What on earth is going on with NEW CARS?!

[@johngregg401]

Electric bin lorries are genius! Why waste time driving to the incinerator when you can burn the rubbish on the way😂

[@GolfMike09]

👍👍👍👍👍😂

[@RonaldShakespeare-tk7jx]

You have hit the button with that statement. At least the company who came out with that idea went bankrupt. I guess EV heaven is weary all the burnt out EV’s go to rest. I heard the rumour that the the London Mayor told all the the bus companies to buy electric buses as this was his idea of stemming the population of London. I don’t know how old you are, but you may remember when Daimler in the 1960’s built electric buses, in Coventry you always saw the buses broken down waiting replacement batteries. We are definitely going backwards.

[@DebNewton-kh4cv]

😝🤣🤪😂😂

[@malcolmbrown5261]

Very thoughtful comment

[@megataurus7779]

Spot on mate!😂

[@sumo1756]

As far i remember, Governments telling private companies what to make, and to a quota, was called fascism.

[@TheCNR200]

The United Nations / World Economic Forum governance telling governments & everyone else what to do for Net Zer0 or the world will burn, pfft. It is lies. The IPCC who advises them on climate change say there is no Climate Emergency. So why are they do they lie?... Because it's the new Gold Rush worth £4b a day. There's the real reason.

[@bobmalooga7249]

good point!

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

The orders aren't coming from government... They're also puppets following orders

[@Lav9944]

*** Communisim ***

[@lucidity7983]

Communitarianism is what's coming.

[@Farney-gy1qo]

I got bored of car magazines. I used to buy religiously Practical Classics and Classic Car Weekly for 20 years, then I realised how boring and repetitive it got. And I had bought Top Gear Magazine since the 1st issue, and I got bored of reading about cars I can't afford. I am Totally Not interested in any New Cars they are all CRAP.

[@paddyodoors2757]

For me it was redline and practical performance car, internet forums killed them for me.

[@stephenogden5470]

About sums it up!

[@firstnamed1501]

Same but with Auto Express. I used to get excited about which new car I’d aim for. Now I have no idea what’s coming out, not interested because a tiny city car that I’m not interested in is now an EV at £40k +. I’ll stick to my old diesel V8 Range Rover for as long as I can repair it for. It’ll soon be illegal to repair older cars…yep that’s coming down the road 😡

[@steelearmstrong9616]

Done the same for 23 years with unique car magazine Australia. Started buying around 17 years of age every month then around 40 completely stopped. It got thinner and thinner over time with most of it just advertising garbage. Carsales was the main reason too

[@David-cm4ok]

All crap, true. The genius move was making these cars ‘affordable’. Basically, what can you pay a month and never own the car. Back in the day, all the cars on the street were of a similar ilk. You could tell if someone had money if they had something unusual like a bmw 5 series. Now, any Tom dick n harry can have a super car. How the hell could people afford to pay ridiculous prices for these cars. A local Barman drives the new defender 110. WTF.

[@paulineprice9534]

The car manufacturers seem to be digging their own graves?

[@karlitosway441]

I've thought this since the birth of the suvs and crossover type hatchback cars on stilts. All of those types of cars leave me stone cold.

[@philadams92]

Being forced by governments policys I'm afraid!!

[@janingram1076]

More like they are all owned by the big corporation's one way or another car makers & governments

[@truxton1000]

Yes they have no choice. It’s pure communism, some call it fascism. I’m not sure what it is but it will end badly I’m afraid. We used to think we had democracy but that’s clearly not the case anymore, the people that decide this had no votes from anyone! Still we have to do as we are told!?

[@coffeebreaktheology2634]

How can anyone stomach the depreciation? As an older person, I don't want to be yanking a charging cable about, I have trouble with my knees. Those promoting EVs just have no idea of real life IMO

[@fredEVOIX]

nobody can that's the point it's to make us poor and unable to freely move around they want to go back to serfdom where we will "toil away" in our fields while they fly on private jets

[@pauljohnson9326]

Well said mate.

[@wearetheremnants1615]

You dont stomach it , we are moving to lease only vehicles

[@thesheepman220]

@@wearetheremnants1615yep you will own nothing and be happy bs well they can swivel on this 🖕🏻

[@adrianwhitehead1950]

@@wearetheremnants1615who is? Leasing is a massive money pit.

