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Motoring Podcast - News Show

Motoring Podcast

Motoring enthusiasts Alan and Andrew discuss their takes on the week"s motoring news in this 45 to 60 minute audio podcast.

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26:55

Just Stare At Me - 1 March 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/03/02

KIA WINS CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDThe KIA EV6 has won the prestigious Car of the Year award, which was announced in Geneva but not whilst the motor show was on due to changes with the event. The EV6 is the first KIA to win and it fought off the Renault MeganeE-Tech Electric and the Hyundai IONIQ third. For more on this story, click the Autocar article here. STELLANTIS EXCEEDS FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONSStellantis announced their financial results, for 2021, which exceeded expectations. Their nett profit,

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46:46

Special Edition - Volvo XC40 Recharge Review

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/02/25

Andrew had a Volvo XC40 Recharge, with the twin motors, on loan for a week. How did he get on? You’ll have to listen to find out. Additionally, you get in-depth discussions on curry hooks and good fonts for driver display information. You cannot say we do not know how to treat you!

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48:05

Driving Miss Daisy - 22 February 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/02/23

SHIP CARRYING VW GROUP CARS ABLAZEA ship carrying cars from Volkswagen Group companies, is on fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Conflicting reports state where the fire originated but that this has spread to the rest of the ship, including the cargo. Whilst Porsche has confirmed some of it’s vehicles were on board, it is not clear what other cars are involved. For more information, click the Autocar article here. RENAULT BACK IN PROFITSAfter two tough years and burying the hatchet with Nissan, Renault has

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52:31

Lightness In Your Heart - 15 February 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/02/16

FOLLOW UP: MANCHESTER CAZ “PAUSED’Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has announced that the Government has agreed on a delay for the region hitting clean air requirements, until 2026. Burnham has argued that due to the pandemic there is a problem in sourcing the zero emission vehicles needed by commercial and private hire companies. To read more, click the YesAuto article here. FUEL PRICES CONTINUE TO RISEA new record average price was hit over the weekend for both petrol and diesel, at £148.02

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45:56

Panthera - 8th February 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/02/09

FOLLOW UP: PRIVATE PARKING FINES CAPPEDPrivate parking fines and the rules surrpounding them are to be tightened up. Read the BBC story here.JLR REVENUE BOOST IN Q3 2021JLR’s revenue has ramped up in the third quarter of 2021, and they also have a new EV platform on the way.ROAD PRICING COULD BE EN ROUTEA story from Evo magazine says that GPS-based road pricing could be here by 2024.BORTISHVOLT AND GLENCORE TO OPEN RECYCLING PLANTBritishvolt and Glencore are to work together to open a new EV battery

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54:34

Grey Is The Colour - 1st February 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/02/02

GREY IS THE MOST POPULAR COLOURGrey is the most popular colour chosen by British new car buyers for the 4th year in a row. You can read the release from the SMMT here and analysis from Autocar here.COUNCILS COULD ENFORCE MOVING TRAFFIC OFFENCES FROM JUNECouncils in England and Wales could be able to follow the examples of London and Cardiff and enforce some traffic offenses from June. They will have some hoops to jump through though. You have read more here.STREETLIGHTS TO GAIN MORE TECHSome

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45:54

Special Edition - Volkswagen ID.3 Review

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/28

Alan had Volkswagen’s most important new car since the Golf for a week. Is the ID.3 People’s Car 2.0 or does its hurried gestation in the light of Dieselgate shine through?

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40:04

Is It Cause I’m Old - 25 January 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/26

FOLLOW UP: MYTHS ABOUT HIGHWAY CODE CHANGESLast week the chaps had an article on the changes to the Highway Code as the Lunchtime Read as they are significant and we all need to understand them. Apparently some did not listen to us, with reports from mainstream media outlets not correctly explaining the issues. In case you didn’t read last week’s recommendation then click this article from The Guardian, so you are well informed. FOLLOW UP: MORE DETAIL ON POSSIBLE LONDON ROAD TRAVEL CHANGESAs Andrew

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29:14

Special Edition - Tokyo Auto Salon 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/21

TOKYO AUTO SALONAlan and Andrew are rounding up the highlights from the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, a tuner focused show that is worth paying attention to because a lot of ideas and themes get explored at their most undiluted form, by manufacturers experimenting and trying to wow audiences. PERFORMANCE CAR HIGHLIGHTSThere is a huge performance car contingent to the show, with the following highlights discussed. Toyota GR GT3 ConceptToyota GRMN YarisToyota bZ4X GR SportSubaru Solterra STiSubaru E-RA

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46:25

Our Little Run of Fun - 18 January 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/19

SMART MOTORWAYS HALTED BY GOVERNMENTThe roll out of new smart motorways will be halted for five years, as the Government wants to use that time to collate more data on the safety of the existing sections. Those schemes that are already being built will continue, however. In the meantime, £900 million has been pledged to improving the safety of existing smart motorways. For more on this story, click the Autocar article here. FUEL DUTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT £5 BILLION THANKS TO EVSThe RAC Foundation has

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32:31

Special Edition - Hyundai i20N Review

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/14

Andrew had a Hyundai i20N, for a week, to see if it could be as good as so many are saying. Listen in as he chats to a jealous Alan about what he found out whilst battling his local mud strewn roads.To listen to Alan’s review of the i20 Premium, click this link here. To listen to Alan chat to Andrew about his driving day with Hyundai, that included a quick run in an i20N, click here for the link.

