Most Recent Podcasts

This section contains the last 12 weeks of podcasts.

18th August 2010

The news this week is mostly from Ford and General Motors - with changes at the top of GM and new technologies being applied by Ford.


There are other news articles from Toyota, Lotus, Morgan and Bentley.


The motor sport race review is from the NASCAR race in Michigan.

11th August 2010

This week there are financial figures from Chrysler, Tata and Ford in Europe plus news on GM's US dealer network. Other news stories are from Anderson, a German tuner, Mansory, Honda and Mitsubishi.


The motor sports results are from Indy and the American Le Mans Series in Mid Ohio, NASCAR from Watkins Glen and the British Touring Car Championship at the Snetterton circuit in East England.

4th August 2010

This weeks news is dominated by good Quarterly results from GM in the US, Ford, Renault, BMW and Toyota. There are news stories from Chevy, Aptera, Ford's ABICAS system, ABT, Laureus Design and Lancia.


The motor sports results are from Formula 1, GP2 and GP3 in Hungary, Formula 2 and the World Touring Car Championship from the Czech Republic, Superleague from Brands Hatch and NASCAR from Pocono.

28th July 2010

This week we have news from General Motors acquiring another finance company after the Government had rescued GMAC a few years ago plus the launch of the Volt and the Audi A7.


There are other news stories from Ford and Aptera.


This weeks motor sports results come from Germany - F1, GP2 and GP3, Canada - Indy and from the US - NASCAR and the American Le Man Series.

21st July 2010

In the news we have articles from Ford and the legendary Mustang - the GT500 that is turning into a successful limited edition. Ford have also spoken about the simplification of the company - reducing its portfolio and vehicle configurations.


There are other news stories from GM, Tesla, Citroen, Hamann, Renault, AvtoVAZ, Nissan, FIAT, Baojun and Jiangling.


Motor sports reviews are from Formula 2, Formula Superleague, Indy, Le Mans Series and the World Touring Car Championship.

14th July 2010

This week we have sales news from Ford and Chevy in Europe plus other news from BMW, Alpina, Renault, Lada and Rolls Royce.


Motor Sports comes from Silverstone - F1, GP2 and GP3, Magny-Cours - AutoGP. Miller Motorports - American Le Mans, Chicago - NASCAR and Townsville - the V8 Supercars.


The history article is about one of the foundations of the Korean car industry - Daewoo or Saehan, Shinjin or GM Korea as it was known.

7th July 2010

This week we have news from GM - the launch details for the Volt, plus they are selling another asset. Ford announced good sales plus another small step away from oil and there are other news stories from Aptera, Rossi Motor Company, Wiesmann, Bugatti and Pagani.


The motor sports results are from Portugal - Formula 2 and the World Touring Cars, France - The FIA GT3s and the US - NASCAR and Indy.


This weeks history article is about El Nasr, the Government owned car company in Egypt helped along by FIAT and its partners.

30th June 2010

This week there are financial news stories from General Motors, Ford, Tata and Tesla, plus investments from Renault and Toyota in Europe. Renault also announced the launch of the Wind, a two seater targa topped sports coupe.


The motor sports results are from Formula 1, GP2 and GP3 in Spain, AutoGP in Belgium, Formula Superleague in Germany and NASCAR from Loudon.


The history article is about Kaiser, who were the custodians of the Jeep brand before selling it to AMC and who developed smaller sized cars for the US market in the late 40s and 50s.

23rd June 2010

In the news this week are news stories from JD Power with their Initial Quality Survey that measures the first 90 days of ownership of a car. There are other news stories from GM, Ford, Lotus, AMG and Mercedes plus Lada and Toyota.


The motor sports results are from Jarama in Spain (Formula Superleague and the FIA GT3s), Zolder in Belgium (Formula 2), Portugal (World Touring Car Championship), Iowa (Indy), Sonoma (NASCAR), Croft in the UK (the British Touring Car Championship) and Darwin (the V8s).


The history article is about Standard - the British manufacturer that absorbed Triumph before being bought by Leyland.

16th June 2010

In the news there are stories from General Motors dropping all requests for loan guarantees and sustainability reports from Ford. There are also news items from ZF, Morgan, the Renault Nissan Alliance and Hennessey.


The motor sports results are from Canada (Formula 1), Le Mans - the 78th running of the famous 24 hour race and Michigan (NASCAR).


The history article is about Mercury, the sub brand created and owned by Ford that is soon to be dropped from the market.

9th June 2010

This week we have news from General Motors, Renault and Ford about their efforts to go green - both at the factories and their products. There are also stories from tuners Emotion Wheels and Mansory plus several stories from Asia.


The motor sports results are from the Texas Motor Speedway (Indy), Pocono (NASCAR) and Oulton Park - the British Touring Car Championship. 


The history article is about the Aerocar - one of the first versions of the flying car. Only 6 or so were made and there is a push to make a new one, although it has been many years in development!

2nd June 2010

This week we report on sales figures in North America - up again, plus figures from China and India. There are also news items about Buick and Dodge from the US, Radical and Porsche from Europe and GM, Ford, Daimler, Jaguar and Honda in China.


The motor sports results are from Turkey - Formula 1 and GP2, Charlotte (NASCAR) and the great Indy 500.


The history segment tells the story of the multiple births of Marcos a specialist British sports car builder.