All Torque Car Podcast

Joining the show today is car lover, photographer, graphic designer, skater, and podcaster Justin Fox from Zen Garage fame. We look at the current car culture and how Justin was influenced by his father's passion into Hondas.  We discuss the influence of the Nissan Godzilla GT-R on the Australian Touring Car Championship.  We hear about Justin's car collection and visit the current attitude ofthe...

The boys are recording from different locations and our guest is Peter Lagos with P Plate stories from his Subaru Impreza GLX. Ross reviews new Range Rover Sport.  Ross reminisces his P Plate days in his parent's Ford TX5 Ghia.  We look at cars we grew up with where Ross's actual first Volkswagen has come up for sale.  Follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@outlook.com.au

Peter Ronis and Tom the Roving Reporter is joined by guest Sam Solidakis to look at the confusion COVID-19 has caused with many businesses in the auto industry in Australia.  Is the industry getting clear messages from the government? What is essential and non-essential?  We look at many parts of the auto industry and discuss what is being done.  Sam also reveals some of the changes made in the in...

Peter, Halil and Tom are joined by teenagers that are currently on their "L" Plates and "P" Plates.  Ari and Tiana explain the current process on obtaining your Learner's Licence, what it is like to have directions from your parents compared to professional instructors.  Tiana outlines the testing process out on the street to obtain your Provisional Licence.  The boys compare the current standards...

Singapore Steve is back in Australia and joins Peter and Halil and talks about his recent experience in hotel quarantine.  Singapore Steve is looking to purchase a Porsche 911 GT3 and is in a debate with Halil - 991 v 992 or should he consider a Turbo S instead!!!! Follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@outlook.com.au

Peter and Tom the Roving Reporter meet with Ric Shaw, race driver and race team owner.  We look at where it all started for Ric with his first car, a Mazda RX-3.  Ric explains how a rotary engine works. Ric talks about racing around the Nurburgring and compares it to Bathurst.  We learn how hard it was to drive a Holden Commodore around Bathurst in the 1990's.  We look at building a race car with...

Peter and Halil drive a Mercedes Benz CLS 250d.  Peter sold his Macan and bought the Mercedes and road tripped it to its new home. The boys are very impressed with the build quality and the lack of aural drama from the diesel engine.  Follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@outlook.com.au

Peter joins the Weekend Driving Crew's expedition to Wagga Wagga.  Peter takes his wife's AMG A35 and drives with the Crew's Con and Kat's Audi R8 V10, George and Anna's BMW E90 M3, Chrys and Angela's VW Golf R Mark VI and Tony and Sophie's BMW 120d. Casualties included 2 cracked windscreens and the EFTPOS machine declined Peter's cash at lunch. The trip to Wagga Wagga was a success and planning t...

One of Australia's leading motoring journalist, Trent Nikolic joins Peter and Ross to recount Trent's passion for cars instilled by his father and uncle, evolving into the start of a journalistic career with Auto Salon magazine. We look at the car scene during the 1990's in both Australia and Japan. Trent predicts the future landscape of Australian motoring in its inevitable move to becoming elect...

Peter Ross and Tom the Roving Reporter meet up with Tom Shaw, a young racing car driver currenlty competing in the Mazda RX8 Cup Series, an affordable grass roots level of racing at a national level. Tom is guided by his father and team owner, Ric Shaw Racing, a 30 year veteran in Australian and international sports car racing. Ric explains the cost of racing.  Tom guides us through a lap of Bathu...

The boys explore all the hard hitting issues this week including the shortage of chips, used car prices and the Suez Canal blockage. We look at April Fools jokes after VW advertised its new name - Voltswagen. After selling the Passat Peter talks about his new purchase - Porsche 996 911 Turbo S.  Halil questions why ute loving Australians are not being satisfied with the super size utes from Americ...

The boys are handed the keys to the 2021 BMW M3 Competition and take it for a drive.  It's a thumbs up with some caveats - plenty of room inside with all the usual BMW switchgear, the steering is great, the gearbox an improvement over the old DCT but the sound is a little muted.  During the drive we test the hands free capabilities with a call to BMW's Bradford Berry.  He explains to us that the c...

Peter and guest host Chris Poulos from Kollector Cars ventured out to Auto Italia Canberra where they interviewed some of the world reknown judges, Vince Thompson, Joe Quattrochi and Sam Movizzio.  We find out how the judges dwindled down from 600 cars to the eventual winner.  We also learn from Sam, as a member of the International Judges Advisory Group, how he became a preservation judge at Pebb...