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49:11

Almost Coherent - 11 January 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/12

FOLLOW UP: PROPOSED MANCHESTER CAZ TO BE REVIEWEDGreater Manchester’s Mayor has announced that the proposed Clean Air Zone will be reviewed, ahead of the implementation on 30 May. There are concerns that it will impact businesses heavily. Andy Burnham has called on the Government to do more to support those trying to transition to cleaner vehicles. The CAZ will only charge commercial and private hire vehicles, not private cars. For more on this story, click here for the BBC News article. FOLLOW UP:

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48:16

Earned Their Prosecco - 4 January 2022

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2022/01/05

FOLLOW UP: CHANGES TO CHARGER RULES ROLLED BACKOver the festive period, the Government quietly rolled back some of the changes they had outlined would have to happen when it comes to installing charging points at non residential properties with a large car park. Now only new or refurbished commercial properties will be required to install at least one charging point. To read more, click The Guardian link here. FOLLOW UP: NEW GREG KELLY EVIDENCE EMERGESInformation disclosed to Asia Times seems to

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53:41

Men In Sheds - 21 December 2021

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/12/22

FOLLOW UP: CHANGES TO TOWING RESTRICTIONS NOW IN FORCEAfter recently confirming that the changes to the towing rules had not, in fact, changed, we were informed by one eagle-eyed listener that as of 16 December 2021, they have changed. To find out who is allowed to do what, compared to who was allowed to what previously, click the Government’s own guidance link here. PLUG-IN CAR GRANT ALLOWANCE CHANGED AGAINOnce again , the Government has changed the eligibility of the plug-in grant with no notice

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35:40

Chuckle of Despair - 14 December 2021

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/12/15

FOLLOW UP: VW RESHUFFLE COMPLETEDVolkswagen Group announced a host of senior management changes, which didn’t occur in quite the way some reports suggested, in the previous week. The main one is that Thomas Schäfer is moving from Skoda to head up VW. Brandstätter, who was tipped to take on more responsibility from Diess is sent to head up their China operations. Added to which Diess will take control of Cariad, their software division. For more information, click here to read the Autocar article

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23:21

Special Edition - Bcomp Natural Fibres Composite...

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/12/10

The Swiss company, Bcomp produce lightweight, natural fibre composite materials and panels which are beginning to find their way into the automotive sector. Listen in as Andrew talks to Per Mårtenson about how Bcomp started, what they do and how these clever products can be used. Thank you to Per for chatting with Andrew and giving us this fascinating insight into a different material.

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51:29

Fettling His Matiz - 7 December 2021

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/12/08

FOLLOW UP: MORGAN HINTS AT FUTURE DESIGNSRecently the chaps discussed the new appointment of Matthew Hole as CTO and idly wondered what that would mean for future designs. Seems Morgan heard, well, okay, they probably didn’t, but let’s not dwell on that as they have teased out some sketch designs of how future Morgan’s could look. To find out more, click the Morgan article here. NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES NOVEMBER 2021 The SMMT has published their monthly new car registration figures, for

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33:39

Maintaining The Capability - 30 November 2021

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/12/01

ALISON JONES NAMED PRESIDENT OF SMMTAlison Jones, Stellantis VP and Country Manager for the UK, has been announced as the first female President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. She will take up her position on 1 January 2022. Dr George Gillespie OBE, steps down after a three year tenure as President. To find out more, click the SMMT article here. UK CAR PRODUCTION WORST SINCE 1956 The continued pressures on the supply chain constrained the UK’s car production in October to on 64,

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50:13

Special Edition - BMW Driving Day

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/11/26

Alan went to Oxford for a day to try some of the new sporting and electric offerings from BMW. With the keys to everything fromt he new M3 Competition xDrive to an electric MINI, how did he get on and what new and novel insights did he gain?

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46:43

Hear the Sparrows Farting - 23 November 2021

Motoring Podcast - News Show ·

2021/11/24

FOLLOW UP: VW SHOULD’VE PUBLISHED ENGINE PLANIn a test case brought by investors in Germany, Volkswagen is accused of failing to disclose the problem from back in 2008. The judge has stated that it is on the investors to prove VW or any of their staff withheld information, but it is up to VW to prove the board not telling investors from 2012 was not grossly negligent nor deliberate. To read more, click here for the Reuters article. FOLLOW UP: CONTINENTAL EX-CEO AND EX-CFO INVESTIGATED The ex-CEO,

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