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My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Autocar
201 episodes
2 days ago

Join Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or been on their mind.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


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Join Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or been on their mind.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Christmas special too: we meet Goodwood's Duke of Richmond

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 answer to all of these questions and more besides. And if you'd review, share and/or subscribe to the pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know.


Regular two-blokes-in-a-cupboard podcasting resumes this time next week. Happy new year!


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2 days ago
1 hour 7 minutes 6 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
A Christmas special: talking to Pat Symonds of Cadillac F1

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'll be back next week with another festive special, talking to the Duke of Richmond about all things Goodwood.


And we'd also love it if you'd subscribe, review and share.


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1 week ago
1 hour 45 minutes 19 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar Meets... Lotus design director Russell Carr

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. If you subscribe to the feed you'll never miss one. And if you could review and share we'd appreciate it more than you know.


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1 week ago
19 minutes 54 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Jaguar special: we ride in prototype 'Type 00'; interview bosses

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 chat about Matt Prior and Steve Cropley's latest Autocar columns.


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 share this pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know. too.


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2 weeks ago
57 minutes 3 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Ford Mustang GTD and Capri, Gerry McGovern

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 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 share this pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know. too.


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3 weeks ago
59 minutes 58 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar meets Peugeot CEO Alain Favey

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 very literally reinventing the wheel for its next-generation cars.


He also told us how Peugeot will rekindle the spirit of the legendary 205 GTi for a new line of hot hatches, and ensure that all future models 'feel like Peugeots', even if they're closely related to cars from other brands.


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3 weeks ago
27 minutes 49 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Cropley on TV, written-off Multipla, the 100mpg Audi A2

In the new episode of the Autocar podcast Steve Cropley tells us about his (short) TV career, we find out what it takes to write off a Fiat Multipla (not a lot) and Prior tells the story of doing 100 miles on less than a gallon of fuel in his Audi A2. There's much more besides, too, including the world's most powerful tractor, a rally Peugeot 205 GTi and 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 share this pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know. too.


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1 month ago
59 minutes 33 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar Meets Alpine UK's Nicola Burnside

In this week's Autocar Meets podcast, associate editor James Attwood meets the head of Alpine UK, Nicola Burnside.


Burnside discusses the rapid growth and bold future plans of Renault's performance brands, educating UK buyers about Alpine and why even petrolheads can love electric performance cars. They also discuss Burnside's passion for performance cars, and her love of historic motorsport.


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1 month ago
16 minutes 9 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Square wheels, Audi makes a Land Rover, retaking the dining room

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking all things motoring, including Peugeot's new square steering wheel, the prospect of Audi making a 4x4, and the impending loss of Cropley's study/studio. Plus there's your correspondence and much more besides.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


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1 month ago
56 minutes 32 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Classic car show, lap land, a great-handling new Vauxhall

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior in the Autocar store room to talk their respective columns and much more besides.


This week that means they're talking the classic car show at the NEC, remembering Quentin Willson, Silverstone's lap of lights, problems with a Mini, and finding a great handling new Vauxhall, the Mokka GSE. Plus there's your correspondence and more.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


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1 month ago
49 minutes 7 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Cropley buys a car! Plus Longbow, Ineos, a first Ferrari

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior discussing all things motoring including the new Longbow sports car, a mega off-road Ineos on portal axles, Kei cars for Europe, and Cropley’s new car! There’s much more besides too, including your correspondence, about a listener’s first Ferrari.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


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1 month ago
59 minutes 22 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar meets Skoda CEO Klaus Zellmer

This week Matt Prior meets Skoda's CEO Klaus Zellmer, as both Autocar and Skoda celebrate their 130th anniversaries.


But the pair tend to look forwards rather than backwards, as they talk about the third best-selling brand in Europe, its future in estate cars, how EV sales are progressing, how it makes 8.5% profits when some mass market makers make none, and the personal touch that Zellmer thinks will ensure its desirability for years to come.


For more on Skoda, and Autocar, join us at autocar.co.uk.


