look for the next century. It doesn’t matter if you’re an enthusiast since birth or just curious about why cars are the way they are today—we’ll give you the inside line with our exclusive reporting and break it all down for you. If you like what we're doing, check out The Drive for the latest news, analysis, and in-depth car reviews, sign up for one of our newsletters, and subscribe to us on YouTube. We're also posting all the time on Instagram and Facebook.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T06:19:23.382800+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263"},"episode":{"title":"Hyundai and Kia are coming to crash the truck party","slug":"hyundai-and-kia-are-coming-to-crash-the-truck-party","published_at":"2026-04-15T13:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263/hyundai-and-kia-are-coming-to-crash-the-truck-party","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RECU1395091001.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RECU1395091001.mp3","summary":"In a shocking turn of events: Both Hyundai and Kia are preparing body-on-frame pickup trucks. Sounds far-fetched, but it’s true, and it’s quite the development as these two juggernauts continue to blaze a trail forward challenging the rest of the industry on multiple fronts. It doesn’t sound like we’ll have long to wait. Now Hyundai announced it will kick off a family of body-on-frame vehicles in the U.S. before 2030 and teased them with an SUV that looked like a Bronco competitor. A week later, Kia confirmed it too will be bringing a body-on-frame truck to the U.S. by 2030, and it even talked powertrains. Senior Editor Caleb Jacobs and Director of Content and Product Joel Feder dive behind-the-scenes on Hyundai and Kia preparing to sell you a pickup truck, and what comes next. Stories mentioned in today's episode: Hyundai Targets Bronco, Wrangler with Body-on-Frame Boulder SUV Concept Hyundai Learned the Hard Way What Truck Buyers Do and Don’t Want Midsize Trucks Have All the Same Problems. Hyundai Thinks It Can Fix Them Kia’s Launching a Body-on-Frame Truck by 2030: TDS 00:00 Intro 06:55 Hyundai and Kia have body-on-frame trucks coming 13:26 What Hyundai has told The Drive its truck needs to be 16:55 Which powertrains will these trucks have? 21:21 Kia and Hyundai dealers are a risk 25:45 What do these trucks need to be to win? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In a shocking turn of events: Both Hyundai and Kia are preparing body-on-frame pickup trucks. Sounds far-fetched, but it’s true, and it’s quite the develo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1820,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drivecast-7679263/episodes/hyundai-and-kia-are-coming-to-crash-the-truck-party/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263/hyundai-and-kia-are-coming-to-crash-the-truck-party.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}