[@garrydiggins3181]

They can stick their electric vehicles where the sun don’t shine

[@David-tt2mt]

That sounds terminal! 😂

[@alanwhite6293]

Taht sounds like all over the UK then????

[@pauljohnson9326]

Yes yes and did I say YES

[@kenh3344]

What sun. ?

[@nathansmith7153]

Sorry that you have no idea. I spend my time waiting for you clowns to get off the line. If I am at the front - you fools are left hundreds of yards behind. Only 3p a mile too.

[@jasonuren3479]

38 grand for a Corsa? They're having a 🦒

[@paulb4uk]

The astra estate cost that much, i looked at online for a laugh and it was only a 1.2l engine .

[@bmwman1981]

And the new vauxhalls are just rebodied Peugeots with the rubbish wet belts

[@gravemind6536]

​@@paulb4uk Avoid the 1.2 PSA puretech engine like the plague it's another wet belt disaster

[@robtheplod]

That's more than I paid for our house in 1990!!!!

[@jcfallows]

Main dealer now selling brand new EV Corsa for under £20K

[@NotJanine777]

I was chatting to a Ford van salesman the other day and we got talking about the electric Transit. He said they took one out the other week - an empty one - and he said it only managed to do 120 miles on a full charge. He said if it was loaded you’d be lucky to do 80 miles. Needless to say, they have only sold a handful.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Now imagine if you're a delivery driver, constantly driving through back streets, constantly stopping and starting, I wonder how much range you'd get then.

[@bamboozooka-yk7qn]

motoring journos have sold out. they said a £12k petrol corsa is a bag of shit and they are now jizzing over a £32k corsa ev. lets face it a £32k corsa ev is still only a £12k car

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

Not only that but 20k worth of petrol will take you a long time to burn. And in the meantime electricity is not exactly free.

[@SW-by9ob]

A good job the real world price for a brand new Corsa-E is £18.5k according to Autotrader then I suppose? No one pays list price for a Vauxhall.

[@OldskoolCatflap]

@@SW-by9obDead Right! I paid £2,600 for my Corsa!

[@theoutsider6191]

And that is why EV market has now reached saturation, and sales are bombing. Cause the people that could afford to spend 50k plus on a new car have all bought into the EV scam already. Most people cannot afford to buy into the market at all, and so the idea that people in the market for a Corsa are going to pay 30k plus for it is for the birds.

[@SW-by9ob]

@@theoutsider6191 Barely anyone did that, 90%+ of all EV's in the UK are company cars/salary sacrifice on 3 or 4 year terms. And a new EV Corsa is in reality £18k BTW, so roughly in line with the higher end ICE models. No-one is paying anywhere near list price for one.

[@richardweyland116]

It's not just that the cars are crap, it's that NO ONE WANTS THEM.

[@pachy444]

I bought one last year its brilliant.... Don't bother using any of my Diesels now.

[@GT380man]

There’s a link between those two correct statements!

[@WhiteDieselShed]

@@pachy444 maybe you should get out more and live life to the full? :)

[@peterk2455]

@Jack_Warner Nah, that was too much for a Z9. Just because some cashed up wally waxer wants to spend 30k on a lounge room trophy doesn't make it a greater bike than it is. Idiots paying similar for Honda 750's. They were great bikes for the day, but honestly most modern 250's will run rings around them

[@gordonanderson6216]

My method. Buy a decent car, that suits your needs for about £1500, use it, repair as appropriate, probably drive about for 5 years or so until it fails majorly. Scrap it and start again. This method never fails and will save you umpteen pounds. Good advice. You're welcome.

[@jcfallows]

The trouble of running an old car is you will spend what you paid for it every year and it will always happen when you are skint and will have to borrow the money. Then you think I'll have to run it for another 6 months and then something else will break! Unless you can fix them yourself don't bother!

[@martinhudson2552]

I have always done this and saved myself many thousands of pounds. I am very choosy in what I have bought. Has to be well maintained and once bought I maintain them myself and the three cars that we have currently owned for some years have given no real trouble. I keep them in A1 condition. My only enemy is ULEZ with the old diesel car.

