motor and a 0 to 62 time of 7.9 seconds. Standard kit will
include heat pump, keyless entry and a 15.6 infotainment
touchscreen and heated seats. There's going to be 20 sites
across the UK of that will sell the D Pal SO seven. That's
what this one is going to be. And its prices will start
at 39,990 pounds. Okay, just remember, Chinese state owned. Do
with that information what you will. But they are quite an old
company. They began as an arms manufacturer in 1862. And they
may started making motorized vehicles in 1959. They're one
of the biggest in China actually they sold 2.68 million
models last year in Asia, the Middle East and Russia. They've
got a R&D center also in Birmingham to click the link in the
show notes if you want a nearly 40,000 pound Chinese SUV. Right
moving on and we're going to go to Subaru and this information
came out a while ago, but we just haven't had the space in
the show to talk about it. And we talked initially about the
trail seeker, which is a jacked up electric estate. However,
when it comes to the UK is going to be known as the E
outback, which is probably sensible because that's at least a
name that will be recognized. It's going to have 375 brake
horsepower four by four. And it's going to share the
underpinnings of the Solterra. And it also has just a
fraction more luggage space than the Solterra as well. We're
all fans of a jacked up estate on the show, particularly if
you slap on a load of cladding which they have done
well done Subaru. There's another tick. But they have said
that Subaru has really gone to town on this one. It's going to
feature 70% of Subaru parts and then we built in one of the
company's own factories. Whilst the Solterra is manufactured
by Toyota because that is the twin with the BZ4X. And
don't forget there's the uncharted coming out which
is based on the CHR plus. There's going to be a pair of 201
brake horsepower motors in each axle. 0 to 60 mile per hour is
4.4 seconds. And it's going to have a WLTP combined range of
up to 279 miles, thanks to a 74.7 kilowatt hour battery. It
can be charged up 250 kilowatts. And so 10 to 80% can take
less than 35 minutes. All environmental conditions allowing
it also and this might be important actually for the
market is aiming at it can tow up to 1588 kilograms. It's got
several drive modes as you would expect Subaru have lent into
it being very capable off road as well. So there's snow in
deep mud as well as hill descent control.
Subaru has yet to announce pricing but the trail seeker is
likely to be positioned above the Salterra. Next year we get to
see it. And we will round out new new car news with something
really rather ridiculous. And this is the 3 million Lamborghini
fenomeno. I think that's how you pronounce it. It is based on
the Revoluto, which is their hybrid hypercar. Yeah, it's
going to be a limited run no kidding at 3 million. And its
power has been boosted to from from only one thousand and one
brake horsepower in the Revoluto to one thousand and 65
brake horsepower. Thanks to 10 brake horsepower from the engine
that's been redesigned. And also 54 brake horsepower from the
biggest seven kilowatt hour lithium ion battery has been
created especially for this vehicle. It's only going to
weigh 1772 kilograms. And it is going to be the fastest most
powerful Lamborghini ever with a nought 62 sprint time of just
2.4 seconds. So that's 0.1 of a second quicker than the
Aston Martin Valhalla and just 0.1 of a second slower than
the Ferrari SF 90 XS. Well, tops out 280 mile an hour gets
124 mile an hour in 6.7 seconds. Just seems a bit insane,
really. Yeah, they they've limited it down to 30 examples.
29 have already been sold. And the other one is going to the
Lamborghini Museum in Bologna. But do have a click on the
AutoCard article link in the show notes to have a look at
this thing because it is, it is typically Lamborghini is
mad. Absolutely mad. And the stats are insane as well. Cricky.
Okay, now we move on to points of interest and unless you were
under a rock last week, or weren't looking at the internet,
you wouldn't realize that it was Rusteval 2025 at the
British Motor Museum. Alan was there and he got to meet
several people, which is good for him. I wasn't there, which I
am frustrated at because of my own stupidity of not getting
tickets in time. However, it did look a blast. It looked great
fun. The weather held off. There are three videos in the
show notes for this. We have a one from Hubnut. We have one
from Steph, one from furious driving. All those three helped
create the Rusteval. They helped organize it and helped put the
show on. Do click a link to each of the links in the show notes,
do watch their videos, give them some free internet love if you
don't if you can't support them in any other way. And do enjoy
seeing all the mad variety of vehicles that pitched up and
all the people were there. I haven't watched all the videos
yet myself. But I do know that in Hubnuts video you do
get to see Alan's land. Sorry, Lexus. I was going to call it
Land Cruiser then. He's Lexus. Don't forget there is a video on
our YouTube where Alan walks around and points at things at
his Lexus. You can watch that. Do click those links, do have a
look and do put a reminder to get tickets for next year
because it just looks such a fun and happy show. So more of
that, please. Right, list of the week. And as there's only me,
I'm going to pick a slightly smaller one. And this is from
Top Gear and it's titled here are 13 of the strangest concept
cars you've probably never seen. And to be fair, I haven't
seen many of these as a few I have seen. But many I haven't.
