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The CarExpert team is back for another week of podcasting, looking at the topics that made car news over the past week.
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In this episode, Mandy is joined by James Wong and Mike Costello, with Scott Collie and Derek Fung chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week in car news, the team talks about seven Subaru dealers in Melbourne moving to no-haggle pricing, the reveal of BMW’s iDrive 8 operating system, MG’s Marvel R electric vehicle, and the unwrapping of Kia’s EV6 electric crossover.
Scott Collie dials in to discuss his opinion piece regarding ANCAP’s ratings system, as well as his latest comparison pitting the Hyundai Palisade Highlander against the Mazda CX-9 Azami LE.
Finally, Derek Fung dials in to chat about his in-depth analysis of the automotive industry’s global sales results in 2020, which you can read in written form here.
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James Wong is an automotive journalist and former PR consultant, recognised among Australia’s most prolific motoring writers.
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