[@deangdmppajj4692]

I do the same 👍

[@TheSpoovy]

Good luck with that on smart motorways

[@jcfallows]

At some point in your life you just want to drive and not repair every weekend.

[@cp4512]

Stopped reading car mags. I’ve found that independent reviews on KZbin are just as good and are actually more honest. Also saved myself a fortune as magazines so expensive now!

[@mrwpg]

Regulate the price into oblivion, how to ban something without banning it... slowly and incrementally, they spent 40 years on tobacco...

[@davidvanderklauw]

Yes. A market is a form of regulation, govt control. What is the difference between a $40 govt parking fine and a $40 parking charge from a company operating in a market defined by a govt?

[@dennism7813]

​@@davidvanderklauwyour right. Years ago, you might get a £5 fine for parking in a stupid place but now parking is big business and you get a massive parking CHARGE for not following the RULES. They seem to squeeze money out of everything these days and tax it at the same time.

[@mrwpg]

@@davidvanderklauw In a free society the government would not interfere in a free market... Why do you presume the regime has a say in everything in contradiction to human rights law...

[@mrwpg]

@@davidvanderklauw Learn to read English, your comment has nothing to do with what i said. I was discussing how fascism works in the 21st century not the difference between a free market and a socialist market...

[@mrwpg]

@@davidvanderklauw Why do you assume the state should control a free market, that's communism / fascism, not democracy...

[@johnlee4897]

Haven't bought a car mag for over 20 years. Now that they're full of EV crap, even less inclined. Prices are all stratospheric. My theory is that new car buyers only look at the monthly nut (I mean lease) without bothering to check the overall price. They never own it in the end. We live in a truly mad world. Not giving up my 11 year old Mk7 Golf diesel.

[@John_Wood_]

Agree, even the prices of the magazines are stratospheric.

[@wearetheremnants1615]

The idea is you own nothing. In ten years when boomers are all dead nobody will own any property

[@davidireland9074]

How much are they nowadays?

[@adrianwhitehead1950]

I don’t get the lease mentality. £500 a month over 4 years for something you’ll never own, that’s 24k, who can realistically afford that?

[@wearetheremnants1615]

@@adrianwhitehead1950 a lot of people it seems . And nearly £1000 on the luxury end of things per month

[@kendalson7100]

It's like all the major car companies are driving themselves into bankruptcy.

[@davideyres955]

It’s the government driving them in to bankruptcy. The Euro 7 standard is so hard for the car companies to achieve they are going to have to spend millions of R&D, make less power and less mpg, all for something they will having to stop selling in a few years giving almost no time to recoup the R&D costs. All that will happen is they’ll stop selling cars and you literally won’t be able to buy anything. Car industry will collapse as will the engineering supply companies.

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

I'm guessing the banking mafia are holding them to ransom... Like they are all corporations

[@janingram1076]

I am betting the CEOs will be well paid off

[@GT380man]

I’ve thought the same. The multinational corporations have an ownership structure that is nearly identical. For all practical purposes, just as all banks are under common ownership at the highest level, so that real competition ended in 2009 if not earlier, the same thing is happening in the automotive sector. You can regard them as divisions of one huge global conglomerate and no real competition here, either. It’s cartel city all over the place. “Still the people did not see”.

[@BenSamuel-d6l]

That would fit the agenda perfectly

[@northstar1950]

Back in the 50s Birmingham City Council ran a fleet of battery powered refuse trucks, the problem was as the load increased the battery power decreased, as it would, I don' think they were very successful. Now a milk float works as the load gets lighter.

[@tiomkinnyborg2289]

It is all propaganda. If every mag, tv, radio, expert, and pundit say EVs are great, then EVs are great.

[@steverobsondiecast]

A great mess!!!😅.

[@russcattell955i]

PL76 STR is the reg number on the polestar convertible, the reg does not exist and I reckon neither does the car. What a con. How much more in magazines !

[@fbboringstuff]

@@russcattell955ithat car doesn’t exist it’s artwork on a future model

[@ThePorkypete51]

Similar something else that was pushed a few years ago

[@pachy444]

But I've got lots of cars and one is an EV and it is great.... Sorry if you can't cope with that.

