Car Talk - The YTG Podcast

On this episode of the YTG Podcast we discuss the return of Targa Tasmania and dive deep into the current state of the world of WRC, the challenges and risks posed with its future and what might be a possible solution to breathe new life into the sport which was once bigger than F1!

Your favourite rally presenter is back on the Pod! Allows Colin's sensational voice to teleport you to a world of motorsport as we talk travel, celebrate the incredible car culture of New Zealand and unveil what is quite possibly the best Google Review ever written.

Come abroad with us for a rare change of scenery for the podcast, hosting all the way from the YTG NZ showroom. There's a lot to catch up on but the most important thing is, what do we name the wheel!?!? Tune in to find out what on earth we're talking about...A huge thank you to Erebus Motorport for having us at Taupo for the New Zealand round of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship.

On this very special episode of The YTG Podcast we sit down with Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan following the Aus GP where YTG was lucky enough to be the primary partner for the #99 Camaro driven by Cooper Murray with that stunning Black and Gold Senna inspired livery. We dive into Barry's career, the teams history and what lies in store for Erebus in 2025. A huge thank you to Barry for joining us on the show and we will see you in Taupo, NZ!

This needs no title, its just simply some of the best, funniest and most entertaining stories we've ever told on the podcast! There's a good reason it's an hour and a half long... Enjoy!

Welcome to 2025! We are kicking off the year with our first guest welcoming back Paddy, the Irish cross-kart driving madman with no fear. We discuss the all-new Aussie Cross-Kart Championship, the 2025 Canberra Festival of Speed and more...

Happy New Year! As we wrap up another incredible year here at YTG we turn to the audience for some hilarious questions including a certain stereotype about supercar owners...

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we catch up on the recent YTG Open House, we discuss the Carrera GT's new phenomenal Nurburgring lap time, the wave of automotive brands backpedaling on their future electric models and the disaster that is the new Jaguar.

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we discuss driving pet peeves: all of the incredibly annoying things other people do on the road. We also bring a few behind the scenes stories to you this week on the topic of pre-purchase inspections and the dangers for both the buyer and the dealer when they wish to have a vehicle inspected before purchasing. You won't believe how ludicrous it can get!

Can you believe it has been a year since we had Sam from Seen Through Glass on the show? On this episode we catch up after a stretch between drinks, discuss the recent ArtNeun Porsche Show, look at the most affordable future classics sub $100k and most importantly, address a patent from Ford motor Company looking to run advertisements on your cars infotainment screens. Wild!

Join us for a special two part series covering the world of Automotive Photography with special guest Ben Hargreaves also known as "Life Through Optics". In this, Part 2 of the feature length special, we discuss our most memorable photoshoots, Ben's recent experience driving Niko's Lotus Elise, the Targa Classica rally, next car purchases, Sony vs Canon cameras and much, much more.

Join us for a special two part series covering the world of Automotive Photography with special guest Ben Hargreaves also known as "Life Through Optics". In this, Part 1 of the feature length special, we will introduce Ben and dive deep into the business of making money by pointing a camera at cars. Of particular interest is the stark contrast between Niko and Ben's approaches to that concept. The episode will cover backstories, lessons learnt, a breakdown of how the two make an income and finally some advice and takeaways for those who may envision themselves working in this industry as well.

This episode we tackle some great questions from the audience including Shaun's love affair with 5.5L and 6.2L AMG's and our favourite picks from Monterey Car Week, specifically, the Nilu 27 in all it's glory.

On this episode we say farewell to Denis Xenos, a friend, colleague and member of the Muscle Car Warehouse family. We catch up on the recent Maling Road Auto Classico and answer a great question from a listener about the challenges of high value car insurance especially as a young driver or owner.

Join us for an hour of automotive related tangents from F1 to the Adrian Newey RB17 to modern car technology, questions from the audience including Cars & Coffee and more!

It's Goodwood Festival of Speed time of year! With a monster week in the car world we take a look at the blockbuster Silverstone GP, what to expect at the Goodwood FOS this year and take a deep dive into the insane offerings in the hypercar market at the moment, many of which feature heavy influence from legendary engine builder, Cosworth.

