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Motoring enthusiasts Alan and Andrew discuss their takes on the week's motoring news in this 45 to 60 minute audio podcast.
FOLLOW UP: MORE APPEAL AGAINST FCA RULING Following the deadline passing for appealing against the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) plans...
Alan was invited to the BYD Sealion DM-i launch. In this episode he tells us all about his first impressions of the car as well as give us s...
FOLLOW UP: APPEAL AGAINST FCA RULING Consumer Voice, a consumer group, is to appeal against the FCA car finance miss-selling redress scheme....
We held our first ever live Question and Answer session, where you the listener supplied the topics you wanted to hear us discuss. This is t...
FOLLOW UP: EU INDUSTRIAL ACCELERATOR ACT THREAT TO UK We last covered this story on the episode Its talcum powder - 10 March 2026 , but more...
NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR MARCH 2026 SMMT has revealed the new car registration figures for March 2026. Unsurprisingly, EVs have had...
FOLLOW UP: NTSB REPORTS ON FATAL BLUECRUISE INCIDENTS The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published their report on two fata...
FOLLOW UP: FCA CONFIRM FINANCE MIS-SELLING REDRESS The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the details for the redress scheme, f...
FOLLOW UP: MCGOVERN OFFICIALLY LEAVING JLR Following an ‘is he/isn’t he’ saga which started back at the beginning of December 2025, Gerry Mc...
SMMT URGES GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ZEV MANDATE During the SMMT Electrified event, held last week, the call went out for an urgent review of the...
FOLLOW UP: EU INDUSTRIAL ACCELERATOR ACT REVEALED The EU Commission has unveiled the draft Industrial Accelerator Act, which is aimed at mak...
FOLLOW UP: FIRST FLEXIS MODELS CONFIRMATION Thanks to Phil Huff, from Professional Van, who heard our plea for facts about the Flexis electr...
FOLLOW UP: JUDGE UPHOLDS HUGE AWARD AGAINST TESLA In August 2025 a jury awarded a payout against Tesla of $243 million, for their partial re...
FOLLOW UP: OX DELIVERS ENTERS LIQUIDATION Obviously on the day we published last week’s episode the news came out that OX Delivers had faile...
JANUARY 2026 NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES New car registrations rose 3.4% compared to January 2025. In what is typically a slow month, BEVs...
FOLLOW UP: MORE DRAMA FOR RECALLED EX30 OWNERS Volvo is now telling owners not to leave their Extended Range and Twin Motor models unattende...
GERMANY REINTRODUCES EV CAR GRANT The German Government has reintroduced their electric car grant that is between €1500 and €6000. Criteria...
UK LOVES A GREY CAR The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released the details about the colours we selected in 2025 for...
FOLLOW UP: UK GOVERNMENT MULLS DRIVING SAFETY CHANGES The UK Government first mentioned it was looking at some of the rules relating to road...
Earlier in the year, Alan was invited down to the south coast to sample the then-new Hyundai Inster electric B-segment hatchback. Food was e...
The 2025 Tokyo Mobility Show took place between 30 October and 9 November 2025. We sat down to run through some of the exhibits that caught...
Earlier in the year Andrew was invited, by Kia, to attend the Milan Design Week and their Eclipse of Perceptions exhibition. In this they sh...
FOLLOW UP: JLR SILENCE BRIEFLY BROKEN 10 days after the story first came to light that Gerry McGovern, the design chief of JLR, had unceremo...
FOLLOW UP: MOTOR FINANCE CLAIMS TO RESTART The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is restarting finance mis-selling claims on 31 May 2026, wh...
UK AUTUMN BUDGET ANNOUNCED The UK Government finally announced the autumn Budget, after weeks of leaks and rumours. There was some motoring...
One last solo show from Alan before Andrew returns and regular service resumes. This week, we have a follow-up on the Dutch/Chinese Chip War...
It’s another solo show from Alan this week, and it starts with a follow-up on JLR’s financial situation following the recent cyber attack. N...
It’s a solo show from Alan this week, and starts with lots of Follow Up. The FCA has extended the motor finance redress consultation, the UK...
FOLLOW UP: MATT WINDLE OFFICIALLY LEAVES LOTUS Back in August we said that Matt Windle had resigned as Lotus Europe CEO, but actually he was...
FOLLOW UP: IMPACT OF JLR SHUTDOWN Professor David Bailey has written up a piece on Blogs from the Blackstuff following a report from the Cyb...
FOLLOW UP: UK DIESELGATE TRIAL BEGINS A trial has begun in the UK High Court to decide if some manufacturers used software to pass emission...
FOLLOW UP: FCA FINANCIAL REDRESS CONSULTATION Following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that some forms of historical car financing was il...
FOLLOW UP: JLR WOES STILL CONTINUE BUT MORE PROGRESS JLR continues to battle the effects of the cyber attack that caused them to shut all sy...
FOLLOW UP: JLR WOES STILL CONTINUE BUT SOME PROGRESS Whilst JLR is still battling against the hack that caused them to shut all their system...
FOLLOW UP: JLR WOES STILL CONTINUE JLR have put back their proposed production restart from 24 September to 1 October as they continue to tr...
FOLLOW UP: JLR WOES CONTINUE As expected, there is no quick resolution to their IT woes, following the hack reported on 1 September, 2025. A...
NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS AUGUST 2025 August registration figures are down on 2024. Typically a quiet month prior to the number plate change in...
FOLLOW UP: ECG TWEAK AND FIRST BAND 1 CARS ANNOUNCED The Government has tightened the loophole where if one vehicle in the range is eligible...
GOVERNMENT CUTS RESTORATION RED TAPE Following a long campaign from the Historic and Classic Vehicles Alliance and other similar association...
FOLLOW UP: GOVERNMENT CONFIRM ECG ELIGIBLE CARS The UK Government has released the list of car models that are eligible for the Electric Car...
JULY 2025 NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS New car registrations fall, year-on-year, in July 2025 by 5%. Whilst the electric car grant is now available...
FOLLOW UP: CAR FINANCE CLAIMS The Supreme Court has ruled on car finance claims follow last years shock appeal decision that could have mean...
FOLLOW UP: ELECTRIC CAR GRANT FALLOUT CONTINUES As more details are revealed and more people begin to understand all of the ramifications of...
FOLLOW UP: UK GOV ANNOUNCES ELECTRIC CAR GRANT Following months and months of calling on the UK Government to help private registrations wit...
FOLLOW UP: MORE OEMS INVESTIGATED FOR DEFEAT DEVICES The Times is reporting that more brands are now being brought into the Department for T...
JUNE 2025 NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has published the registration figures for new...
UK CAR PRODUCTION DROPS AGAIN UK car production dropped the lowest since 1949, bar the lockdown year of 2020. That is the second record brea...
FOLLOW UP: US UK TRADE DEAL IS ACTUALLY REAL Following our confusion, last week, on what had actually been signed, it appears that the US an...
SUDDEN RENAULT CEO DEPARTURE Over the weekend there was surprise from Renault Group, as Luca de Meo announced he would be leaving the compan...
NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS MAY 2025 New car registrations rose, year on year, 1.6% thanks to Fleet. BEV registrations rose to 21.8% of the market...