2025: Highlights of Year in Review | 2026: EVs Coming Soon to Australia

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Hey everyone, welcome to the Eevee show by Ludacris Feed Live.

Today is the last show of the year, believe it or not.

It's been a huge year, 2025.

Can you believe it, 29th of December 2025.

Here we are.

It's going to be a big one as well, this show, lots to talk about.

And yeah, before we get there, let's say hello to our co-host for this evening.

Hello, Tom, Nihao everyone, we're here, final show, 2025, we're in right.

So yeah, should be a good one.

I think the breakdown is pretty good of what we're going to talk about.

What's happened this year and what's coming up ahead and would love to hear from anyone

in the chat and on comments once it goes live as well on what's happening and what

are you excited about for next year.

I'm really sorry, I can't hear anything.

So I really don't know if you said something, but I think there's something wrong with my

mic.

Say something again, my headphones.

Hey Tom.

Oh, I can hear you now.

Sorry, it's my end.

Okay.

Let me try that one more time.

I'm sure you said something very good, so I apologize if I didn't hear you.

That's okay.

It's okay.

Fun.

Okay.

Can you hear me now?

I'll just leave it on my...

Can you hear me now?

I can.

I'll leave it on my computer speakers because the gremlins are in the speakers on my headphones.

But yeah, good to see you, Riz.

Thanks for joining us for the last show of the year.

And let's say hello to our regular guest, we should probably call him our co-host

from now on.

He's been on pretty much every week this year.

So let's say hello to Roland from Zapt YouTube channel.

Hey Roland, how are you?

Hey Tom.

Hey Riz.

Good evening all.

Last show for the year.

It's crazy.

I might just take my headphones off because they're not doing much at the moment.

If you're hearing double of me, let me know because I can't hear you through the headphones,

but I can definitely hear you through the speakers.

Yeah, nice to have you, Roland.

Thanks for joining us this year, by the way.

It's been good to have you this year.

It's been great to be on.

Excellent.

There is a bit of echo, by the way.

Is there?

Okay.

Let me see what I can do.

Let me see.

You guys keep going and I'll work something out.

It was working five minutes ago.

Cool.

So Roland, you've been driving anything interesting over the Christmas break?

I'm going to log out and log back in.

Unfortunately, nothing too interesting of late.

I've been taking it easy.

I've really been enjoying Christmas and eating, to be honest.

My last car was the Ionic 9.

Did you drive that?

Have you driven that?

No, I haven't.

I haven't had the pleasure of driving that particular car.

It's probably out of my price range, Roland.

I think price is a bit above the spectre.

It's good to see some 7-seaters coming into the market.

We've had the EV9, we've had the Volvo EX9T, and then the Ionic 9.

Tom's back.

Hey, Tom.

Hey, I can hear you guys.

Awesome.

Good.

Sorry about that.

Apologies.

There we go.

Nope, that's not it.

That's an old slide.

Whoa.

What's happening?

Monday nights.

It's all over the place.

I'm sorry.

There we go.

Sorry.

Yes, you guys are talking about 7-seaters.

Please, keep going.

We're just talking about the Ionic 9 was the last car that I drove,

and Riz was saying, great to see some new 7-seaters come onto the market.

Yes.

Absolutely.

No, that's right.

It's done to flush out these segments, not just the midsize SUVs.

Small SUVs, big SUVs.

You might have just seen that slide of mine.

I just wanted to quickly say this is the donation we've given on behalf of the

channel for this year.

So thank you to everyone who's given us Super Chat or just bought subscriptions

for everyone else, memberships I should say for the channel.

Just thank you for your viewership for the year, basically.

So on behalf of Riz, Roland and myself, enjoy.

This is our donation to CBM who do good work overseas supporting.

Not so advantaged people as us here in Australia.

So there you go.

Thank you.

This is for all of you guys on the channel.

Let's say hello to some of our regulars who've joined, actually.

So hello, Lightning Aussie.

Thank you for joining us this evening.

Thank you, DWA.

Thank you, Xander.

Yes, it's been cool of this week in Sydney, which I'm not too upset about.

I must say.

Thank you, JJJ Nettie.

Hello.

And thank you also to Hal for joining us.

Yes, it was a nice blue sky today.

Hello, MG Brill.

Midge Brill, I should say.

A bit of chatter about Ato3 being a bit bouncy.

Interesting.

I can see there.

Hello, Evie Az.

Yes, it's been a big year for sure.

I'm just talking to Roland off there that I did an audit for the channel this year.

Joy and I of the cars that we drove.

We're not counting the cars that we looked at at shows and expos and stuff.

Just the cars we drove and reviewed for the channel.

44 vehicles overall.

39 of them were battery electric vehicles and 5 were plug-in hybrid.

So it's been a huge year, guys.

I'm sure you have similar stats as well for your content and the stuff you guys do.

So yeah, let's keep it going for 2026, eh?

And thank you to Gene.

Thanks for joining us.

Hello, Steve.

And hello, Gary.

Hello.

Thanks for all you guys for joining us.

So early hello for the burbs as well.

Hello.

Nice to see you.

And John says we need more sedans and hatches.

Yes, agreed.

And wagons too, gents.

I'm sure we need more wagons, right?

Yes.

Hello, Wayne from Toowoomba.

Nice to see you there.

And just for the last time, for 2025, I just wanted to thank our sponsors.

Once I get this on the screen, there we go.

Thank you to Han Cook, tyres, driving emotion.

Thank you for sponsoring us this year in 2025.

Thank you to PowerShop as well.

If you're looking for EV Day or EV Night Plans, I've got some good deals at the moment.

There's some credit, I think $150 joining credit.

Ruiz, you might be able to correct me if I'm wrong for the PowerShop.

Yeah, I think it's about $175 credit offered for people that obviously sign up to PowerShop.

Yeah.

So check out the terms and conditions in the video description for new customers.

And thank you, of course, to Ruiz from CarLube.

For always empowering Australia's EV Revolution with your awesome data.

Thank you.

Right.

So, well, look guys, I think we might just have a really chilled episode today.

I just wanted to basically just recap what's been a massive year in 2025 and ask you guys,

Ruiz and Roland, what has been your highlights for the year?

Not just cars, but events or launches or trips, what you've seen overseas.

And also to the audience as well, what's been a few highlights of yours from what you've seen online

from our content or what Riz has written in the driven from 2025.

Let us know.

Yeah, keep those comments coming.

I'll start with you, Ruiz.

Give us your top five, I guess, from the year.

Yeah, so I guess we've had quite a few new electric cars come into our market,

which has been really, really good at price points that we didn't think we were going to get them.

So a couple of things that I've sort of picked up.

