The Best of Car Talk

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You do...

#69 US · Comedy 92 recordings 2025 → today 2 episodes a week updated 3 days ago transcripts through December 2025

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#2674: Empathic Whatever contributed by Lukas · 3 days ago

#2673: Thelma and Louise II contributed by Lukas · 6 days ago

#2672: The Spudmobile contributed by Lukas · 10 days ago

#2671: Answer Coupon contributed by Lukas · 13 days ago

"Rats!"(Bonus Episode) contributed by Lukas · 15 days ago

#2670: Calling for a 'Friend' contributed by Lukas · 17 days ago

#2669: Pay as You Go contributed by Lukas · 20 days ago

#2668: You Betcha! contributed by Lukas · 24 days ago

#2667: Witless Intimidation contributed by Lukas · 27 days ago

#2666: The Spidermobile contributed by Lukas · Aug 18

#2665: A Laser-like Focus contributed by Lukas · Aug 15

#2664: Sparks-a-Flying contributed by Lukas · Aug 11

#2663: Martha, Martha, Martha! contributed by Lukas · Aug 8

#2662: Camry vs Ferrari contributed by Lukas · Aug 4

#2661: The Dreamsicle-Mobile contributed by Lukas · Aug 1

#2660: Howard's Brake Fluid Recipe contributed by Lukas · Jul 28

#2659: Class Dismissed! contributed by Lukas · Jul 25

#2658: He's a Genius! contributed by Lukas · Jul 21

#2657: Getting to Yes contributed by Lukas · Jul 18

#2656: Remote Nonstarter contributed by Lukas · Jul 14

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Charts

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#69 Comedy · United States

🇵🇭 #29 · 🇮🇳 #30 · 🇫🇮 #34 · 🇨🇱 #50 · 🇵🇱 #50 · 🇮🇩 #55 · 🇰🇷 #74 · 🇳🇱 #93 · 🇷🇺 #94 · 🇧🇪 #98 · +17 more

charted in 28 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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9 episodes · last 30 days · avg 41 min

Sat 45Tue 44Thu 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, and Car Talk's perks include full archive access, new(!) call-i...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-07-05, The Best of Car Talk ranks #200 on Apple Podcasts in the United States, and appears on charts in 1 country.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇺🇸 United States as of 2026-09-18

🇺🇸 United States #200 Comedy #69 Apple

Chart records

First charted2026-07-05

Best ever#200 on Apple Podcasts (United States) · 2026-07-05

Days on chart1

Countries now1

CategoriesComedy