All Torque Car Podcast

Peter Halil and Ross are joined by Captain Sideris in a LIVE Drive with Mercedes Benz all electric EQA 250. An impressive car from Mercedes Benz for the money being asked for one.  Attempts were made to use a public charger which exposed a design issue when a left hand drive car is converted to right hand drive. We set off sentry mode at the nearby parked Tesla.  Ross learns how to drive...

Peter, Ross and Halil with guest Marino Vasiliou hop into a BMW i4 M50 and provide their assessment in the all new electric car from BMW.  Plenty of moans and groans as each of the boys try to make the other one sick with instant acceleration in this M'fied electric BMW. Ross asks "Hey BMW" to undertake the weirdest commands. Ross ordered a new Mercedes Benz using the on line configurator. &n...

Peter is with Tom the Roving Reporter and Security and discuss the aftermath of Bathurst.  The boys talk about all the behind the scenes in the garages of the recent Bathurst 6 Hour Race and all the shenanigans including how Security got his van on the track after the race and did a whole lap of Bathurst. We look at the benefits of owning a pre 2017 used Tesla and try to work out why insuranc...

Ric and Tom Shaw join us from Ric Shaw Racing for an interview in front of a live audience. Ric talks about the preparation involved in setting the car up for Bathurst and working on gremlins that come up.  Tom talks about the difference between sprint races with equal powered car compared to endurance racing with different class cars around you. The audience have an opportunity to ask some q...

Matt Thornton joins Peter and Ross to talk about farm life in Braidwood NSW, a small town south west of the State.  Matt talks about his John Deere Skid Steer style of Bobcat and we learn about his AgriBusiness degree. We look at P Plate approved cars and Ross bought a paddock basher - a Toyota Paseo!! We learn what bad people do with rental cars and the boys talk themselves into an All Torqu...

Friend and listener to the show George Alexakis recently travelled to South Australia with Tom the Roving Reporter to purchase a car.  They could not afford a classic Ford Mustang Fastback or a Holden Monaro so they bought a 1990 W126 Mercedes 300SE instead. We look at the negotiating process, we discuss the pros and cons of buying from a dealer compared to buying privately.  We look at...

Tom and Ric Shaw join Peter Ronis and Tom the Roving Reporter to talk about the end of the 2021 Mazda RX-8 Cup Series and the start of the new 2022 campaign. We talk about the mentoring Tom receives from his father Ric.  We look at a successful 2021 campaign where Tom was awarded the Kevin Bartlett Trophy for his contribution to motor sport in NSW.  We look at the upcoming month and disc...

Peter Halil and Ross are back together to talk all things cars.  This episode the boys look at the launch of the new Mercedes Benz C Class range and the price fixing models by Mercedes, discuss the price of second hand cars, examine the left field choice for Greece's Police fleet going electric and Ross is pulled over by the Police.  Follow us on Instagram and email us at alltorque@outlo...

Peter and Halil are talking SummerNats tonight.  The Roving Reporter Tom has invited long time Summer Nats attendees Manios and Dion to talk about this year's SummerNats 34 and how it compared to the earlier shows following a one year hiatus because of COVID.  We hear about the scrutineering process, what competitions and exhibitions are held and some tips on how to book accommodation an...

Damien Duigan, Shannon's Auction Sales Advisor, joins Peter to discuss the history of Shannons, a small insurance company established to insure rare and classic cars.  Shannons is synonymous in selling and insuring quality rare and classic cars with the auction house started in 1981 in Melbourne and continues to grow with auction houses in both Sydney and more recently Brisbane.  We disc...

Peter and Halil have their hands on an all electric SUV from BMW.  After BMW's first effort with the i3 and i8, the new generation of EV's are coming and the BMW iX is one of the first vehicles to appear from the Bavarian company.  Halil pilots a well built and quiet EV, but does it tick all the BMW boxes?  Follow us on Instagram and email us at alltorque@outlook.com.au

Peter, Halil and Ross bring in the new year with their first podcast for the year.  Halil explains how to use a forklift as a demolition vehicle.  We look at the year gone and the cars that are no longer with us.  Ross orders a new IX M and we look at the current state of the new and used car market.  Halil prepares for SummerNats.  Follow us on Instagram and email us allt...

