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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.
In this episode, Mandy is joined by Mike Costello and William Stopford, with Scott Collie chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at CarExpert’s offices around Australia.
In car news, Fiat’s electric 500e city car has been confirmed for Australia, Toyota has a hotter, two-seat version of the GR Corolla coming, BMW will launch its new X1 small SUV this year and the electric iX1 early next, and new generations of the Lexus RX and Mercedes-Benz GLC luxury SUVs have been revealed.
Scott Collie talks about his time behind the wheel of the facelifted Volkswagen Polo and Polo GTI, and Mike Costello talks about his review of the Kia Sorento Hybrid.
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William Stopford is an automotive journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. William is a Business/Journalism graduate from the Queensland University of Technology who loves to travel, briefly lived in the US, and has a particular interest in the American car industry.
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