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1 month ago
24 minutes 56 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
130th anniversary special: a new home for the Autocar archive

On Autocar's 130th anniversary, the physical archive of our magazines has a new home: the British Motor Museum in Gaydon.


To mark the occasions, this week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior visit the British Motor Museum in Gaydon and take a tour with Head of Collections Stephen Laing, stopping by cars and exhibits old and new as they make their way from the museum entrance to the archive rooms.


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1 month ago
1 hour 13 minutes 50 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar Meets Ian Callum and David Fairbairn of Callum Designs

Recorded live at the Royal Automobile Club, this week Autocar’s Steve Cropley and Matt Prior meet Ian Callum, director of design, and David Fairbairn, managing director, from Callum Designs.


The pair’s working relationship – and friendship – stretches back to their time at Jaguar together. On leaving JLR, they established Callum Designs as an industrial design studio, which has released all-new models like the Callum Skye, restores and modifies classics like the Mini and Aston Martin Vanquish, made a one-off roadgoing Jaguar C-X75, and – shhh – does top secret work for clients.


Callum and Fairbairn spill the beans on all things Callum plus their previous lives in this lively debate recorded during London Motor Week.


Cropley and Prior are back with their regular My Week In Cars podcast every Wednesday.


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2 months ago
55 minutes 57 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Corvettes, the Can-Am Lotus, luxury MPVs

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior back in the Autocar store room as they talk about a Can-Am Lotus - yours for a million quid - the helpfulness of an old tractor if you've lost your licence, the GM President on driving Corvettes, luxury people carriers and much more besides, including your correpsondence.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


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2 months ago
55 minutes 47 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar Meets Nissan's James Taylor

In this week's Autocar Meets podcast, Deputy Editor Felix Page meets Nissan GB's managing director James Taylor.


Appointed in May of this year, Taylor brought to Nissan a raft of experience within the automotive industry, including most recently being managing director of Vauxhall UK, as well as senior roles within Stellantis.


He joined Nissan at an important time, too, just ahead of launching the all-new Micra and an all-new Leaf. Felix Page caught up with him to find out how the brand will get back to the front of the EV race, having spearheaded the electric movement, and how its positioning and customer base are changing. 


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2 months ago
27 minutes 27 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Hosting your own car show, new Porsche boss, Polestar v Volvo

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley wondering if he should host his own car show, Prior thinking Polestars and Volvos, and the pair talking Saabs, Renault 4s, Autocar's Japanese publication and much more besides, including your correspondence.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.



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2 months ago
59 minutes 5 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar Meets Malcolm Wilson of M-Sport

In this week's Autocar Meets, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior meet Malcolm Wilson OBE, former rally driver, founder of leading motorsport engineering company M-Sport, and Deputy President for Sport at the FIA. 


Based in Cumbria, M-Sport has a rich heritage engineering Ford's World Rally Championship competitors, the Bathurst 12h winning Bentley Continental GT3, special Fords, BTCC engines, and much more besides. Join us as we talk about all of this and more.


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2 months ago
59 minutes 51 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bicester Scramble, Alpine A290 v Renault 5, the cyclorn

The latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior inside a Hyundai during a photoshoot to talk cars and more, including the last Bicester Motion Scramble of 2025, the Alpine A290 vs Renault 5, the T Plate, the cyclorn, and much more besides, including your correspondence.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.




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2 months ago
52 minutes 35 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Bonus: Autocar meets Volvo UK MD Nicole Melillo-Shaw

Volvo just had its best-ever sales month in the UK this September - and UK boss Nicole Melillo-Shaw says it’s no accident.


The brand’s move to a direct-to-consumer model, the buzz around the new EX30 – which has doubled orders in recent months – and a sharper retail experience have all powered the surge, she has told the Autocar podcast.


Tune into this episode of the Autocar Meets podcast to get the full lowdown on Volvo's secret sauce for success, hear why a radical new way of selling cars has been a big hit with customers and dealers, and how the firm will learn from some of the EX90's hiccups as it lines up a new family of Audi-chasing EVs.


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2 months ago
22 minutes 43 seconds

My week in cars: the Autocar podcast

Join Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or been on their mind.


You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.