Episode 196 covers the Combined Sports Car Association (CSCA) & Triumph Sports Owners Association (TSOA) track day. On the 14th June I went down to One Raceway near Goulburn to meet with the drivers and watch some track action. I recorded six interviews with Triumph, Maserati and Jaguar owners during the day whilst watching the track action - clockwise and … [Read more...]
Ep 190 Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance Day 1
At the end of Day One we published a podcast with two interviews and a quick view of the start of the event. The day started with the unveiling of the latest McLaren LMDh hypercar that will race in the 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was only it’s fourth unveiling across the world and will also be a customer car with it's own race series. With so many cars … [Read more...]
Toyota Still Most Valuable Car Brand
Toyota has kept its title of most valuable brand in a recent annual survey and report - the Kanter Millward Brown Top 100 Most Valuable Brands. It is the 12th time in fourteen years that Toyota has come out on top of all the car brands listed. However in the last few years, automotive marques have been overtaken by other brands in the valuation list. In 2017 there were six … [Read more...]
The Mazda Toyota Twins
Badge engineering is alive and well - in the US at least. Toyota have just released information on a new Yaris hatchback for this market and it is a Toyota by name only! In all other markets it is a Mazda 2. Toyota decided that it would not be building a new Yaris for the US market because it would cost too much to deliver a small city car to a country that loves its big … [Read more...]
Toyota to Invest More in US
Last month Toyota made an important announcement for the US market - they plan to spend $749m to expand their business across five States - creating 600 new jobs along the way. In Alabama, they will expand their engine assembly plant base in Huntsville, adding the majority of jobs there. This, along with extra funding for parts manufacturing in Tennessee and Missouri will be … [Read more...]