My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast Steve Cropley and Matt Prior wonder what's going on at Ford in Europe, riff on whether people are buying (or not) Teslas, discover the upcoming Longbow electric sports car, the Morgan Supersport, and much more besides, including your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus podcast episode, Autocar's Editor-in-chief, Steve Cropley, meets Bentley CEO Frank Walliser, who previously enjoyed a long spell at Porsche, about all things Bentley - and how he won't try to turn it into making cars that are too sporty.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk Ukraine aid convoys, used Porsche prices, springtime driving and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a free and exclusive bonus podcast episode Autocar's Editor, Mark Tisshaw, meets Rawdon Glover, Jaguar's managing director, to talk all things Jag: its present, its electric future, and the feedback on that teaser video.  You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast Steve Cropley visits Race Retro and gets pretty fired up about owning a competition car. He also takes a Jeep Wrangler on a few jobs, including to see Frank Walliser, Bentley's CEO. Meanwhile Matt Prior tries to MIOT his new Audi A2. There's much more besides too, including your correspondence.  You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast Matt Prior tells us about his new Audi A2, which cost him £500. Steve Cropley has been out visiting a company called Fellten and three-wheel obsessed designer Andy Plumb. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the new Subaru Forester, a reader's 2001 Fiat Bravo on a road trip in New Zealand, overturning a parking fine, why the Polestar network needs to be expanded, and much more besides, including your correspondence. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast Steve Cropley talks to Guy Pigounakis, the commercial director MG Motor UK, the British arm of the Chinese brand, while Prior gets a ticket for what he thinks is perfect parking in an Ineos Grenadier, while the two riff on whether DS should make a new DS as it strives to be a luxury brand. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about the 2035 combustion ban on all cars, including micro manufacturers, pothole problems, The Concrete Club, listening to Ian Callum, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as Polestar's new boss talks going into a car-selling mode, Steve goes to look at some specialist sports cars, Prior doesn't talk about driving the new GT3 and both agree they like cloth over leather seats. There's much, much more besides, too, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about the first time Lewis Hamilton's first time behind the wheel of a car, in Autocar's sideways challenge, plus talk the Genesis G80, upcoming Alpine sports cars, the Ineos Grenadier, a bit more on Jaguar, and much, much more besides, including your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about Brooklands Museum and Bicester Motion's first events of 2025, just days into the new year. Steve has a nose around a Dacia Spring, we advise a listener which cars come with spare wheels, and Prior gets unreasonably annoyed with a Hyundai advert. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about how much Steve liked the new Renault 5, a compact retro EV city car that also has a sporty hot hatch variant from Alpine, the A290. Cropley talks Pat Symonds, the engineer who'll be instrumental to Cadillac's upcoming new Formula 1 entry, while Prior explains why he's more enthusiastic than some about the forthcoming Honda Prelude which has an engine and yet still a fake gearbox with it. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley get through some of your recent correpsondence, talking Jaguar (a little), touchscreens, two Mercedes, Gordon Murray's cars, the Suzuki Jimny, dogs with their ears flapping in the breeze, and much more besides.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing. And if you'd rate and review the My Week In Cars pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they interview Gordon Murray, the world renowned designer of some of the greatest ever sports and racing cars: from his latest T50 and T33 supercars, to the McLaren F1, to world-championship winning Formula One cars. Murray takes us on a journey from his roots in South Africa to the present day, including his thoughts on EVs, urban transport and much more besides. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley welcome Autocar's road test editor, Matt Saunders, to the studio (aka the storeroom). The trio talk everything from great cars to great canteens, explain how Autocar tests cars and how it (sometimes) upsets the industry.You can be sure to never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing, wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be willing to rate and review the pod, we've appreciate that more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Britain's Best Driver's Car, free Batmobiles, and an electrified Mazda MX-5On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Autocar's Britain's Best Driver's Car 2024 shootout, the results of which are in the latest issue of Autocar. There's also good news for people called 'Bruce Wayne', while Electrogenic have started offering an electric kit for Mazda MX-5s. Plus they talk your correspondence. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Jaguar's new Type 00 concept car, unveiled earlier this week. They also talk their respective Autocar columns, which means in Steve's case they talk the Renault Scenic and its frontal area, ground effect, the ZEV mandate and more serious stuff aside; and in Prior's case they talk reverse parking. