With so many events and gatherings planned for the coming months, we make ourselves comfortable talking nostalgia, and in particular the Festival of the Unexceptional…. For more information: Festival of [ … ]
Category: cars
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2023 – Part 2 – Fiat, Toyota, VW, BYD (again), Volvo, Renault, Dacia, DS, & Cupra
In this, the second half of our day with the SMMT at Millbrook, we drive:
Podcast – Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club South Of England Rally 2023
It is a fabulously sunny Sunday in the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May, and we’ve been invited to a gathering of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars…. Certainly [ … ]
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2023 – Part 1 – Porsche, BYD, MG and a catch up with SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes
In this, Part One of our day of test drives and industry updates at the SMMT Test Day 2023:
Podcast – Are we entering the era of the electric hot hatch?
In this episode: With teases of the Alpine A290ß and MG’s Cyberster we look at the possibilities of the all electric hot hatch and sports car sectors. We also consider [ … ]
Podcast – Are Chinese Cars The Next Big Thing?
We discuss what could be on offer from Chinese manufacturers here in the UK. BYD, Chery, Great Wall, Haval, NIO…. All brands (and several more) that might not mean much [ … ]
Podcast – Gordon Murray’s T.33 Spider, Richard Burns’ WRC Subaru, and Mike and Jim’s Fiesta ST!
Mike regales us with stories about the FiST (Fiesta ST) on a track day at Snetterton, Dave resolutely refuses to buy another Alfa, and Graham gets quite excited about autonomous [ … ]
Podcast – Everything From Vauxhall Victors to Tesla Roadsters
In this episode we catch up with Dave’s thoughts on the £800 Alfa Romeo GTV carefully selected for him last time, discuss how the interiors of cars look and smell, [ … ]
92% of UK Drivers Against Subscription Pricing for Features Like Heated Seats
As we discussed in Podcast #170 manufacturers have been exploring the potential of charging ‘owners’ subscription fees to access certain features on their vehicles. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Britain’s drivers are not [ … ]