I've been to China five times, Tom, you've been there a couple of times this year as well.

Five times, I wouldn't, you know, two years ago, I would have never thought I would have left Victoria to do much outside of there.

And it's been exciting because every time you go back, there's just so much more to see.

Sometimes we travel with brands, which is really exciting.

And you get to go and see some of their R&D centers and the rest.

But then at the same time, after hours, you want to hit up the local showrooms to check out,

you know, what some of the other brands are doing, because there's just so much activity.

That's been a bit of an eye-opener, not only from how quickly cars are coming out over there,

but all the tech that's going on inside, the charging infrastructure there is crazy.

All the things that, you know, you've covered on your channel and, you know,

Roland, you've touched on as well some of the things that you've shared previously as well.

It's all going to be coming to us.

So I think that's been a top pick.

So everything that we're seeing, a lot of the innovation is definitely coming from there.

Second one is maybe the redemption of some European car makers.

BMW with their IX3, that might be something for next year, but they've announced it.

They've showcased it.

And it is sort of the next generation of European EVs that are coming out.

So that's going to be good for our market as well.

Charging infrastructure has been, you know, the increase has been reasonable.

I wouldn't say it's been sort of, you know, it's been hitting huge goals given the number of EVs on our roads.

We're going to get close to 100,000 new battery electric cars in the last 12 months since last Christmas.

And the charging infrastructure is fast charges sort of keeping up,

but there's a lot of areas that need improvement.

So it's good to see we're approaching 1500 fast charging sites across the country, which is good.

There's obviously challenges like we've recently covered the vandalism that's been going on at those charges as well,

that hopefully improves in 2026.

In terms of new brands, there've been so many, you know, it's hard to keep track of what's going on.

We really saw Zeekr, X-Pang leave motor to a certain degree,

D-Pel a bit lesser of a degree and a few others sort of join the sales charts,

GAC close to the end of 2025.

That's all very exciting as well.

I guess time will tell how many will do quite well.

A highlight out of all of that is sort of the resurgence of Zeekr thanks to the 7X,

which has been an awesome car by all accounts by anyone that's driven it or tested it or owns one or is waiting for one.

Over 3,000 pre-orders on the last time we sort of checked with Zeekr.

I'm sure there's a lot more now.

And I guess finally the highlight has been being on this show,

being on this show with yourself, Tom and Roland and Joy when she joins us as well.

It's an all of our audience getting a chance to learn from each other

and thanks for coming seeing myself, Tom and Roland at any of the live shows that we're at

and saying hi and being so positive with all the comments and everything that you say

and just keep encouraging us to do the work that we do.

And everyone of you, thank you for all of that as well.

So yeah, that's me.

Very well said Riz.

Great summary of a very, very big year.

I think it's not till you sit back and look back at the stuff you've done,

whether you've written stuff Riz or content that Roland and I have produced.

It's just been a phenomenal year and how much has come out.

And Riz, what we'll summarize and I think you've done a great job covering it all in the driven as well.

So thanks for that.

Thanks for all your help this year.

Roland, first of all congratulations on the growth of your channel this year.

It's been phenomenal.

Great to see you getting there and getting into some press cards as well.

So congratulations first up.

Well done.

Thank you.

Yeah, it's grown a lot.

Looking back at numbers, I think we were 900 something on one of the live chats

on one of the live streams last year in November,

we got over the 1000 mark thanks to this audience here,

this group of fantastic people.

And I think recently over the past two to three months,

it's exploded to nearly six and a half thousand.

And I think a good 22, 30,000 views were from the Zika 7x.

So it goes to show what a car is probably just all I'm going to say.

A lot of people have it now, but it's been crazy.

Yeah, well done.

It's a testament to the amount of work you put into your channel

and the detailed reviews that you put in.

And you're right, the 7x has certainly helped us grow our content as well.

And it is a phenomenal car.

You read a lot about it before it comes to Australia,

but then when you actually drive it on the roads,

it's a really good vehicle and certainly deserves to be up there

with Tesla Model Y and BYDC Line 7.

Roland, I assume that's one of your highlights.

The 7x, anything else for this year for you?

The 7x, I think also seeing the whole,

how we always joke about the whole China type,

I think it's actually come to fruition

and people actually start to see it.

Like we know that touching on the topic of the 7x,

we know there's one overseas.

We know Zika have committed to not bring the latest model out

immediately so people can enjoy the current models.

We're seeing the X-Ping when they launched

and then soon after there's the new updated version.

So it's good to see that we are definitely top of the priority

in terms of for these companies to bring cars into Australia.

And it's also good to see how quick they're actually innovating.

And yes, it helps drive competition, right?

For all of the other manufacturers,

they need to up their game as well.

So it's 2026 on all this going to be very exciting.

Yeah, I agree.

And it's just the tip of the iceberg.

We've seen such growth in the number of options now

for EVs in Australia, but it's only just the beginning.

Riz, I'm sure you agree.

And Roland, next year is going to be huge.

The choice is going to be phenomenal.

And Australia is a test bed for EVs, which is great.

We get to see a pretty close to bleeding edge from China

coming to our market and testing it

in a pretty tough market in Australia, right?

We have huge distances to cover, don't forget.

And a lot of obstacles to climb and overcome.

So, and Riz touched on that too, on charging.

That's no mean feat, I think,

to have that many charges we have at the moment in Australia.

I just want to put out there that 2025 was the year

we mustn't forget that FSD launched in Australia and New Zealand.

That was amazing to actually experience in person.

I've always been not skeptical,

but always have been a bit wary of FSD supervised

what I've seen on to actually put my hands

or not actually put my hands on my lap

and let the car drive me and Joy around Sydney.

That was quite an experience.

So, for me, that was definitely a highlight for 2025.

And to see all you guys on the channel

and on social media too in Australia,

experience it for yourselves.

It's been really, really good to see.

Tom, just adding on the back of that,

covering Tesla and FSD so closely

and Tesla in general for many, many years

on the driven and of course here on the live stream as well.

It's been interesting to see the ups and downs

in terms of the development of this full self-driving technology.

I think they're getting closer.

And like you said, to experience it

and I think all three of us have been...

It's hard that when you test drive a new Tesla now,

such as the Model Y performance

and the new Model 3 long range rear-wheel drive,

the number one value in that car now

is the ability to have FSD supervised

and potentially for that software to improve

to a level which is in the States,

which is pretty good now,

car park to car park sort of enablement.

And I think that that is something

that Tesla had a really successful

sort of media and PR behind it.

We discussed this on live stream

a couple of months ago back in September.

But it would be really interesting

to see how that converts into sales in 2026.

