My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
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Updated 1 day agoJoin Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or been on their mind.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes (248)
Brooklands & Bicester, Dacia Spring, pronouncing Hyundai
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about Brooklands Museum and Bicester Motion's first events of 2025, just days into the new year. Steve has a nose around a Dacia Spring, we advise a listener which cars come with spare wheels, and Prior gets unreasonably annoyed with a Hyundai advert. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Renault 5, new Honda Prelude, Cadillac F1
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about how much Steve liked the new Renault 5, a compact retro EV city car that also has a sporty hot hatch variant from Alpine, the A290. Cropley talks Pat Symonds, the engineer who'll be instrumental to Cadillac's upcoming new Formula 1 entry, while Prior explains why he's more enthusiastic than some about the forthcoming Honda Prelude which has an engine and yet still a fake gearbox with it. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your questions, Suzuki Jimny, a bit more Jaguar
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley get through some of your recent correpsondence, talking Jaguar (a little), touchscreens, two Mercedes, Gordon Murray's cars, the Suzuki Jimny, dogs with their ears flapping in the breeze, and much more besides.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing. And if you'd rate and review the My Week In Cars pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gordon Murray exclusive interview
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they interview Gordon Murray, the world renowned designer of some of the greatest ever sports and racing cars: from his latest T50 and T33 supercars, to the McLaren F1, to world-championship winning Formula One cars. Murray takes us on a journey from his roots in South Africa to the present day, including his thoughts on EVs, urban transport and much more besides. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview special: Road Test Editor Matt Saunders on cars and upsetting the industry
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley welcome Autocar's road test editor, Matt Saunders, to the studio (aka the storeroom). The trio talk everything from great cars to great canteens, explain how Autocar tests cars and how it (sometimes) upsets the industry.You can be sure to never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing, wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be willing to rate and review the pod, we've appreciate that more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Britain's Best Driver's Car, Batmobile, electric MX-5
Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Britain's Best Driver's Car, free Batmobiles, and an electrified Mazda MX-5On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Autocar's Britain's Best Driver's Car 2024 shootout, the results of which are in the latest issue of Autocar. There's also good news for people called 'Bruce Wayne', while Electrogenic have started offering an electric kit for Mazda MX-5s. Plus they talk your correspondence. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jag reaction, smaller faces, ZEV mandate, reverse parking
In this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk about Jaguar's new Type 00 concept car, unveiled earlier this week. They also talk their respective Autocar columns, which means in Steve's case they talk the Renault Scenic and its frontal area, ground effect, the ZEV mandate and more serious stuff aside; and in Prior's case they talk reverse parking. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview special: Dario Franchitti and Phil Lee from Gordon Murray Automotive
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley visit Gordon Murray Automotive, makers of the limited-edition T50 and T33 sports cars, to talk to two of the people behind the project.Dario Franchitti is a four-time Indycar champion and three-time Indy 500 winner, who has now nearly full-time transitioned to being GMA's director of brand, performance and product. Also joining us is Phil Lee, the CEO of Gordon Murray Group.Prior and Cropley also talk a little about their latest columns and the week's car news, including their thoughts on Jaguar's re-brand ahead of a new car unveiling next week.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alpine A290 review, electric car tax changes, Genesis
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley review the new Alpine A290 hot hatchback, chat about upcoming changes to hybrid vehicle taxes, the big Genesis saloon that looks like a Bentley, their lunch menu and more besides.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Driving a 122 year-old car; a new flat-8 engine
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley drive from London to Brighton in the 1902 Albion Dog Cart, talk a new flat eight-cylinder engine, fix Cropley’s Mini Cooper, and talk much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Live with Jonathan Palmer, talking F1, Senna, Tom Cruise and making his own car
On this week's My Week In Cars podcast our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley are joined live at the Royal Automobile Club in London by Jonathan Palmer, CEO of MotoSport Vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Good news! Mayoral cars, new Duster
This week your My Week In Cars hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the new Dacia Duster, mayors being deprived of their vehicles, and some excellent news from three parts of the UK motor industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aston art, spiritual homes, JLR Classic
