SMMT Regional Test Days 2023 – South A day of road tests from Oakley Hall near Basingstoke in Hampshire, including:
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Podcast – SMMT Regional Test Day South 2022
Graham, Andrew and Helena have a day of testing an array of the current vehicles on offer in the UK today. Vehicles on test include: Ford E Transit Jeep Compass [ … ]
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2022 – Part 2
We continue to make the most of a kind invitation from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to come to the Millbrook Proving Ground (near Bedford!) and test some [ … ]
2022 UK Motor Industry Update – Mike Hawes of the SMMT
Graham Benge – So here we are at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Press Day. We’ve been invited to test some cars, and this year we’ve decided to [ … ]
Podcast – Random Road Tests From SMMT Test Day South
Graham, Helena and Andrew enjoy a day of test drives from the SMMT Test Day South at the sumptuous Oakley Hall Hotel (near Basingstoke!). Vehicles on test include: DS3 Crossback [ … ]
Are We Ready For An All Electric 2035?
The top item on this morning’s news has certainly sent the motor industry into a tailspin. Leaked to the press by Number 10 ahead of the Prime Minister’s formal announcement [ … ]
Podcast – Who would have a bad word to say about French cars???
In this mildly biased podcast, Mike, Jim and Phil discuss the merits of 100 years of Citroen. Ok, they aren’t entirely positive, but it all comes from a good place…. [ … ]
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2019
UKMT’s Graham Benge and Phil Boxall chat their way round the SMMT’s annual Test Day at Millbrook Proving Ground…. With the SMMT celebrating 40 years of the event, a selection [ … ]
Podcast – The 2018 Sensible Car Shootout
Following on from the fantasy world of Goodwood Revival, Graham brings us back down to earth exploring the £10-20,000 new car market. At the SMMT’s test day, he drives the [ … ]
How is the uncertainty of Brexit effecting the UK car market?
UKMotorTalk’s Graham Benge talks to Mike Hawes of the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) about the state of the UK car market, diesel power, and the uncertainty of [ … ]