I had very high hopes for Tesla this year.

I was expecting them to easily outsell

what they sold in 2024.

Obviously they've had a few challenges,

but part of it is of course the Model Y

wasn't there for most of first half of this year.

The new version anyway,

but now that we've got that,

we'd like to see how things stabilize.

But it's really hard to sort of

look at the new EV market

in that price point that Tesla plays in

and think if you're spending that sort of money

and you've tried FSD supervised,

it's very hard to pick something else in the market

if autonomy is important to you.

So worth test driving

or at least getting to experience it at the very least

because that could be the next expectation

from ex-paying a few other brands

to have that level of technology in their cars

when you're ready to move on to your new EV

in a couple of years time.

Yeah, I think that's a very good point.

For many years Tesla was the leader

because they had access to the Tesla Supercharger Network

and now that a lot of it is open to every

or a lot of non-Tesla EVs,

suddenly FSD supervises now

the thing that separates Tesla from the rest of the pack.

So, yes, Seeker 7X is a fantastic vehicle,

but then there's always the,

oh, but Tesla's got FSD,

so that is the weight there's more from Tesla

until we see, I think ex-paying is probably the next brand

you would think to bring some sort of autonomy over

to Australia to test.

From what I heard this year when I was over there

with them earlier this year,

I don't think they're close to testing yet,

maybe 18 months away,

but I think Tesla's certainly got that advantage

at the moment, so...

That timeframe certainly seems right.

I think Herschab Hung, their CEO at IAA

in Munich a couple of months ago

said that in Europe they're expecting it by Q4

in 2026.

So, the timing is a little bit like that.

I think you enjoy one of the very few

that have tested the latest version of XNGP

over in China recently.

And looking at your videos, it's really cool.

It's really good to see how close they are.

Yeah, that's right.

I can release something on the 5th of January

when the embargo drops for one of the cars

that we tested with XNGP,

so we were actually behind the wheel joining us.

So stay tuned for that video.

I'm looking forward to showing you guys that one.

But yeah, that was another highlight for me.

Being able to experience another version of autonomy

other than FSD in China

and being able to drive a car in China,

that was certainly a highlight for me.

It's a whole different ballgame driving over there.

It's got its own challenges.

I think another highlight for me too

was just witnessing Shanghai Auto Show

in April 2025.

That was just phenomenal.

That just blew my mind and joy as well.

We just could not believe what we saw.

Watching one haul that was the size of the ICC in Sydney

or the Melbourne Convention Center

multiply that by 16.

That is the size of the Shanghai Auto Show.

Yeah, it's phenomenal.

So we say China time, we say China size,

but until you actually see it with your own eyes,

it's certainly something else.

Another highlight for me this year,

is seeing the breadth of EVs now,

not just Tesla, not just BYD,

but so many brands is grabbing a foothold in this country

and hopefully they will stay in time.

We've seen the likes of Deep Expo,

Leap Motor, MG's doing good things as well,

Zeca obviously.

And yeah, lots of brands now coming into the country.

So I think we've got lots to look forward to in 2026.

Now Tom, I'll also have to say right here,

you are now a proud owner of an MG this year.

I think that's been good.

And please drop my memory,

was that limited edition seal sold this year

or was it late last year?

See, I can't believe how much has happened this year, right?

We sold them a Tesla Model Y,

Rural Drive and this BYD Seal Premium

all in this year.

It was all this year, that's the thing.

This year so much has happened.

It's been so jam-packed.

The one with the blue calipers.

That's why it's sold, special edition.

That's it, exclusive.

That's right.

Yeah, Lightning asks,

did I experience God's Eye in China?

No, I did not experience God's Eye in China.

It's not the BYD version anyway.

I will actually say though,

I did visit a few BYD dealerships

in April, around the Shanghai Auto Show, period.

And you walk into any dealership,

even the Seagull had a version of God's Eye there

in the latest version in 2025 Model 1s.

Of course, it's not, you know,

from what I've heard from people that have tried it,

you know, Mark Rainford,

Toby and a couple of the guys that are based in China

that we often run into,

they still sort of deemed the Huawei system

as being sort of the industry leader.

And then sort of X-Ping and the rest

and actually experiencing Huawei system this year

was back in April, it was unbelievable

what that system could do.

This was before FSD came to Australia.

And, you know, the Chinese are not far behind in this tech.

And Huawei now is like in,

like, dozens of models over there

in terms of the tech inside.

It will soon become like that Intel, Intel inside,

sort of for Apple Silicon inside,

Huawei inside will be in a lot of,

and I think Huawei has launched another three brands this year

or something like that.

So another prediction for next year is one of those

is going to land in our market,

whether it's Avatar,

whether it's Luxeed or one of the other ones.

So watch this, watch this space as well.

We might be getting some other sort of autonomous driving tech

in the next 12 to 18 months.

Yeah, I got to test drive the Avatar one too

back in February this year.

It was a great car, unbelievable.

Hopefully we'll see that.

Looks phenomenal.

Great sedan.

And yeah, sorry, Mitch.

Yes, I did abandon Team Seal.

Yeah, I'm sure it's all right.

I'm sure you cope without me,

but it's been, it was a fun 18 months.

It was a fun vehicle.

I got to say.

Now, this is a good point.

Actually, Tazzy EV says,

what about the news on door handle changes required?

No more electric door handles in China?

Will that also come to our market?

Yeah, I mean, I'm sure that will filter through.

If you can't have Chinese cars with a flush door handle,

then yeah, I'm sure we will have the same sort of thing

when they come with, when the cars arrive here too.

It's probably not a bad thing, you know.

It's just for safety reasons.

I assume that's why they have that regulation passing through

and they need to actually physically open the door,

I would think, guys.

Well, yeah, but then,

you know, some of the Huawei stuff there,

it's gesture.

That Maxtro, Maxtro S800

or whatever it is,

the Ross Ross Maybach equivalent.

That thing is, everything is gesture.

You sort of swipe it

and closes the door

and then you want to open the sunshade

and you want to turn the projector down.

It's all swipe gestures and a whole lot of other things.

So, yeah.

It'd be really interesting to see how sort of

what regulations are brought in

and how it impacts

those automakers that have got those

convenience, cool, trendy sort of

features in their cars.

You know, what's interesting, guys, you know, like

two years ago, maybe even one year ago,

people would sort of question

Chinese-made cars, right? Quality of the

Chinese-built cars. I mean that, for those

in the know, like you are three of us

and those in the audience will know that's just

a fallacy. We know they've built very well.

It's amazing how much that narrative

has changed in the last four months.

Having seen the Chinese cars here now,

how good they are and how much better

they will be in the next four months.