This week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior spend quality time with the new Morgan MD, talk about visiting JLR Classic, talk to an artist about a brilliant new Aston Martin picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Exclusive new AC Cobra review, Morgan gets a new boss, small car prices
This week your My Week In Cars hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the all-new AC Cobra, which Prior has driven exclusively, that Morgan has a new managing director, a shift in small used car prices, the Renault Symbioz, Bicester's final Scramble of 2024 and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Bentley boss, Aston's warning, Chris Goffey in a Moskvitch
This week your My Week In Cars hosts, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior, talk about Aston Martin's production warning, how a new boss has settled in at Bentley, and how McLaren named its new W1 hypercar. There's extreme hands-free cornering from ex-Top Gear host Chris Goffey in a Moskvitch and your correspondence, including our hosts recommending the right car for wafting into retirement.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bentley Continental, new Lotus Theory concept, Ferrari 12Cilindri
This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talk everything from basic vehicles to the most exotic supercars. It seems that a large percentage of young people are driving vans instead of cars. Which is no bad thing, think our duo, who are both on board with practical vehicles. Meantime, they've both been driving decidedly impractical exotic vehicles, in the shape of the new Bentley Continental GT and Ferrari 12Cilindri. Plus there's stuff on the Bluebird K7, Subaru Forester and, of course, your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Design competition, Mazda MX-5, defining a hybrid
This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley meet to talk about a Coventry University design challenge with Riversimple, the Mazda MX-5 turning 35 years old, and wonder what range a plug-in hybrid needs to remain on sale after pure ICE cars are banned. Then we have your correspondence: why aren't cars more colourful? What car should a reader buy?You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RIP Grand Tour, the classic (?) Frontera, the new Toyota Prius reviewed
This week your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley catch up properly after a hectic few weeks by talking Morgan special editions, how the Vauxhall Frontera isn't a classic, the best-of-the-best concours, the end of the The Grand Tour, spotting one's old Ferrari, buying a Caterham, the new Toyota Prius and much more besides, including lots of your correspondence.You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Exclusive interview: Adrian Newey on Aston Martin and Red Bull
Just 24 hours before Aston Martin announced the world's most successful F1 design engineer, Adrian Newey, would be its new technical director, Autocar crammed into his office beside his famous drawing board for an hour-long interview about all things Aston, Red Bull, and much, much more besides. From modern road car regulation, what he'd do with F1 rules, and why he was disappointed with the Aston Valkyrie, join Autocar's Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk to the man behind more than 200 F1 race wins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
AI comes for our hosts
Is this the last pod presented by real people? Episode 104 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior threatened by AI, the duo talk about the cancelled Stonehenge tunnel, dream cars and dream roads, the luxury car tax, and much more besides including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Panda and a bendy factory
This week's Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about the shortly upcoming Fiat Panda, Suzuki's decision to drop some cars in the UK, a cut-price Toyota GR Yaris alternative, and a potentially apocryphal story about what caused some British cars to leak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Meet the Caterham boss
Episode 102 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley visiting the brand new, all singing, all dancing* (*may not sing or dance) Caterham factory in Dartford, just a stone's throw from the old place, but much bigger, much brighter, much better. They talk to Bob Laishley, the CEO, who reveals all on the Seven's future, its new engines, the firm's upcoming electric coupe, expanding sales volumes, and more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jaguar i-Pace, Toyota Hilux
Episode 101 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds your hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley back in the studio* (*Steve's dining room) for a chat about Jaguar's upcoming rejuvenation, a rather exceptional unexceptional Toyota Hilux, and much more besides including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 100! Special guest: David Richards, Prodrive chairman
It's Episode 100 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, and our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley have celebrated by heading off to interview a special guest, Prodrive and Motorsport UK chairman David Richards. Prodrive is a world-leading motorsport engineering company celebrating its own 40th anniversary this year, and Richards opens up on its creation, his time as a world rally championship winning co-driver and how F1 changed him for the worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"I could've died." Cropley's outback crash, new Renault Twizy, Shelsley Walsh
Episode 99 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our hosts at the British Motor Museum, sharing an office with a Hart F1 engine and a Triumph Thruxton motorcycle as they talk the Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, Renault's plan to introduce a replacement for the Renault Twizy, range-extenders, a big crash in Cropley's trucking past, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.