In this episode:

- After burning rubber up Pikes Peak (Ari Vatanen did it better) in his Mustang for Climbkhana, are we getting a bit over Ken Block's slickly-produced videos?

- Every car ever made has set a "lap record" of the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife. So, with everyone seeming to be able to make up a new record every time they go out, do they matter anymore?

- Are the Supercars (Australia's domestic touring car series, for international listeners) heading for oblivion or glory as they move away from the V8-engined sedans we've known and loved for the last 20 years? Triple Eight is testing their new V6-powered car...but using a V8 engine, while the new V6 engine is in an old V8 chassis...? OK.

- Dyson (the vacuum company) is going to build an electric car. It's going to suck, right?

- Victoria Police are going to buy 80 BMW 5 Series' to form their next highway patrol squadron. Does that make them the "Ultimate Booking Machine"?

James, Richard and Tom (Barry) strip back, pressure test and rebuild the issues of the automotive week.

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