We know Tesla's ahead

with FST in this country, but like you said, Riz,

they're not far behind the Chinese

autonomous systems like Huawei,

X-Ping. I think it's only a matter of time

before they catch up very quickly.

And on that note, Tom,

I was going to say, sorry, Riz,

yeah, I was just going to say,

I think it also comes down to how important

is it to the user?

Like I think I saw, maybe it was Evie as

or someone mentioned earlier on

that they like driving as opposed to

autopilot or FST.

Me personally,

I couldn't catch, if it's got

cruise control, I'm happy.

If it drives better and it doesn't have FST,

I will still pick that car for me

personally. So I think

it really comes down to what's important

for you as the actual driver.

Would you trust it? Do you

hate driving? If you hate driving and FST,

it might be the best thing in the world.

Yeah, good point.

So having, see,

I agree with your role and here in Sydney,

I'd probably just switch it off because I just like driving.

I like on all the roads around where I go.

But being in an overseas

place like China, I was so much

happier having X-NGP driving around

than when I took the wheel. I was terrified

because I didn't know the culture. I didn't know how to

what people would like on the roads.

Whereas with X-NGP, it kind of knew

what to do and I just sort of pay

attention a bit more to my surroundings

and yeah, I think it would

be good if you weren't familiar or if you

you just needed more accessibility

with the way you drive. But I agree,

I also like driving too. So I can see

both sides of the story for sure.

And I think that

this is where it's like

giving the use of the choice of what

they would like to do it in some

cases. Believe it or not, most people

hate to drive.

They don't want to be driving.

There's a rare breed

of people that are on this live stream

and people that listen to us that

don't mind driving.

But the majority

of the people, I've had

at one of the shows, I think it was a Sydney EV

show, I was hosting a panel

it was like

one of the ladies

there, the question was asked

what are you most excited about and they actually said

for full self-driving technology

where I can't wait for a car rocks up at

my home, I load the kids into it

and the kids are taken to school

and I don't have to do anything and I can just go

and just wave at them and before you know it

that they picked up and bought back home

that's the level of stuff for most people

it's transport.

But no, I fully agree for us

car enthusiasts that needs to be

and that's why

we talked about how much Chinese

cars have improved.

A good sort of example

and I wanted to touch on this, I don't know why I keep

coming back to this car where I think

it's a pretty big milestone

and what's happened just before Christmas

we had probably one of the last

launches of the Jku J5

EV

36990

driveway for

high quality

mid-sized SUV, it's not cheap

it doesn't feel cheap. I remember when we did

Cherry

Amoda E5

or whatever it was called, EX5

that was a good car

for the price and for what they were

sort of offering

but it had Bings and Bongs, it had

quite a few other things going on that were like

we just wish they'd improved that

within 12 months

this car doesn't have many of those things anymore

you would never get that

with the Japanese brands or Korean brands

or others, they've obviously

gotten, done a lot of local

ride and handling and tuning

but you get into a new Kia or Hyundai

you've got as many Bings and Bongs as you would

get with some of the

some of the culprits

out of the Chinese models

but just what you get with this car

it's another sort of

milestone, of course we've seen

the BYD Auto II

already started deliveries, I think the base models

around about $35,000

drive away

so we're getting to the

early $30,000s now

for SUVs that people

actually want in the market

and hatchbacks that are under $30,000

we've seen that with the ATO I

we're going to get the

Geely EX2

and maybe Dongfeng Box

and a couple of others

so

it's a very very exciting time

I think all the things that people are not questioning

whether it's a Chinese car

or not, people are not asking

how long will a battery last

in this car, if I buy

do I need to replace it every 3 years

all of those doubts

that people had, even charges

a lot of people are not even asking that question anymore

they're saying well my friend down the road

can do it, if they can do it I can do it

I actually

saw a JQ J5 today in Chatswood

I don't know whether it was a press car

it must have been, there can't be that many on the road yet

it was a black one

I actually double took

it's not a bad looking car

it kind of reminded me of a Range Rover like a Voco

a little, yeah exactly

4.3 meters in length

looked quite nice actually

looking forward to giving that a test next month

we have one on loan

but yeah it looks snazzy Riz

36990 for the first thousand customers

that's not a bad deal at all

and it can DC charge at 130 kilowatts

so it's not bad for a car that size

I believe 11 kilowatt AC as well

11 kilowatt AC

absolutely it's a decent car

yeah good efficiency too

there's some good stuff coming out

and obviously the GAC Ion V looks good as well

they can DC charge at 180

for a car that's going to be 42 grand

that's not bad at all

yeah I think these cars are going to give

the totes of the world

run for their money next year I think

so lots to look forward to

here's a question

here's a little comment I want to put up here

I just saw earlier

here's a question if cost is no issue

and this is for all of us here

would you get a Polestar 4 dual motor performance

or the Tesla Model Y performance

here we go, let's start with Rowan

so mine's biased

so I'll be honest

I have not driven a Polestar 4

but I can tell you all the pros

on why I would buy a Model Y performance over

a Polestar 4 based on

what I know about the Polestar 4

one I would pick the Model Y

I am 100% confident in the acceleration

of the car

you will be happy as a car enthusiast

you will honestly be happy

it will give you smiles all day long

the second one is the number of software updates

that you get like the car just

continuously improves like continuously

we still got our 2023

our 2023 Model Y

we picked up in February

it's still getting the latest update

or most of them I should say actually

I know the new Model Y performance

it doesn't have track mode

but the previous one did get released with track mode

and I've taken my car to the track

so if that's important to you then

it might be something to consider

and then probably

front space, I genuinely before owning an EV

did not think I would use

the front that much

but I am one of the

drivers, types of drivers I guess

but I always

religiously reverse into

every single spot

we're reversing to our parking spot

which means that 99% of the time

I will use the front space

and so a big front is actually quite important

to me, so that's fine

but as I said, I'm totally biased

I have not driven the Polestar 4

so I can't comment on that

so I'll look to the Agents to give that side

of the argument

so many things to like about the Model Y performance

for sure. Ris, how about you?

