AutoTalk - The NZ Auto Industry Podcast

In this edition, Matthew Hansen is away driving the new Ford Ranger, leaving host Richard Edwards and panelist Graeme Macdonald to discuss the issues. This week we check out the Ranger, discuss VIA’s Clean Car withdrawal, look at a class action case in Australia and discuss truck driver wages. The wrap is presented live every Friday at 10am on all AutoTalk’s social media channels.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including dealer reactions to internal combustion vehicle bans in Australia, ongoing troubles at NZAI (the owners of 2 Cheap Cars), new car news from Honda and Ford, and mor...

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen, with regular guest Graeme Macdonald away sick. Together the pair discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including the rising fees for vehicle trader registration, Suzuki’s defiance, increased pressures on the national EV charging network, and much more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including used dealers being surprised by Clean Car Discount rebate vehicles becoming ‘fee’ vehicles, electric ute updates, the state of the market, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including the Japanese used-car market’s price increases, whether the government should adjust the $80,000 Clean Car Discount cap, and much more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including a debrief on the Tesla Model Y, pricing and dealership updates from BYD regarding its first car, comment on the Salvation Army’s calls to ban insurance ‘add-on’ pr...

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including getting behind the wheel of a Tesla Model Y and Ford Mustang Mach-E, transport minister’s trip to Norway for EV advocacy, a close-to-home catalytic converter theft...

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including more from the Australian Automotive Dealer Association expo in Brisbane, three new brands being confirmed for New Zealand in one week, a new electric truck hitting...

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. For this edition of the wrap, Richard joins live from the Australian Automotive Dealer Association expo and convention in Brisbane, debriefing what’s been covered at the event thus far. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the mo...

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including Toyota’s new hybrid leasing scheme, Turners Automotive Group’s big financial year, electric boat adventures in Wanaka, and much more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including the confirmation of a scappage scheme for the New Zealand market, the government’s budget release, the Renault Zoe’s departure from the market, and much more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including the arrival of Ford’s new Ranger, MG’s planned hotel EV charging network, and much more.

We discuss rumours that a vehicle scrappage scheme is coming for the New Zealand market, and much more. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, scrappage scheme talks, including a dissection of the recent registration trends, semi-autonomous technology hitting the trucking world, Nissan’s new-range push, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including Toyota’s recent Readers Digest victory, safety at New Zealand’s ports, local performance packages coming for Hyundai products, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including what New Zealand’s recent inflation figures mean for the car market, Toyota’s latest hydrogen programme, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including ongoing issues with Clean Car Discount rebates for EV sellers, who’s who at this year’s Fieldays event, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including Ford’s unveiling of full Ranger pricing for New Zealand, what the Mitsui OSK Lines’ decision to stop importing electric vehicles means for the market, and more.

Richard Edwards hosts this week’s Auto Media Group weekly wrap panel alongside AutoTalk news editor Matthew Hansen and industry consultant Graeme Macdonald. Together the trio discusses the biggest stories of the motoring week, including the team’s first sample of an electric ute, record-breaking new and used vehicle registration figures from March, the opening of Transmission Gully, and more.

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In this AutoTalk video podcast, AutoTalk managing editor Richard Edwards discusses the minefield that is vaccine mandates and staff vaccine information with staff barrister Jonothan Whyte of CatherineStewart.co.nz and Greig Epps of the Motor Trade Association. This podcast relates to a story in the November 2021 issue of AutoTalk - available free online at AutoTalk.co.nz. It is also available as a...

Autotalk  managing editor  Richard Edwards  speaks to Dealer Hub founders  James McComb  and  Mike Harvey  about how their new national dealer-to-dealer-only online trading platform will create better efficiency and more profit for the used car trade. This podcast relates to a story in the October issue of AutoTalk Magazine. This is also available as a video on t...

Well-known Wellington dealer Brendan Foot is still working away at his eponymous business in the Hutt valley after a massive 50 years. But times are changing, with the family continuing a long-running shift to the next generation of leadership. His sons Matthew and Dave Foot are joint dealer principals now for the dealer group. Matt and Dave sat down with AutoTalk's Richard Edwards recently to dis...

In this episode of the AutoTalk podcast, Polestar brand manager Bruce Fowler joins host Richard Edwards to discuss the launch of the brand in New Zealand. Cars will begin landing later this year priced from just $69,990 - before the government EV subsidies. We discuss the cars, sales process and their unique showroom environment. This is a sister episode to a version on EVs and Beyond.co.nz. For m...

Thanks to our sponsor - Autosure - www.autosure.co.nz In a special episode of the AutoTalk podcast, Transport minister Michael Wood joins host Richard Edwards to discuss the Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. This is also available as a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcPn3i2i-1Y Look for the accompanying story in the October 2021 issue of AutoTalk magazine.

Thanks to our sponsor - Autosure - www.autosure.co.nz In a special episode of the AutoTalk podcast, Transport minister Michael Wood joins host Richard Edwards to discuss the Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. This is also available as a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcPn3i2i-1Y Look for the accompanying story in the October 2021 issue of AutoTalk magazine