[@pauls3204]

I just read on bbc site , that an EV driver was told to move his virtue signalling car to the grass verge as the hospital he was visiting don’t want random incendiary devices parked close to real cars or the hospital building. 😂😂😂😂

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

You admit to watching a social engineering channel?? 😜

[@nathansmith7153]

You too can read click bait.

[@kbrickell4732]

there is going to be massive car industry redundancies very soon

[@chrissyp7433]

That's why I got out.

[@jacquelinebrunder2384]

It is increasingly looking like that is the plan.

[@chasf3433]

Tesla already started firing staff.

[@chrisjohnstone7404]

Avoid motoring industries by voting Reform. EVs will be voluntary not compulsory. And by the way blanket 20mpj speed limits will be banned.

[@chrissyp7433]

@@chrisjohnstone7404 I don't think voting reform will help although I really wish it would, I think the whole of government is rigged farage will take his orders no matter how much we want him to save this country. Further more I don't follow rules or take orders so government can do what they want I will not conform especially if I think it dangerous for us to do so.

[@industrialmonk]

£2000+ for insurance & it's probably not insured if you park outside your house.

[@iankuah8606]

And definitely not if you put in in your garage!🤐

[@michaelmahon8896]

The original ford capri was designed in Italy,,, the new one was designed on a blackboard in a classroom of 4 year olds

[@snakeman9902]

Awsome 😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

In Italy by blind Italians

[@wearetheremnants1615]

I reckon everything is designed using A.i now

[@bentullett6068]

It's a reskined VW ID4 I believe

[@simonhodgetts6530]

The original Capri was styled by an American, Phillip T Clark, of Mustang fame, assisted by Harris Mann (yes, he of Allegro and Princess fame) - he worked for Ford under Roy Haynes (he of the mk2 Cortina, mk4 Zephyr and Morris Marina) before he jumped ship to BL.

[@David-tt2mt]

The Twingo, 1.3 petrol, with manual window winders and analogue speedo (gotta be careful how you say that ;) aircon, cd player, mats, flaps and full tank of petrol should cover it. As for prices of new vehicles the intention (IMHO) is to make buying outright impossible, therefore tieing in to a renting contract term... You will own nothing...

[@geoffdundee]

the intention is to put you on public transport in 15 min cities

[@GT380man]

They don’t mind you renting a car, because Geofencing and Geotiming capabilities are built in & will be used to limit mobility.

[@geoffnorton9279]

Geoff, you should repeat the poem on your channel for all of those who haven't yet seen it. It will go down in history as an absolute classic.

[@geoffnorton9279]

How about looking at what Clarkson and Wilson are saying in their newspaper columns. I'm assuming they do still write in the newspapers?

[@woodman2269]

A carpark at a Liverpool hospital has just banned EVs while they upgrade their sprinkler system. Why the need to upgrade their system !...what are they expecting is going to happen.

[@northstar1950]

Maybe someone should tell them that Lithium and water don't mix very well!

[@madanto2394]

@@woodman2269 EV's need banned from multi-storey car parks to prevent the risk of complete collapse.

[@timwright5466]

ill stick to driving around on my 1948 grey ferguson tractor ..no mot required .no road tax ..47 quid insurance ..looks geat in a supermarket car park ..

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

No problems with the snow, in fact you could earn a few bob pulling cars out of ditches.

[@tonymarkey6525]

Awesome, gotta love a little grey fergie!!😁😁😁

[@garrydiggins3181]

Who the hell wants to buy something that’s going to be worthless in 10 years

[@Lurch9229]

10 years? More like 10 minutes

[@pauls3204]

10 years ! If traded or sold prior to 10 years you’d be fortunate to get a grand . There is no second hand market for these things , no one wants them except the people who have already bought one . They’re stuck with them and rest don’t want them .

[@rakido7388]

Because they want to completely remove the idea of cars being any kind of investment, or pleasurable experience. They absolutely want consumers to view car ownership as they would any other appliance. Buy it, use it without thinking for 10 years or so, then throw it away, exactly like a fridge.

[@stephenballantyne]

10 years ago EVs were very early tech but if you look on Autotrader there are lots of >10 year old Model S's for over £20k, BMW i3's for £8-9k, Leafs for £5-6k. Nice residuals for >10 year old cars.

