John Cadogan

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AutoExpert is all about cars from Australian automotive expert, journalist and engineer John Cadogan

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John Cadogan

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autoexpert.com.au

Latest episode

Apr 8, 2026

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Episodes

One critical question most car buyers don't ask at the dealership in 2022 06.07.2022

Here's the one question new car buyers just aren't asking in 2022 but you certainly should be if you're in the market for a new car today... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on an...

Toyota suspends LandCruiser 300 orders - indefinitely 05.07.2022

Toyota, the 84-year-old industry-leading multinational car maker with almost 400,000 employees and 800 billion bucks in assets - the king of mediocrity - it just froze LandCruiser 300 orders back in Japan because: chronic incompetence... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Us...

How the fake news around cars and climate really works 29.06.2022

Here's exactly how the so-called motoring press bakes the automotive news bullshit cake... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via Au...

We just found 112 brand new cars you can buy before June 30 EOFY 24.06.2022

Need a new car by June 30, for EOFY? We just located 112 brand new cars available right now. Enquire here: https://bit.ly/3OBb2Z7 On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (...

The truth about your car and greenhouse emissions (It's a sideshow) 23.06.2022

Right, that’s it! I’ve had quite enough of our cars being demonised. Cars are a small fraction of the CO2 problem, and yet they cop 90 per cent of the climate criticism. You want to fight this? Here are the facts… On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Wint...

Toyota appeals Federal Court ruling as registration opens for dodgy DPF compensation 20.06.2022

If you're sick of being screwed over at the hands of your local Toyota dealership, courtesy of those misleading deceptive bastards at Toyota, in respect of the dodgy DPF installation in your Hilux, Fortuna or Prado - rejoice. It's payback day. This time, as Toyota's chickens come home to roost, you get to stick one back into them. Oh, what a feeling. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#ki...

What size battery & inverter do you need, off-road or off-grid? 13.06.2022

How big a battery do you actually need to go off-grid and get power? If you're camping, boating, caravanning, or building a dirty big shed in the middle of the back paddock, Bluetti power stations might be what you need. Need to run a refrigerator or lights, an air-con, you need to cook and/or run a bunch of power tools? What exactly do you need to know to get this right? Let's face it, you'd want...

Hyundai Palisade facelift shoots for five stars in August. But did ANCAP waste taxpayer funding? 07.06.2022

It's time for consumers like you to see exactly what a taxpayer-funded self-serving smear actually looks like in practice.  Insofar as I can tell, you - the taxpayer - just paid about three-quarters of a million dollars for the latest 4-star Hyundai Palisade crash test which wrongly demotes this 8-seat SUV using new criteria. But the reason why will make your blood boil... On Bullshit by Harr...

ROLL PLAY: Jeep Wrangler flips over in official IIHS crash test - again 06.06.2022

The deathtrap commonly known as Jeep Wrangler has won five stars for consistency in failing to remain on all four wheels in second-round crash testing in the USA - in a test no other vehicle has ever failed to spectacularly. Here's the happened and what it means for you... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are aw...

ANCAP botches Hyundai Palisade four-star safety rating: Here's why... 04.06.2022

Australasia's taxpayer funded crash testing so-called authority, ANCAP, has managed to augment reality once again, this time on the four-year-old Hyundai Palisade full-size SUV, which went on sale here two years ago - but was tested using 2022 criteria. Here's how another safety rating has been botched in the name of keeping you alive... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophe...

Why I won't recommend the 2023 Nissan Pathfinder to you 02.06.2022

Nissan Australia is saying all the right things about the allegedly 'all-new' Pathfinder large SUV. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Here's what the rest of the motoring media won't tell consumers like you... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton...

The truth about "fossil-free" steel for cars: It's a pipedream 01.06.2022

It's time to call bullshit on the transport industry's claims about so-called 'green' hydrogen in steel production and vehicle manufacturing... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on...

4 best ways to save thousands on a new car - even in 2022 23.05.2022

Let's talk about how to save thousands on a new car despite the current hell-on-Earth of supply constraints and component shortages. Four actionable techniques for you that will minimize the financial pain of new car acquisition - even today. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >&g...

