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Rolls Spectre, the petrol Fiat 500 electric, 'enough' car
Ep. 82
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Episode 82 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talking about driving the new Rolls-Royce Spectre, putting a hybrid petrol engine into the electric Fiat 500 platform, Steve Saxty's exhaustive BMW book, round headlights, and how much car is 'enough'. Plus, of course, your correspondence.
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