Peter and Halil drive a 1985 Holden Commodore SS Grp A affectionately known as the Blue Meanie. A different era, a different sound that is rarely seen or heard today as the boys commemorate the efforts Holden went to to homologate the humble Holden Commodore to go racing in the Touring Car Championship both in Australia and globally.  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us alltorque@outl...

David, a listener of the podcast, invited Peter Ross and Halil to drive his Porsche Taycan 4S.  We drove it slowly, we drove it quickly and it performed like a Porsche. A surpirse Tesla turned up and the Porsche spoiled the party. Peter performed a launch control start and experienced the change in gears in an electric car. The optional steering wheel feels like alcantara but is made from recyclab...

Peter joins the Weekend Drive Crew on a weekend road trip through the New England and Hunter regions of New South Wales.  At the mid way point in Armidale, Peter is joined by some of the crew - Kat, Con, Chris, Gary, Tony and George. Kat is the logistics and route planner of the WDC and explains how the Crew came about.  We learn about some of the cars that make the trips and also hear about some...

Peter and Ross talk about their recent drives in the BMW M2 Competitions, M3 Competitions and M4 Competition at Sydney Motorsport Park.  With the recent rain the boys discuss driving techniques in the rain. Ross wants to know from the BMW Genius why updates remove particular features from the car and Halil wants us to enter a car in the $2,000 race challenge.  Follow us on Instagram and email us a...

The Cars and Cannoli crew invite Peter and Ross for breakfast.  Some of the members Paul Sparsis, Cos Carbone and Bruno Tocchet, talk about their cars and how the group came about with close to 30 current members. Bruno talks about his Ferrari 328 - a reliable car with reasonable running costs. Paul talks about his BMW M5 Competition which made way for his current Porsche 911 GTS. Cos talks about...

The gang celebrates 100 shows with our closest friends who have supported us including Bradford Berry from BMW, Tom "roving reporter" Dimitrakas, Chris from Kollector Car, my brother George Ronis and Andrew Smyrnis international correspondent.  The panel debates the past present and future design language from BMW compared to other European marques. An EV debate caused a kerfuffle - environment v...

Tom "the roving reporter" Dimitrakas joins Peter Ronis in a Porsche 911 993 Turbo in a wedding procession for George Ronis' wedding.  The procession includes a Porsche 993 Targa, Porsche 997 Turbo S and the ultimate Porsche 991 GT2 RS Weissach pack.  Tom and Peter talk about the different Porsches and we hear the GT2 RS overtake. (Unfortunately the recording ends abruptly as a technical error muff...

Peter Ronis drives an Audi RS5 Coupe through peak hour Sydney but finds enough space in the traffic to have a bit of a dance.  George reveals his new drink of choice each time he fills up the Audi every 3 days.  Follow us on Instagram and email us alltorque@outlook.com.au

The boys discuss their Australia Day outings with moderate success for Ross on the boat and Halil at the beach. The X5M is back in for another service and the debat eheats up over warranty claims on modified vehicles. The boys recap the drive in the Defender.  Halil sold the Maserati and Peter sees his first Overfinch.  We discuss the recent auction results and Halil explains when the last Holden...

Andrew Smyrnis a previous guest from the SEMA Show episodes lets Peter Ronis sit in his Defender for a drive.  Andrew and Peter run through all the unique features in this 21st Century generation Defender - from its digital rear view mirror, a tow pack that allows you to lower the Defender for the tow ball to connect, measures the height of wading water around you and allows you to pull out all th...

The boys are back together again for the first time this year.  Ross reveals all the places he has visited touring NSW in his new suspension modifications in the BMW X5M.  Halil and Ross compare numbers between the X5M and the GTS-R.  Peter talks about living with the A35.  Ross has more drone stories.  Ross drives an Audi RSQ8 and the boys look at 4 seat convertible options.  Peter reveals recent...

Peter Landan invites us to talk about his collection of Nissan cars focusing on the racing pedigree of Prince merged with Nissan in the late 1960's. Peter has spent much of his life immersed in Japanese culture and has recently cultivated his Japanese car collection including an Australian delivered Prince GTB (one of 300 vehicles that came to Australia), Datsun 1600 Coupe, Datsun 240K Australian...