My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

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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