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Welcome to the Motoring Podcast, your week's discussion of Motoring News, this episode 648
on Monday, the 8th of September, 2025.
Hello, I'm Alan.
Hello, I'm Andrew.
And this week you'll hear one story that reiterates that security is not a dirty word, as Black
Adder found out.
In new car news, you'll learn that two cars have to die for one to be born.
And in points of interest, you get recommended a video featuring tumbleweed.
And we go straight into new news, and it is towards the start of the month, therefore that
means that Alan is going to break out the discs and not, for copyright reasons, the
intro.
Yes, exactly.
New Car Registration figures, everyone, in August it declined 2% compared to last
year.
It was then to 82,908 units, but it is worth mentioning that August is traditionally the
quietest month of the year.
It's also worth mentioning that there was also the introduction of the electric car
grant, where it was introduced at the start of the month, but everything that was actually
allowed and qualified to it wasn't introduced until much later in the month.
We can imagine that quite a lot of people were going, well, if I'm waiting that long
before I can find out what anything is, and whether or not I'm going to get a
car grant, I'm going to wait a little bit longer and get myself the new registration
number as well.
Yep.
To put that in perspective, though, that was the sixth best August back to 2009.
That's not bad, really, is it?
So it's not dreadful.
It's not dreadful at all.
Different types of vehicle, let's run through those, of the 82,908 new car
registrations, 37,373 or 45.1% of them were petrol, 4,307 or 5.2% were diesel,
9,456 or 11.4% were hybrid electric vehicles, 21,969 or 26.5% were battery
electric vehicles and 9,803 or 11.8% were plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Petrol, diesel and hybrid were all down by somewhere between 13 and 17% each.
Battery electric vehicles were up 14.9% year on year and plug-in hybrids were up 69.4%
year on year.
Plug-in hybrids are a funny one because for years they just sat there with a
very low market share and all of a sudden they went, whoosh!
Well, let's not forget they were demonised.
They were demonised for a long time, exactly.
They were demonised as the wicked and evil car and then certain vocal members of the
commentary decided, oh, hang on, but we can claim they're electrified, so that's good
and we need to boost battery electric numbers because it was all very silly and childish
back then.
So much has changed on it, so much.
Yes, all of the other reindeers, et cetera, et cetera.
Yes.
From the figures, private buyers are up 0.7%.
Fleets down 4.6% and business up 41.6%.
Overall, as we say, down 2% on the total numbers year on year.
Just to give you an idea what that actually means, that 2%.
In 2025, 82,908 registrations, 2024, 84,575, so about 1,500-ish, under 2,000 registrations
difference.
The top models for the month, a couple of new faces in here, some familiar ones not
there and a couple of returners.
Number 10 is the MGHS with 1,138 units registered.
Number nine, the Mini Cooper, number eight, the Vauxhall Courser.
Number seven, they're welcome back to the ODA3 with 1,290 units registered, so just
over 100 more than the MGHS.
Number six is a new entry for the JQ7 with 1,367 units.
Number five, Vauxhall are going to take one with 1,526 units.
The numbers four and three are the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y.
Number two is the Kia Sportage with 1,785 units registered and in at number one is
the Ford Puma with 2,457 units registered, 700 units, roughly, of the Kia Sportage.
The manufacturers, Andrew, he's going to be ages folks, there's a lot of red here.
Yep, spreadsheet of doom and what did we call it last month?
I can't remember.
There was something cheerful we put on the end as well, so that's why we can't remember
it.
Anyway, doom side of things, our bath is down 92%, Audi is down 22%, Citroen is
down 38%, DS is down 91%, Fiat is down 70%, Genesis is down 65%, Honda is down 38%, Ineos
is down 35% just to put that in context.
Last year, Ineos registered 23 vehicles this year, 15.
We can, I was on the M6 and I saw quite a lot, I have seen a lot of these around.
There seem to be quite a lot of Meccano fetishists out there at the minute.
I feel like I've seen quite a lot of them, which is just weird.
I think they're in certain locations where they've had or still got dealers.
I know one of the dealers local to me, because I can see a few around me, that has shut
down, is now a used car lot, but I don't know what they've done to make up for that
shortfall.
So I don't know if they've opened something else nearby.