This week on the YTG Podcast we are discussing how to get a supercar allocation when the dealer won't give you one and this months VFACTS report stating that something interesting and not-so-surprising is happening to electric vehicle sales numbers world wide!

What's the new M3 Touring like on track? What do we actually think of the two Dodge Vipers we just took into stock? And Holy-Moly the Porsche 911 has been electrified... Did they ruin it? All this and more on this weeks episode of The YTG Podcast.

Join us for a heavily Formula 1 themed episode as we discuss the disaster that was the AI racing, the impending driver market ahead of 2025, whether Ricciardo's career is over and more...

This week we are joined once again by Sean Dodgeson, the man, the myth and the legend behind YTG Racing Simulation. We catch up on all things virtual before addressing a few questions from the audience, some more information on the sale of the Gen 3 Prototypes and finally, diving deep into Geo-Fencing, the risk it poses and why you should care about it at all.

Welcome to a new branch of The YTG Podcast! Back in episode 6 of season 2, Shaun was flabbergasted by Top Gear's choice of 2023 Sports Car of the Year, the Honda Civic Type R FL5. Well, listener of the show and straight up legend, Deshan, got in touch to offer us a drive in his brand new FL5! We met on the testing grounds of Mount Dandenong and what developed was a short form podcast on wheels as Shaun and Niko both drove the car and discussed their opinions on the brand new Hot Hatch to ultimately answer the question, does it deserve the award? A huge thank you to Deshan for offering us his pride and joy to create this video. Deshan is a true driving enthusiast and it's a real pleasure to meet more passionate people who love driving just as we do. Let us know if you liked this new style of The YTG Podcast in the comments below. We are currently open to the idea of reviewing listeners cars on a more regular basis, if that's what the audience wants to see!

On this Episode of The YTG Podcast Shaun honours close friend to many of us in the industry, Ben Henson, who tragically passed just days before filming was scheduled to take place. He will be sorely missed. We also cover the death of the Audi R8, the overlooked and forgotten Jaguar XJ220, one of the best motorsport marketing campaigns we have ever seen and more.

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we catch up on all the things that have been keeping us too busy to record episodes of the podcast... We also reveal new data which suggests manual cars might be going up in demand! All that and more on this episode of The YTG Podcast!

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we sit down with CarExpert Journalist and Drive Against Depression Ambassador James Wong to chat everything Auto Industry! We talk about the parallels between dealers like us and the automotive media, opinions on market trends, electric cars and more...

Welcome back to The YTG Podcast for 2024! We are kicking things off this year by catching up with some big news including Black Box recorders in all new cars and Lamborghini's new active wheel hub. Is new technology making cars better or are modern cars becoming too complex for their own good?

Join us this New Years Eve for a celebration of 2023 and all the amazing things it brought. Thank you to everyone who has tuned in to The YTG Podcast this year, #14 on the charts is no small feat and we cannot wait to bring you all more epic stories, amazing guests and one or two more reasons to make fun of electric cars... See you all in a brand new year full of opportunity, 2024!

Prepare to learn some crazy, truly bonkers stuff! In our most educational episode yet we are joined by Adam from Melbourne Performance Warehouse, the guys who daily drive 7 second drag cars with over 2000 horsepower... The madness doesn't end there however, as Adam tells us all about the art of drag racing, how the cars are made, how they work and some incredible stories about his time working with the highest horsepower cars in the country. To learn more about MPW, head to: https://www.mpwperformance.com/ To learn more about YTG and the incredible cars we currently have in stock, head to: https://www.ytg.co/

Our guest this week, Rob Summons, has lived a very car focused life stepping up from JDM to Euro to Supercars and finally Racing Cars. From buying an R35 GTR while still on P plates to achieving the dream of Lamborghini by 25 and now the director of a racing team, this episode is jam packed with epic car stories and some pretty exciting news about big things to come in the world of Summons Racing in 2024.

We never thought the day would come, but you read it right! Monash Health have banned Electric Vehicle charging in their carparks... Hilarious. Recent news aside, this episode is a tangent filled debate about how to go about buying your first exotic car. It's not as simple a process as you might think...

