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Doug DeMuro

Co-founder, Cars & Bids · 1 appearance on the record.

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Doug DeMuro is an automotive reviewer, author, and entrepreneur. He hosts a popular car review channel on YouTube and co-founded the vehicle auction platform Cars & Bids.

17statements → 13claims → 7claims resolved → 86%fully supported → 3.76/5average certainty → 2.12/5average debate potential → 26said about them ↓

6 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 5 not checkable as stated how the 13 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

3 predictions · 10 assertions · 3 opinions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 13 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 7 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 5 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Doug argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Built-in driver assistance is now as ubiquitous and unremarkable as cruise control
“I review the ones that come in the cars, but however, even then, it has become so ubiquitous now that it's almost like reviewing regular cruise Control. It's almost not even worth talking about it because they've all gotten to be, I mean, a RAV four has it sta…”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 16:01 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN

Everything Doug DeMuro said on TBPN that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
DeMuro: Legacy automakers have basically caught up to Tesla on self-driving
“I don't find Tesla self-driving to be like considerably better. Now that I've been on It's other cars. Every, basically everybody has caught up.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 18:48 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Insight
DeMuro: Car reviews remain evergreen for five years despite missing launch access
“Even if I'm not up on release day with the car, because the automaker didn't invite me to the press launch, doesn't really matter. I can go get it from a dealer when it comes to dealers, 60 days later, and the video is going to be evergreen for five years, the…”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 14:28 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeMuro: All other electric hypercars have been horrible sales failures
“All the other electric hypercars have been horrible sales failures.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 20:39 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2028
DeMuro: Tesla Roadster will not launch anywhere near $200,000
“I don't think the Roadster is going to come anywhere near 200, just based on, we've got a lot of inflation, Elon's missed those, Tesla's missed those price targets before, et cetera.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 21:41 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Partly supported
DeMuro: Mercedes Is Canceling AMG 43 Models Over EU Noise Regulations
“Mercedes is canceling all of their 43 AMG cars, which are actually quite popular here in the States. They're very popular. The GLC. Those are all going away. And the reason is that they do not comply with EU noise regulations as of next summer.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 26:51 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Opinion
Doug DeMuro: AI Lacks Knowledge Needed for Automotive Content Creation
“From a content perspective, not really. I just don't find, I don't find for myself at least, it's quite ready yet to do kind of the stuff that I needed to do. Like finding the little quirks of the cars, it just doesn't have the knowledge quite yet there.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 1:38 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Opinion
DeMuro: Gumball Rally Is Rich Guys Getting Drunk and Visiting Strip Clubs
“Not my people. It's a, that's a bunch of like, you know, rich guys who want to put big decals on the cars and get drunk and go to strip clubs between the race.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 10:01 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Built-in driver assistance is now as ubiquitous and unremarkable as cruise control
“I review the ones that come in the cars, but however, even then, it has become so ubiquitous now that it's almost like reviewing regular cruise Control. It's almost not even worth talking about it because they've all gotten to be, I mean, a RAV four has it sta…”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 16:01 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: EVs Depreciate Unbelievably Fast Compared to Gas Cars
“However, still, they are depreciating faster than gas cars, and just unbelievably fast in general, except for Rivian, which has held its value relatively well, but still nowhere near something like a G-Wagon.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 23:09 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Rivian R1S Remains Above $60K on Cars & Bids
“And the R one S is are the real success story in terms of holding their value. We sell them on cars and bids. They are still not coming under 60 grand, which is a Considering that's a three, four year old car, that's pretty good with the starting sticker of ar…”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 24:23 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeMuro: Jaguar cannot build real SUVs due to shared Land Rover dealerships
“The big problem that Jaguar faces is that almost all of their dealers are paired with Land Rover. And so at the end of the day, they cannot go after the SUV segment to the level that I think a rational company would wish to”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 32:32 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Prediction Not checkable as stated
DeMuro: Aston Martin hypercars will succeed, but volume cars will struggle
“I think that Valhalla and Valkyrie will and have been, will be, and have been successful. I think the biggest problem is the volume cars.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 34:21 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Doug DeMuro: License Plate Readers Will End Montana Vehicle Registration Loopholes
“I really think with the advent of license plate readers and with states just starting to realize how pervasive this has become, it's just really going to start becoming more and more difficult to do.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 36:47 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Used Aston Martin DBXs trade at $75k–$80k vs $175k for Urus
“Used DBXs are already 7580, that's their SUV. Used Uruses are still, like, one 75, and the price point is pretty similar new”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 34:41 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Sam Altman owns a McLaren F1
“And Sam has an F one.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 42:47 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Supported
DeMuro: Gordon Murray car commissioner ordered five units and selected buyers
“The commissioner of that car commissioned five and personally selected along with Gordon Murray, three people to sell three others to, he kept two and then decided to sell one publicly.”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 43:04 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeMuro: Right-Hand Drive Limits Resale Markets for Brunei Royal Car Collection
“Part of the problem also with selling all the cars is that they're all right hand drives. So There's a little bit of a challenge into where they would have to be sold. There's only a few markets”
Doug DeMuro Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 45:13 Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN

The other half of the tape: Doug DeMuro's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 26 times in 15 episodes on TBPN. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Elon Musk & Tesla's Real Problem | Doug DeMuro Live on TBPN Nov 26, 2025 28m
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