Explore every episode of the podcast My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

On this bonus episode of the pod, Autocar Meets Jim Baumbick, president of Ford of Europe. Steve Cropley chats to Baumbick about what's happening with one of Europe's most important carmakers, from its model range to legislation to the world of motorsport.

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In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk classic car values, a top local restorer, slow-charge Teslas, the new BMW 3 Series and i3, and much more besides, including your letters.

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Wondering what's happening to the collector's car market? Confused that some prices are hitting the stratosphere while other well loved models are in the doldrums? Frankly, so were we.

As part of the Royal Automobile Club's London Motor Week we invited a panel of classic car experts - an auctioneer, two dealers and a leading classic car journalist - to face questions put by Steve Cropley and help us understand what's happening. Hope the conversation puts you in the picture, and many thanks for listening.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk a surprising award (!) for the Fiat Topolino, the new BMW iX5 and Volkswagen ID Polo, the Willys Jeep, a Brundle edition of the Gunther Werks reimagined Porsche 911, and much more besides, including your correspondence.

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In this week's Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior bring you news of a £40,000 model, a near three-tonne BMW, the World Rally Championship being back on the telly, reborn car names, and much more besides, including your correspondence.

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McMurtry Automotive, maker of the awesomely quick and revolutionary single-seat "fan" car that holds the Goodwood Hillclimb record, is celebrating its 10th birthday by revealing its first batch of £1m-plus production cars, now well advanced. They're due to go to owners next year.

Here, speaking exclusively to Steve Cropley, McMurtry founder and MD Tom Yates explains why and how the company was founded. He describes the Speirling's four-stage journey from crazy idea to production readiness and also reveals a little about the company's future plans - not just for a Speirling successor, but for a car beyond that.

Yates says fan-induced downforce is still regarded by most people as revolutionary for cars, but McMurtry is already investigating rule-breaking technologies that are even more advanced.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk your Jaguar feedback, the UK military's next 4x4, the new Fiat Panda, and very much more besides.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar's senior staff writer Charlie Martin meets Antoine Gaillot-Drevon, advanced design manager at Citroen, to talk the new 2CV concept.

The pair discuss its "friendly" face, why you don't fall in love with it immediately, and how difficult it is to bring get car on sale at the low price that has been suggested - as little as £13,000.

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The new Jaguar is here: unveiled in the flesh with all of its technical details laid bare. Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about it, and have the thoughts of Jaguar designer Andrew Wheel and engineer Jon Darlington to bring you too.

There's also more besides, including your correspondence.

Matt also brings you news about a new podcast from our friends who share our building. It's about space. It's called The Karman Line and you can find it here.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior is joined by Kris Culmer, Autocar's self-appointed archive nerd (and official chief sub-editor).

Kris writes our 'lost in the Archives...' feature every week and loves interesting stories. We bring you some top ones: the Skoda so bad that government asked it to be redesigned. The 'pleasure spiral' meant to replace the Eiffel Tower. The man who claimed to have invented an invisible death ray. The hapless Japanese F1 team. Plus much more besides.

It's a lot of fun, and we'll do it again. And if you'd like access to the 131-year Autocar archive, including our special offer for listeners which includes six issues for just £6, click here.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Goodwood Revival, small luxury cars, culture wars (euch) and what a dirty MAF will do to your fuel consumption.

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In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the sweet spot of driving excitement, Toyota's new go-kart, the new Jensen Interceptor reboot, and much more besides including your correspondence.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley travels to the Haynes Motor Museum to meet its curator, Dr Luca Hoare, and its chairman, Chris Haynes.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior visit two different concours of elegance events, chat the new Grand Tour, whether classic cars should have mandatory MOTs and a bit more besides, albeit not your correspondence because they're in a Mercedes-Benz CLA as they drive through Milton Keynes.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, our senior editor James Attwood meets Senior Design Manager at Hot Wheels, Craig Callum. They talk the differences between the real car design business and the toy car design business, why kids come before adults, authenticity - and why a Hot Wheels toy car must be quick down the orange ramp.

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In this week's Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the world's oldest motorsport venue in continuous use (it's Shelsley Walsh), reborn brands like Bristol, Marcos and Jensen, consider old tractors, whether Teslas are good looking, and much more besides, including your correspondence.

We'd love it if you'd write to us, and/or rate and review this pod. And subscribe. Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior is joined by deputy road test editor Richard Lane, and have your letters. They talk BMW M cars, Bovensiepen, charging losses, small fun EVs, overloaded brands and more besides.