There's certainly plenty of PCP deals, or 0% PCP deals on them right at the minute, but
I seem to notice a lot, but as you say, it was north of England and into Scotland.
Moving on to KGM and they're down 18%, Maserati is down 22%, Mazda is down 42%, Nissan is
down 18%, then we move on to Saat is down 52%, Smart is down 54%, Subaru is down 29%, Suzuki
is down 47%, Toyota is down 22%, Vauxhall down 17%, Volvo down 28%, but the British
down 30%, and other Imports down 39%.
Now, that wasn't all the number of manufacturers that were down, because there are some high
profile names that we would have expected to have done better that they were down, but
they were underneath our 15% threshold that we stick to.
He could have been even longer.
Otherwise, it would just be so much less.
Well, the same works for the increases as well, to be honest, because obviously
in that bid in between, there was a bit of a blur.
Alfa Romeo up 20%, Alpine up 764%, that new Renault 5 is doing a great job, isn't it?
Bentley up 30%, BYD up 302%, Cooper up 33%, GWM up 70%, that means 17 instead of 10 of
them registered, by the way.
Mini up 143%.
Amoda win the MG award for ridiculous percentages.
They're up 2258.7%, so from 46 cars registered in August last year to 1,085 registered in
August this year.
Peugeot up 19%, Polestar up 95%, and that's about it.
Yep, it is.
Mike Hawes just to round out this piece.
Mike Hawes, as ever, has a statement once a month and he said that August was the best month
yet this year for EV market share and while it is often volatile due to low overall volumes,
the overall trend is positive.
September will be critical with the new number plate factor typically driving around
one in seven new car registrations for the year.
Now, I've seen an increasing number of articles to do with dealerships and that side of things
saying September is less important than it used to be, a lot less important.
Yeah, but it used to be a massive spike for August.
Yeah.
Anyway, a quiet month that was down a bit.
How much the fast that has been the electric car grant affected that we don't know.
We'll see in September.
The other fast that could have affected it though is JLR and the cyber hack that it has suffered.
Yes, last week news started to creep out that dealers could not register new JLR products,
which was a bit of a blow because that was the first of September.
Yeah.
And this is then spread on to their production facilities as well as parts.
And it is really a giant mess for JLR last week.
And I haven't seen any update to this this week, which is a bit of a theme with this story.
JLR have not updated on this, but they told employees not to bother coming into work
until the 9th of September unless we tell you different.
I don't honestly think because those claiming responsibility are the same people who act M&S
and other retail elements in the UK.
They are also using the same exploit once they are in the system.
And I bet my bottom dollar they use the same exploit to get into the system,
which is not a software side of things.
And only last month, four months after M&S was hacked initially,
did they get their online ordering system back up and running for the public
to think that within a week JLR will have sorted all their problems.
Well, if they have absolutely superb work,
but from experience, I will be utterly astonished if that is the case.
The technical part of this is in a technology called SAP Netweaver,
which forms part of many organizations, ERP systems,
and is quite core to the whole SAP setup,
which is used by all sorts of organizations all over the world.
Who have all been panicking since this started to first happen.
And in the US, everyone was told to update and there was an update released,
but we have no idea whether JLR have implemented the update,
had managed to get around to all systems or whether it was a phased in thing.
We know nothing because there is a serious lack of communication from within the company,
which I sort of understand at the moment because their main priority
is to focus on stopping the extent of the issue
and then getting things back up and running in a meaningful way
where they are not hemorrhaging money horrifically.
The hackers also claim to have got hold of customer data.
JLR said previous to that announcement that there was no evidence
that customer data had been stolen, so who knows what's going on there.
Again, soon I hope JLR can come out and make it very clear
what has gone on, what is going on and what they're doing about it.
Yeah, absolutely.
Next up then, Porsche is reorganizing its battery activities
and halting some projects according to the article linked in the show notes on ElectriVe.
They have Porsche being they officially confirmed the expected job cuts
at its battery subsidiary called Cellforce are going to go ahead.
Cellforce Group is all going to be reorganized.
Porsche is also withdrawing from another battery project in Germany.
We were having a chat about this before we started recording the show
and they've just got a lot of stuff all at once with this one.
Declining, obviously, America, need I say more.
Declining demand in China as well for European EVs.
And the lack of overall lust for luxury EVs out there.