Yeah

the things that obviously Roland touched on

having driven both of those cars

it's

I was a bit skeptical

about the Polestar 4 purely because

of the digital rear

mirror

and

yeah, just something about the packaging

just on paper didn't look right

but having driven that car

it's

so much fun, I just could not believe

how much fun it was

maybe it's because somewhere between a sedan

maybe

so I forget the fact that it didn't have

a proper rear-view mirror and the rest

the thing though

is all the other things that Roland

touched on

and

if you're looking for space, Polestar 4

is not your car

having recently driven

the Y performance

the best thing like I said

that car has, even though it's a driver's car

one of the best features

is the fact that you can have

FSD if you wanted it

so on long trips

because I had multiple disengagements

with the Polestar 4

where I would be on their equivalent

of autopilot and then it wouldn't even

disconnect and wouldn't even let me turn it on

so you just keep driving

for the next 100 and something

case wherever I was going and you can't

turn it on and you don't know what's wrong

you can't pull over on the side of the road

and restart the whole car, you shouldn't have to do that

if you want things to work Tesla

is your answer, if you want

something that turns heads

that has awesome

acceleration and obviously

quite

is quite premium in its own ways

and space is not an issue

and software doesn't bother you

then Polestar is the way to go

Reside the same issue with the

Volvo EX90, the software was a bit odd

we had like kilometers

hundreds of kilometers without

what do you call it, with cruise control

lane keeping cruise control, so that was an issue

to be fair I only had the Polestar 4

for a week

I'm going to go against the grain here

I would say that would be the car

that I would personally want

I'm shallow that way, I do like the look of the car

every time I look at the car on the road

I'm like oh that's a nice looking vehicle

so just for the reason, for the fact that

it's a more unique looking vehicle

than the Tesla Model Y which is obviously

everywhere now

I would go for the Polestar 4

it's a really comfortable car

and I think for

a ride handling passenger comfort point of view

I think the Polestar 4 does win for me

the Y is definitely a driver's car

no doubt, if you're just in the car by itself

you just tear it

I think the Y would be the way to go

but I think if you're carrying people

then I think having those beautiful seats up the back

the beautiful interior

the Scandinavian design, all that stuff

I think I'd go with the 4

car play

the software is not bad otherwise apart from what RISC

said with the occasional issues there

with the long drives but

I thought that would bother me but it didn't

after a while, I think it was fine

I sort of got to learn to live with it

so I would be controversial here

and say I would go for the Polestar 4

over the Model Y performance at this stage

so there you go

is that a charrette's

I think so, I'm not really wine-o

this is something I saw downstairs

the glass of wine I've got, I think so

it's either a charrette's or a cabernet

something like that

so I don't know my wines as well as I know my EVs

I'm just putting it out there

now Tom actually

one of the highlights this year you'd have to say

was the Zika 7X launch event

at

I'm trying to think of the winery

Penfolds

and their exclusive

Salador that they had

underground

now when I'm picturing

you grabbing something from downstairs

I'm thinking an underground bunker

Salador

maybe we're at your place and you just didn't even tell us

so there we go

I wish there is

I don't have a mansion like rolling up in the hills

so

my pantry with my wine

one day maybe, one day

I do want to know more about wines

because yes I do enjoy them

but I don't know as much as I would like to

here's a question for us guys for each of you

what was your biggest let down in the EV space this year

oh that's a

that's a good one

feel free to jump in I'll have a think about it

that's a tough one

yeah go Roland

the

segment or the shapes of the vehicles

that have come in for 2025

like

we've said and we've said many times

we've wanted smaller cars

like as in small hatchbacks

like the Ato one size

and wagons

and we thought that this year we might have

got something but

we clearly didn't so here's the hoping

2026

nice

Riz

I'll think a little bit more

Tom if you've got anything go ahead

yeah

it's a tough one like I don't

there was nothing that was terribly disappointing

I'm looking through my videos now

the Jeep Avenger

that was this year last year

that was

for such an expensive car

that's only three star and cap rated

I think that might have been last year

that sort of springs to mind

and like any Stellantis car

like the Fiat and the

quite expensive what it is

but on the flip side

the Leap Motors being a Stellantis brand

is quite good

for the money they ask

so I'm looking forward to the B10 next year

when Leap Motor

allows us to drive the

press cars so yeah

but apart from that nothing really

stands out too much

I guess

I'll sort of

talk about

the Japanese brands

and

Volkswagen in particular

this year on paper

it's been good for the Volkswagen

they've got a whole lot of new EV models

they didn't have before previously

was really just the Cooper born

which I don't even know if they're still

selling anymore because it looks like

every time I see one on the road I get excited

because I'm like hey that was an original

Volkswagen product that

was one car to drive

the pricing of

the ID4 and ID5 wasn't great

Skoda

they are quite nice

I've heard but

I still think the Chinese have a pretty

big edge on a lot of those products

now in 2025

and that edge is only going to grow

in 2026

ID buzzes apparently are not

really selling

there's a whole lot of issues

there that I think Volkswagen in general

globally is going through a bit of a tough patch

and anything that we think

is affordable is hatchbacky we're just not

getting we didn't get the ID3

we're probably not going to get whatever

the affordable

ID2 or whatever equivalent that they're

launching in Europe in next year

so

a bit of a let down but

it's an opportunity for Chinese brands

so let's watch this space

yeah good point Ruth

I must say the V2 cars

whenever you sort of drive on you

you have to sort of just shut the software

part of your brain off

because you know it's going to be a disappointment

like the ID4 5

the Cooper Taviscan ID bars

but they do drive very well

for what it is that's the thing

it's a nice car to drive

just like the BMW ix

but yeah hopefully

I think we've heard this here

and then we might be jumping on board

with VW for the software is that right

over in the US

I think they've got some sort of a partnership

going on

as cool as Rivian

is

I think they're still

are not getting the sales

and now in the US they don't have

the tax credit anymore

they're going to them and Lucid

are going to have a very tough time

even in the US market

because of the Chinese competition

so

the fact that we will see

right hand drive versions is very unlikely

for another two years, three years

the R2 is supposed to be coming

in the next six to twelve months

that's going to be big in the US

like anything it's going to take a while

to fulfill that demand

so

yeah I think

even the Volkswagen has invested

heavily in

X-PENG

their first model I think

is not far the IDUNIX

I think it's called

that they're launching in China

but I think the shine has worn off

the Volkswagen brand in the Chinese market

people are saying why should we get that

when we can just get an X-PENG

with X-PENG's tech

and apparently the software updates

are very regular in China

which we learned at the X-PENG

was it the AI day

or brand night I think it was

