Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
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| New Panda and a bendy factory | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:33:08 | |
This week's Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the shortly upcoming Fiat Panda, Suzuki's decision to drop some cars in the UK, a cut-price Toyota GR Yaris alternative, and a potentially apocryphal story about what caused some British cars to leak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Meet the Caterham boss | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:39:44 | |
Episode 102 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley visiting the brand new, all singing, all dancing* (*may not sing or dance) Caterham factory in Dartford, just a stone's throw from the old place, but much bigger, much brighter, much better. They talk to Bob Laishley, the CEO, who reveals all on the Seven's future, its new engines, the firm's upcoming electric coupe, expanding sales volumes, and more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Shiny new Ford, expired old Hyundai, The £10k Ariel | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:48:43 | |
Episode 93 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about how to replace an old Hyundai i10 - if its owner can bear it - the new Ford Explorer, the range of an electric MG, the Triumph Bonneville, EV brakes, ceramic coatings and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Detroit motor show and the Ariel ‘Batman’ | 27 Sep 2022 | 00:42:52 | |
This week, Steve and Matt talk about the Detroit motor show and why the lack of a freezing backdrop wasn’t the only worrying aspect to it, while Matt has got a new theory on four cylinder Porsches, courtesy of his friends at Caffeine and Machine. Plus, why you shouldn’t drive a Reliant Robin in windy conditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Zero-emission supersonics, upturned V8s, and vandalised Land Rovers | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:40:04 | |
This week, Steve and Matt talk about upended V8s, oversteering EVs, going supersonic with no emissions and the pain of a vandalised Land Rover. Plus your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Cars on grass, selling the Lotus 4x4, and visiting the British Motor Museum | 12 Sep 2022 | 00:29:25 | |
Whether it's cleaning cars with cotton buds or being impressed by a 25 year old Lexus SUV, in this first episode of this new My Week In Cars podcast, available now, Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior discuss their disparate motoring week. If you want to know about buying a Noble V8 off ebay, why we're in the emissions era, and about a million other things about cars, listen onwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pick a brand, the new beach buggy, Geneva show no show | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:40:54 | |
Episode 92 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley picking one single car brand to drive forever, talking about the new Mika electric beach buggy, the £180,000 per hour air tool, a trip to see the new Bugatti, the Geneva motor show's demise and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Modified classics, the 1.1m-mile taxi, McLaren's future | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:44:28 | |
Episode 91 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking McLarens, an artistic Lotus XI, racing driver Katherine Legge's fast Indy laps, encouraging you to have your say on classic cars, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stop! Steve Cropley has BOUGHT A CAR | 28 May 2024 | 00:38:11 | |
Episode 90 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the fact that Steve's long search for a new car is finally over, a Kia EV9 with a very unsettling braking issue, a clever Renault Scenic feature, the Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Pininfarina Morgan, Young Drivers, and the best mornings | 21 May 2024 | 00:49:42 | |
Episode 89 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the new £200,000 Morgan designed by Pininfarina, the fantastic Young Driver training programme, Renault's self-driving car plan and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Wheeler's amphibious car, friendly faces, Wiltshire motor museum | 14 May 2024 | 00:40:52 | |
Episode 88 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the Scamander amphibious car project, the Atwell Wilson motor museum in Wiltshire, friendly car faces, the Great British School Trip, cruise control, the Jaguar D-Type, and more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Aston Martin Bulldog driven, the RAD index, Stellantis on killing the UK car industry | 07 May 2024 | 00:47:13 | |
Episode 87 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about Stellantis chief Carlos Tavares's withering attack on UK automotive policy, young-timer classic car prices, driving an Aston Martin Bulldog, the British Motor Museum on the move and more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Jaguar C-X75, EV oversupply, Derek's hairdresser | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:39:59 | |
Episode 86 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about a road-going version of Jaguar's C-X75 concept car updated by its designer Ian Callum, a Morris Minor set for a restoration, our friend Derek's hairdresser and his Toyota GT86, track day-ing an Alpine A110 and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Mini Countryman, Murray T50, racing Fords | 23 Apr 2024 | 00:36:02 | |
Episode 85 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the Goodwood Member's Meeting, Ford's racing legacies including the origin story of the Cosworth DFV engine, the size and nature of the latest Mini Countryman, the Fiat Panda, Volkswagen Golf R, Gordon Murray Automotive's T50 track car and much much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Interview Special Episode: how to make a Jaguar/Land Rover with JLR engineering director Matt Becker | 16 Apr 2024 | 00:57:49 | |