Totally, it's one of those things you try a petrol car to show off
that you don't have to buy an electric one.
Similarly, the E-Macam didn't have a great reception on its first launch as well.
And I'm sure that some of the other jiggery-pokery going on at Volkswagen Group
won't be helping either.
Well, we've talked about at least two recalls recently as well and their major ones.
All of which are not really very helpful.
No.
I can understand why this is happening and why this is...
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, it's a shame for everyone that's been working hard.
The announcement in themselves, Porsche acknowledged that everybody at Cellforce Group
has been working really hard to make the high-performance batteries.
That's what they've been targeting.
And now they're just going to cut it off and make it an independent R&D unit.
And they expect 200 of those 290 employees to be made redundant,
although Porsche tends to make the upcoming job cuts socially responsible.
That's okay.
Yeah.
There's all sorts of other bits and pieces.
So, for example, as part of all of this Finnish tier one supply of Valmet automotive,
they built a new facility in Germany and now that's not going to...
where they were meant to be assembling the packs for Porsche,
they're now not going to be yet.
And of course, as we're going to talk about a little bit later,
but the electric Cayman and Boxster have been delayed somewhat as well.
Yeah.
Well, NorthVault was their preferred supplier and they've gone belly-ups.
Well, yes.
They've had to adjust how they're going to manage that.
Anyway, let's go into something a bit more positive.
It's still to do with EVs.
However, this is one of those when you hear it, you go,
why hasn't that been done before?
And this is the news that Zoopla has teamed up with Voxel
and they are now putting on Zoopla's property search website
the locality of public EV charging infrastructure
and how close that is to any particular property that you select
and are having a little look at.
And also whether or not there's a home charger as well.
Yes.
And you go, oh, yeah, that makes total sense.
Why haven't we been doing that?
And I think that's really interesting for two perspectives.
One is obviously there is that fact that as the buy-in to EVs
expands across the full British public,
the number of people who can charge at home drops dramatically
because the number of people who have a driveway
or whose electrics are suitable.
Or the percentage of people.
Yes, this is the percentages.
And it goes further into people who or properties that do not have
the ability to do home charging.
And I think if we can map that data as much as we hear,
oh, there's 75,000 public chargers now, that's brilliant, etc.
Yes, numbers-wise it is.
However, how well are they positioned?
Yeah.
How well have they been thought out?
And to a certain degree, not all of that is lack of thought.
Sometimes it is because the local infrastructure cannot cope
more than the 7 kilowatt charger.
And the local council have just gone,
we need to chuck something in.
So at least we've got something.
Yes.
But equally, it will hopefully prompt more careful installation
and rollout as we can see this information is out there.
In the early days, there was a far more scattergun approach
in the case of, well, we need to get some charges out there.
So let's get them to places where we think they're going to be used,
but we're not really sure.
And then that then informs what the actual usage data is,
then informs where you put them in the future
and which ones are worth investing in
and upgrading and which ones aren't and all of that kind of stuff.
Lots of complex stuff going on in the background.
I mean, there was the potential to use
where vehicles are registered with the DVLA,
which as we know, and we've explained on this show,
is a very flawed methodology
because you are then targeting where lease companies are based.
And that does not necessarily mean there is, you know,
20,000 EVs in Stockport as some were trying to sit,
well, not that many, but you get the impression
that there was an awful lot of people in Stockport
suddenly driving an EV and then you realise
that auto lease is based in Stockport and you go, ah, right.
But that hadn't actually broken down
because people weren't aware and weren't thinking it through.
Hopefully we can use this data
and tie it into how stuff is being rolled out
and we can do it better than we have done,
which then means the ownership side of things
is so much more simple, so much easier for people
and that is not a complaint
because I'd love to not complain about that personally.
Especially if you've got an EV this week
and another EV next week, goodness,
we'll all be sick of it by the end of it.
But well done, Voxel and well done, Zoopla.
There you are.
Look at me being all positive and cheerful.
Well done, Andrew.
Yes.
Thank you.
That must be the end of the first part at that point.
That was in no way condescending, was it?
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Awesome.
Yes, you rock.
Right, new car news, Alan.
Take us to the EV5, please.
Yes, the Kia EV5.
Ahead of its launch at the...
whatever it's called in motor show in Munich next...
IAA.
...which is kind of starting.
