My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

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My week in cars: the Autocar podcast episodes

August 25 They've blown the doors off! And how much should an MOT cost?
In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Crayford Mojito - a classic Mini with no sides. Then there's the Mercedes CLA, Leapmotor C10, and Alpine A390. How much should an MOT cost? And there's much more besides, including your correspondence.

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1 hr 5 min
August 21 Bonus: Steve and Matt with your letters (and ZEV stuff)
In this bonus episode of the pod, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior have some of your letters, plus industry news around the zero-emissions vehicle mandate, famous namesakes, and more besides.

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37 min
August 18 Beaulieu/National Motor Museum, the less sporty Supersport, Taki Inoue - no notes
In this week's Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (though not for long), interviewing Taki Inoue, the self-styled worst F1 driver ever, DS's questionably-helpful involvement Formula E, Morgan's Supersport for the US, and much more besides, including your correspondence.

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59 min
August 14 Bonus: Rolls-Royce bespoke engineering's Andrew Monachan
On this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar Meets... Andrew Monachan, Head Of Bespoke Engineering at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Matt Saunders talks to Andrew about all things bespoke: what's possible, what's illegal, and how they develop a car while you're busy helicopter fishing in Australia.

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34 min
August 11 Exclusive: Gerry McGovern speaks
Autocar has spoken to Professor Gerry McGovern OBE, in his first broadcast interview since leaving JLR in reportedly controversial circumstances at the start of the year.

He tells us about his time at JLR and how it came to an end, his latest role as Chief Creative Advisor at Norton motorcycles, his views on modern car design - including the Ferrari Luce - and how he may not yet be done with cars.

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1 hr 10 min
August 07 Bonus: Range Rover MD Martin Limpert: "The sky's the limit" on prices
In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior talks to Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover. The pair talk about the brand's three upcoming electric models, including the new standalone GT; whether JLR differentiates its brands enough; how its bespoke division means 'the sky's the limit' for Range Rover pricing and what the company means to do about its reputation on reliability.

Steve Cropley and Matt Prior will be back on Wednesday for their regular My Week In Cars podcast. Meantime for details of a special subscription offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.
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21 min
August 04 Weld your own Polo; do you have to own an Alfa?
In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Festival of the Unexceptional, Petrol & Pride, welding your own Polo, the Audi A2 (again, of course), how buyers are flocking to new brands, and whether you should buy an Alfa Romeo?

There's more besides, including Steve's views on walking, and your correspondence. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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56 min
July 31 Bonus - The worst thing is 'meh' - Alfa Romeo designer Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos
In this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar's meets Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, VP of design at Alfa Romeo.

We introduce the pod by talking the limited-edition Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale; then discuss what makes an Alfa Romeo; whether cars need to be challenging; will cars get less shouty?; colours!; and more besides.

Usual pod is back on Wednesday.
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30 min
July 28 New Range Rover GT, Donkervoort, crocodiles, marshals,
In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the new Range Rover GT, and how it's not a lifted Jaguar. Cropley talks wading and race marshals, and the pair chat Donkervoort, VAT on electricity bills, buses, and much more besides, including your letters.

They also dive into the Autocar archive. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.

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1 hr 2 min
July 24 BONUS: Renault's top designer Laurens van den Acker
In this Bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley meets the man behind the Renault 5, Renault group's design chief design officer Laurens van den Acker. The pair talk new Renaults, Alpines, Dacias, capturing the zeitgeist and the threat from Chinese carmakers, plus much more besides.
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50 min

About My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

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Join Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or…