Episode 84 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley visiting JLR to talk to Vehicle Engineering Director Matt Becker, to find out what makes Defenders, Range Rovers, Discoveries and, crucially, upcoming Jaguars, tick. Hear this wide-ranging interview about Becker and JLR's current and future work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Jaguar i-Pace, Toyota Hilux | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:31:49 | |
Episode 101 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley back in the studio* (*Steve's dining room) for a chat about Jaguar's upcoming rejuvenation, a rather exceptional unexceptional Toyota Hilux, and much more besides including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Live from Cropley Curve, and no kidding | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:40:15 | |
Episode 83 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior in the control tower at Bicester Heritage, where the test track has a corner now named after Cropley. The lads also talk April Fools, Australian butchers and Mustangs everywhere, including Ford’s boss racing at Goodwood. Plus, of course, your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Rolls Spectre, the petrol Fiat 500 electric, 'enough' car | 02 Apr 2024 | 00:39:16 | |
Episode 82 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about driving the new Rolls-Royce Spectre, putting a hybrid petrol engine into the electric Fiat 500 platform, Steve Saxty's exhaustive BMW book, round headlights, and how much car is 'enough'. Plus, of course, your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Aston and Bentley upheaval, Lamborghini design, Toyota iQ | 27 Mar 2024 | 00:36:39 | |
Episode 81 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about Adrian Hallmark's big move from being Bentley's CEO to Aston Martin's, as well as the joys of Bangers and Cash star Derek Mathewson's auction house, tributes to famed car designer Marcelo Gandini, driving the Toyota iQ, and musing on the new Chapman Bespoke programme at Lotus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Goodwood's MG sculpture, more police pls, design a Polestar | 20 Mar 2024 | 00:49:29 | |
Episode 80 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about MG's upcoming centenary celebrations at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Yasa motors relocating to Bicester, continued cutbacks to traffic police services and how outsourcing their work to cameras is ineffective. The lads also riff on how you can design a Polestar and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| In Austin’s office; entry-level motorsport; five star buttons | 13 Mar 2024 | 00:33:31 | |
Episode 79 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior climbing into a new exhibit at the British Motor Museum, Herbert Austin’s office, through the fireplace to talk NCAP’s view on buttons, customer service, entry level motorsport and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| EV megatest, more from Geneva, speed limits | 06 Mar 2024 | 00:44:05 | |
Episode 78 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about spending days in many EVs, commercial vehicle speed limits, more news from the Geneva show and much else besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Geneva show special, Kei cars for the UK, driving refreshers, McLaren bandwidth | 28 Feb 2024 | 00:51:51 | |
Episode 77 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about this week's Geneva motor show, visiting the McLaren Technical Centre to discuss car 'bandwidth', driving licence refreshers, wondering whether Kei cars would be right for the UK and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Aston Valour, Toyota Corolla, Chinese brands, Geneva preview | 21 Feb 2024 | 00:36:05 | |
Episode 76 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior spotting an Aston Valour in the wild, recommending Toyota Corollas (and Renault Zoes), talking Chinese brands and the upcoming Geneva motor show, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Parking apps, aerodynamic tunnels, MOTs, hovercraft | 14 Feb 2024 | 00:46:29 | |
This week the lads talk about aerodynamic tunnels, three-year MOTs, the trouble with parking apps, and more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pre-flight checks, ducking Jeeps, niche industry diversity, Euro 7 | 07 Feb 2024 | 00:38:04 | |
Episode 74 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about pre-flight checks in an electric Audi, a new classic car event running this summer at Castle Combe, Jeep drivers ducking each others cars, the continuing diversity of the niche British car industry, Euro 7 emissions regulations and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Episode 100! Special guest: David Richards, Prodrive chairman | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:58:04 | |
It's Episode 100 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, and our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley have celebrated by heading off to interview a special guest, Prodrive and Motorsport UK chairman David Richards. Prodrive is a world-leading motorsport engineering company celebrating its own 40th anniversary this year, and Richards opens up on its creation, his time as a world rally championship winning co-driver and how F1 changed him for the worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A good fast Ford, the Detroit show, classic Rolls-Royce, a race academy | 31 Jan 2024 | 00:46:10 | |
Episode 73 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about a good experience with a new fast Ford, the Puma ST, as well as riffing on a classic Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, commending Jonathan Palmer and Ginetta's new race academy, hoping the Detroit motor show will be back as it should be, and talking much more beside, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Classic Range Rovers, bullied small cars, stress-free charging | 24 Jan 2024 | 00:41:05 | |
This week the lads talk about a classic Range Rover, the trouble with small cars, and stress-free EV charging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dazzling lights, Bentleys, SMMT, GR Yaris, 'moron tourism' | 17 Jan 2024 | 00:37:57 | |