It's IAA.
I had the wrong set of...
But I don't know what that means.
...initials in my...
it's international, automobile,
something or other in German, I'm sure.
I don't speak German.
Can you tell?
Before it's properly launched,
the price and specification has been revealed
for the Kia EV5.
It will cost from 39,295 pounds
when it goes on sale later this year.
The idea is that the EV5 is an electric equivalent
to the Sportage, which sells very well for Kia,
certainly here in the UK.
It's also priced to compete directly with the Skoda Enyaq,
the Ford Explorer, and the Renault Scenic,
and all of the other things that are in that segment.
Because there are many of them.
And we strongly suspect that this is going to...
this is going to immediate become one of the best sales
most registered does.
Absolutely.
If you think of the EV9 and shrink it down
so it doesn't have three rows of seats,
that's what you've got with the EV5.
And it looks great.
I love the clean design they've got
and how they've differentiated their EVs from their
internal, well, their hybrid and petrol hybrid
and diesels.
We know how decent the tech will be
on the inside, but we also know how
close the actual usage mileage
is to that of WLTPs and that side of things.
So you can have some faith in it.
There's an entry level air model,
and then there's a GT line, a GT line S trim.
I imagine GT line will be the one we see everywhere.
All the versions at launch will come with an
81.4 kilowatt-hour battery.
Same ones in the EV3 and the EV4.
Front-mounted 214 brake horsepower motor.
I'll give you not to see.
62 in 8.4 seconds and 329 miles of range.
You should be able to top up from 10 to 80%
in 30 minutes as well.
There is expected to be an all-wheel-drive version
which I have more than 300 horsepower
and it'll be the GT performance model as well
which will be even more powerful too.
But those aren't going to be along until 2026.
I would read through the specs,
but you can probably imagine exactly what you're going to get.
It is standard amounts of trim for a well-specced modern car.
Looking at the picture of the interior here,
there'll be a link to the article by evpowered.co.uk
in the show notes.
I'm amazed how similar the steering wheel is
to the original Range Rover one.
That's what it makes me think of
with that inbox line across the middle.
All versions of the U5 are going to come
with a 12.3-inch main touchscreen
which offers new entertainment options.
Monthly entertainment packages
costing between £7 and £18 per month
will unlock everything from music streaming
and new to YouTube and Netflix
and in-car karaoke.
I can see him shaking his head as we speak.
It's 4.61 meters long, 1.87 meters wide.
That makes it slightly bigger than the Sportage
or Explorer, it's slightly smaller than the ENYAC.
500, 6.6-litre boot, small 44-litre trunk
at front, pardon me, fruit.
And 16.5-litre storage space in the center console.
Yeah, it's going to be popular.
It's going to be really popular.
Right, well, moving on from a car
that I completely get to a car
that I really don't get at all
and this is the Audi Concept C,
which was inspired by the TT
but is not a TT, let's be clear.
And it's not a new TT
because lots of headlines were saying that.
Yes, it is not the new TT.
It is going to be its own thing.
And...
Yes, okay, if we think
similar-ish in execution
to the Jaguar Concept that came out
in terms of...
It's got no back window, everyone.
It's very bold look, it's very clean
for a lot of it.
There isn't the slashes and swoops down the side.
It's got a very blunt front end
even though it is angled as well.
It is a very bluff, tall front end
and it's not actually that smaller vehicle
so hence it's not a TT.
No, well, there's two things.
This is a concept and a show car
according to this also car news article here.
And it says,
this new show car is confirmation that the firm
will make a grand return to the segment
with a compact electric two seater.
Which is interesting because this isn't very compact.
If you scroll down, if you do follow the links
in the show notes and you scroll down
you'll get to where the concept is surrounded by people.
I don't know if it's just a wide-angle lens or what
but it does look very large indeed.
Again, it's one of these things.
I think it's very difficult to judge
unless you see the actual car in the,
in the flesh, in a context
and not just in a photo studio
with heavily touched up.
Thanks, I'm not a huge fan.
I don't really like it.
As a slight counter to your bit about it being a show car
the head of design for Audi said
that this will make production
in almost this exact form in two years time.
Well, let's see.
He said he is quoted as the car that you see here
is a preview of a production car
almost literally.
Oh well.
And when he was pushed on what were the changes
he didn't go on into any details.