that image

and if the latest Guangzhou water show

we went to your CBW

the stand has got a lot of collaborations

with Chinese brands too

hopefully they're learning

and starting to collab more with Chinese

tech and Chinese software

and hopefully we'll see that and improve them

from that point of view

because you drive an ID 4, ID 5

you just feel like you're driving a car

that's two generations behind for their software

it's disappointing from that point of view

not to mention the app or lack of

yes and no V2 well

that kind of stuff

just goes on and on

yeah Mitch just having to return the spectre

I think that was last year actually

but yeah that's always a bit of a let down

I'll just borrow Riz's next time

that's right

if I fire my driver

because he couldn't use the BP pulse charger

that we saw last week

I think we might have to

we can do a road trip Tom

it's always fun

happy to be driven around Riz thank you

spectre I'll have to get a maestro maybe

we did the EQE

but no I think

that luxury space

we're going to see more from

I think Denza is going to be an interesting brand

to watch in 2026

they're starting with their plug in hybrid models

the off roady looking

B5 and B8

but I think the Z9

and potentially the D9 people

will be here in 2026

so yeah there'd be an interesting

brand to watch

there's also

I don't know if anyone in the audience

is sort of seeing the Denza Z

that is being tested

it was it's if anyone's interested

Denza Z was a prototype

concept car that was

showcased in Shanghai

but they've now got convertible

version and two-door

versions of that car being tested

in Shenzhen and at the Nürburgring

so that is going to be

quite a unique car

when I'm suspecting if it's BYD

time it will be launched

hopefully by the first half

of next year

and another big highlight I guess

if we're talking about BYD

the Yang Wang U9

Extreme is now the world's fastest

production car

reaching 496 kilometers an hour

and they had an example

at the recent Guangzhou Auto Show

and for anyone

that is mocking

tires

this Yang Wang U9 Extreme

that has done nearly 500 kilometers an hour

was sitting on some gitty

tires which is obviously a

local Chinese brand as well

so when we

made jokes about whatever brand

because they came with the early BYDs

and then the Chinese brands

are making high performance

world class tires now

so it's going to be quite interesting

to see if we see any of the Yang Wang

or the Denza products

the extreme sort of variants

of those in the next year or two in our market

I think GT

technically is from Indonesia

which is based in Singapore now

not quite Chinese but yeah

good to see it's at least not on

the usual like Bridgestone and

Michelin

Sydney EV, hey nice to see you Rob

if Yang Wang gets to Australia

will they change the name? I'd like to see them

keep that name it's a pretty unique name

Yang Wang which is it

Heavenly Goat Yang Wang

maybe someone with Chinese

knowledge more than mine can correct me

but I'm sure it means something quite

heavenly rather than Yang Wang

which sounds quite Aussie

who knows

I mean they you know Fengcheng Bao

they've changed

no Denza's not Fengcheng Bao

that's something else isn't it

the B5 I think is the Baofai

which is the Fengcheng Bao

Fengcheng Bao

Denza brand

I'm sure they'll change it

for Western markets

Yang Wang presented

by BYD a bit like IM presented

by MG, worked for MG

that's for sure

all right well guys let's

move on and let's talk about 2026

it's been a good recap thank you guys

and thank you to our audience

for filling us in on that

on the 2025 highlights

but we might actually push on

and see what we can look forward to in 2026

I might actually share this

article

from Drive and we'll put one from

Cars Guide and one from NRMA as well

just to be fair with this

so Drive looking forward to things like

the BMW iX3 the new one

with hopefully the new class

software and architecture that should be good

saw that in Guangzhou

they launched out there looked pretty good

so hopefully it drives pretty well already

the iX from what I've driven

so if the software can match

the drive quality I think BMW might have a winner

in 2026

so I didn't make a post about it

but that car got ADL proof just before Christmas

oh nice

so it's official

750kg

non-braked trailer

towing and 2000kg

maximum towing mass brake

trailer got it open to you

so for the people that do need to tow

or want to tow it's got good specs

yeah

I think of the European brands guys I think BMW

is probably out in front

with many in terms of software and drive

quality

all those things

and Merck too I think I think they've done well

Vistik

Cadillac Vistik so

had a chance to look at the Cadillac Lyric this year

that was a fun little

drive to Goldman to test out the Tesla Superchargers

but the Vistik is like the

SUV and that's coming

apparently next year as well

I'm sure with the

price tag too much too guys

the Cadillac Vistik

so yep

expect with an old world brand like Cadillac

oh Ferrari's first

dv here we go

2.5 seconds 0-100

ok

looks

pretty prototypical still but

keep an eye on that one

and the Beijing water shows on this year guys

in April so

hopefully other reason myself will get out there

and fill water for you

it should be as big as Shanghai

or to say alternate every year Shanghai and Beijing

Genesis GV60 Magma

this is like the

Roland of Karim if I'm wrong this is the

the end version of

Genesis GV60

supposedly

sharing the same drivetrain

same everything in the Genesis look

and the Genesis luxury stuff

nice

I have to get Roland on the track for that one

so stay tuned for 2026

GWM aura 5

so this is a

bigger version I would have think than the aura

that we've got currently

this was at the Guangzhou show

it's only slightly bigger

but it still

looks and feels very much like an aura

it does doesn't it

this one's got LiDAR too

this one I'm looking for

having just come back from Japan seeing all the K cars on the roads there

this one I'd love to see here

Honda Super 1

pricing wise what are we thinking

I mean you would I would love to see

the sub 40 but

even sub 35 I mean

but I think I'm dreaming

they had the other I forgot

what they called the other one that looks similar to this

there was a

yeah the Honda E I think it was

it looks similar to that there was

one of those car importing places

imports Japanese cars

it was on sale in Australia

for about $70 or $75,000

so I can imagine this

yeah I mean it was

only like one or two of them but

I'm struggling to see first of all

how that's even going to sell but like

if they imported one and it was that price

how is

how will they make one that's half the price

yeah

this car at least looks like a K car

like it's a boxy little like

this has got that K car spirit right so

yeah love to see this

maybe Lang Lang guys

maybe someone might invite us to Lang Lang

and test it out there that would be good

stay tuned everyone

oh here we go this is going to be

sure the Hyundai

Ionic 6N

a face a mother

would love

yeah so Roland I mean

you're the track man

I'm sure you wouldn't say no to this

oh here we go

I mean you know at the end of the day

you're the one inside the car

yeah true

I'm just hoping

yeah I'm just hoping based on the picture there

it doesn't have the digital side mirrors

I'm hoping they don't make it

something that's non optional

with digital side mirrors

so I think it will sell better than

they're not

if you do have that as an option

yeah you would think the 6N

would be more aero than the 5N

right just being a sedan

supposedly

alright Sydney Motorsport Park

here we come next year stay tuned

Jaguar Type 00

wow is this actually going to be

produced this car

I thought it was concept

yeah

I think they sucked the designer

didn't they or something

yeah that was recent

yeah

