# Jon Summer

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Las Vegas Concours; Risotto with Pagani and Hagerty

Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian, discusses his experience attending the Las Vegas Concours, an extravagant car show held in conjunction with other motoring events like SEMA and the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. He shares his journey driving a half-million-mile F-250 Powerstroke pickup truck t…

Mecum Kissimmee 2026 : White GTO / Yellow Enzo

Jon Summers, recaps his recent visit to the Mecum Kissimmee auction in Florida. He discusses witnessing the auction of the Bianco Ferrari GTO, which despite high expectations, sold for a disappointing $38 million. Summers reflects on the shift in the collector car market, noting the rising prices o…

Digital Twins for Software Defined Cars

On this episode of The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers discusses the shift towards software-defined vehicles and the implications for the automotive industry. As cars become edge-of-cloud devices, their functionalities increasingly rely on cloud connectivity rather than on-board hardware. He critiq…

The British Touring Car Championship: We Were There

Jon Summers and co-host Mark Gammie discuss the British Touring Car Championship with a focus on its 1990s peak, while placing it in historical context from early British saloon car racing through eras featuring cars like the Ford Galaxie, Lotus Cortina, Vauxhall “Big Bertha/Baby Bertha,” Capris an…

CES 2026 - Xiaomi Kebab

On this episode of The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers summarizes a Western Automotive Journalists recap of CES 2026 led by chair Charlie Vogelheim, arguing that major auto innovation has shifted from traditional auto shows to CES. He frames the industry around electrification, autonomy, connectivi…

Consumers Reports: The Most Interesting Episode In The World

Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian, recaps a Consumer Reports session led by Alex Knizek, outlining CR’s nonprofit testing operation (36 cars yearly, 330-acre Connecticut track) and its scoring pillars: road test, reliability, owner satisfaction (380,000 member surveys), and safety, including real…

EV Fires: a Storm in a Teacup

Motoring Historian Jon Summers examines claims that electric vehicles frequently catch fire, drawing on a Society of Automotive Engineers talk in Palo Alto by Dr. Abid Kemal of Exponent, a firm known for major failure investigations. He says vehicle fires have halved since 1980 and usually involve …

The Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg Museum

The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers, drives between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis on a museum tour, focusing on the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum housed in the remaining Auburn factory. He frames museums as “a bunch of stuff” versus curated stories, then seeks the Duesenberg creation myth, especially…

The Bianco Speciale: The Remarkable Journey of the Only White Ferrari 250 GTO

This episode is a live Motoring Podcast Network panel from Automotive History Live explores why the Bianco Speciale—Ferrari 250 GTO chassis 3729 GT, the only factory-white GTO and one of eight right-hand-drive cars—stands apart through provenance, racing history, engineering influence, and market i…

Behind the Wheel: Unveiling the Dark Side of Long Haul Trucking

Motoring historian Jon Summers records a monologue from Highway 40 in New Mexico about long-haul trucking, sparked by a former FBI agent’s book claiming many truckers are serial killers; Jon argues the job’s transience and past lack of surveillance could enable predators, while stressing most truck…