Episode 33 - Diesel downturns, Putin's new ride and more flying cars
In this episode James, Richard and Peter discuss Elon's musk sticks (1:05), his $10 million share purchase (2:20) and the real probability Tesla won't be building 6000 cars a week by June (3:20).
Volkswagen's former boss has been indicted by the US DOJ (3:45), Nissan announces the end of diesel engines in Europe (5:25) and Mazda trademarks...Mazda (7:35).
Frosty Chops isn't living up to his name (12:50), Uber's autonomous cars think people are garbage (14:15) and they're also partnering with the US Army to build flying cars because that's not terrifying (17:05).
Vladimir Putin has a new limo (19:45), James answers last week's "Is It Illegal?" quiz (23:10), Peter recaps his time with the Jaguar XF Sportbrake (26:40) and the Alpine B4 S (27:35), Richard talks about the Lexus RC300 (29:10) and James has been in the Renault Sport Clio Cup (30:10).
James Cleary, Richard Berry and Peter Anderson tear down, pressure test and rebuild the issues of the automotive week.
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