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In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior realise this is Episode 208, which means they've been at this weekly podcasting malarkey for four years. But the pod is as per usual: two motoring writers talking about their respective Autocar columns and a bit more besides. Should Cropley buy an EV? Why wasn't the McLaren F1 influential? Why does the internet think Steve is Lee Noble? And did you know Ultima cars has been sold. There's more besides, including your correspondence.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets... Alexandre Malval, VP of design at Renault.

Talking to our senior editor James Attwood, Malval discusses blending Renault's iconic designs (4, 5, Twingo) with its more conventional, forward-looking products, particularly in its upcoming C-segment, and how different countries think differently about design.

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In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Crayford Mojito - a classic Mini with no sides. Then there's the Mercedes CLA, Leapmotor C10, and Alpine A390. How much should an MOT cost? And there's much more besides, including your correspondence.

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In this bonus episode of the pod, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior have some of your letters, plus industry news around the zero-emissions vehicle mandate, famous namesakes, and more besides.

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In this week's Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (though not for long), interviewing Taki Inoue, the self-styled worst F1 driver ever, DS's questionably-helpful involvement Formula E, Morgan's Supersport for the US, and much more besides, including your correspondence.

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On this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar Meets... Andrew Monachan, Head Of Bespoke Engineering at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Matt Saunders talks to Andrew about all things bespoke: what's possible, what's illegal, and how they develop a car while you're busy helicopter fishing in Australia.

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Autocar has spoken to Professor Gerry McGovern OBE, in his first broadcast interview since leaving JLR in reportedly controversial circumstances at the start of the year.

He tells us about his time at JLR and how it came to an end, his latest role as Chief Creative Advisor at Norton motorcycles, his views on modern car design - including the Ferrari Luce - and how he may not yet be done with cars.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior talks to Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover. The pair talk about the brand's three upcoming electric models, including the new standalone GT; whether JLR differentiates its brands enough; how its bespoke division means 'the sky's the limit' for Range Rover pricing and what the company means to do about its reputation on reliability.

Steve Cropley and Matt Prior will be back on Wednesday for their regular My Week In Cars podcast. Meantime for details of a special subscription offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Festival of the Unexceptional, Petrol & Pride, welding your own Polo, the Audi A2 (again, of course), how buyers are flocking to new brands, and whether you should buy an Alfa Romeo?

There's more besides, including Steve's views on walking, and your correspondence. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar's meets Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, VP of design at Alfa Romeo.

We introduce the pod by talking the limited-edition Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale; then discuss what makes an Alfa Romeo; whether cars need to be challenging; will cars get less shouty?; colours!; and more besides.

Usual pod is back on Wednesday.

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In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the new Range Rover GT, and how it's not a lifted Jaguar. Cropley talks wading and race marshals, and the pair chat Donkervoort, VAT on electricity bills, buses, and much more besides, including your letters.

They also dive into the Autocar archive. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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Which semi-budget exotic car is worth a risk? What defines a great driver's car and is a Caterham right up there, even if you're 80? What was the highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed? And what's going wrong at Volkswagen? All these questions and more in the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, brought to you by your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior.

They also dive into the Autocar archive. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In this week's Autocar Podcast, My Week In Cars, our hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior are at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, talking new model launches, Bentley's heritage and factory tours (we hear from head of the Heritage Collection Mike Sayer), the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, and much more besides.

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This week's My Week In Cars podcast is the 200th Wednesday episode! Not that our hosts, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior, remembered at the time they were recording it. Perhaps they'll remember to celebrate next week.

Meantime, then, they talk about the 91mpg Skoda Superb, Porsche GB turning 75, driving a Morgan at midnight, American pickups, Zeppelin airships, and, er, "end of the year" Road Tests.

Prior and Cropley also have your letters and chat about the archive. And for details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, we drive the McLaren W1 hypercar, the latest Ultimate series car from the Woking carmaker, and only the third McLaren to have a '1' moniker. Meanwhile Mitsubishi returns to the UK, the ZEV mandate looks like being amended, and industry minister Chris McDonald MP talks to us from Lotus's Hethel HQ, from where there is news too.

Prior and Cropley also have your letters and chat about the archive. And for details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In this week's My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior find themselves in a Leapmotor C10 on the way to the office. And during it the pod they talk this car, plus lots more: Steve's new Mini, the Mille Miglia, the JCB Hydromax land speed record car, and other things besides.

The pair also have your letters and chat the archive. For details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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In this week's My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk more about the Autocar Awards, where they recorded this podcast. The people are the stars this week: CEOs of FIAT, Lamborghini, WATT, and others. Plus there's about the London Concours, the venue at which our awards were held.

