Crazy land - 20 January 2026

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 new cars that were registered. Once again, claiming the top spot, grey won out. Black was second and blue rounded out the top three. To find out more, click this SMMT article link here . HONDA LIGHT UP THEIR NEW LOGO Honda has revealed their new ‘H’ logo that will adorn their electric and hybrid vehicles from 2027 onwards. This is a flat, stylised letter H that will be illuminated from behind. Click this Motor Trader article link here , to read more. MERCEDES PAUSE THEIR LEVEL 3 DRIVING SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz are to pause the sale of their Level 3 automated driving system, which under certain circumstances allowed the driver to have their hands off the steering wheel and be looking away from the road. They will only be fitting Level 2 driver assistance systems to cars that previously had the L3 option. If you wish to find out more, click this electrive article link here . TESLA FSD TO BE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Tesla has announced that customers in the US will no longer be able to purchase the Full Self Driving driver assistance system outright, from the middle of February 2026. But, it can still be added to suitable cars for a subscription. To read more, click this electrive link here . UK GOVERNMENT INCREASES FUND FOR EHGV GRANTS The UK Government is adding £18 million to the fund for electric HGV purchase grant. The amount is tiered dependent on the size of the lorry, with up to £120,000 available to help buy HGVs up over 26 tonnes. You can find out further information by clicking this electrive article link here . SOUTH EAST GET EVEN MORE EV CHARGERS Charging company Zest will be installing over 200 charging points in the Lewisham Council controlled area. Good to hear the South East is getting even more chargers - but more seriously, we need more and we need all the country to be well provided for. Click this electrive article link here for more . If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST NEW NEW CAR NEWS - Mercedes-Benz CLA wins European COTY 52 years after the German brand last won a European COTY award, they do so with their latest CLA. Second place, the Skoda Elroq, was 100 points behind. To find out more about the CLA and the European COTY awards, click this Motoring Research article link here . Skoda Peaq Skoda has revealed the name for their new seven seat electric SUV will be Peaq (pronounced “peak”). Very little else is know, although it is based on the 2022 concept the Vision S7. Click this EV Powered article link here to find out more . Geely Galaxy Cruiser Geely are bringing a rival for the Defender and G-Class to the UK. Based on the concept we saw last year at the Singapore Motor Show it will be based on the Lotus Eletre PHEV. Click this Autocar article link here to find out more . LUNCHTIME WATCH: EVO COTY 2025 AWARD EVO has released the film of their Car of the Year award, for 2025. This year they chose the roads in the South of France to spend a week trying to work out which was their favourite car of the year. Oh, the humanity! Click this YouTube link here to watch the video. LIST OF THE WEEK: EARLY 90S SUPERSALOONS TO MAKE YOU SWOON Hagerty brings us a list about early 1990s super saloons in which to get lost reminiscing about. Do you agree with Andrew’s choice? Click this link here to check out the options. AND FINALLY: ANDREW RITTER ARTIST We are recommending an older Classic and Sports Car article about the artist Andrew Ritter and his cartoon style motoring related images. Fabulous work you need to check out, if you haven’t heard of him. Click here to see more .

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