alright we'll have to get

drive to have a look into that

now here we go another Jeep Recon

100kWh

what happened to the doors

we don't need doors

it's an option

it's an upgrade package

not very efficient 402Ks apparently

Lexus ES

another sedan

is this for electric or is this hybrid

sold as an electric

yeah

electric version then

alright good

Tessie Evie says the Recon the doors are

removable without tools there you go

oh good for thieves

Mazda 6E yes of course

Joy and I got to have a chance to drive this

I think Riz you did as well yeah they go

6E yep yeah

so hopefully we'll see that on the

roads this year it'll be interesting to

see how well that sells given it's a Mazda

people know the brand we know it's a Chang'an

underneath but that's fine I think that's a good thing

good little car

it was an SUV version of this car

at the Guangzhou Auto Show that was

quite quite popular

in electric and plug-in hybrid

versions as well

so yeah maybe that's

Mazda Nissan and a couple of other

brands that's their future lineup

anything that's made in China with their badge

on it that's likely to come

to Australia

yeah smart move starting price under

55 grand I think the guys

when I was there in

earlier this year they sort of mentioned

that price as well so hopefully we'll

see that under 55 so that'll

put it in line with the BYD seal

if it's sub 55 it's a good

price

MG4 with the front-wheel drive version

looks like that'll be sold alongside

the rear-wheel-drive version

yep

so I think the rear-wheel-drive version

looks slightly better but

yeah

having a front-wheel-drive version

kind of a more city spec version

of that car

surely they have to call that something else

people might get confused having two cars

that look very different being called MG4

we'll see what they do

with the naming glitcher

here's what I'm looking for

to you guys near Firefly this is going to be

something we have to test

very shortly already spotted

in I think Melbourne right earlier this year

spotted in Melbourne

I've driven it around a car park in Chiang Hai

it's such a lovely car

but I think

you know

hearing mixed news they're supposed to

be here this year but it looks like it's

going to be next year

I think Singapore

is getting their right-hand drive versions

of their cars

interestingly at the NIO stand

these are also invited

to the NIO house upstairs

and spoke to a couple of people there

and they also showcased

a right-hand drive version

that was on the stand

at the Guangzhou Auto Show

so it means that they're finally

building the right-hand drive versions

Singapore is the first market

and I think Thailand is to follow

but

yeah probably now looking

closer to Q2 if not Q3

next year but it is a really cool car

Chris how do you get invited

to the upstairs hospitality areas at the auto show

seriously I would look up there with Joy

we get very envious so

you'll have to invite us there next time

I think next time

if you're rolling with me

we can make it happen

let me in I've got a bonza ticket

well it's easy you pretend

like you're supposed to be up there

the ladies at the front are not going to say no

when you walk up with confidence

and say you're going up

and you're only rising to the top

it's rare that they let you say

no sir and especially the fact

that we look like foreigners and we're there to do business

no drama

just roll with me Tom we'll make it happen

well fake it to you make it

look like we belong there

Nissan Leaf I wouldn't mind testing this one too

this is interesting

after what 13 14 years

the leaf is back

good

so this was based on the area

I think or the blend

or this is like an evolution of the area platform

because this is more like an SUV

yeah it does look quite bubbly

rather than like a small hatch right

yeah the area I gotta say that okay so that was

probably one disappointment for this year

look if that was if I tested that car

back in 22 23 I would

said yeah great good good to see it in the market

but being two or three years later

it's just a bit of a slap in the face

from Nissan so hopefully the leaf will come to

Australia in good time along with

everyone else so we'll see

Porsche Cayenne the new

Cayenne no sorry I'm thinking

Taycan so this is Cayenne this is the

biggest SUV

the biggest SUV

what do you guys think of the Cayenne when you saw it this year

the Porsche Cayenne EV

I personally like it

it looks nice

I love all things Porsche

but

yeah probably the same

but they just it's it's so hard

it's it's like

watching a

slow train wreck unfortunately

with what's going on with Porsche

particularly like you know the

Iced Cayenne used to be around

90 odd grand starting

price from memory

I think the EV version starts

at around 140 150

and they just haven't sold

Porsche is going through a really tough time

on the back of new product

like the McCann's new there's a

refresh version of the Taycan

there's obviously this Cayenne coming

but these things

were started about 150 to 170

plus on roads

and probably go north of 300

grand for the top spec models

the Roland spec

so you know

but at least it's

good to see but this was like

the McCann it's supposed to be on the new

premium Porsche

electric or whatever they call that

PPE platform the new version

Tex specs and everything

on paper look amazing

really really cool stuff and I believe

this might have wireless

charging

this car one of the Porsche's

coming up is going to have wireless charging

so that's another thing

to see how that gets implemented

but yeah

Porsche you know we'd like to

see them do better but the

competition is just far too high and this is

a very important car for Porsche because

in China SUVs are everything

and being

electric it has hopes of selling

high but at those prices that Porsche

wants unfortunately a lot

of people are just

eyeing out local brands

I'll be very happy

to be invited to a Porsche event

don't get me wrong I'd love to test this out

so I do love Porsche as well

but yeah you're right guys good points

it is a lot of money for

a lot of cars that can do the same thing

for you know much a fraction

of the price right like Xiaomi

U7 it's just a phenomenal vehicle

if you've ever seen that car up close so

yeah you're a brand's

in the next you know 5 or 6 years or so

it's about hashtag 5

so this might finally come to Australia

having seen this what was it

no it was last year wasn't it we saw this in Brisbane

or Byron Bay I should say

yeah it was October last year

so

I saw it in China

in April

in the showrooms

and every time I go back there's some sort of a new promo

on so

I suspect they're not selling too well

there is an e-rev version

they're trialling out at the moment

but I'm assuming we're going to get

the fully electric one

we still don't know how smart as a brand

is doing in Australia

you know some of their cars are really really good

but they're not sharing their sales

numbers I've got a rough

idea based on the dollar that I'm seeing

but yeah it's

it'd be good to see the brand mature a bit

and maybe even go back to their roots

you know what was it smart

for 2 yeah

yeah

yeah I think they're just asking too much honestly

they're using the Mercedes

has leveraged the fact that the collaboration

with them and Zika

sorry Geely

but I think it just might be too much

nice car though smart hashtag 3

as I keep saying

Toyota BZ4X touring

yep

there we go

is that supposed to come to Australia as well

likely

but it's yeah

they've just announced

an update with

better tech in general including

22kW AC

but

yeah the design is very conventional

I don't know how I feel about the two tone

yeah even the

BZ4X is two tone as well

I've got the Salterra coming up

so I'll see if there's any improvements

compared to the previous Salterra which is

the twin of the BZ4X obviously

and of course

7 GT guys