Story time. On Sam and Tony's first proper day of their Australian tour, we put them in a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 MANUAL and drove them 3 hours north to Winton Motor Raceway where we strapped them into Australia's latest and greatest single-seater open-wheeler racing cars, the Hyper Racer X1. Driving Niko's #12 Summons Racing X1, Sam was teleported back to his karting days and... well... we will let him tell the story.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you will know we had the pleasure of hosting Sam, Seen Through Glass, and Tony, Gravelwood Car Sales, here at Young Timers Garage for the first stop on their "Behind The Glass Live" Australian Tour. The night before our hugely successful Cars & Coffee + BTG Live Show we sat down with the pair here on The YTG Podcast to discuss the latest Hyper Cars, the differences between Australia and the UK, the South Australian Supercar License scheme and so much more... We hope you enjoy this exclusive chat with the legends from the motherland on this, the first episode of Season 2 of The YTG Podcast!

On this, the final episode of Season 1 of The YTG Podcast, we talk the best cars of the last quarter century. Hot Hatches, Saloons, Sports Cars, Super Cars and Track Day Toys. We also dive into a listeners question to run you through the basics of your first track day!

Join us this week for an overdue catch up and some much needed car chat. We are talking everything from Shaun's visit to the Bathurst 1000 via private jet, the current car market trends, Niko's latest racing endeavors and how modern driving aids are doing more harm than good.

We pick up right where we left off last episode to continue our amazing chat with the one and only Rally Legend Colin Clark! Shaun is back this week and the epic stories continue, including arguably the best story we have ever had on the podcast to date: Riding shotgun in a WRC Rally Car with Hayden Paddon. This is one you do not want to miss!

We are blessed this week to be joined by none other than WRC Presenter and international motorsport journalist, Colin Clark. A voice you, as a car enthusiast, will likely recognise, Colin brings stories from the golden era of WRC as well as discussion over the current state of motorsport in Australia, particularly Targa Tasmania and the rulings of Motorsport Australia. There is a lot to learn about the world of rally with us this week on The YTG Podcast!

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we come to you live from the Porsche Club Victoria's club breakfast at YTG with 300 PCV members filling the car park with everything from 964's to 991.2 GT3 RS's! On this episode we have the pleasure of sitting down with Australian Racing Royalty, Rusty French, to talk all things Porsche and all things racing before swapping guests and chatting with two fantastic members of the Porsche Club, John and Hugh, about their personal experience inside the club and some of the great car stories that have come from it.

We've got a lot of catching up to do. Run through several announcements with us including the first word on our next Cars & Coffee before we dive into the questions you all submitted over on our Instagram Stories! There's some pretty great ones about upcoming purchases, the trajectory of the Aussie car market and more... If you would like to submit your own questions, keep your eyes peeled on the YTG Bespoke stories on Instagram and Facebook.

We are going racing! The YTG Podcast co-host Niko French is taking on the Hyper Racer Australian Championship in the Summons Racing / YTG Hyper Racer X1. On this episode we introduce the car, the championship and talk about both Shaun and Niko's experiences at Winton Raceway two weeks ago for the first race weekend in the car. Head to HyperRacer.com to learn more about the X1!

Benzina Stables is the newest kid on the Luxury Car Storage block, quickly evolving into a Car Enthusiast Hub for all petrol heads in Melbourne. We sit down with Kristian and Adrian who, along with third founder Luke, have turned a dream into a reality. Learn more about the people behind the brand and the exciting future ahead for the legends over at Benzina Stables!

There's a lot to talk about in the wide world of automotive news this week! Goodwood FOS is just around the corner, our good friend Mike (NorthBorders) has been caught being a little bit cheeky and electricity/autonomous driving safety features appear to be taking over the entire industry by storm. We discuss the latest and greatest with Kristian Palumbo, Co-founder of Benzina Stables car storage in Preston.

Elfin Sports Cars: The brand packed away and forgotten about ten years ago is back in a big way! By now you've probably seen the social media announcements and the press releases, but its time to dive a bit deeper, reveal a little more and get excited for the months ahead! We also dive into more of your lovely questions submitted over on the YTG Instagram stories, so join us for an hour of chat on The YTG Podcast.