And there is a wide gambit of concept cars here. Some are more
successful than others, shall we say? Yes, and others you can see
have led to vehicles we've got on the road. But the one I'm
going to choose is a number 13. And it's the Volvo T6 Roadster
from 2005. And wow, you know, when PT did a sort of roadster
thing, I think TV's Paul Cowland has got one. It's along those
vibes, but more so. And it just looks fabulous. Absolutely
wonderful, silly, crazy, what one would hope from concept cars
that are not effectively a production car, just needing some
door handles and wing mirrors on it. Now, this is this all the
cars in there are definitely the we were we are playing with an
idea, or we're just playing. And the Volvo Roadster I think
was just playing and it's wonderful for it. Do click on
the top gear link in the show notes, do have a little look
around and see if you if you to agree with that or which
one would you rather have from the full list? Okay, that means
we have only got the and finally, and it's that time of year
again, the Hot Wheels Legend Tour UK has finished, and they
have selected a winner. And this was done at the NEC, where
they were part of SLAM's UK Gravity Show. And they had seven
cars on display at the show, which was down from 200
entrance. They had a Jaguar Mark seven. There's also a classic
Polo, which won the public vote. But the judging panel was Hot
Wheels designer Charlie Angulo. There was Nicola Hume, there
was Jordan Clark and Matt Armstrong. And between them,
they decided that a heavily modified Benny BMW three series
was the one to represent the UK. And it was an E21 1982 three
series, and it was created by Father and Son team, Paul and
Ethan Foster from Wickford and Essex. And it is suitably Hot
Wheels. It's mad. They have done so much to this. You do click
the motoring research article link in the show notes, because
they crammed a Rover V8, a five liter Rover V8 in there, given
its side exhaust, DTM gearbox, quave limited, differential
adjustable coil overs and Wilwood brakes, as well as so many
aesthetic and cosmetic changes. It is just brilliant. I love
it. I love it. Well, good luck to them. When it gets to
the full legends tour. And hopefully, the Britain can win
once again. And that rounds us out for the show this week.
Parish notes, we're going to be a day early next week. I've got
to go off and do a car thing. So we're going to be recording
on the Monday for release on the Tuesday next week. But after
that, we should be back to some sort of normal ish
schedule again. And that means that all I've got left to
say is that don't forget between now and next week, you
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About this episode
A deep dive into the latest motoring news reveals significant updates, including the tightening of the UK electric vehicle grant, job cuts at Lotus, and leadership changes within the Renault group. Notably, Stellantis has shelved its level three driver assistance program, while a UK consortium secures funding for battery recycling technology. The episode also highlights new car launches, including a Tesla Model Y rival from a Chinese company and Subaru's E Outback. Additionally, the hosts reflect on the recent Rusteval event and discuss the Hot Wheels Legend Tour winner.
FOLLOW UP: ECG TWEAK AND FIRST BAND 1 CARS ANNOUNCED
The Government has tightened the loophole where if one vehicle in the range is eligible for the Electric Car Grant (ECG) then all others with the same powertrain configuration are, no matter their price. This has been capped at £42,000. Click this Autocar story link here, to read more.
Additionally, the Government has announced the first two cars to be eligible for Band 1 of the grant and thus the full £3750. The Ford Puma Gen-E and the E-Tournio Courier. Click this Motor Trader article to read more.
LOTUS CUTS MORE STAFF
In the continued troubling news from Lotus there is the announcement that they are cutting another 550 jobs in the UK, roughly 40%. This follows another poor first half to the year, as sales dropped 42%. If you wish to learn more, click this Autocar article link here.
DACIA LOSE A CEO BUT FIND ANOTHER
Denis Le Vot has decided to leave as head of Dacia, with Katrin Adt taking over the reigns. This is one of several changes in Renault Group management. To find out more, click this Autocar article link here.
STELLANTIS SHELVES LEVEL 3 AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT
Stellantis has pulled the plug on deploying their SAE Level 3 autonomous driving system. In February they were saying it was ready to be rolled out. No reasons have been given but the reality of how expensive it is to developing such systems and the flawed path chosen must be part of the reason. To read more, click this Yahoo! Finance article link here.
BATTERY RECYCLING CONSORTIUM RAISES £8.1M
A consortium, made up of JLR, LiBatt Recycling, WMG at Warwick University and Mint Innovation has secured £8.1 million investment for their battery recycling plans. They intend to perfect recovering lithium, cobalt and nickel from end of life EV batteries. Click this electrive article link here to read more.
TESLAMATE SERVERS OPEN TO ALL
TeslaMate is a self-hosted data logger for Tesla owners that records all the data that is sent out by the car. A security researcher has discovered he could access thousands of these self-hosted servers and get all the information from the vehicles. To read more, click this link from TechCrunch here.
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