All Torque Car Podcast

Peter and Ross talk about their recent drives in the BMW M2 Competitions, M3 Competitions and M4 Competition at Sydney Motorsport Park.  With the recent rain the boys discuss driving techniques in the rain. Ross wants to know from the BMW Genius why updates remove particular features from the car and Halil wants us to enter a car in the $2,000 race challenge.  Follow us on Instagram and email us at [email protected]

The Cars and Cannoli crew invite Peter and Ross for breakfast.  Some of the members Paul Sparsis, Cos Carbone and Bruno Tocchet, talk about their cars and how the group came about with close to 30 current members. Bruno talks about his Ferrari 328 - a reliable car with reasonable running costs. Paul talks about his BMW M5 Competition which made way for his current Porsche 911 GTS. Cos talks about his recent buying experience of a Porsche 996 GT3 .. with no role cage.  We look at the history of the Targa and how Peter's 993 Targa was parked after 2 blocks driving.  Ross reminisces his first Sunday drive in his supercharged VW Golf R32 Mark V. Follow us on Instagram and email us [email protected]

The gang celebrates 100 shows with our closest friends who have supported us including Bradford Berry from BMW, Tom "roving reporter" Dimitrakas, Chris from Kollector Car, my brother George Ronis and Andrew Smyrnis international correspondent.  The panel debates the past present and future design language from BMW compared to other European marques. An EV debate caused a kerfuffle - environment v better technology. Peter reminisces about the frist episode how we predicted the demise of Holden.  We look at what the second hand car market is doing one year into COVID-19 and look at how hisrotic registration works.  Follow us on Instagram and email us at [email protected]

Tom "the roving reporter" Dimitrakas joins Peter Ronis in a Porsche 911 993 Turbo in a wedding procession for George Ronis' wedding.  The procession includes a Porsche 993 Targa, Porsche 997 Turbo S and the ultimate Porsche 991 GT2 RS Weissach pack.  Tom and Peter talk about the different Porsches and we hear the GT2 RS overtake. (Unfortunately the recording ends abruptly as a technical error muffled the rest of the recording and we salvaged what we could)

Peter Ronis drives an Audi RS5 Coupe through peak hour Sydney but finds enough space in the traffic to have a bit of a dance.  George reveals his new drink of choice each time he fills up the Audi every 3 days.  Follow us on Instagram and email us [email protected]

The boys discuss their Australia Day outings with moderate success for Ross on the boat and Halil at the beach. The X5M is back in for another service and the debat eheats up over warranty claims on modified vehicles. The boys recap the drive in the Defender.  Halil sold the Maserati and Peter sees his first Overfinch.  We discuss the recent auction results and Halil explains when the last Holden built was not actually the last Holden built!!! Follow us on Instagram and email us at [email protected]

Andrew Smyrnis a previous guest from the SEMA Show episodes lets Peter Ronis sit in his Defender for a drive.  Andrew and Peter run through all the unique features in this 21st Century generation Defender - from its digital rear view mirror, a tow pack that allows you to lower the Defender for the tow ball to connect, measures the height of wading water around you and allows you to pull out all the rubber mats to clean out your defender with a hose. Peter was impressed with the build quality, the quietness and the power delivery of the 3.0 litre straight six engine.  Follow us on Instagram and tell us what you think [email protected]

The boys are back together again for the first time this year.  Ross reveals all the places he has visited touring NSW in his new suspension modifications in the BMW X5M.  Halil and Ross compare numbers between the X5M and the GTS-R.  Peter talks about living with the A35.  Ross has more drone stories.  Ross drives an Audi RSQ8 and the boys look at 4 seat convertible options.  Peter reveals recent analytics for the podcast and the show is ranked 2 in Sri Lanka for automotive podcasts and Ross knows why.  Follow us on Instagram and email us [email protected]

Peter Landan invites us to talk about his collection of Nissan cars focusing on the racing pedigree of Prince merged with Nissan in the late 1960's. Peter has spent much of his life immersed in Japanese culture and has recently cultivated his Japanese car collection including an Australian delivered Prince GTB (one of 300 vehicles that came to Australia), Datsun 1600 Coupe, Datsun 240K Australian delivered coupe, Datsun 240Z sourced from Hungary, 1971 Skyline Coupe and also the original Godzilla Z32 GT-R and current R35 GT=R. Peter also talks about running Lotus Motorsports in Australia and we compare the famous European and US car shows with some of the cars hows in Japan.  See some of Peter's collection @downunderkuysha on Instagram.  Follow us on Instagram and email us [email protected]

Guest Mark Porcellato gives his keys to his beloved Toyota Yaris GR to Peter Ronis for a full drive and review.  Mark explains the meaning of the Gazoo Racing name and the boys go through all aspects of the Yaris GR including the sound of a 1.6 litre 3 cylinder 200kW engine!!! A debate ensures about amplified sounds in new cars. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us [email protected]