The market for new vehicles these days is a landscape full of hybrid systems, a focus on numbers that only look good on paper and computer controlled everything. So who is left that still produces genuine drivers cars? While we spend 45 minutes diving deep into this subject, its impossible to ignore Gordon Murray Automotive and the "Back to Basics" approach that is the T50 and T33, which are hands down, two of the best cars of all time. What do you think of the state of the new car market today? To learn more about YTG or view any of the vehicles we have for sale, please visit: www.ytg.co

On this episode of the YTG Podcast we tackle the classic three car garage conundrum, with a limit of $450,000 AUD. We asked our listeners on Instagram what they would get, and you will never guess some of the common themes which arise from the answers!

This week we have something special for you, a new location filming live at our YTG Cars and Coffee event we held just a week ago, here at the showroom, in May, 2023. We pull several different guests in to have a chat about all things cars including the days topic, the scariest moment you have had in a car... Enjoy this very special episode of The YTG Podcast.

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we sit down with special guest Sean Dodgson, the man behind YTG Racing Simulation. We discuss the amazing world that is Sim Racing, along with the growing offerings of the YTGRS operation. We also dive deep into Hydrogen power, an ever growing alternative to both fossil fuels and electric cars, while retaining that all important internal combustion engine we all know and love. To learn more about YTG Racing Simulation, head to: www.ytgrs.com.au

Racing with Autism Australia is a charity founded and run by Jessica Benge, who went on a journey of discovery to recognise a hole that needed to be filled. Passionate about working with people on the spectrum, Jess now has more than 40 drivers supported by RWAA, a massive undertaking and an incredible achievement by someone who is also a working parent. We have a lot of respect for everything RWAA does, we are honoured to be able to support the charity in every which way we can, and we strongly suggest you do as well. To watch the Austin Riley - Racing With Autism Documentary, head to: https://vimeo.com/636310832 To learn more about Racing With Autism Australia, head to: https://www.racingwithautismaustralia.com.au/ You can also find Racing With Autism Australia on Facebook and Instagram! To contact Jess if you think you have a way you can support the charity, please call: 0448 181 681 or email: jessrwaa@gmail.com

Will Kitching is our third YTG sponsored racing driver alongside James Courtney and Maddox Gibbs. Will has just come off the back of winning two New Zealand Championships in his Mazda RX8 Cup Car. Only 16 years old, the young man ruffling some feathers and has the potential to reach the higher echelons of the motorsport world here in Australia / New Zealand, with the right money behind him. We sit down to unravel the story of his exponential growth in just a few short years, the drama's and politics that plague the racing world, and what the future looks like for our youngest sponsored racing driver. We also put him on the simulator for the lap time challenge, you are going to want to see that.

This week we introduce Liam, the back-bone of YTG's New Zealand expansion, who came across to visit for the Formula 1 weekend in Melbourne. Shaun and Liam go way back, operating Dutton Garage New Zealand together several years ago. Liam walks us through the progress with the YTG NZ showroom construction and plans for the future as well as a trip down memory lane to re-visit how the two where first introduced to each other and some of the mischief they got up to back in the day.

Why are we all wearing racing suits? It's Formula 1 race week here in Melbourne! On this episode we gather together both of our Australian YTG sponsored racing drivers, Maddox Gibbs and James Courtney. Maddox drives for Racing with Autism Australia, taking it to the older generation as the youngest competitor on the dirt ovals of Speedway. JC, as you know, is our resident V8 Supercars champion so we get his thoughts on how the new Gen 3 beasts will handle the fantastic Albert Park Circuit he will be racing on this weekend, as well as some insight into the F1 circus as well.

Today Niko and Shaun dedicate an entire episode to the questions asked by you, the audience! Everything from the origins of our passion for cars, the future of Lamborghini and much more. So tune in and find out everything you want to know on this episode of The YTG Podcast.

We have missed a regular Sunday upload, but for good reason. The YTG Team was in Sydney for the Highlands Classic Rally! Hosted by Jack Quinn (Benzina Magazine) the event took us from Sydney down the coast to Bowral and up to Bathurst for a visit to Mount Panorama before finishing the event at the Sydney Harbour Concours, an internationally recognised show playing host to some of the most amazing cars in the country. Enjoy every detail of the journey right here on this weeks episode of The YTG Podcast.