This week, join Mandy Turner, Mike Stevens and Dave Zalstein for a jam packed show.
In car news, the ACCC is to sue Ford over its Powershift transmissions, and the Takata airbag fault claims its first Australian life, while manufacturers were found to be replacing airbags with faulty ones.
The Ford Mustang GT is to get ‘Drag Strip’ mode but no word for Australia yet, and we get Subaru WRX/WRX STI and BMW M4 CS pricing and specs.
In electric vehicle news, Mini three-door electric hatch is confirmed for 2019 production, a Toyota EV with solid state batteries is planned for 2022, the Nissan Leaf is hoped to be a new Australian image builder, and the UK is to ban petrol/diesel cars by the time we will be very old – 2040.
Mike Costello attends the Honda CR-V launch in Canberra, and James Wong heads to Darwin.
Roadhuntr is here for driving enthusiasts, and we talk to its creator, Jeremy Blaze.
Trent Nikolic reviews the Tesla Model X P100D and tells us why it sent him to many supermarkets – without the car.
Lastly, Curt Dupriez compares three sporty coupes on the Great Ocean Road.
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