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In this episode, James Cleary, Andrew Chesterton and Byron Mathioudakis talk all things motoring, including:Sometimes a car just doesn't capture the public's attention the way its makers intended, and we discuss the biggest automotive failures ever to hit the Australian car market, including: the Holden ZB Commodore, Mercedes-Benz X-Class, Honda CR-Z, Renault Zoe, Opel's failure to launch, and more!The fresh metal we've been driving this week: Hyundai Kona Electric, Honda Civic VTi-LX, and Isuzu D-Max SX 4x2 cab-chassis.You can get in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter (#CGPodcast) and Instagram, and let us know what you think the biggest Aussie car fail is by emailing comments@carsguide.com.au
Founder of SBTV Jamal Edwards joins Suli Breaks to talk about how his business & entrepreneurial journey started. From hustling sweets in school, getting his first camera at 16 to building a Million Dollar Business and one of the most disruptive start-ups in youth culture in UK History! Contributing to the emergence of musical superstars like Ed Sheeran Stormzy, Emeli Sandé, Rita Ora. He talks about learning what business actually was, starting with no money, leveraging his resources in school and working with his friends helped create his empire!About Jamal Edwards:Jamal Edwards, MBE is a British entrepreneur, author, and the founder of the online urban music platform SB.TV. Born in Luton, England on 24 August 1990, Edwards spent his early years there before moving to Acton, West London. In 2018, Edwards was announced as the first ambassador for Mercedes Benz X-Class, through his ambassadorship Edwards launched his own YouTube series JE: SELF-BELIEF and JE: WHAT'S YOUR DRIVE. Edwards is keen to inspire other creatives and entrepreneurs through his vlogs, exploring the challenges and dreams of a true entrepreneur of the digital native era. In 2019 Edwards set up Jamal Edwards Delve, a project aimed at refurbishing and reopening youth centres.
Today's download: Subaru Levorg Prototype revealed: Production model coming in 2020, Mercedes-Benz X-Class ute future remains in doubt, Next Nissan 370Z and Nissan GT-R could switch to electric power, Nissan Cube officially ruled out for Australia, 2020 Volkswagen Golf Mk8 teased, Toyota Australia looks to roll out EVs from around 2025, Toyota says rural buyers keen on HiLux, LandCruiser hybrids, Mahindra PikUp gets capped-price servicing, Subaru WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition unveiled, Toyota wants everyone to own a tiny sports car, 2021 Hyundai Kona N spied, Mercedes-Benz dismisses X-Class ute as “niche” model, confirms it is under “review”, 2020 BMW 4 Series front-end leaked, 2019 Lexus CT200h recalled, Takata: Older-gen Honda City, CR-V, Jazz, Insight under 'Critical Recall', and Nissan unveils avatars: virtual reality companions for autonomous cars.
Plenty has happened in the world of car news over the last 24 hours. If you haven't had time to read all the news on CarAdvice.com, catch up on your way home with Car News Daily, as Mandy Turner reads each news story word-for-word. Today's download includes: Rivian R1S will be offered with several roof options, the 2020 Bentley Bentayga facelift has been spied, Mercedes-Benz X-Class sales are below expectations, says vans boss, 2020 Audi RS Q8 has been spied virtually without disguise, Ferrari has recalled several models over a fire risk, Hyundai 45 Concept EV has been teased for Frankfurt, the 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE has been recalled, and the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq RS pricing and specs have been released.
In this episode James, Richard and Matt find out the best way to speed up production of a car is to, in fact, stop it, and also to make up words for things that already exist, and to make promises you're never going to keep (1:00).Matt can't talk about the 12th generation Toyota Corolla, but does anyway (3:15), while Richard can, and does, talk about the new Lexus LS flagship (7:40).Frosty Chops is on the Gold Coast. Don't ask. Just don't (11:55)Ford returns to the Supercars Championship with the Mustang (13:35) and announces the new Fiesta ST will come to Australia (15:45).People had opinions about the Mercedes-Benz X-Class ute, so Matt had some answers (18:25), while the future of General Motors' Korean operations appears to be on shaky ground, which makes the shaky ground where Holden sits even shakier (22:45).James answers last week's "Is it Illegal?" quiz (sort of, yes, depends, and no, respectively) (25:55) and we run through the highs and lows of what's been in our garage this week (29:10).James Cleary, Richard Berry and Matt Campbell tear down, pressure test and rebuild the issues of the automotive week.You can get in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter (#CGPodcast) and Instagram, or announce your own factory-backed Supercars entry by emailing comments@carsguide.com.au.You can subscribe to the carsguide podcast on iTunes, find us on TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Whooshkaa, and, naturally, the carsguide website.
In today's episode, featuring CAR's Ian McLaren, Nicol Louw and Wilhelm Lutjeharms, we discuss the Ford Fiesta ST's performance figures, Ford's SUV-offense plans and the Mercedes-Benz X-Class pricing. We also get behind the wheel of the BAIC X25, Suzuki Swift and facelifted Toyota Prado. Ford Fiesta ST - 0:49 Ford SUVs - 5:50 Mercedes-Benz X-Class pricing - 9:32 BAIC X25 - 16:45 Suzuki Swift - 21:55 Toyota Prado - 25:18
In this episode, discussion moves from motor sport, to roads cars, and in particular the Mercedes-Benz X-Class
This week the gang talks about the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class truck and a potential Hyundai mid-engined hot hatch. From there the discussion moves to the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack and then over to the McLaren 570S.After that it's question time, with questions coming from Patreon, Twitter, and Facebook. Additionally, Chris squeezes in a review of the Waylens he's been playing with for the last few weeks.
This week the gang talks about the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class truck and a potential Hyundai mid-engined hot hatch. From there the discussion moves to the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack and then over to the McLaren 570S.After that it's question time, with questions coming from Patreon, Twitter, and Facebook. Additionally, Chris squeezes in a review of the Waylens he's been playing with for the last few weeks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hooniverse/support