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Haval H6
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A twin turbo petrol V6 engine is a type of engine that uses two turbochargers to make it more powerful. It helps the car go faster and use fuel more efficiently.
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The Tesla Model 3 is a popular electric car known for being affordable compared to other electric vehicles. It offers good performance and comes with advanced technology features.
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The Toyota Land Cruiser is a big, tough SUV that can handle rough roads and tough conditions. It's popular for people who like to go on adventures or need a reliable vehicle for daily driving.
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The Toyota Corolla Cross is a small SUV that’s a bit bigger than the regular Corolla car. It’s designed to be easy to drive and has more room for passengers and luggage.
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The Ferrari SF90 is a very fast sports car that uses both a traditional engine and electric motors to go really fast and save fuel. It's known for being one of the best supercars available.
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I haven't ridden a fat boy before isn't that a motorcycle? I know you're quite fond of them
As a fat boy myself
Can tell you right now the driver's show with Paul Merrick and Gordy Waters
Do you want to do the intro this week? Yeah, sure go on. Hello everyone. Okay, stop
Welcome
You are dressed like a Jehovah's Witness today. Yes, I was actually hoping we could sit down and talk
I'm ready to convert. Yeah, good. Yeah, I'm ready to find Jesus
Yeah, I it was funny you walked out to open the door for me
And I thought we could not be further apart in terms of how we're dressed. Yeah, usually it's the other way around usually
I'm quite well equipped. What's going on around here. It seems like it's a little grim in the radio world
Have you noticed the lights are out? Yeah, it basically now looks like a cryptocurrency office. It's been raided
They take your clothes off you when you come in like no, no, we're going to sell that you're going to wear this now
Yes, yes put on this smock
This is how you dress now
Yeah, we're gonna rip your clothes out for the day. So you've got your polo top on you've got your bloody Rolex
Terrible band you really should look at something else
Yes
Anything have you been have you hopped in anything interesting lately because here's my thing. Yeah, there is nothing
I haven't I'm not that excited by anything coming out at the moment. Yeah
So I'll be taking off for the Tokyo Motor Show next week. Okay, so hopefully there's some exciting stuff going on there
We're hopefully gonna see the new Hilux. We'll have some details on that soon, but I was actually at GWM's tech day
They've a tech day at the proving ground and I had a chance to drive a couple of interesting things
So part of what GWM is doing in Australia. They've employed Rob Tribbiani
Who's their former who is the former riding handling boss for Holden and he's been working furiously away
And we obviously see him at the proving ground when we're filming doing stuff
Hmm, and I finally had a chance to drive one of his his projects
Which was a new sort of ride tune for the H6 plug-in hybrid
Oh, that's cool. So he's the guy who's kind of responsible for tuning these cars to Australian conditions. Yes, and he's done a good job
It is fantastic. It's like night and day in terms of the Chinese tune versus his tune
So what is this you're talking about? So it was the ride and handling tune for the H6 plug-in hybrid
So that's it been available for a little while in like a coupé swoop back type trim
But now it's like the normal SUV shape. Oh, yeah, the H6. Yeah. Yeah. That's like a GT version
Yeah, yeah, this is just the normal one. So still 0 to 100 in like 4.7 seconds
We actually published a drag race where we drag race the Nissan Z, the Audi S5 Avant
one of our employees
His WRX STI and Tesla Model Y and it was pretty impressive to see how quick it was
But during this tech day, they actually let us have a drive of two things. One is the GWM tank 700
Yeah, I heard about this. This looks mean too. It's like a Rolls Royce
Like it's it's basically a Rolls Royce that's off-road capable
So air suspension front and rear diff locks center diff lock plug-in hybrid with a twin turbo petrol v6
And like a 37 kilowatt hour battery. So it is this enormous package and inside it is high-end luxury stuff
It is an impressive thing. So they haven't confirmed it's coming to Australia yet, but that car is about $100,000 in China
So if it did come to Australia, we're talking about $100,000 proposition
Last time we're at the Shanghai Motor Show. They announced they're doing a v8. They're producing a v8. So I saw that
That was on the wasn't that on the tank 300 though. Yeah, but I think it was like a concept
Yeah, I reckon they would stick it in the tank 700 because it's due for a life cycle replacement
So exciting stuff there. Um, there was also
They want to launch the weigh brand in Australia and they had a people mover and this thing was unreal
It's got in the second row. You've got captain's chairs with massaging recline heating cooling
A big screen that flips down from the center. You've got three screens ahead of the driver
And this is another like five seconds zero to 100 car
It it's just amazing what is available in china that we don't have in Australia because this is another car
That's about the sort of $80,000 mark
But an equivalent Lexus in the LM is like a $250,000 car
So to think that you can get this which is much faster much more luxurious
Hmm, um, you know, I just think that there's potential for some of these casters. So pretty impressively remember when we got news of the bmw
Seven series and I remember when that came out like the screen came down for the second row. We were like, holy shit
Look at that. That's amazing
Now
No, china are like hold my beer. Yeah, did somebody say massage seats and a blowjob tool
We gotcha
Got you covered darling. Yeah, um, but yeah, and even byd they're bringing out the 101 the addo two
The sea line
This is the thing I've lost track of all their cars
But the the two that I'm interested in are the densers the b6 and the b8
I think they are they're basically like the shark
But with front rear diff locks and off-road capable
So there is it is really confusing part of the reason did you say the shark is now off-road capable?