I mean it does have wing mirrors everyone.
That's two years down the line.
That's a long time
if that's supposedly production ready.
Let's see what happens.
So it's not production ready.
It's a preview of production.
But this is apparently
tie in with the
it's going to be the system model
for the 718 electric.
Okay, fair enough.
Which we just discussed is delayed
for a variety of power plant issues.
Yeah, I don't like it.
It's like the Jag, I don't get it.
I don't understand what it's trying to do.
So therefore I struggle to...
I just don't like it.
Okay, I'm not a huge fan either.
I'm waiting for Frank Stevenson's hot take.
Yes, exactly.
Well it can't be really as crucial as it was.
But I would love any designers out there
that do like it
or can appreciate it to explain it to me
because I know a part of my problem is ignorance
and I very much am a
I like it, I don't like it type of person.
I get that.
And anyone who's listened for some time
will be well aware of that.
And Alan has to grit his teeth
and roll his eyes at me often
which you don't get to see.
So if someone can explain
what are the good bits of this
I'd love to hear it
because then it would help my education.
Well good luck folks.
I've never really been a TT fan
as I've said before
because it came out right when I was starting my design degree
and everyone wanted to do it
like a TT.
I was going to say you mood boarded to death.
Yes, I was.
That's actually what turned me off the IDTT
was it was such a thing.
That and then the word Bauhaus would appear seconds later
and so I've always had this bit of a thing
about early TTs
and this form of styling
it just gives me shudders
to third rate mood boards.
I'm so sorry.
I preferred the Mark II to the first.
Same here.
And you know
I'm sorry for the people we know that do have Mark I know
because they are going to design purity for doing it.
Yeah, I know I get all that.
But just for me, I preferred the shape
of the Mark II.
I am delighted they came out with the Mark I
because otherwise we wouldn't have had
small
2-seater
premium sports cars like that.
No, because they would have moved in a different way.
Maybe.
Maybe.
They helped
make that happen.
Got to thank them for that.
Anyway,
talking of
small premium 2-seater sports cars
maybe not longer.
The 718 came in a boxer.
I'm dead.
Long live the 718 came in a boxer.
This was actually planned to happen at the end
to last year
because of changing cybersecurity
regulations
at one point of the irony is crashing
that we're talking about that
but they managed to survive
and cling on a little bit longer.
They were of course meant to
lead straight into the electric 718
so the replacements
that as we said earlier on is not going
to be happening for some time.
So there's going to be a considerable gap
in the Porsche lineup.
I'm a huge fan of these.
I like them an awful lot.
Cayman is my favorite shape
of modern Porsche.
That for me was absolutely
the epitome of what a sports car could be.
It wasn't
outrageously overpowered
but it was small.
It was a gorgeous shape
all they just seemed
great to me.
And I had a great time driving one last summer as well.
Don't forget there's a special edition about that
which I'm sure will be linked in the show notes.
Yeah, we've driven that and
a 911 GTS as well
and yeah, it's
it's just the right size for so many people.
Great cars.
They're going to be missed and I think everybody
has their fingers crossed
that whatever replaces them is just as awesome.
Yep, please Porsche, please.
Please, I'm sure.
All that extra development time
it's going to be awesome.
Yes.
Okay, moving on to points of interest
and we have a lunchtime read
and this one is from quite a while back
almost a year ago on petrol blog.
However, it's that good
we're still going to recommend it.
It is titled, frankly, we don't talk about the
Peugeot 309 enough.
And it's
obviously major calve.
So therefore it's wonderful to read
and we're talking about a car
that was actually
really important and
I reckon quite a good looking car
back in the day.
It's no 405.
But for a
small family hatch
smaller midsize family hatchback
as opposed to going full saloon
or the 205
I think they did a cracking job.
I love the rear window which no one would do
today because it would cost too much
because it's curved
around and follows the line of
the roof.
Apart from Cadillac.
Yeah, but how much are they charging?
Oh yeah, they're charging a lot more than a 309.
This is
absolutely a fantastic read.
Do click it and then obviously underneath
that when you get to the end of that article
you then fall down the rabbit hole
that is the rest of Petrolblog's
website. If you haven't read anything for a while
have fun.
But yeah, there's a bunch of new stuff
on Petrolblog
too. So do have a click through
some of the rest of the site as well.
