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Motor Torque with David Berthon

A weekly show with all the latest information and news in the motoring industry. Hosted by 2GB"s very own motoring corespondent David Berthon. For more engaging content visit the 2GB website, or listen live to 2GB 873.

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BMW X3 M50 SUV – a sports activity vehicle SAV,...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/17

Behind the wheel of BMW’s X3 M50 SUV – BMW does performance very well and its M series X3 is very well sorted – and at $128,900 I guess you can rightly suggest it should be – the X3 M50’s 3.0-litre turbo in-line six gaining 48-volt mild hybrid boost. With 8-speed ZF gearbox, BMW’s x-Drive all-wheel drive and adaptive suspension ride and handling is a good as it gets, the whole performance polished, athletic and just so smooth, BMW refer to it as a sports activity

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BMW X3 M50 SUV – the performance X3 with just so much...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/17

Drive any SUV over $100,000 and you expect it to be a well sorted package butthat’s not always the case however the new BMW X3 M50 SUV at $128,900 is hardto top. l can hear you saying for that money it would want to be. However, theflagship of BMW’s best-selling X3 model is as good as it gets – BMW defines it asan SAV, not SUV, SAV standing for sports activity vehicle and its most apt.upgraded earlier this year the fourth generation BMW X3 now in four models, sitson the same

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Chinese car invasion about to get more intense

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/17

In the last 18 months we’ve seen a number of new Chinese car brands, andalmost on a weekly basis, the arrival of new and improved models. As onelong standing dealer said to me recently – David we can’t afford not to takeon new brands from China as the car market is rapidly changing and weexpect them to capture around 40 per cent of the market in a fairly shorttime. Take Chery for example, with new sub brands Jaecoo and Omoda onthe move, both have now launched a handful of models,

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Friday afternoons the worst time to be on the road

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/17

Whenever I talk about road safety at Easter and Xmas I suggest the worsttime to be on the road is Friday afternoons. Something I’ve witnessed overmany years where on a Friday drivers intent on getting home for theweekend throw caution to the wind. So I was pleased to read the 2025 AAMICrash Index which confirmed that Friday afternoons feature with thehighest number of collision claims. AAMI suggesting the possible reasondrivers are transitioning from the long working week into the weekend

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Cupra Tavascan – all electric mid-size SUV with...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/10

Driving the relatively new Cupra Tavascan mid-sized electric SUV today – thehigher grade Tavascan VZ at $79,990 driveaway, a striking coupe style mid-sizedSUV with dual motor 250kW all-wheel drive with electronic adaptive suspension,large 21-inch alloy wheels, six drive modes, a full suite of active and passivesafety elements and an interior design that is unique and very appealing. Cupraalways highlight wheels and interior elements with copper trim and its verydistinctive although some of

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Cupra Tavascan – all electric, Spanish coupe style SUV

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/10

Driving a Spanish newcomer today – The Cupra Tavascan, the maker’s secondelectric model retains its Spanish flair despite being built in China. Cupra, part ofthe Volkswagen Group, and having a better year, sales up 40 percent on 2024.The Tavascon a sporty striking coupe style SUV in two models, the rear drive210kW Endurance and the sportier 250kW all-wheel drive VZ - I drove the VZ withdual electric motors, a 77kWhour battery and 499km range – it gains an adaptiveelectronic

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Chinese brands make bigger inroads with July sales

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/10

Official V-Facts new vehicle sales data for the month of July show a recordmonth with 103,097 vehicle deliveries due in part to the growing popularityof Chinese models with sales up 50 percent on the same month last year.Three Chinese brands GWM, BYD and MG are now represented in the topten best-selling list, however only one of the top ten best-selling modelswas Chinese - the small Chery Tiggo 4 Pro SUV. SUV’s continue to be thevehicle of choice, 61 percent of all vehicles sold – petrol

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Donald Trump unloads on seriously ‘woke’ Jaguar brand

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/10

It’s no secret that Jaguar come year end will introduce a new breed of electric only cars – despite a 90-year history of sports orientated models that featured space, grace and pace Jaguar is on a new projectory that will present a new design vision – called the Type 00 concept it will push the brand further upmarket into Rolls-Royce and Bentley territory – in the process it expects to lose 85 per cent of its current customer base – in doing so it has drawn much

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$18.5 million Oxford Street cycleway opens

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/03

Much jubilation this week from Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore at theopening of the long-awaited Oxford Street cycleway – a 1 km stretch ofdual cycleway from Taylor Square to Hyde Park corner – costing astaggering $18.5 million dollars. As she said, “no longer will people ridingneed to weave in and out of traffic, competing with trucks, cars, busesalong Oxford Street”. Really, this major traffic artery to the East reduced athuge cost in the interests of 3,000 bike riders

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Jaecoo J7 SHS Summit SUV – impresses in a highly...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/03

Further on the Jaecoo J7 SHS Summit SUV – with Range Rover Evoque stylingcues this plug-in hybrid newcomer has a clamed 106km pure electric range and apotential combined total range of 1200 kilometres. At $47,990 drive-away itfeatures a 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine linked to an electric motor driving the frontwheels fed by an 18.3kWhour battery. Nice external styling cues with a waterfallstyle grill, a roomy five-seater, finishes inside not so expressive but great interms of space. A large