No, no, no, but that's what it should have been but this is like the same sort of drivetrain
But with actual stuff in it. Um, part of the reason I'm so dressed up today is we did our up fronts and and the up fronts
Are we basically we pitch to um advertisers to to advertise with us, but you beg them for money
You hold out your little hands and you'd be
Please sir, please give me a little bit of crust. I'm just a poor boy on the youtube
pointing to the cup holders with my
Gerometer
I had to sleep with a big fat woman in regional victoria just to fill up my electric car
Please
Yes, that's basically that
but part of the research that we did
for the up fronts is
Looking at how many cars are on sale?
So at the moment there are over 400 models available in australia and that is just models each of those models will have variants
There's potentially thousands of variants on sale
You can imagine how confusing it is for a consumer when someone like byd goes. Oh, well because six new things coming
Then you got like 30 other chinese brands that are coming soon as well half of which you've never heard of
so it is becoming a confusing space and
part of the thing I could see in this room of
Advertisers is traditional car brands. They're getting a little bit concerned because
It's not as easy as just pulling the ad lever and spending more on tv and doing all this sort of stuff
It's now a case of well people are now just looking at price
That is one of the part of the research that we did with nielsen
It was like an interview of a thousand people and one of the biggest drivers is price
And the where the car is manufactured
We've done this same survey over the past three years where the car is manufactured is becoming less of a concern for most buyers
So that's telling you that price is a factor. They don't care where it's made which means why would I go and buy?
amazda or a toyota or some other these expensive legacy brands
You know, I think we're going to be a very interesting test case
because you look at the state of australia with
These car brands coming in
Thousands and thousands of them and we're already we'll talk about toyota later on but if you look at a brand like toyota
we're already pretty
Uh, we we get a generous amount of different models say from a lot of different brands. So
You kind of look at us and right now
We're we're about to be engulfed by all these different brands more than probably most countries in the world
And it'll be interesting to see watch this space in a couple of years time to see how we perform
Yeah, I mean as a market have a look at mitzvishi. They've just replaced the asx with a reno reno
Yeah, that's like $15,000 more expensive. So mitzvishi used to be about value and good warranty coverage
They've got and performance like in terms of like they were even that's dead now
Yeah, they were coming out with solid cars, but I mean the triton just hasn't matched
Yep, and you look at this this asx that they've launched and it's outrageously overpriced. Yes, it's got a warranty
But it's just a reno basically. Oh come on. It's got two tone. Yeah
I just I'm just like what what do you stand for now? You're just another brand. You're not competing with anyone with that car
So I just think we're gonna see some of these brands the legacy brands really starting to hurt
They're going to really start deteriorating in terms of their offering
And how competitive they are because people just no longer give a shit whether they're buying a chinese car or not
They just want value for money. Yeah speaking of which value for money. Do you see tesla's trimming down their bits and pieces?
