ZA Car Show: Episode 75

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In 1975 Mercedes Benz released a huge stonking engine that placed it at the forefront of quick, fast luxury-barges. It was incidentally the same year that Volkswagen unleashed the GTi on the world. Both were revolutionary cars for their own reasons and changed the motoring landscape for years to come. What is your car for 1975, what changed the face of motoring in your opinion? Listen to Episode 75 for the team’s views, along with those of Drive Magazine’s editor, Russell Bennett.

Cars have certainly moved on, and in this show we discuss a new project by Ford of America where its little [for the USA] Fiesta is tweeting and staying connected to social media all on its own. It’s very cool, so if you are a Twitter user, go to AJtheFiesta and follow his updates on a trip to the West Coast .

This week, together with Drive Magazine, we also review the saviour of the Gulf states, the Range Rover Vogue Supercharged V8.

One great car; perhaps the downfall of the ozone layer?

We also discuss Alfa’s new model choice, a fast BMW, fast Porsche, expensive rust and ugly off-roader.

Episode 75 hi-fi download (28MB)
Episode 75 lo-fi download (16MB)

Show notes and links after the jump.

AJ The Ford Fiesta plots his own updates on a trip across the United States – AJ is the most connected car in the world at the moment [via Autoblog]

Quite the opposite is the announcement that BMW has introduced the M3-GTS – 440lbs lighter, 4.4l V8 producing, 444HP – there’s a whole lot of 4′s in this.

Very Orange, Very Fast.

This week also sees the most expensive car in the world sold, the Bugatti Type 57SC Altantic – At between US$30M and US$40 Million it’s still cheaper than that piece of art which was recently sold for US [via: Autoblog]

The most expensive car ever sold

Alfa Romeo announces another sexy model this time with legs, arms hair and er…well we’ll leave it at that. The company has announced that Uma Thurman will be the brand ambassador for its Giulietta [via Eurocarblog]