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BMW’s M5 on its last legs, as it starts talking about its electric city car. Also in the news: a sporty Swedish wagon, sillyspeed Bugatti and a Fiat with a bee in its bonnet.

Things have not been going Italy’s way recently. While the Azzuri in South Africa were out drowning their sorrows after dropping out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Italians had at least one thing to celebrate: Alfa Romeo’s Centenary. With one soldier down – Trevor Tuck couldn’t join us, thanks to the football loss and Alfa [...]

64kbps stream – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 32kbps stream – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The team is down to two people this week, with Christo watching some Afrikaans rap star while Tuck works on a race car for the weekend of historics (or is that hysterics?) racing. Patrick Gearing [...]

64kbps stream – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 32kbps stream – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was a fun show with Tuck back in chair for his inaugural show for 2010. This week we discuss Toyota and Honda’s woes, news from the upcoming Geneva Auto Salon and some motoring racing updates. On the local front SA sees an upswing in new car sales at [...]