I don't hate it. Yeah
Look, I get it. But also you're taking away
The coolest bits of the car just to make it cheaper like I know I know it's like useless
But I'm saying like visually you've got a boring car to start with
You look at say the light bar in the back. That's gone. However, I think oh no the stalk has been there
Yeah, they've taken the screen out from the back, which is the most useless. Yes. Yes. I agree with that
But I the roof is weird
So I could take or leave the glass roof because it just makes the cabin too hot that they haven't figured that out yet
A lot of people will get like aftermarket shades for those anyway
What they've done now is they've kept the glass on the outside but put like a fixed roof inside. I'm like, what the fuck?
Why would you not just put it reminds me of those sketchy shops where you just like what's going on in there?
They put aluminium foil behind the glass that I don't get it's like just remove the glass that that I'd be happy with that
There's no drama. Yeah, so and then the cloth seats
It's like all right come on. Let's just take it easy because you're removing the the cooling seats
Which is one of the great things they actually added
So this isn't coming to Australia these cut price cars are just for the u.s. Oh, okay
But I think there is a price cut
On the horizon in Australia. I've been saying this for a little while but uh before their last sprint last quarter
They had three thousand dollars off model three and model y
They had further discounts on previous generation cars that were in inventory something like 14,000 dollars off
So I think that we're going to see a further reduction in in pricing
Which you know, I think is
Is just due to the the competition in the market. They can no longer move the volume
They are moving at the price that they're moving it at so I think we're going to see reductions there as competition increases and
I'm all for it because I want to buy another model y but I'm certain
Yeah, I'm certain there's a little reduction around the corners
I'm just going to hold out just a little bit longer to see what happens closer to the end of this quarter and
I'm going to pop my name down ev price drop. I can't believe you're jumping back in tesla ev price drops, right?
Uh, I know there's one on the cherry the yandai insta. Oh my god. That's what we haven't talked about
Well, the yandai insta live that didn't wasn't successful at the outrageous price. They launched it at forty three thousand dollars
That's so weird. That must be a mistake now under forty thousand dollars
But did you see the ionic six that they virtually are saying to you?
We will give you money if you just come and take this away from the dealership, but they're all mi-23 cars
They've gone from seventy seven thousand five hundred to under fifty thousand with that one. That is importantly for anyone listening
That is an mi-23 car. It is your driving a car with a battery that has been sitting dormant
Effectively for the past two or three years. Hmm. I don't know. I love that. Well
Those cars are brand new so they've been sitting there. Yeah, it's not like someone's driving them and charging them
I don't think they're driving them and charging them frequently
So I'd be concerned about would that be current
But yeah, would that be covered by some sort of warranty?
There'd be a way of finding that stuff out or it is but a warranty
You know for a battery is typically eight years
Hmm. So I don't know
Pulse to two see uh from sixty eight to fifty five the smart that's gone from sixty
Far out forty seven thousand dollars the id four by volkswagen has gone from a sixty five thousand dollar car to
Not sixty two. That's nothing tight ass
Um, I like that little insta but it is it is on the pricier side
I think they're doing the right thing by putting it under forty thousand
And I also think the best one to get is the most expensive one to get of that one
Which was like they kind of put this roof rack thing on it. It's just a style for me
It's just like look you look at the add-oh one and two
Yeah, I mean
They are probably going to be in the 20s. Yep. We're going to start in the 20s
So why on earth would you pay almost double that and they'll sell a packet of those?
How much is the how much is the model three now?
I think it's 50
50 mid 50s plus on roads. Yeah starting
See I I know like the ionic six for instance has a lot of people going. Yeah, I don't like that car
I personally like love parts of it and hate parts of it
But I mean that's now under $50,000
That's the thing if if you're not concerned about the way that it looks which is the reason it's not selling
It is a good value car and at that which is a great drive. It's a great drive. Excellent to drive. Yeah
The infotainment system sucks a bit. It's a bit sort of laggy and crap, but um, you know, if you need value for money, you get the
FBT exemption if you do it on a novate at least so
There's value to be had there. Hmm. What else were we going to talk about? Oh, yes
The fj. Yeah, the baby Land Cruiser. This is interesting because it's been rumored for ages
And ages and you know, can I ask you when they first drop the designs of it?
And we know the popularity of the Toyota fj here was huge. Yeah
When you saw the designs, did you think that was a true fj?
Oh, I thought it was a true fj that your
True fj that your mother would love
What does that mean?
