UKMotorTalk

Graham speaks to us down the "WhatsApp" line from his garden again, with this week's topics including:

• Morgan's 70th Anniversary Plus 4
• The constant activity of an F1 engineer's mind - including an archive interview with Adrian Newey
• Keeping your car usable, even if you're not using it
• And the first in a new series of "The Makes That Time Forgot" starts with Borgward

For more visit:  http://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2020/04/podcast-stay-at-home-and-service-your-car/

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With as much social distancing as is possible to get, Graham talks to us (via WhatsApp !) from his garden chair in the sun....

Topics naturally include:

Buying used cars in the current climate

How will big names in the motor industry will cope with shut downs?

How many of the events on our calendars a week ago will happen in 2020?

When will the F1 2020 season start?

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So, the Geneva Motor Show 2020 is cancelled... What do you do? Aston Martin made a video.... Koenigsegg carried on!

Mike and Jim take a look at the 2020 F1 Grid and spend a lot of time talking about colours.

They also look forward to the BTCC races coming up....

More: http://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2020/03/podcast-a-walk-through-the-2020-f1-grid-and-a-look-at-the-koenigsegg-gemera/

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A thoughtful evening of recording brings you Mike and Jim's musings on:

• F1 Testing
• Visiting The Geneva Motor Show
• The British Motor Museum at Gaydon
• How CO2 figures have been "updated"
• Have all newer cars become too similar?

For more, and Mike's photos from The British Motor Museum, go to:  http://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2020/03/podcast-go-green-drive-a-mustang/

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Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf... You can see the connection! And there's only one "club" that those three are in...

Mike and Jim also talk 2020 events, getting the FiestaST back on the track, the new 'green' car in Mike's life, and a long held love of Radio Controlled Cars!!

For more information visit: http://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2020/02/podcast-porsche-taycan-tesla-model-3-nissan-leaf/

"Honk Honk Sound" recorded by Mike Koenig: http://soundbible.com/1048-Horn-Honk.html

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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, SMMT, once again pull out all the stops to educate and entertain the motoring press, this time based in Hampshire, and offering a selection of public road routes to try the latest cars on offer.

In the course of the day, cars tested include:

• Ford Fiesta Trend
• Vauxhall Astra 1.5 (122PS)
• SsangYong Korando
• Maserati Levante
• Kia Sportage
• Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce

... but which did we like most?

https://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2019/10/podcast-a-day-of-testing-cars-yes-please/

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Catching up with everything that Mike and Jim have been up to over the last few weeks including electric go karting, the Fiesta ST in track action at Brands Hatch, blagging their way around the Goodwood Festival of Speed manufacturer stands, and considering the everyday issues of which luxury watch and/or Aston Martin to buy...

https://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2019/08/podcast-on-track-electric-possibilities-and-a-look-back-at-goodwood/

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Enjoying the sweltering heat of the Sussex countryside, Graham and Phil browse some of their personal highlights of the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019.

These include chats with Derek Bell, Esteban Ocon, Steve Soper and (SPOILER ALERT: New Goodwood hill record holder!) Romain Dumas, and some beautiful and amazing cars such as Nigel Mansell's Williams F1 car, "Red 5", up for auction at the event, and the (SPOILER ALERT AGAIN: New Goodwood hill record holder!) all electric VW ID.R.

https://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2019/07/podcast-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2019/

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In this mildly biased podcast, Mike, Jim and Phil discuss the merits of 100 years of Citroen. Ok, they aren't entirely positive, but it all comes from a good place.... Littlehampton!

The upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ford Europe's "changes", and things that you didn't know before you had to transport children in your car are also talked about, as is a charity event that Phil is involved with to raise money for Cancer Research UK. L'Xagone Challenge 2019 will see a group of 20+ year old Citroens each drive over 3000 miles around France. "Challenge" is the word! To find out more, and to donate, visit  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/citroenchallenge  

https://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2019/07/podcast-french-cars/

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UKMT's Graham Benge and Phil Boxall chat their way round the SMMT's annual Test Day at Millbrook Proving Ground....

With the SMMT celebrating 40 years of the event, a selection of "ground-breaking" vehicles from those years has been gathered, and perhaps draws more attention than it should!

Graham also talks to SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes about the current state of the UK motor industry. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

You can also see the edited interview with Mike Hawes on the UKMotorTalk YouTube channel... https://youtu.be/8alTZjERyWU

https://ukmotortalk.co.uk/2019/05/podcast-smmt-test-day-2019/

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