This week the lads talk about headlight dazzling, a luxury Bentley versus a cheap car, and 'morons' who go hooning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Bicester Scramble, Ford Kuga, EV 4x4 capability, the Raptor | 10 Jan 2024 | 00:36:49 | |
This week the lads talk Bicester's Scramble, the Ford Kuga and Ranger Raptor, and wonder how capable an EV 4x4 could be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 2024's key cars and events, Suzuki Swift, Audi SQ8, a fallen Discovery | 03 Jan 2024 | 00:31:51 | |
This week's My Week In Cars comes at you from Caffeine and and Machine where we talk 2024's key cars and events and more besides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Christmas special with Richard Hammond | 27 Dec 2023 | 00:59:58 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior visit Richard Hammond to talk all things Top Gear, The Grand Tour and his latest venture, Richard Hammond's Workshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Tesla Cybertruck, Japan's Alpine A110s, Vauxhall Astra EV, straight-sixes | 20 Dec 2023 | 00:30:32 | |
This week Steve Cropley says what he thinks about the Tesla Cybertruck, and Matt Prior talks straight-six engines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Underrated cars, designing a gearbox in Lego, the Citroen Ami | 13 Dec 2023 | 00:43:30 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about underrated cars, the Citroen Ami and Renault’s SUVs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| New Year events, sustainable racing, iconic adverts | 06 Dec 2023 | 00:39:38 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior consider plans for the New Year at Brooklands, talk sustainable race fuels, and ponder the value of long-known advert slogans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Tesla v Dacia, Caterham's electric coupe | 29 Nov 2023 | 00:44:55 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior chat the battle for Europe's most popular car, an electric Caterham coupe, and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| "I could've died." Cropley's outback crash, new Renault Twizy, Shelsley Walsh | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:48:17 | |
Episode 99 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our hosts at the British Motor Museum, sharing an office with a Hart F1 engine and a Triumph Thruxton motorcycle as they talk the Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, Renault's plan to introduce a replacement for the Renault Twizy, range-extenders, a big crash in Cropley's trucking past, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Looking for an ego | 22 Nov 2023 | 00:41:56 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the search for the fastest person in the world, and the BYD Seal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Weighty noses, the Jaguar F-Type and becoming a car designer | 15 Nov 2023 | 00:46:12 | |
Episode 62 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about a new car drawing course offered by designer Frank Stephenson. Plus, Cropley admires the poise, handling and stability of a Jaguar F-Type, tells us about the need for good industry communicators, ponders the future of his Mini and the pair talk much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Jaguar's future and driver assistance | 08 Nov 2023 | 00:46:36 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk Volvo interfaces, future Jaguars and active safety Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Recorded LIVE with Andy Palmer and the Autocar team | 01 Nov 2023 | 01:09:08 | |
This week the Autocar is joined by industry bigwig Andy Palmer and a live audience at the Royal Automobile Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| You might want to consult your insurers | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:38:33 | |
This week Steve Cropley receives an alarming phone call about his Alpine A110, while he and Matt Prior also talk historic vehicles and the Ariel Atom V8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Can't get Up | 17 Oct 2023 | 00:39:34 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the VW Up, Citroen AMI and Scrambles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Solid state in 2028, a solid BMW, solid engagements | 10 Oct 2023 | 00:36:18 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk solid state batteries, hard BMWs, the trouble with lap times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Too old to retrain? Jaguar F-Type, HS2 | 03 Oct 2023 | 00:37:51 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk Jaguar coupes old and new, retraining and high-speed rail links Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Climbing electric mountains; avoiding old rocks | 27 Sep 2023 | 00:35:35 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the 2030/2035 zero emission switch, go hillclimbing in an electric BMW and ponder the Stonehenge conundrum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| ULEZ dodgers, retro concepts, momentum | 19 Sep 2023 | 00:34:15 | |
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior preserve momentum, talk retro concepts and discuss the perfect old daily Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Interview: F1's Fernando Alonso, small Italian cars, shrinking Jaguar | 23 Jul 2024 | 00:51:56 | |
Episode 98 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds Matt Prior interviewing Fernando Alonso about his perfect Aston Martin (the Valiant), plus his long-term future with the brand. Steve Cropley has a ride up the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb in the new Ford Capri, while the pair also discuss Jaguar's shrinking model range, find out why the PM is driven in an Audi, talk Autobianchi and Innocenti, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Anniversary edition: Shell suits, hire cars, and un-kerbed alloys | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:38:30 | |
In our first anniversary edition, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior get unexpectedly good customer service, talk EV advancements and a clash of the concours events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||