A list of the week this week comes
from AutoCar as they seem to
so often these days and it's called
the highlights of the largest car museum
in the world. France's National
Automotive Museum houses over 500
cars and they've given us
23 to choose from.
None of which are my
highlights. I would like to make a complaint
I would like to make a
complaint you have 500 cars to pick
from and dear AutoCar you
only gave us 23 slides to select
from. I am outraged
that this free content was
not more what I wanted.
Yes well there's only so many Bugatti
they can put in a list really isn't there
they have of course missed
my favourite. Why Alan have you been there?
The Type 35 B. Well yes
I've been there a couple of times Andrew
in fact one of the times I recorded a special
edition of all about it.
He put that he put today. Oh well I'll make sure there's a link
in the show notes then. Thank you
it wasn't me who
put together today's running order okay
it just happens that somebody hit
a whole load of topics that we
have maybe covered before.
Yes
Andrew what's your choice?
Okay if you can move to
slide 18 of your pack.
Oh not the one I thought.
Yes it's quite cool. I'm going to
butcher the pronunciation here.
It's a Panadinavia.
Thank you. From
1948
which is remarkable when you look
at it because it looks like it's
from the Jetsons
and you remember the optimism
of the atomic age.
Yes this is the French
it's just wonderful.
French atomic age.
Yes it's
quite strange to be perfectly
honest. The thing is we knew
it was a concept because there's no wing mirrors.
Oh that's right I know
or wipers.
All 28 horsepower
going to the front wheels yes.
There's a theme
here because the one that I've chosen
from here is the Alzon
Uff from
1942 so we really are
jetting it. Slide 16
in your handout. Thank you. It was
the... Oh I nearly picked that.
The work of I thought you might.
The work of a chap called Paul Alzon
better known for designing
trains obviously for SNCF
than for designing
cars and it's
a tiny micro
car.
It was originally electric but that didn't
really work very well so he
replaced it with a single cylinder
125cc Peugeot engine
after the war
and he used it until his death. His death
was not in it by the way
because that is actually a believable
situation. But yes
it is very much ovoid. If you ever
think that a Mitsubishi I
or IMEV is egg shaped
it has nothing
on a car literally called
the Alzon egg.
So have a look at that. There are
also when you're there the Bugatti
Royals none of which are
included in this list are
absolutely magnificent
the
007 spy
who loved me special
edition 2CV is
wonderful. There are so many great
cars there. If you happen
to be passing through western
France then
it's absolutely excellent.
That is a good list
and whilst my
complaint was slightly tongue in cheek
bought a car I really
would be very happy to try and get through
50 or 75 slides
as you have done previously.
But thank you for putting that out there for us to share.
Share my photos from the last
time I visited if you're really that bored.
Yes.
Right
that takes us now to the and
finally and we bring you
the latest episode
from C90 Adventures and Ed
March. And we
continue with the Will the Mini Jeep
make it to Area 51
Episode 4 as I said
Mud, snow and the end of
Utah. Another fabulous
episode of
just
astonishing
environment he's in
but also how insane he is
frankly
to go off and try and do this.
However
in this episode there
are moments where he
shows some
some growth as a person because he
decides he won't continue
pursuing a certain
action because it won't
lead to any success so he turns around
and goes back which I thought was lovely
to see because previously we had not
seen that.