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Jaecoo J7 SHS Summit SUV – SHS standing for super...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/03

A number of new SUVs have arrived from China. One hybrid I’ve just drivenreally appealed – the Jaecoo J7 SHS Summit SUV - a medium sized five-seatSUV, $47,990 drive-away, a plug-in hybrid with claimed 106km of pure electricrange and a combined range of up to 1,200kms. With a 1.5-litre turbo petrol four-cylinder aided by a single electric motor driving the front wheels via a singlespeed transmission. Most of the time, the front wheels are driven via the electricmotor, the petrol engine

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Warringah Freeway upgrade draws significant praise...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/08/03

I’ve been driving across the Harbour Bridge for the last 65 years – it seemsa long time since I drove my mother daily across the Bridge in my 1924Austin Seven Roadster – from 1960 in fact and I’ve seen lots of changes inthe bridge surrounds along the way. However, the current 1.16 billion dollarupgrade currently taking place to the Warringah Freeway is the biggestchange – a massive infrastructure project that will change the way wetravel – from my perspective the

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Cadillac’s electric Lyric five-seat SUV – handsome...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/27

Talking Cadillac today – America’s luxury brand - finally back in our market aftermany years in the form of the all-electric Lyric SUV – Cadillac’s first electricmodel. I’ve just spent a week with the all-wheel drive Cadillac Lyric – a ratherhandsome SUV available in two models - the Lyric Luxury at $122,000 plus on-road costs and the Lyric Sport for another $2,000. Both feature the same dualmotor power train with 388kW and 610Nm of torque fed by GM’s 102kWh

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Subaru launch new stronger hybrid sixth-generation...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/27

Subaru launched their sixth-generation Forester SUV this week with anupdated petrol/electric hybrid system that it expects will boost their mostpopular models’ sales. The new Strong Hybrid e-boxer system combinesthe trusty 2.5-litre petrol boxer engine with a 90kW electric motor and1.1kWh lithium-ion battery producing a 31.8 percent uplift in power over theoutgoing mild hybrid system. The new system said to be quieter, withinstant torque and providing a driving range of over 1,000km. The

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BYD under pressure in their home market from new players

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/27

I spoke last week of criticism from some Chinese car industry executivesof the massive discounting of electric cars in their home country andwhether it’s sustainable – the criticism mostly levelled at the heavydiscounting by BYD. Locally, BYD is enjoying a substantial lift in salesgenerated by its popular BYD Shark 6 ute, and Sealon 6 and 7 SUVs – salesin June this year tallied 8156, a 367 percent lift over the same month lastyear. However, in the Chinese domestic market BYD has

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Cadillac Lyric premium SUV – underdone for this price...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/27

Driving the Cadillac Lyric SUV today – General Motors luxury brand arriving backin our market after a long hiatus despite several attempts by Holden some 17years ago to introduce the Cadillac CTS sedan. The Lyric however, Cadillac’s firstelectric model is a handsome large SUV, an all-wheel-drive dual motor luxury SUVwith strong performance and with an official range of 530km – two models withthe same powertrain, the Lyric Luxury at $122,000 and the Lyric Sport for another$2,000

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Mini Countryman S – appealing different compact SUV...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/20

Driving the Mini Countryman S – a 2.0-litre turbo petrol 7-speed automatic all-wheel drive five door in the mid-spec Favoured grade – all up $61,990 plus on-road costs. Designed with an adventurous spirit this premium level Mini hasenjoyed strong growth this year – sales up 155 percent. The Mini Countrymandifferent, now roomier with features that border on being quirky. It’s not foreveryone but for those buyers who like a little individuality it has real appeal

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Mini Countryman S – an interesting and different...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/20

Driving the Mini Countryman today – the Mini brand part of the BMW group andtoday enjoying strong growth, up 80 percent in the first half, the larger and longerfive-door Countryman the big sales mover, available in petrol or pure electric,each in several grades. I drove the 2.0-litre turbo petrol 7-speed dual clutchautomatic Countryman S all-wheel drive in the mid-spec Favoured grade –$61,990 plus on road costs. The Countryman five-door, based on BMW’s X1platform, a really

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Chinese government looks set to regulate its electric...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/20

Reports out of China indicate the Chinese Government is about tointervene in the country’s continuing electric car price war – the newscomes as a number of state-owned car makers, particularly GAC and JAC,are struggling under price pressure, particularly from BYD. As I’ve reportedbefore thousands of dollars has been slashed off the price of popularmodels as Chinese car makers try to gain as much market share aspossible. GWM and Geely executives have already warned of the

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Pickles introduces new electric car battery testing...

Motor Torque with David Berthon ·

2025/07/20

For second hand electric car buyers the health of the battery has alwaysbeen a rather unknown. And with a large number of used EV’s now in themarketplace battery health has become a big concern. Pickles this weekintroduced new technology designed to create peace of mind with secondhand EV buyers – Pickles new Battery State of Health Certificate designedto allow potential EV buyers to make a more informed decision – thecompany claiming it’s a first for Australia and places the

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