Well, I just think it's a bit
It should come with a handbag. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, there's no doubt about it. It's it's more of a baby Land Cruiser
but um, the thing is about this car is
Yeah, I don't think they should be calling it and linking it to the fj, but
Yeah, interesting small chunky 4.6 meters long
Am I right in saying they've put a bloody old little engine in that thing like it's 2.7
Toyota it's like a it's like the petrol from the Hilux. Yeah
Yeah, but it was it also from that. What's that one that I saw in bloody Thailand? Yeah, it it dates back
To the prehistoric ages and the champ. Yeah, it's from the champ
But it's an engine that you wouldn't wish upon your worst enemy and given this will be light
Maybe it's not that bad
But Toyota must have a stockpile
of millions of irrelevant engines because they just keep sticking them in cars and rolling cars over with the 2.8
L diesel. I mean 120 kilowatts of power 246 newton meters of torque. Yeah
six-speed auto thing
But so is the Jimny. So this is what they're gonna try and compete with but it sort of stands in the line
I've got that here Jimny. Oh, what's that Renault bloody feather duster thing?
Would you put those next to the tank 300? God no, okay tank 300 is way bigger than this
But okay, this is a lot more modern inside than a Jimny. Yeah, yes
I have oh god
I'm trying to convince my wife for us to get a Jimny and I took her in and I drove the
Auto and I was like, yeah, it's fine. It's fine
But I'm like, I want the manual like I want to strip back as like basic as you can get
So I took her and the kid in the manual Jimny and she she's just said I feel like this is unsafe
Are we driving a tin can?
I'm like, yes, we are shut up. Yeah, it doesn't do hills
But just be you know, it won't do over about 110 120 on the highway either
But um, yeah, this baby Land Cruiser. I keep calling it. Uh, it's sort of
Roughly from what I can work out sort of sits between a Corolla cross and a RAV4 size
Um, it's not coming to Australia. We should probably point that out
Australia has said they've at this stage. It's not coming
They might just pull the cat out of the bag at some point
But Australia's got a unique issue because of this enversive nonsense
They're having to basically trim back on stuff that isn't electric
And it means something like this which goes against all the hybrids they sell
They're just not going to bother selling it because it'd have to be expensive
Doesn't help them meet any enversed targets. So they just won't bring it. So
Is that truly the reason why? Absolutely. Because here's here's my thought. I looked at it and I go
It's a part-time four-wheel drive. It's got some sort of four-wheel drive bits and pieces
It's got like a rear diff lock. I think on it
It's got some stuff a lot of journos were coming out going toyotas lying
They're going to bring it out and I thought that would be such a peculiar lie to tell
I mean, yeah, why would you bother? Yeah? I kind of think we are we do get a lot of
Landcruisers here. We get all of them compete with anything. So it's not like
You announcing it. You're not going to sell RAV4s all of a sudden
Which is typically why a car company will hold back talking about a product
Which is why Kia started talking about the Tasman
Two years ago because it doesn't compete with anything else. They sell
This is the same if it was coming. They would have just said it's coming
So that they might surprise us and say hey, we're bringing it but ultimately
It just goes against their targets for envies
Because they're kind of screwed they sell a lot of diesel cars
You look at their whole range. It is all diesels and and hybrids
So if you go to Hilux, Landcruiser, Prado
70 series all diesel you're offsetting it with some hybrid products with RAV4 and the smaller vehicles
You can't then just come in and bring this which doesn't really meet
Any of that objective for hybridization. I also feel like maybe this could be a little bit shit
because
because
If they're not going to bring here, I mean we get a lot of as I said, we get a lot of different toyotas
We get a lot of we get the bloody GR, which doesn't really get seen outside Japan much
I kind of feel like maybe they don't want to bring it here because it's not as good as
People wanted to be or it may not be as safe. If you look at the K cars they sell in Japan
A lot of them
Well, you can't really buy them here because you wouldn't hit anything. It would just completely collapse around you
Quest cube. Yeah, so I wonder if this is more designed to compete with Japanese market cars like K cars where perhaps safety isn't as important
Are you excited about an EV Ferrari? Absolutely not
and
Yeah, it's it's weird. My colleague elbows who have had on the show before he was over at the reveal
They did for the for the battery system
And Ferrari made all of these claims about how it's the most energy dense battery in the world
And how it's the most power dense battery in the world
And I kind of just ran some of the figures they claim through gpt and and from what I could tell china already sells stuff
That's more energy dense which confused me
So I don't know with Ferrari when they release a product
They try and be the best at it whether it's you know, you look at the sf-90. It is
Unbelievably fast. It's it goes around track. It does everything right when they release a car. It's a super car icon
Yeah
an electric car you have the ability to be outdone by