No this is true
and yeah no it
it's a great series and the
one of the things about
that part of the world it's
it's the part of the US
I'm most sad I didn't get
to go see I was going to and then
the trip got pulled out from under me sadly
is all of that area out
in Utah because
it's quite something if you want to see more of that
in between watching it
then stuff like trail meter
off road recoveries and stuff
one of the chaps on there
is very good at pointing out wildlife
and scenery and all sorts
of things as a
as a recovering stuff it's a
gorgeous part of the world
don't know that I'd want to cross it in a
mini Jeep but it's a gorgeous part
of the world much rather
my own car but it's also
amazing seeing the
the hospitality and
giving spirit of the people that he encounters
that's really refreshing and lovely to see
particularly when the world
in general is pretty grim when you look
at the news it's lovely to see
some charitable and
just people doing
things without any expectation of anything
in return you find that in America
though despite all the headlines despite all of
that there are lovely people
as well
that's that for this weekend
it really is next week
Tuesday night courting isn't it
I don't think we've decided on that time yet
we shall let
the appropriate people know who can
see or whatever the live stream
yeah the
the upcoming
schedule is a little bit up in the air at the moment
as we try and work out a new schedule
as things have changed
in life somebody was
inconsiderate enough to go off and get a
job after six months
so now we have to
work around a job again as opposed to go
yeah let's just do it during the day
makes me feel productive I've done something
today
that's less
funny than you might think well you're talking
about me yeah but all right you're talking about you
that was me
there's going to be some changes there
sorry but it will
find a level again next week
the audio might not be as good
because it's very much old school
it's Alan recording
from a laptop in a Scandinavian
hotel room with a minimum number
of soft coverings so just
be aware of that now
but I think that that really brings back
some fond memories
for the old school listeners
of the show as we
do approach our 10th anniversary Alan
well that was it that was still not decided
anything we're going to do no I know
that's good didn't know what was happening
with this kind of stuff
so yeah yeah yeah
back to Scandinavian hotel rooms folks
sometimes and
what else was I going to say rust of all
the other week it was awesome
so nice to meet a whole load of you
who I had met before
or who I'd never met before
should have been a better sentence there
but yes it was
it was great to meet some of you for the first time
and catch up with some of you that I already know
thank you everyone
it was a lovely day out
good I'm glad you had a good time
they did look a cracking event
it really was it was fantastically
just everything I don't know
it was just nice
that takes us to the end of the show though
as far as I'm aware
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and Alan if people would like to get in touch with you personally
what's the best way for them to do that
well I don't have to rely on LinkedIn
just as much as I have done for the last 6 months so
the best way to find me
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About this episode
The latest episode dives into the current state of new car registrations, revealing a 2% decline in August 2025, with electric vehicles showing significant growth. The hosts discuss the impact of the new electric car grant and the challenges faced by manufacturers like JLR due to a cyber hack. They also cover Porsche's restructuring of its battery projects and the upcoming Kia EV5 launch. Additionally, there's a spotlight on a collaboration between Zoopla and Vauxhall to enhance EV charging information for home buyers, and a recommendation for a nostalgic read on the Peugeot 309.
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NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS AUGUST 2025
August registration figures are down on 2024. Typically a quiet month prior to the number plate change in September, it was still a disappointment. We also do not know how much of an effect the mishandling of the ECG approval list had on the overall numbers. BEVs took a 26.5% market share. There are also some returning models to the Top Models list and a newcomer. To read more, click this link from the SMMT.
JLR HIT BY CYBER ATTACKJLR have been hit by a cyber attack that has halted all sales, aftersales and production work. The group claiming responsibility are the ones who hit M&S and others on the UK highstreet. The company has employed specialists to help address the problem but communication has been limited as to what has happened and what is going on. If you want to learn more, click this Autocar article link here.
PORSCHE CHANGES TACK ON BATTERIESDue to recent financial performances and market conditions Porsche has reviewed their high performance battery projects and decided to shut some down. They have a battery subsidiary called CellforceGroup which they are reorganising and CellForce will become a small R&D company focusing on developing batteries. This will result in approximately 200 jobs going. For more on this, click the link here from electrive.
ZOOPLA TO SHOW PUBLIC EV CHARGER LOCATIONSOccasionally there are stories you hear and think “why hasn’t that been done before” and this is one. Zoopla, in partnership with Vauxhall, are adding whether a listed house has a home charger and if not, the location of nearby public chargers. This is a great initiative. Click this Autocar link here to read 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 - Kia EV5Kia has revealed the specifications and pricing of the EV5, prior to going on sale later this year. Looks wise, it is very similar to the EV9 but smaller and without the third row of seats. Pitched against the Skoda Enyac and Renault Scenic. Kit will be comprehensive, especially as you move up the trim levels and it come with up to 329 WLTP miles. Expect to see these everywhere. Click this EVPowered to find out more.
Audi Concept CAhead of the IAA Munich show Audi revealed their Concept C, inspired by the TT but is not to be seen as a replacement for one. The design is similarly executed that of the Jaguar 00 concept. Design chief Massimo Frascella claimed that this is virtually the production ready design, although we have to wait until 2027 before that is shown. Click this Autocar article link here to read more.
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