Gears and Beers: The Unashamedly Unprofessional Automotive Podcast

After a technical hitch with the upload, and better late than never, episode 41 is here!

This week we discuss Pagani claiming they're ending Huayra production with the L'Ultimo.

We then talk about official prificing for the Ford Ranger Ratpor being released for the Australian market, and we were a bit off with our guestimation of $85,000 the other week. This then births a conversation about other high-end utes, and a passionate debate about the new Mercedes X-Class.

Then we talk about BMW Australia leaking the M2 Competition on their own website, which looks like it's going to be one hell of a car.... And we go back to arguing about utes again.

Just before we kick into 'Motorcycle Minute'', Joseph gives Matt the budget for 'Finders Fee', and the budget this week is $50,000. This week on Motorcycle Minute, Joel discusses how the German government is funding BMW (and other companties)

We've made it to the big 4-0! This week, we discuss the news, we play 'Finders Fee', and Joel (rent-a-crowd) has his motorcycle minute (which turns into more than a minute), a new challenge has been put forward by Matt, and of course our usual banter.

Firstly, Mitch gives Joseph his budget for the 3 cars. This week, the budget is $85,000.

Then, Mitch kicks off the news segment by talking about the pricing for the Ford Ranger Raptor being released for the Thai market, and price guestimations being made for the Australian market.

Then we discuss how Holden is stuck in the proverbial creek without a paddle, dropping 18.1% in February.

We then briefly talk about the rumours surrounding the next generation GT86/BRZ which might, maybe, get a 2.4L engine.

And Pagani open up a dealership in Melbourne, selling 100 right hand drive Huayra Roadsters, whith no other models confirmed.

Then Joseph brings up some news about the Alfa-Romeo Guilia Coupe.<

We are back for episode 39 of Gears and Beers. This week, we talk our usual shit, children's movies, cars, and beer.

Mitch starts with wanting to discuss autonomous vehicles, and how the laws have a bit to catch up with the technology. This then transitions into talking about children's animated movies.

Matt then gives Mitch a budget for the new segment 'Finder's Fee'. The budget this week is $7,500, and while Mitch finds some cars, we talk about the new Rav 4, Corolla, and Forester announced at New York Motor Show.

This week we actualkly talk about beer. This week Joseph and Mitch drink a Spanish beer called 'Estrella', which is surprisingly decent for the cheap price you can get them for. Joseph gives it 7 VL Commo One-Wheel-Peel's out of 10.

Matt then brings up news about XXXX aka Milton Mangoes potentially shifting operations to Northern New South Wales, which sparks a lively discussion about beer... And land values...

Matt then gives a qui

This is an exciting episode for Gears and Beers, as we have upgraded our audio quality considerably. We have gone from a single Rode NT-USB with us 4 huddled around it, to a Rode Procaster each, connected to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 audio interface, recorded with Garageband. We're still tweaking the setup, but we think it is a considerable improvement over what we were doing previously.

For a change, our first discussion this week is about beer, specifically Corona and why you must put a lime in your Corona.

We then discuss MotorTrend's decision to effectively leave YouTube, in favour of their MotorTrend On Demand subscription service. We're disappointed by their decision, but we're not surprised by this move at all as the writing was on the wall as soon as they launched their On Demand service a few years back. We than tangent into discussing other large automotive YouTube channels and podcasts, and the business of running a large automotive channel.

We then tran

On this week's episode of Gears and Beers, we play Matt's 'What about this Car?', Joel's 'Motorcycle Minute' returns, Joseph's brings back his 'Automotive Word Association', and of course our usual eloquent bullshittery and tangents.

This week's 'What about this Car' is the Toyota MR2 Spyder, which while we all agree it is not the MR2 you want, it is still a decent little car if you for some reason don't want a Mazda MX5.

Next, we play Joseph's game 'Automotive Word Association'. The words this week are;

1. Turbos
2. Commodore
3. Hyundai Getz
4. MR2... Corolla... Celica
5. Tailgating
6. Wind-up Windows
7. Gran Turismo

We then talk about and reminisce about Gran Turismo and other racing games from our childhood for the next little while.

Then it's Joel's segment 'Motorcycle Minute' in which he talks about the Suzuki Hayabusa and what is rumoured for the next gener

We're back for episode 36!