A chinese car company where the chinese car company won't focus as much on handling and will just have a car that goes faster
In a straight line. So what's Ferrari got then well, they've got two motors
They've got 2.5 seconds and they've got a badge. Yeah, but it's like okay great fast in a straight line
It's not not going to handle particularly well because it is very heavy
It's got a hundred and over well over a hundred kilowatt hour battery
So it's going to handle like a bit of a dog because you cannot make a car that heavy handle
So what is the point and I just don't get that part
I think options at the end of the day would they be under some sort of scrutiny with the
European admission targets
They are a little bit
But my understanding was that some of those lower volume manufacturers are exempt
But there is a chance that pure sunway you're moving into suvs. That's pushing them up through a volume threshold
But you look at the factory the factory
It's it's a bit of a masterpiece because you've got this amazing production line for v12s
You've got the v6 production line as well, but it is all about internal combustion
You're now going to have to roll out brand new factory
You're going to have to roll out brand new architecture brand new technology
The resale value of plug-in hybrid Ferraris is absolutely shit. No one wants secondhand sf9 is
secondhand 296s
That just no one wants that sort of stuff
So I just fear that this type of thing and they're already setting it up
One of the stories that elbows wrote was about how Ferrari wants to stop people sort of selling production slots
And reselling their cars for profit
And I think they're saying that because a lot of the cars they're producing today are just not reselling for profit
Unless it's a super niche model that is just internal combustion
It's interesting, you know, like we've got a lot of cars are now doing it like the the portion mccarn is now ev that's a
Well, that was a disaster. They're a disaster. Um, the Toureg is is that am I right in saying that's discontinued and they're moving that to an ev
A lot of that sort of space has been taken up by evs
I mean, it's kind of cool that people have options now, but oh jeez
Yeah, it's fine to have options, but don't take away
What people want. Yeah, I mean, I keep saying this if you want to buy an ev go buy an ev
But if I don't want to buy one or it doesn't suit my lifestyle, don't force me to buy it by forcing people to buy it
They they resent this
And they're I really just I don't understand the logic behind it
And you're already seeing that a lot of companies are backflipping on promises for going full ev because they just don't have the customer base for it
People just do not care and are not interested. No in a lot of cases
I went a bit social recently. I went to a car event
Okay, a uh
deus slash mini event
Excellent. Did you turn up in your genesis?
No, I don't have the genesis got the mg still the mg
5s ev oh by the way, do you want a quick update? I'm about to hand that back
I've always been completely honest about these that that's been a pretty good car
Like it's been I've raved on about the tech it's start some of the tech I've had to kind of go
Hey, this guy's guys. This one needs a bit of a look at because it's starting to revert back to being
It would never it never was but it's starting to kind of
Become very annoying. It's starting to tell me like things like hey focus on the road focus on the road
Beep beep beep beep beep beep. I'm like I am looking straight ahead. I'm fine
There's nothing wrong
And so I'm starting to turn stuff off and I'm like guys can it would be usually
The sort of thing where if I was bringing it in for a service
I'd go this can we look at this because that's not accurate
But they can't fix it. That's the problem and I actually since we last spoke I drove that car
Okay s5
And I found the safety stuff annoying every single drive. Yeah, I'd set the custom
That star button to just turn it all off. Yes, which you can which look that's what I enjoyed about it
Because you can you can do that and like save it all so when you just get in you've got to just push that button
It's all gone. Um, but in terms of the other negatives
Carplay couldn't it kept dropping out. I couldn't reckon it was so frustrating right incredibly frustrating
But probably the biggest thing for me is how inefficient it is
It uses so much power like it's averaging when I when I had it
I did probably 800 cars did a lot of driving in it
I was averaging between 18 and 21 kilowatt hours per 100 k's which for a car with such a small battery
Is absurdly inefficient
positives though
It was pleasant to drive like it's real drive. It's sort of it's got that fun factor to it. Um, it's got room inside
Yeah, it's inoffensive to look at. Yeah
Interior rolls out pretty well. How many k's are you getting out of a charge? Probably about it's hard to say
I generally as a general rule charge it once every two weeks and I'm by the way
I'm putting it on the bloody granny charger like the the thing in the wall
So I just kind of know I'm barely going to use it on a sunday
Use that day and a half to kind of just fill the thing up
And I look it's getting me around town easily without even thinking about it. It's getting me to work and back
It's getting me out to ride to pick up the kid and do groceries and do all that sort of stuff out that way
Like it's um, but what is your average?
