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Firstly, apologies for putting up this episode later than usual. Starting with episode 45 – recording tonight – we will upload and post episodes within 12 hours of recording. The freshest news from SA’s only motoring podcast, just like you’d expect. There’s also a little something in the works for our 1st birthday. Watch this space.

Coming at you this week with the mad flavour of ZACS which is high in auto news insight an opinion and low in Christohydrates. The truth is Christo was swanning about on the Port Elizabeth Riviera, South Africa testing the new VW Passat CC (sorry we’re not allowed to call it a Passat anymore).

The team covers what turned out to be a very busy news week for the motor industry both locally and abroad. Hopefully it’s a sign of good things to come.

The pretty new SAAB 9-5. Trevor van de Ven has a thing for Swedes

The last time Christo tried to say "Sexy Ass" to a Mazda driver he got a blue eye.

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We’ve been doing this podcast thing for almost as long as Trevor Tuck owned crazy mommy vans. The insanity of it has gotten to him and he’s had to take a leave of absence. He will also tell you never to buy French cars, so we decided to see if we could push him over the edge by giving him a Renault Logan to use while his Peugeot dies a slow death. It’s no wonder he decided to miss the show this week. So, for the third week running we have a crew of three, Christo, Patrick and Trevor, who wish that they don’t have to discuss the international auto industry misery for much longer. We have to give it to Audi though for releasing teaser images of a sedan version of its coupe version of its sedan. Very clever . The team also reviews the 2009 BMW 520d – something that surprised us all – and wrap it up with the Daihatsu Terios, which is also surprising becuase it’s not a good one.

Sometimes our intitial predictions are all wrong...

...and other times we're right on the money.

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Episode 23 of ZA Car Show, and our second week with the new intro theme. Doesn’t it just sound grand?
Perhaps not as grand as our content line-up, with Patrick, Christo and the Trevors talking about some pre-Geneva launches, Subaru’s lower-priced WRX hatch and reviews on the Honda Jazz, as well as the face lifted Audi A3 Sportback TDI: a car that can park itself.

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The little Honda that can [hopefully turn the US auto industry around

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Episode 11

NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, sound quality of this recording may not be perfect. We experienced a glitch in our hardware and tried our best to salvage the recording.

In episode11 of ZA Car Show, the team of Christo van Gemert, Patrick Gearing, Trevor Tuck and Trevor van de Ven  (the hollow man) tackle another challenge, this time its executive family sedans for under R300 000.   The team also goes over some new car news for SA a lot of other chats about everything mooring related. 

Renault launches the Renault Koleos in South Africa, the only car to talk all about the interior without actually showing any images of the interior

Alfa reveals the 149 – a successor to the legendary 147

Mazda announces plans to develop a Renesis rotary engine that runs on hydrogen   

Listener challenge: What was the first production car in the world with a Wankel engine?  

ZACS Challenge: Family sedans for under R300 000 – once again, the results are surprising

Visiting the licensing departments in South Africa reveal a couple of other surprises

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