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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#2615: 'Relaxed Fit' Comes for Cars contributed by Lukas · Feb 21

#2614: The Sludgehammer contributed by Lukas · Feb 17

#2613: Plague-proofing Your Car contributed by Lukas · Feb 14

#2612: Monotasking contributed by Lukas · Feb 10

#2611: Hey, Mr. Spaceman contributed by Lukas · Feb 7

#2610: Runaway Inflation contributed by Lukas · Feb 3

#2609: Rum Runner Jim contributed by Lukas · Jan 31

#2608: Where Engines Never Warm Up contributed by Lukas · Jan 27

#2607: House Call contributed by Lukas · Jan 24

#2606: A Blended Car Family contributed by Lukas · Jan 20

#2605: The Family That Parks Together contributed by Lukas · Jan 17

#2604: The Whoop Tube contributed by Lukas · Jan 13

#2603: Back to Nature contributed by Lukas · Jan 10

#2602: Lincoln Logs or a Lincoln Continental? contributed by Lukas · Jan 6

#2601: Customer to Dealer Incentive contributed by Lukas · Jan 3

#25104: Dang Skippy contributed by Lukas · Dec 30, 2025

#25103: Bryology Anyone? contributed by Lukas · Dec 27, 2025

"What a Sled!" A Holiday Car Talk Bonus contributed by Lukas · Dec 25, 2025

#25102: Happy Camper contributed by Lukas · Dec 23, 2025

#25101: Diana's Dodge Biohazard 41 min · Emily Kwong, B.A. Parker, Elise Hu · contributed by Lukas · Dec 20, 2025

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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