You'll have to text it to me later. So I'd be curious to see I'm gonna look at it
And then the other thing I'm curious about as well is are you driving the
A bigger battery version or the smaller battery version? That's a good question. I feel like I'm driving
I know when I charge it it's weird because I'm like, oh claimed it was saying for over 400
Kilometers like that's 412 and I think I'm getting about 390
Yeah, 380 390. Yep. So that's a bit. How's it going, mate? But um,
Yeah, look a get around towner
Doing all the things I need to do. I think it looks really good. I think the interior has been good
I think all in all it's been a good car. It's just uh, all the late in the last week or two
some of the electronics on it are starting to
Play funny buggers and usually it'd be something I'd take in for a service as I said, but I'm just like, hey guys
Let's swap it around. So I think I'm getting the qs, which is the big eight cedar or something. Yeah big ass car
So that'll be fun. And then summer drives. Oh, you know what? I was thinking we should do
We should do next episode. Let's do like the top five
Fun best road trip fun summer cars. Okay. Yeah, let's do that. Let's just get a bit
It went to my mini launch thorough cabra life. Fuck. Yeah, let's do that. What was there tell me?
Um, it's basically there was they've got an ev of the mini cooper s and it's been given the deus
Kind of treatment, which is a fashion brand and they do do my motorcycles and stuff
You wouldn't know you've
Uh, I like that. I was gonna say I haven't ridden a fat boy before. Isn't that a motorcycle?
I know you you're quite fond of them. Well, I as a fat boy myself. Um, I can tell you right now
Jesus donna wouldn't mind to go in the bloody mini if she could she actually, um sat around the mini
And when I she literally in golfers, hey, have you heard from donna lately? No, I haven't actually why not?
I think we should let's go back. She wasn't allowed back into the kfc. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah
It's real piece of chicken at someone
Well, I thought it was chicken, but I like I remember seeing her that time at the um at the hens night
She literally had one entire bucket over each tit
Just don't ask how she was keeping the chicken warm. Yeah
I don't I know that's the finger licking good. That's for sure needed a couple of refresher towels for that job
I'm sorry, Matt. Can we just hold for a second? I'm just gonna get this. Hello. This is paul speaking
Yeah, darling. I have a Kentucky minibox and a flat
Oh family
Family is a new darling. No, we were literally just talking about you. I just got some fucking potato and gravy in me belly button
I am jealous
Yeah, I wouldn't mind some of fucking potato and family's baby gravy in me belly button. That's for sure
Hey
Commercial agreement darling. It's time for donna's word of the day
Yeah, go on. Thanks. Thanks to dubby. Thanks to dubby donna
Yeah, each time we talk you sound more and more like gordon
So weird
I don't sound anything like that bloody poof to shut up
Pavley bloody offensive to poor old donna
Now it's time for donna's word
Hang on a second darling of
You're out of breath
I'm in the bloody kse kitchen just looking for some extra towelettes and one of my tits dropped in the deep fryer
Jesus christ, that's a sizzle
Are you ready for donna's word of the day darling? Yeah, go on
Donna's word of the day is colosseum. You know the colosseum as in
I've got a couple of fighters of me big jugs colosseum
That makes no sense colosseum
How does that make
If you want some fighters of me flaps colosseum
That was donna's word of the day. Thanks to donna cababs and stubby holders
Thank you. Thank you so much for core. I've
She has got a
If you didn't stop in there hold your stubby or give your chubby
Call donna
Call donna
See you darling. Bye love
Oh
God she's a hood, isn't she? Jesus. Oh, wow donna. You didn't you didn't say you never speak up. I don't know
I didn't want to speak to donna. No, that's fair enough. She uh, did you get a joke?
