My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk MOT season, BMW’s all new i3 electric executive saloon, a trip to Goodwood, used Teslas and more, including your correspondence. We’d love it if you’d review the pod too, and subscribe so you never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast Steve Cropley and Matt Prior read your letters. We talk Jeep, Abarth, the £90k Audi A3 and more. You can write to us too, on  autocar@haymarket.com . And if you subscribe you’ll never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the trustworthy Land Rover Freelander 2, the potential effect of The Manosphere on luxury car appeal, Aston Martin's F1 troubles, whether Steve would buy a Tesla, and whether the zero emissions vehicle mandate needs an urgent rethink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

A few years ago, Dacia was best known as the cheap and cheerful value alternative to the mainstays, selling cars that were light on equipment (and kerb appeal) and styled to a price. But the brand's current line-up contains some of the most fashionable and attractive cars on sale, majoring on rugged, utilitarian charm and designed to draw the eye from much more expensive alternatives. To find out...

In this week's episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about Volvo sorting out its software issues, the upcoming EX60, cars (and scooters) they've reviewed harshly, Britain's Motoring Story. There's more besides too, including your letters. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts, and if you'd be willing to...

On this week's bonus podcast episode, Autocar Meets, Matt Prior talks to James Cameron, founder and CEO of the charity Mission Motorsport.  James has been running the charity, assisting former service personnel and their families through sports recovery, for almost a decade and a half. "We're trying to make people successful civilians," he tells us, as the pair talk about the charity's work,...

On the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk to Jeremy Clarkson, the world's most famous motoring journalist. He was the star of Top Gear, The Grand Tour and countless other motoring programmes and books, and is still a motoring correspondent for the Sunday Times. And the three of them talk cars. Lots of cars, from the Ford Cortina and Toyota...

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior read your correspondence. They talk rodent problems, how much power is too much power, the most efficient way to drive an EV, and more besides. We're also here every Wednesday with our regular My Week In Cars podcast. Subscribe and you won't miss it. Would you be kind enough to leave us a like or review too? Hosted on Acast...

On the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about Stellantis’s boss, who has criticised ‘zealot legislators’. Cropley reveals the man who encouraged Jony Ive, the Apple and now Ferrari designer, not to give up designing. Prior tells us his thoughts on Ive’s new Ferrari interior. And Steve celebrates an anniversary. There’s more too including your...

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast Steve Cropley and Matt Prior read out your letters. We talk car weight, driver weight (!), i10 or i5, flying a Douglas DC3 and much more besides. Write to us too, autocar@haymarket.com. Normal poddery is back on Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk an 80bhp Citroen Ami, driving fast in the wet, Prodrive’s Dakar success, driving EVs economically and a lack of forgiveness mild driving indiscretions. There’s more besides too, including your letters. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts, and if...

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior are joined by Autocar's News Editor Will Rimell. Will has been to see the upcoming electric Ferrari's new interior, which is the work of Lovefrom's Jony Ive, the man behind so many of Apple's famous designs. Will tells us about the tactility of the new interior, what Ive is like as a designer and bloke, and tells us how to...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk Alpine's future sports car, motoring books, going to sleep with the Highway Code, lightweight cars, JLR' reliability, and much more including your correspondence. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts, and if you'd be willing to rate and review and sh...

Giovanny Arroba was recently named the new head of Nissan Design Europe, which is based in an old bus depot near Paddington Station and has led design of vehicles such as the Qashqai and Juke. Autocar associate editor James Attwood meets Arroba to discuss his global experience, how he uses music and architecture for inspiration, his plans for future Nissan vehicles – and why he's a big fan of graf...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about driving the new electric Jaguar prototype, the revised Ineos Grenadier, ADAS, the French classic car show Retromobile, massive body lean from Renault 14s, Andy Wilman, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get y...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about people's beefs with Ford's naming strategy, whether uncertainty means there are bargains out there, the £80k Bentley Bentayga, range-extended Mazdas and whether you should drive home in a McLaren or a kit car. There's loads more too, including your letters. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podca...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk about the recent Bicester Scramble. They discuss whether Jaguars are cooler than they've been for a while, whether Cropley could have saved money on his Dacia repairs, what you can learn from the passenger seat of a car, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Make sure you don't miss an Au...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk BMW's plans for an electrified M car, the fact that neither of them has owned a V8, whether cars really are still getting better, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts, and if you'd be willing to rat...

In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast Steve Cropley tells us about driving a Bentley Flying Spur, and how that feels compared to riding in the new Jaguar. Matt Prior talks low supercars, Cropley has driven a Leapmotor, visited Mercedes-Benz World, and the pair talk holiday drivers, and much more besides, including your correspondence. Make sure you don't miss an Autocar podcast by subscribi...

This week's My Week In Cars is a very special Christmas episode, as Steve Cropley and Matt Prior travel to Goodwood House to meet the Duke of Richmond. The Duke tells us about all things Member's Meeting, Festival of Speed and Revival. Which is his favourite event? What elusive cars are still on his must-get list? What's in his garage and is there space for another Goodwood event? Join us for the...

In this week's episode of My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley chats to Pat Symonds, the executive engineering consultant at the new Cadillac F1 team. Symonds, a veteran motorsports engineer who has been involved with seven F1 world championship titles, talks to Cropley about racing cars past, present and future, and road cars, too. It's a long one, so we hope you enjoy it during a bit of down time. We'...

In this week's bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets Russell Carr, design director at Lotus. Talking at an event in London to Autocar's editor-at-large Matt Prior, the pair discuss lightweight design in an electric age, what's going on at Hethel, and how Lotus fits into a multinational company like Geely. The regular My Week In Cars podcast will also be with you throughout Christmas....

This week we ride in the new Jaguar. In the latest episode of My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley joins the team at JLR to ride in a prototype of Jaguar's new electric saloon, which is still under wraps and publically known as 'Type 00'. He also interviews Jaguar managing director Rawdon Glover, and JLR's vehicle design director, Matt Becker. As always there's your correspondence too and a bit of a cha...

In the new episode of the Autocar podcast Steve Cropley takes delivery of a Ford Capri, Matt Prior drives an 815bhp Mustang and the pair discuss Gerry McGovern’s departure from JLR. There's much more besides, too, including your correspondence. (NOTE: Due to a change in embargo, the content in the bonus podcast that we say will arrive on Saturday will actually be in the pod next Wednesday.) Make s...

Peugeot CEO Alain Favey has a bold plan to put style and driving dynamics right back at the heart of the brand's positioning - and he's joined the Autocar podcast to tell us all about it. Join deputy editor Felix Page at Stellantis's UK headquarters to hear Favey outline why the UK market is so important to Peugeot's EV strategy, how he'll grow its market share in Europe - and how the brand is ver...