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley visit Gordon Murray Automotive, makers of the limited-edition T50 and T33 sports cars, to talk to two of the people behind the project.Dario Franchitti is a four-time Indycar champion and three-time Indy 500 winner, who has now nearly full-time transitioned to being GMA's director of brand, performance and product. Also joining us is Phil Lee, the CEO of Gordon Murray Group.Prior and Cropley also talk a little about their latest columns and the week's car news, including their thoughts on Jaguar's re-brand ahead of a new car unveiling next week.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley review the new Alpine A290 hot hatchback, chat about upcoming changes to hybrid vehicle taxes, the big Genesis saloon that looks like a Bentley, their lunch menu and more besides.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley drive from London to Brighton in the 1902 Albion Dog Cart, talk a new flat eight-cylinder engine, fix Cropley’s Mini Cooper, and talk much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley are joined live at the Royal Automobile Club in London by Jonathan Palmer, CEO of MotoSport Vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your My Week In Cars hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the new Dacia Duster, mayors being deprived of their vehicles, and some excellent news from three parts of the UK motor industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior spend quality time with the new Morgan MD, talk about visiting JLR Classic, talk to an artist about a brilliant new Aston Martin picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your My Week In Cars hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the all-new AC Cobra, which Prior has driven exclusively, that Morgan has a new managing director, a shift in small used car prices, the Renault Symbioz, Bicester's final Scramble of 2024 and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your My Week In Cars hosts, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior, talk about Aston Martin's production warning, how a new boss has settled in at Bentley, and how McLaren named its new W1 hypercar. There's extreme hands-free cornering from ex-Top Gear host Chris Goffey in a Moskvitch and your correspondence, including our hosts recommending the right car for wafting into retirement.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk everything from basic vehicles to the most exotic supercars. It seems that a large percentage of young people are driving vans instead of cars. Which is no bad thing, think our duo, who are both on board with practical vehicles. Meantime, they've both been driving decidedly impractical exotic vehicles, in the shape of the new Bentley Continental GT and Ferrari 12Cilindri. Plus there's stuff on the Bluebird K7, Subaru Forester and, of course, your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley meet to talk about a Coventry University design challenge with Riversimple, the Mazda MX-5 turning 35 years old, and wonder what range a plug-in hybrid needs to remain on sale after pure ICE cars are banned. Then we have your correspondence: why aren't cars more colourful? What car should a reader buy?You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley catch up properly after a hectic few weeks by talking Morgan special editions, how the Vauxhall Frontera isn't a classic, the best-of-the-best concours, the end of the The Grand Tour, spotting one's old Ferrari, buying a Caterham, the new Toyota Prius and much more besides, including lots of your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just 24 hours before Aston Martin announced the world's most successful F1 design engineer, Adrian Newey, would be its new technical director, Autocar crammed into his office beside his famous drawing board for an hour-long interview about all things Aston, Red Bull, and much, much more besides. From modern road car regulation, what he'd do with F1 rules, and why he was disappointed with the Aston Valkyrie, join Autocar's Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk to the man behind more than 200 F1 race wins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is this the last pod presented by real people? Episode 104 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior threatened by AI, the duo talk about the cancelled Stonehenge tunnel, dream cars and dream roads, the luxury car tax, and much more besides including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Episode 97 of the Autocar podcast My Week finds Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about what's in a name, as Ford announces the new Capri EV, while Prior tests Britain's cheapest EV, the sub-£15,000 Dacia Spring, and the pair talk 4x4s to Ukraine, vehicle-to-load batteries, Cropley's insurance woes and more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 96 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars comes at you from Ariel Motor Company, where our presenters Matt Prior and Steve Cropley interview Ariel's Simon Saunders and Chief Engineer Jim Mckechnie, talking all things Nomad 2, Atom 4, electric bicycle and much more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 95 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about Meccano, motorcycles, Jet Provosts, air shows and, er, how about some cars? Yes, some cars, and solid state batteries, and carbon taxes, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 94 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley celebrating the 2024 Autocar Awards, with winners as diverse as Martin Brundle, the Renault Clio and the Catesby Tunnel; plus they discuss Fisker, access to Tesla's supercharger network, a century-old Autocar Handbook, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.