this is the one that

turn a lot of heads at the last two auto shows

everything electric and also the one in Sydney

so not

confirmed yet for Australia but I would

say surely based on the feedback

this would be very high

but they have priority lists to bring this to Australia

7 GT

let's hope so

me too

Andrew if you're watching

we've got three capable men here who can do some pre-production

testing for you over the next few months

so you've got our numbers

and just doing that top spec here please

like the 7X performance

that's a hot tailor so

it's got to be that one

and sub 80 grand will be nice as well for the top spec for Roland

not asking for much

no not at all

I'll just quickly run through

Cars Guide to see if there's anything we've missed

Kia EV4 sedan

okay

oh gee

it almost looks like

the E07 multi truck doesn't it

that's with the sloping back

got to see how the boot opens with this one then

yeah

I'm not sure if it slides open

Kia EV9 GT

alright so it's only the GT line

at the moment with the EV9 so if you want

a rip roaring GT version

of the EV9 this might be one for you

look at you Roland

of course JQJ5

we talked about that earlier

good one to test

LeapMoto B10 yes definitely one I'd love to see

Rural Drive of course

Mazda6C

he has talked about that

Suzuki E-Vita yeah that'll be a good one

BZ4X

what's this Kia EV5

yes

I've seen one at a fleet show

last month

and it looks pretty cool

for cargo but they've also got

a passenger version of this

really looking forward to this particular van

almost looks like the mix doesn't it

yeah it does

I like it it's pretty funky

I like it too

the Kia EV4 is challenging the Ionix 6

for ugly price oh jean

shots fired here we go

let's go back to the Ionix 4

what do you guys think of the Tasman Ute

I'm sure you see that around town

oh gorgeous looking car

looks similar to this EV4

that's all I'll say it does doesn't it

yeah I'm not a fan of the Tasman Ute

I gotta say

let's keep going down

oh yeah post out 5 of course

yes

I don't mind it

don't mind it the price tag to match Roland

171,000

price tag does not look good

looks like the X-Peng

P7

or P7 plus

okay Ionix 6

7 we talked about that oh Hilux

EV more shots fired

master range it's got

and look

if it's available and people can buy it

that would be an achievement

in itself

oh that range

just get laughed at

and that's WRTP rating so that's not even real world

and then you start towing right

Lexus RZ

looks like a Lexus

BMW iX3

looking forward to this one

definitely won't test that one

oh Leapmotor B05

what's that one

that was at the show at Guangzhou

it's called the Leapmotor Lafa

or B05

it's a hatchback and there's a hot hatch version

of this coming next year

the hatch has just been launched

priced really well in China

and the hot hatch

is coming next year

it's definitely destined for the European

and international markets

because it was actually

first unveiled at IAA

in Munich

before it was even unveiled in China

so it was at the Guangzhou Auto Show

it looks really cool in person

that's quite impressive it's really hard to get around all those

male and female models

that are always posing and live streaming

around those cars

but I tried to get a bit of an up close look

and yeah it looks really cool

so hatchbacks we've asked

for it and they started to come

it has DC charging speeds of

nearly 170 kilowatts

which is pretty cool

what happened to the do you know who I am trick

surely you can get past those live streamers

look when you've got a person

with four mobile phones

on one sort of like

sort of a holder

and it's facing you you can't say too much

because you don't know where that's going

I saw in Guangzhou there was a rig

this guy was pushing this trolley

there was about 10 phones on this rig

it was phenomenal what an effort

yeah but I agree this car looks good

I want to see more hatchbacks like this

yeah bring it for sure

oh speaking of Kia EV2 that looks

cute as well

I need a GT version of that

yes they do

so line this up with the Insta

with the B05

with the Firefly with the X2

bring it that would be a good test

and finally NRMA

let's see what Brydie's got for us from NRMA

I think we've missed from the other two let's see

so yeah

a few PHEVs here

so the C-line 5

of course

JQJ5 yep talk about that

oh here we go to KGM Taurus this is the Korean one

EVX

apparently already had the dealers

oh really

apparently

do they have a KGM dealership here in Australia?

yep they do

it would be the old saying young ones

they do sell

highest versions of KGMs today

okay

I have to check those out

um

okay C-line 8

this is a 3 row PHEV

go ahead and check out

I've heard on the grapevine the full

Bev version is

likely on the cards for

later next year

nice

that'll give as you guys said earlier the

PHEV 9 and the KIA EV9

and EX90

right for its money

I'm sure be ideal on the Cuddit

severely

Hyundai Elexio

look at this

EGM PSUV

is that their Savia

is that their EV5 equivalent

because unfortunately

Hyundai is not selling many of the other

cars in their lineup

and I don't think Ionix 6

the new ones gonna do

that well

but this I think could be

this is a China first car

this is already announced in China

and yeah it would be really interesting

to see what comes off this one

yeah cause I saw this China CLTC

so I was curious about that

interesting 550

okay

alright good to see Hyundai

finally competing

with the hopefully decently

priced car

GSE Ion V of course yep looking forward

to testing that one

and yep super one from

Honda

and the Skoda Kodiak the HEV

okay

that's oh 7GT good they mention that too

excellent alright

well that's good I think that's probably a good

summary of what's to expect in 2026

anything stands out for you guys

apart from the 7GT of course

finally more sports cars

yes

I didn't see the GLEX2

in that lot or the Xing Yan

that's the one I'm looking forward to

good package looks like the smart hashtag 3

definitely want to see that in Australia

nice and early in 2026

yep

price tag 25 guys 25 grand

that'd be nice right

I'd say they might want to price it closer

to probably the Dolphin

essential

35 because they think it's the size

of that car but

you know we never know with GLE they

always coming with

really aggressive pricing when they finally launch

and I guess it depends on the market because

so far they've said it is

going to be here in second half

of next year

okay yep

hopefully a GT version for Roland too

nice

gents

that might be it guys if there's anything else

I wanted to add before we round up

this was a good show it's longer than I thought

which is good what's more to chat about

yeah

so let's finish off by saying that

the next show will be on Wednesday again

first week in January

so stay tuned for that

but look otherwise on behalf of myself

I just want to thank you guys

Roland for making the live stream

what it's been this year so thank you very much

once again I can't thank you enough

for being with us each week so

first of all thank you very much

so I'm Tom

Roland everyone on the live stream

it's been a great year

we've covered a lot

thank you Roland of course thank you very much

anytime

can't believe everyone saying happy new year

it's finally here

it's two days away it's not long

it's not long

yep indeed well

that'll be it guys so thank you on behalf of

Roland myself it's been a great year

and want to wish you

all our viewers who join us regularly

and listen to us on the podcast

and watch us on replay

a very happy new year for 2026

2026 yeah that's correct 2026

and stay safe

wherever you might be heralding the new year

on the 730 burst

and yeah wishing you and your family very well

until the next time

on Little Chris Feed in 2026

it's happy charging

thank you

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