My week in cars

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior is joined by deputy road test editor Richard Lane, and have your letters. They talk BMW M cars, Bovensiepen, charging losses, small fun EVs, overloaded brands and more besides.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior realise this is Episode 208, which means they've been at this weekly podcasting malarkey for four years. But the pod is as per usual: two motoring writers talking about their respective Autocar columns and a bit more besides. Should Cropley buy an EV? Why wasn't the McLaren F1 influential? Why does the internet think Steve is Lee Noble? And did you know Ultima cars has been sold. There's more besides, including your correspondence. Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets... Alexandre Malval, VP of design at Renault.Talking to our senior editor James Attwood, Malval discusses blending Renault's iconic designs (4, 5, Twingo) with its more conventional, forward-looking products, particularly in its upcoming C-segment, and how different countries think differently about design.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Crayford Mojito - a classic Mini with no sides. Then there's the Mercedes CLA, Leapmotor C10, and Alpine A390. How much should an MOT cost? And there's much more besides, including your correspondence.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this bonus episode of the pod, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior have some of your letters, plus industry news around the zero-emissions vehicle mandate, famous namesakes, and more besides.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this week's Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (though not for long), interviewing Taki Inoue, the self-styled worst F1 driver ever, DS's questionably-helpful involvement Formula E, Morgan's Supersport for the US, and much more besides, including your correspondence.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

On this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar Meets... Andrew Monachan, Head Of Bespoke Engineering at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.Matt Saunders talks to Andrew about all things bespoke: what's possible, what's illegal, and how they develop a car while you're busy helicopter fishing in Australia.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

Autocar has spoken to Professor Gerry McGovern OBE, in his first broadcast interview since leaving JLR in reportedly controversial circumstances at the start of the year.He tells us about his time at JLR and how it came to an end, his latest role as Chief Creative Advisor at Norton motorcycles, his views on modern car design - including the Ferrari Luce - and how he may not yet be done with cars.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, find our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here.

In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior talks to Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover. The pair talk about the brand's three upcoming electric models, including the new standalone GT; whether JLR differentiates its brands enough; how its bespoke division means 'the sky's the limit' for Range Rover pricing and what the company means to do about its reputation on reliability.Steve Cropley and Matt Prior will be back on Wednesday for their regular My Week In Cars podcast. Meantime for details of a special subscription offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here.