Not really. What was she on about? I don't know that she's all that bright
Oh, well, she's uh, she's a working girl. She's a working girl. She's the mattress actress. So, uh, let's let's uh,
take pity
Go down under. Oh, yeah. Yeah, are we still looking for a sponsor for this program? Yeah, well
Yeah, believe so. Yeah, jeez. What have happened to it amidst you? Why they fail so badly
Wow
Jesus
Anyway, that was uh, that was a good shot. We should get out of here and get some food. Yeah, I'm bloody hungry
Bit of a fast step. Yeah, bloody hell. We were quick in and out. We were almost two donna likes it
Still, doesn't she ever? Um, yeah, I'm gonna be uh, japan next week for the motor show
Oh, you should say g'day to your mid-soon forest. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you are say to say. Oh, don's I yeah
Next time we chat we'll we'll catch up about that. Uh, and then I'm off to france
And then a couple of other things. So yeah busy times and then I'm gonna be going to check out the new hilux
I have already checked it out, but can't talk about it. Oh, yeah, is it impressive?
It's a bit of a yawn. Oh, it's getting late. That's all. Okay unrelated to that
Does it have a wireless apple carplay this time around? Couldn't tell you for $80,000 couldn't tell you
Yeah
Anywho, uh, yeah, let us know if you've got any feedback. Um, do you absolutely hate this show?
I guess there's a few blame you. I wonder if I'm still a tip tip, right tip, right tip, right?
Someone said there was a tip, right? Yeah. Good. Good dog. It's fair. Um fair call podcast at thedriversshow.com.au
Let us know what you think what you want us to chat about. Hey, uh floating a little thought
Here just talking out loud with my boy with my mate
Do you reckon if we got like a cool car dealership somewhere, do you reckon we could do an episode live from there?
If we gave people enough notice, yeah, I think so and uh, you'll be me
And you and maybe we could get like kadoogs and fuck probably I mean trevor will be there
He's the janitor of these sorts of places. He could do the it for us. Yeah, he can chuck on
He can just sit down to talk and it's like no, no, I just need you to run the computer
Yeah, just just run the projector there trev just sit on that would you mate and just make sure the fucking microphones are on bray and yeah
No one wants to see your vacuum cleaner range today. Thank you, buddy
Jesus trimming. Have you seen him on the tally lately? No, I haven't. Fuck your vast becoming the fattest man
He's trimming down. He's looking all right, but he but the irony is he's looking more like a hobo every day
It's just that vibe
Imagine if he just turns out one day just not wearing shoes on set
I was just gonna say not wearing pants. That's trevor. That's trevor. But yeah, I reckon me you trevor get kadoogs
Maybe we could get Stephanie cooms along as well
Um, you know have a bit of fun. Maybe we'll do a christmas episode live. It'd be cute. I'd like that. Yeah, it could be fun
Yeah, I like it. So let's work on some stuff. Yep. All right. Good chat. I'll find a like a
Cherry dealership or something. Um, I was thinking something that represents all car brands. Maybe we could do like a
Like a car city in melbourne. Yeah, we're doing from bloody rainwood. Keep your eyes open for a bargain car city
That's it. Oh, we could do that
You know, there's one out here in sydney that um, I forget his name, but he's got he's got a mini
Harbour bridge. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, just near his car dealership
But it's out in the west. You think oh, hey, we're just under the harbour bridge. No, you're not not that one
She's got a sculpture of it. Yeah, not that problem. No, that's not the big one big boy. Yeah
Yeah, live driver's show episode if you want to see it
Email us. Let us know let us know would you come along?
Because I think we probably you want to have more than like 10 people there probably
Not really
Yeah, we'll probably want a couple. All right. We're out. All right. That's a quick cap. Love you
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About this episode
Exciting discussions unfold as the hosts dive into the new LandCruiser FJ, Tesla's recent price cuts, and a range of innovative vehicles showcased at GWM's tech day. They explore the implications of rising Chinese automotive brands in Australia, the evolving market dynamics, and the potential impact on legacy brands. With humorous banter and a call-in from Donna, the episode blends automotive insights with lighthearted moments, making it a lively listen for those curious about the future of the automotive industry.
On this episode we check out the new Toyota LandCruiser FJ and find out whether it'll be coming to Australia. We also take a look at some bargain basement Tesla models that have launched in the US.
Donna calls in...again, and we also talk about the new Toyota HiLux which has just launched.
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