[@alanwhite6293]

More like Ten MONTHS!!!!!!!!

[@AlexLancashirePersonalView]

Now it is the Ford Crapi

[@ianharley1726]

😂

[@saxon-mt5by]

It always was!

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

@saxon-mt5by. Beat me to it!

[@alanwhite6293]

Who the Heel thought of putting a rubber belt in. oil? Hot oil at that!!! As Rubber is a bye-product of oil, it's no surprise to me!!!!

[@bentullett6068]

Or Crap E

[@daveb2wright]

I keep hearing that there are many people who are having difficulties putting a roof over their head and there are over two million children in poverty. I find it difficult to understand that the media tout vehicles that cost in excess of £50k and tell us its the norm. Utter madness!

[@markgadsby5568]

They don’t want us to own or use cars

[@julesviolin]

I'm keeping my Rover 75 diesel Auto with M47 engine. 210k miles still going strong. This engine is good for 500k on original chain 😎

[@system11yt]

Car prices are completely absurd and that Capri is as miserable as the Mustang Mach-E.

[@jonathancollard3710]

Literally, 2 years worth of stock of Mach-e stuck on forecourts in USA…. 🧐

[@danielmiller8905]

I brought a WhatCar magazine yesterday because had time to kill working in a polling station. £6.99 for for the bloody magazine! Never again! And it was all bloody EVs in there too. So, so boring fridges on wheels!

[@CrusaderSports250]

Fridges until they become cookers😊.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Magazines have become more expensive than books, but they're full of advertising and propaganda. You don't even get inappropriate ads in the back anymore.

[@fergy1442]

Do EV's have to be SUV's so they can fit large enough batteries to give them above 100 mile range.

[@Richie-vu4we]

Or u tow a diesel generator

[@robinhood4640]

No, it's just because the rest of the world are getting equally as fucked in the head as Americans, and we think it is a good idea to have ridiculously big stupid cars.

[@tallandhairy]

No, they make what people want to buy, same reason you cant buy a ka or a fiesta anymore just the suv puma at the bottom end.

[@fergy1442]

@@tallandhairy Probably can't buy those, Because Ford could'nt fit a Battery in them with out making them the size of a puma to give them any range.

[@tallandhairy]

@@fergy1442 They might need some better engineers then, Renault managed to make a 200+ mile car in the Zoe that was about the size of Clio

[@timneeves.6338]

The 1990s cars were the best...The Mercs the Bmws the Jaguars not the plastic clipped together overpriced shite we have today....

[@danthecarman8440]

Well said. I have a nova a sierra and merc W124. 😊

[@jonathancollard3710]

Top Tip; just buy anything from entry level range of Dacia, Skoda or Kia. Steer clear of everything else….

[@cmartin_ok]

There's not a single new car on sale in the UK that appeals to me, maybe thank goodness as i wouldn't be able to afford it. Im of an age where i can currently safely say that i hope i never have to have an electric car before i die

[@andrewwhite986]

The Xiaomi fake Porsche is an extremely dangerous car. Cheap made parts. Even the trailing arms are breaking due to bad manufacturing. And BYD is Burn Your Dreams 😂

[@AndrewTSq]

not to mention body panels falling off that was glued in place, and paint already being shredded off lol

[@angelh5762]

They are dangerous. Tofu dreg😅

[@DerbJd]

I spoke with a Tesla 3 owner a few days ago and asked her how she was getting on with costs? She said her insurance had gone up considerably, that a lot of companies wouldn't give her a policy, that no insurers cover the battery - at all - and that the only way she affords the electric for it (and that she bought the EV in the first place) is because her family runs a small business and got grants to discount the purchase price and can claim back the electric bill. I asked her what happens if the battery sets on fire? She said "Well that's a different issue and I have no idea what the insurance firm would say or do..." I asked but what about if the battery goes faulty and needs to be replaced, is she aware that even cheap little EVs like Nissan Leafs and Renault Zoes, a replacement battery is around £20k+ (unless the brand do specific schemes) and a lot of the time, the EVs end up getting written off? She didn't know that. I also asked her about range anxiety and lack of chargers / waiting times at chargers when someone else is using it. She said "Oh, we have a diesel car too, so we use that when we go anywhere." I rest my case.

