{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"In A Bit of a Huff - 18 August 2025","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/in-a-bit-of-a-huff-18-august-2025","audioUrl":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b1cb6142-b503-4e1b-9431-5c8b9a874437.mp3","description":"FOLLOW UP: GOVERNMENT CONFIRM ECG ELIGIBLE CARSThe UK Government has released the list of car models that are eligible for the Electric Car Grant (ECG). There are a few surprises, including how no cars meet the Band 1 £3750 grant requirements. Click this link here, from EV Powered, to read more. To see Nick Gibb’s Bluesky post, adding context to the question of how the Nissan Ayria was eligible, click this link here. For the UK Government’s official list of eligible car models, click this link here. FOLLOW UP: CITROËN ADDS MODELS TO ‘STOP-DRIVE’ RECALLCitroën has now added new models to the previous ‘stop-drive’ order over faulty airbags. Car Dealer is reporting that before this around 120,000 vehicles were affected by the issue. Now that the C4 and DS4, built between 2010 and 2011, plus the DS5 built between 2010 and 2013 there is just a fraction under 10,000 additional vehicles. Citroën was already receiving a backlash on the perceived slowness in addressing the problem, this will not help. If you wish to learn more, click this Car Dealer article link here. ROAD SAFETY CONSULTATION LAUNCHEDThe UK Government has launched a road safety consultation, with a number of issues being given prominent place. For example, once drivers reach 70, they will have to have formal eye tests every three years to show they are fit to drive. Drivers with non seat belt wearing passengers will receive points on their license. There are more besides. Click this Autocar article link to read more. UNSAFE ROAD VEHICLE NUMBERS RISE IN UKIn 2024, nearly 50% more vehicles that were found to be unsafe than the previous year. Tyres were the biggest issue but defective brakes too an alarming jump with 1190 drivers charged last year compared to 181 in 2023. To read more, click this Autocar article link here. LONGBOW ADD MANAGEMENT HEAVYWEIGHTS TO BOARDLongbow, the electric sports car start up, has announced that Mike Flewitt, Michael van der Sande and Dan Balmer are now on the advisory board. Flewitt was CEO of McLaren, van der Sande was at Alpine and Balmer was the boss of Lotus Europe. They will help the company as it works to bring a £65,000 lightweight two seater electric sports car out in 2027. If you want to find out more, click this Autocar article link here. JLR THREATEN RIDICULOUS LEGAL ACTIONJLR sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to the Rail Delivery Group, who run the National Rail website, due to them using the phrase “ranger and rover” to refer to ranger tickets and rover tickets. The car company decided that you are all too stupid to work out a rail company was not referring to a Range Rover. 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There are two Nissan's, the Araya and the Micra, the Peugeot E208, E2008 and E-Rifter. The Renaul...","canonicalId":"car:nissan:micra","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":163.88,"endTime":169.88,"type":"car","title":"Alpine A290","url":"/cars/alpine/a290","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/2024_Alpine_A290_GTS.jpg","quote":"...8, E2008 and E-Rifter. The Renault's 4, 5, Alpine A290, McGann Scenic. Yeah, McGann and Scenic.","canonicalId":"car:alpine:a290","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":163.88,"endTime":169.88,"type":"car","title":"Renaults 4","url":"/cars/renault/4-cv","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Renault_4_CV%2C_Bj._1960_%282014-09-13_7060%29.JPG","quote":"There are two Nissan's, the Araya and the Micra, the Peugeot E208, E2008 and E-Rifter. 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