The pair also talk your letters and much more besides. For details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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For this week's bonus pod, Cropley chats with the new CEO of the British Motor Museum, Peter Armstrong, about his first impressions of the 400-strong collection of British-built cars situated right next to the Jaguar factory at Gaydon. 

Armstrong explains what it means to be a museum specialist rather than a car nut though he reckons he's learning more if British auto history all the time. He also lays out some of his plans to make the place bigger, better, more fun and more financially stable as time goes by.

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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the Autocar Awards, taking place the night before this pod is published. We give gongs to cars and gongs to people too, so stay tuned here and over at Autocar for more.

The pair also talk your letters, the BMW M2, Westfield sports cars and more. For details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior have your correspondence. What four-metre long car is special enough for our listener? Will the AC Cobra Coupe be viable? What is Ford's strategy? 

There's much more besides too, as our pair basically randomly run off at the mouth about cars. But do give it a listen. And give the magazine a read, too; there's a great listener offer if you click the link here.

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In this week’s Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Ferrari Luce, a BMW i7, the Fiat Grande Panda, a good four metre car, a BMW E46 M3 Touring like BMW never made.

There’s more too including your correspondence. And there’s more on all of this week’s stories over at Autocar - and we have a special subscription offer for listeners if you click here.

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In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets Lynn Calder, CEO of Ineos Automotive, makers of the Grenadier. Calder tells Cropley and Prior about running "a renegade brand", what it's like to launch a new car in the middle of pandemics, wars, and tariffs, how the car was conceived in a pub and Ineos's future plans, including new models and hoping to replace the British military's Land Rovers.

For more on the stories behind Ineos, read Autocar here.

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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior find themselves inside an Ineos Grenadier and outside a pub. The two talk Steve's new Mini, kit cars, the Gentleman's Ride, why a Ford F250 is perfect for Oxfordshire and more.

There's even more too, including your letters, and details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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In this special episode of the Autocar podcast, we sit down with Markus Haupt, CEO of Seat and Cupra, to hear about his exciting plans for the two Spanish brands.

As the crucial new Raval city car hits the market, thoughts are turning to what Cupra does next - and it sounds like BMW and Volvo might have something to worry about. Meanwhile, the future of Seat – long uncertain – is starting to finally take shape - and we've got all the details.

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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, Steve Cropley spends some time in a Mazda MX-5, and finds out what BMW intends to do with Alpina. Prior gets his Morgan Super 3, while Cropley still hasn't decided on a replacement for his Mini. 

There's more too, including your letters, and details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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On this weekend's bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley meets world land speed record holder Andy Green, the fastest person on earth, and JCB's chairman Lord Bamford, to talk speed records. 

JCB will be taking its Hydromax record attempt vehicle, powered by two hydrogen-fuelled combustion engines making a total of 1579bhp, to Boneville salt flats later this summer to try and go 350mph and set a new hydrogen powered speed record.

For more on the Hydromax, and JCB's other record-breaking vehicles, plus 131 years of unmatched car stories, why not subscribe to Autocar? You can get six issues and access to the entire Autocar digital archive for just £6 here.

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Peter Robinson was Autocar's European Editor for 16 years as part of a 54 year career as a full-time motoring journalist.

As the Editor of Wheels magazine, 'Robbo' gave Steve Cropley his first job in motoring journalism. And given he was in the UK, we couldn't not get Peter to appear on the podcast to catch up with Cropley and Prior.

Join our trio as they talk cars new and old, plus some of Peter's career highlights and lowlights.

And if you want to read some of the greatest stories ever written in a car magazine, you can do so by subscribing to Autocar and gaining access to the full 131 archive, by clicking here. There's even a special offer at the link.

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In this weekend's bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior is joined by Matt Saunders, Autocar's road test editor, to chat your correspondence.

They answer your questions about whether to build or buy, going hillclimbing, steer by wire, what the point of some hypercars is, and Saunders' new Skoda.

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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, Steve Cropley talks about a replacement for the family Mini and Matt Prior watches some budget Nascar. The pair also talk Porsche offloading Bugatti, Jaecoo, Chery, and the Renaults Twingo and 5.

There's more too, including your letters, and details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior investigate whether the road trip is finished, finding tools in a Toyota Hilux, and the Matra Simca Bagheera.

There's more too, including your letters, and details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the return of Alpina, AND the return of Dutton kit cars .

There's more too, including your letters, and details of a special offer which gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here.

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