Peter is joined by Tom the Roving Reporter and Fytos Security as they venture into a factory unit full of some rare Subaru WRX STi's owned by friend of the show Zoran and Garry.  The first car is a Type RA with a scoop in the roof and the other is the king of STi's, the 22B coupe, one of 400 built and only a handful currently call Australia home.  Fytos reveals he was a factory test driv...

Peter went looking for Greece's ultra car and found a factory unit with no Chaos in sight. Peter reviews a Peugeot 208.  Ross talks about the highlights from the Essen Car Show in Germany.  Peter's daughter obtained her Learner's Permit.  Ross reviews the upcoming BMW new M car, XM.  Halil is celebrating his HSV's 4th birthday.  Rate us and review us, follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@...

Guests Zoran and Gary from Enterprise Motors joins Peter Ronis with Tom the Roving Reporter to discuss all things car related from Japan.  We look at the height of Japanese  motoring from the 1990's and the massive climb in prices for some of the cars from this era.  We look at how the auction system in Japan works including the grading system and how one goes about importing cars from Japan, incl...

Peter and Halil drive a BMW Z3 M Coupe - 1 of 34 cars delivered to Australia.  Commonly known as the "breadvan" or the "clown shoe" the Z3 M was almost a mini M3 with the same engine and rear end thrown into the Z3 convertible.  Before Halil could provide you with some aural pleasure, the Boys in Blue pulled him over for a quick chat about the car and to check to see if he was sober!!! Follow us o...

Peter was stranded on the side of the road in tonight's LIVE Drive vehicle.  Halil saved Peter in his wife's Mercedes C250 which featured in tonight's episode.  Peter's A35 also fell sick during the week where he found an amplifier in the spot where the spare tyre should be.  The boys discuss whether every car in Australia should have a spare.  Halil is looking for a car to replace the Audi A7 - n...

Peter is joined again with Tom The Roving Reporter and Rick the Chaperone in a LIVE Drive in a Mazda RX-8.  Peter was excited to experience his first drive in a rotary engined car and did it disappoint?  What was Tom's second date like in the Mazda?  Follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@outlook.com.au

Peter Ronis is joined by Tom the Roving Reporter and Chaperone Rick while they take out an AMG S63 for a LIVE Drive.  There was a fight for the back seat that transforms into a bed like a business class seat while the driver's seat controls the most important feature of the car - the accelerator!!!  Hear how this super saloon is a limosine that drives like a sports car.  Follow us on Instagram and...

The founder of Galmatic, Eleni Mitakos, joins the podcast.  What started out as a book explaining to women basic car maintenance and tips, "Galmatic" was an instant hit selling out of print. With pent up demand for more content, this led Eleni to commence workshops for women providing basic motoring maintenance skills.  Galmatic has now expanded to attending high school incursions teaching teenage...

Andrew joins Peter, Ross and Halil to talk about his Australian adventure starting from Tasmania all the way up to Darwin.  We learn the do's and don't's of travelling across the vast country of Australia and discover how the Defender travelled alongside the Landruisers and Prados.  Ross, the newly appointed Greek correspondent, has filed another exclusive with the world's first Ultra Car to be bu...

Guest Bradford Berry from Squire Finance joins the show and talks about how the selling process in dealerships has evolved into a click and collect method during the lockdown period. We examine the world wide supply shortage in car production and how it effects Australia - we look at BMW compared to Toyota. There is a new range of electric BMW's coming and we look at the BMW i4 M50.  Car configura...

Peter and Halil reveal that they and their families recently tested positive to COVID-19 and go through their ordeal the last couple of weeks.  Peter and Halil thank all our family and friends for their support and praise the staff in the various health departments that assisted during a hard time. Peter sold the Bentley and bought a Ford Capri Turbo.  Ross is driving his father's Mercedes B180 an...

No guests tonight and the boys catch up with car news - the new Nissan 400Z polarises the team and will it be a halo car for Nissan.  We went through all the official cars of each Olympics. Ross is building an off road buggy on the farm.  Halil has discovered a new hobby - tracking police planes on his airplane tracker app.  MG is the new supplier of the speed camera vehicles.  Rate and review us...

Joining the boys tonight is Simon Laverie, Operations Manager from Wrong Fuel Rescue.  As the name suggests, if you put wrong fuel in your car, Simon's team will come to your rescue by the roadside.  Wrong Fuel Rescue is a nationwide company that will attend to you and your car and expel the wrong fuel from your tanks.  Simon explains the difference between Diesel and petrol and outlines the catas...