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This is my first look at the new Hyundai Tucson, due to go on sale late in the first half of 2021. It's a pre-production model, for visual display only.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, secure...

Are you stuck in a dead-end job, on lockdown, during COVID-19? I just found the perfect automotive industry job for you. And me. It’s perfect.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via Pay...

Why is the car industry so emphatically, notoriously crap at customer care? These things are expensive. In a sane universe, you’d expect this industry to be better at looking after you.    Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? Y...

How to cut new car depreciation in half. (Dead easy.) Three easy tips in this report are all it takes.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...

Are you thinking of buying a big, fat, seven-seat SUV for the family? Maybe saving a few thousand bucks and going for the ‘poverty’ powertrain? These front-drive SUVs - if you tick this box, I fear you might discover the vehicle is just hard to live with, over time.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance pack...

Mitsubishi Motors, ‘Straya wants to give you a 10-year, 200,000km warranty on your future new triple-diamond-badged whatever - but there’s a catch, and you might not like it.  Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact   AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/   Did you like this report? You c...

Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact   AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/  Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url  I mentioned this in my f...

After driving the 2021 Kia Sorento for a week now, I have a question for you: How do the premium German brands differentiate themselves, into the next decade?  Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact  AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the chan...

The albatross around Volkswagen’s neck, which we know and love as ‘Dieselgate’, is certainly not flying away any time soon. The latest uplifting development there is in this report. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help suppo...

You probably saw Daimler’s claims this week about introducing Level Three autonomy by way of robot S Class. Let’s talk about that.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact   AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/   Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via P...

If you're thinking about buying an electric car, listen to this report. Is there a rational case for spending the big bucks on a Hyundai Kona Electric?  I lived with one for three months to find out - and I'm the country's least-evangelical EV reviewer.    Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact   AutoExpert discount roadside assistance...

It’s suddenly quite a bad year for Goodyear. After a recent blowout, the company lost control, and swerved catastrophically left. Its grip on reality seemed lost. Thank God Donald Trump stepped in, like an omnipotent orange-haired airbag, and saved the day. This is what happens when companies forget what they do and decide instead to enter the brave new world of social justice posturing...

A Tesla Model S has gone 100 per cent ‘bad valet’ in Queensland. I’m John Cadogan from AutoExpert.com.au, and I get new cars cheap for buyers here in ‘Straya. https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Some would say Tesla is (at least in part) a religion. Therefore, this report is tantamount to ‘heresy’.  I do apologise (almost) for what I am about to say, and beg forgiveness from Pope Elon the First...

Increased efficiency means more manufacturers are moving from four cylinders to three in their smallest, most fuel-efficient cars. Is the time right for you to switch from four to three cylinders and what a re the relative merits and weaknesses of each engine type?

How much energy is 'wasted' producing the liquid fuels? (With all due respect to the universal application of the second law of thermodynamics). This podcast answers a question from you.

A question from you: Two different Toyotas with the same engine, but the manufacturer demands two different service intervals. How on earth is that consistent, rational or justifiable?

Modern cars just don't rust - and yet, despite recent consumer protection intervention, some companies still attempt to sell electronic corrosion protection devices. Sexed up with pseudo-science, they sound quite compelling (provided you never paid attention at school). Find out about the latest rust preventative 'miracle': the OBDOI, or Onboard Diagnostic Oxidation Interface... Time to wake up, A...

Kia Stinger headlamp high beams ... sending signals into space (seemingly). The big question is: Why?

The local car manufacturing industry is long dead, yet the taxes designed to protect it remain. Government exists at the intersection of incompetence and greed...

Not everyone agreed with my assessment of responsibility in the previous episode. In this one I lay out the reasoning, using one of the more rational disagreements for counterpoints. Decide for yourself who is right.

Is it fair to expect owners to foot the bill for an inherent design defect? This particular owner followed all the charging instructions, and lost 75 per cent of the car's cruising range over the first seven years of LEAF ownership - and now Nissan thinks it's a bargain expecting him to pay $5k for the repair.

A lot of 'free' roadside assistance policies are leveraged against getting your car serviced by the authorised dealer. Find out how servicing affects roadside assistance, warranty and support.

Torque to yield is a type of threaded fastener that provides much more clamping force than a conventional high-tensile bolt. Unfortunately, once you undo them, you have to throw them away...

Engine oil consumption used to be the harbinger of death for your engine (in the olden days, shortly after the age of the dinosaurs but before Twitter). This is no longer the case. Find out why.

Stock shortages are a plague imposed upon the market right now - thanks very much, COVID-19. Discounts are still out there, just don't expect to take delivery of that car of your dreams next week. There are currently extended delivery timeframes on many of my popular and recommended new models.