It was Geneva International Motor Show this week, so we had much news to talk about, plus many arguments and tangents are to be found in this episode.

Mitch has finally found an electric car that he likes, and the other guys hate it; the Honda Urban EV.

We then talk about the Bugatti Chiron Sport, which eventuates into a debate as to what should be considered a 'supercar' and what should be considered a 'sports car'.

Performax, a right hand drive conversion company, will be bringing the Ford F-250 Tuscany Black Ops to Australia. The price for which is $199,000 AUD.

Then it's Joel's Motorcycle Minute, where he is given 1 minute to talk about his favourite topic; motorcycles.

We then play 'What about this car', and this week it's the 2003 Volkswagen Beetle, which Matt concedes that he cannot put a positive spin on.

Mitch then talks about Peugeot, their acquisition of Opel from General Motors, and a

After week off, we are back and with a fancy new intro and outro thanks to Robert Lee, a voice many of you I'm sure will instantly recognise.

Matt's away, so this week it's just Mitch, Joseph and Joel. First two news topics this week are about Hyundai releasing pricing for the upcoming i30N, and their genuine pursuit to crack into performance cars and motorsport by acquiring the head of BMW's M and Individual divisions, Thomas Schemera. We think if you're going for a Volkswagen GTi, you should seriously consider the i30N. In fact, it wins our vote.

We then discuss the new McLaren Senna, and the $530,000 optional Carbon Themed option design my McLaren Special Operations.

We then discuss Holden's concession that their cars have also fallen victim to the Takata airbag recall fiasco. 

We than do Joseph's interpretation of 'What about this car' and we come across an absolute doozy of a car; a 2007 Mitsubishi Colt Turbo RZ convertible.

Joseph then ta

We're all in the house this week, with the return of Matt after being hit by a truck (literally).

First segment is a return of 'What about this car?', and this week is a about the P-Plater favourite, the '02 Mitsubishi Mirage...

We then have caved in and allowed Joel, AKA Rent-A-Crowd, to have his own segment dedicated to motorcycles. The segment is called 'Motorcycle Minute' in which Joel is given 60 seconds to freely talk about motorcycles.

1. It is then a revival of Joseph's segment called 'Automotive Word Association'.

Association words;

1. Supra
2. Great Wall
3. Lug Nuts
4. Tranny
5. Supercharger
6. Lamborghini
7. Suzuki
8. Naturally Aspirated
9. Colin McRae
10. Socket Wrench

We then break into a bit of news.

We briefly talk about the new Mustang as Matt wasn't with us for the previous episode. Matt then brings up BMW declaring that they will

Better late than never, here's episode 33. It's been a bit of a crazy week for the Gears and Beers crew... And not in the best way. I'm sure we'll discuss the events in episode 34. This week is tangent city, more so than usual, believe it or not.

First topic of the blocks is Nissan's facelift of the aging 370Z... Keeping in mind the underpinnings of this car (350z) is about 15 years old.

Joel, AKA Rent-A-Crowd, asks the panel what we think is the best car name ever.

Toyota has teased car lovers world wide with a monochrome image of the rear of a sports coupe, with the tagline 'The legend returns'... Clearly, they're talking about the Supra (FT1)... Or, at least, a concept of it AGAIN.

Joseph then brings up the launch of the new Ford Ranger Raptor, which we all think looks awesome, and we think the EcoBoost engine is awesome too.

We then discuss the pricing and spec release of the facelift update to the Mustang.

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It's episode 32, and we actually talk about beer! This week we're drinking 'Urban Crusader', which is claimed to be an Australian "style" Double-Hopped Lager, however upon further inspection, it might actually be triple-hopped... Further investigation is needed.

First actual news topic for the week is about Porsche rumoured to be putting a turbocharger on the next 911 GT3, with 410kw over the 368kw from the current 991.2 GT3.

We then discuss the new Alpine that Top Gear hosts Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan were driving in Monte Carlo caught fire, which gets Joseph talking about a Z31 his grandfather was driving that also caught fire.

For once, Matt actually has a topic to discuss, which is asking us what we'd choose; a 2016 Toyota RAV4, or a 2018 Toyota Corolla, which isn't actually as obvious to answer as it appears to be on the surface.

We then bring back a fan favourite, 'What about this Car'? And this week there's 2, the Infinity G37, and