Tesla Cybertruck: Dead? Plus more car industry news 21.05.2022

Seems Tesla has finally acknowledged the inevitable truth about its intelligence-testing Cybertruck, the promised but undelivered electric ute everybody fell for. Plus: Mercedes-Benz issues a contradictory safety recall and Ford gets constipated with Ranger deliveries. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesom...

FAT CHAT! Podcast with independent journalist Michael West & war crimes whistleblower David McBride 20.05.2022

David McBride and Michael West talk with me about the level of bullshit in Australia right now: legal immunity of government, the silencing of war crimes, the biggest transfer of wealth from poor to rich, the degradation of trust in institutions, the lies being told by politicians and the eroding credibility of the media in its implicit role failing to hold power to account. On the eve of the fede...

The worst thing about owning an electric vehicle today, in Australia 16.05.2022

The worst aspects of owning an electric vehicle is not being an insufferable EV enthusiast, waiting for the thing to charge after handling the tangled cables, the immeasurable emissions wrapped up in the manufacturing of a two-tonne battery-powered machine - nor is it the stupid run-flats or tyre goop that replace a proper spare tyre. It's not even the fact carmakers insist on hiding every fricken...

Don't Buy Nissan in 2022: Plus More Shitbox News 11.05.2022

The apparently 'new' range of Nissans for 2022 are a sign that things are going downhill for the Japanese brand. Here's why you should be cautious before paying the big bucks. Plus: new Range Rover Sport and Alfa Romeo news. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC B...

TOILET TIME: New car sales update, 2022 10.05.2022

New car sales in Australia are pretty grim. Or is it? Seemingly, it is, according to official Australian car industry rhetoric, at least looking at the results for April  in isolation. Essentially, the car industry still paying the price for kneeing computer chip manufacturers so firmly in the nuts on price, then failing to see the pandemic trainwreck approaching, a couple of years ago. Also,...

Choke's on you, Toyota. 2022 Smog Kings of Mediocrity crowned. 04.05.2022

Toyota and its close brand associates have been caught-out allegedly cheating on emissions, mainly because they weren't paying attention, it seems to what happened with Volkswagen just a few years ago. Get ready for the mighty planet-saving hero to fall spectacularly from grace. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These...

The worst thing about owning a modern car 30.04.2022

The worst thing about owning a modern, new vehicle is not the third-rate infotainment systems manufacturers inflict upon us, it's not all the computers, it's not even the badly engineered electronic nanny state safety systems, nor is it the insufferable virtuous who think that their EV is from God. The worst thing about owning a modern car is...   On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#...

GET JACKED Part 1: Everything you need to lift your jacking game 29.04.2022

Let's get jacked together. You know what I mean. Here are the basic tools and investments you need to make toward your own garage if changing tyres, inspecting and working on your own vehicle is on your horizon. Plus, some important best practice tips so you come out alive. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are a...

CRITICAL TOWING: Load levelling hitches (weight distribution hitches) and why they're not a solution 27.04.2022

The beer garden physics deep dive into the humble weight distribution hitch. Some say it is the universal panacea when the problem is a real man's 4X4 dragging its arse all the way to Dingo Piss Creek with a dirty big caravan in tow. Whereas some might suggest: worst idea ever. The truth is somewhere in the middle and it kind of depends on you... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king A...

Lemon List 2022: Worst car brands to AVOID at all costs 24.04.2022

The Australian car market currently has 49 different brands competing for your cold hard cash. But if you find yourself parked outside one of the following 20 dealerships, ready to buy one, my strong advice would be: run, dude. Run away and don't look back. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12%...

Bad car of the year (2022) 21.04.2022

Wheels magazine keeps shooting itself right in the gearknob. Every year they do this, label a car the best on-sale but either fail to understand their own Car of the Year criteria, or seemingly miss the whole point of the very vehicle they award. Lucky for you, the consumer, I'm here to give you the sobering facts. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amz...

BUSTED: Breaking down car industry CO2 & climate claims 12.04.2022

The Australian car industry has tried to quietly elevate itself from a mere grubby and anti-consumer lobby group to spectacularly misleading with data and the facts on climate action - in my view. They still think it's okay to preach about emissions, but sell enormous, heavy, CO2-belchers... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISC...

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