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The AutoTrader Podcast

Industry leader AutoTrader has joined forces with pioneering digital content hub CliffCentral to bring you The AutoTrader Podcast – an expert motoring infotainment show. Get behind the wheel with the team for all things motoring, from the more affordable to the most desirable cars, bikes, 4x4s and more.
Weekly English South Africa Automotive · Technology
611 Episodes
440 – 460

#AutoCentral Power Pod: How fast can a dog wind a car window down?

The AutoTrader South Africa Car of the Year is getting announced next week, and it will be live streamed. Solar streets in Japan, Tesla are giving away a Tesla to find bugs in their system, electric car fire risks and extreme parallel parking plus other odd motoring world records.
29 Mar 2019 15 min

A nightmare Road Trip & How to Deal with Roadside Shootings

What happens when Porsche designs luxury apartments? Workers in the SA automotive sector must have a stake. The 8th generation VW Golf has been delayed until 2020. How two brothers' road trip turned into a 12-hour border standoff. In F1, we unpack the results from the 2019 Australian Grand Prix…
18 Mar 2019 58 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: The latest from the AutoTrader SA COTY

George Mienie observed the track testing of the 2019 AutoTrader South Africa Car of the Year Awards, and was hugely impressed with everything on show. Toyota are doing interesting things with fragrance and tear gas. Ford are upping the entertainment in their cars, and the F1 season kicks off with…
15 Mar 2019 16 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: Car of the Year testing announced

The AutoTrader South Africa Car of the Year Awards have announced their testing days, which brings us closer to the big winner. The difficulty in getting a Norwegian driver's licence, Tesla curtailing their dealerships, Volvo and their safety, plus the cars to finally be fitted with breathalysers to prevent drunk…
8 Mar 2019 13 min

The impact of the Budget Speech on the Motor Industry

The guys unpack the impact of the Budget Speech on the motor industry, and discuss the unveiling of the new Pagani Showroom. The first Lambo Aventador SVJ lands in SA. Plus Formula 1, tech, emojis for licence plates, and banter about what the ultimate garage would have in it. Don't…
4 Mar 2019 58 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: What you could buy with their lotto winnings

A South African just won big on the lotto, so George reveals what the haul could get himself supercar wise. The next petrol price hike is going to be a real doozy, and Australia to put emojis on their licence plates, which gets the team talking about the emojis they…
1 Mar 2019 13 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: How to beat all the traffic lights

A bitter retiree is trying to sue Mercedes over perceived plastic in the leather seats. A car that tells you how fast to drive in order to always make the traffic lights. Exterior airbags to lessen the damage of traffic accidents, and Elon Musk uses technology to enhance the lives…
22 Feb 2019 7 min

Illegal Street Racing & a push towards Public Transport

The team looks at government's proposed plans to push people towards public transport, and the illegal street racing scene that seems to be growing in popularity. They also chat a little F1, and in tech they investigate Shell's plan to role out electric charging stations.
18 Feb 2019 1 hour

#AutoCentral Power Pod: Sparking conversations about a cleaner future

Your electric future of motoring continues to draw closer as Shell looks to set up charging stations. Legislation to be put in place for a greener future, but is the focus in the right areas? VW to create the first fully vegan car interior, and Volvo again innovating in the…
15 Feb 2019 11 min

At what age should you stop driving?

At what age should you stop driving, or when should you be retested to ensure you can still operate a vehicle? South African EV sales are on the up and up. We review the Isuzu MU-X, look ahead to the F1 season with some of the new rules and updates,…
4 Feb 2019 58 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: The Electric Motoring Future is coming

George Mienie just spent some time in San Francisco and comes back with fresh news of the evolution towards electric motoring. The scary state of cleanliness in the average car out there, and Ford really don't want you to get speeding tickets.
1 Feb 2019 13 min

Road Carnage, Petrol Price & the Licence Backlog

In our first show of the new year, we unpack a bunch of topics, starting with the road carnage fatality numbers from this past festive season, and the JV between Ford and VW. Is petrol going to go up or down in February? What to do if you get pulled…
21 Jan 2019 58 min

#AutoCentral Power Pod: Sweaty buttocks & the Nomuzi campaign

George Mienie shares the most popular car of 2018, and for once it isn't the BMW 3 Series. Nomuzi Mabena's drinking and driving campaign with VW gets assessed, and Ford uses a giant robot to prove how your sweaty buttocks compromises the condition of your car seat.
18 Jan 2019 12 min

Holiday Safety Tips & How To Save Fuel

Get safety tips for the family this holiday, as well as some insight on how to save fuel. We unpack all the news and review some updates to the South African Automotive Masterplan. Plus a look at Ford's bid to remove the the fresh car smell from their cars that…
10 Dec 2018 1 hour

AutoTrader SA Car of the Year Finalists

The team discusses the 2019 AutoTrader SA Car of the Year Finalists with in studio guest and COTY judges - Rubin Van Niekerk (Guild Chairman), Jason Woosey (IOL) and Stuart Johnson. They also chat a little F1 and all the news from the past two weeks.
26 Nov 2018 59 min

Black Friday deals, AI in cars & COTY finalists

AutoTrader has caught the Black Friday bug by offering more than R100 million worth of discounts! George Mienie chats to the team around this, as well as car manufacturers beginning to use artificial intelligence in the hardware of cars, announcing the AutoTrader SA Car of the Year finalists, and so…
23 Nov 2018 9 min

COTY, new car smells & self-driving testing

The Autotrader Car of the Year Awards is approaching, and with that George gets excited about a certain Volvo. VW to give drivers what they actually want with technology, Ford to eliminate the new car smell for Chinese customers, the self-driving arm of Google has been given the go ahead…
16 Nov 2018 10 min
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