[@DerbJd]

I think I made just about the smartest move recently. In September 2023, I bought a 2013 Skoda Superb 2.0TDI SE 4x4 DSG-6 (the 140bhp model) which had one owner, FSH and only 28,500 on the clock. The whole car is in original as new condition. I only paid £8300 for the car, £985 for the cambelt, tensioners, water pump, DSG and Haldex service, and £250 for a full service after that. A remap took it from 135bhp to 176bhp after 11 runs on the 4x4 dyno. 0-60 went from 10.4 seconds, to a staggering 6.9 seconds! There's a 0-60 run video on my channel. It feels more like a 230bhp map. Zero depreciation. This car is a keeper. Easily gives me 45mpg combined and almost 60mpg on the motorway.

[@DW-dd4iw]

I assume the road tax stays the same (cheaper) price, even though you now have a nice fast car?

[@jondonnelly3]

Slap a bigger turbo on 😍

[@vevey75]

Complete madness 38K for a Corsa. I remember buying one in 1994 second-hand for 400 GBP. The world has gone mad. They want every to buy cars on finance with very little no re-sale value after a few years.

[@wanted-33]

EV's are rotting on dealers lots in America. However, right now even the ICE vehicles aren't selling. Our economy has gone to chit because of liberal policies. People can hardly afford groceries let alone an highly overpriced new vehicles.

[@JohnDoeSr]

Kamala says bidenomics is working

[@jonathancollard3710]

Yeap, I spend 4 to 5 months a year state-side and everything has got mega expensive 😲

[@leswolstenholme617]

The emphasis all the way along this track has been restriction on personal travel. Pricing basic transport out of reach of ordinary folks is just the first step.

[@stephendoherty9855]

i am terrified of evs too. why can't everything just stay the same? i hate change - especially when they change stuff at work. it does my head in. thanks guys

[@phallac35]

New vans look like Johnny cabs from total recall

[@455constable]

Imagine Bodie and Doyle scrambling to unplug their fast Ford's 😂😂😂😂😂

[@doug6868]

dolomite sprint!!

[@CrusaderSports250]

Or the Sweeny running out of charge😊😊.

[@paulthyer4809]

Why are today’s cars so heavy, so ugly and so expensive…🤔

[@mastergraphic9998]

Greed

[@doug6868]

like the women!

[@jondonnelly3]

Elf n safe T.

[@donjohnson3701]

I stopped even looking at car magazines because the cars turned to crap with all the electric doodads on them not to mention the electric autos. Too expensive for me! If I can’t fix it, I am not buying it!

[@samcash123]

The UK car market is terrible at the moment, unfortunatly I cant see it getting better anytime soon either. We need a big re think.

[@zzuave2666]

Greetings from a 22C,blue sky Isle of Skye. Yes,pretty much all modern cars are pointlessley complex fugly expensive wastes of materials.

[@NAYF76]

So Mustangs and Capris used to be 2 door sports cars/Grand Touring Cars now 5 door electric SUVs. To quote Charlie Brown "Good Grief".

[@BrainfromSpain]

Jeff, my granddaughter just passed her test, the BEST price for insurance was £2000! The worst was £8000! I did ask if the car was thrown in but no!

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

New drivers MUST think outside the box... A friends daughter was getting quotes between 2 and 4k for the usual fiesta/Corsa.... She ended up with a mini cooper convertible paying less than 900 quid

[@gravemind6536]

​@@loonaticsrunningtheassylumtypical young people cars have more crashes which bumps up prices, get an outside the box choice that pretty much only old people buy

[@chrisc9376]

I wouldn't bother driving.

[@CrusaderSports250]

​@@chrisc9376for even some young people that is not an option, and many jobs require you to use your own car to get to the client/patient, so no car no job.

[@jamiegarner9955]

It was £2K for me fully comp. @ 18 years of age, back in year 2000 for a 1 litre fiesta no less 😂

[@perogmiriamsjstrand1254]

Hi Jeff. it’s the same here in Denmark 🇩🇰 we have a big car magazine for car owners, called FDM. it is nothing less now than a WEF you know what kissing advertising for driveable ipads. it make me sick to se.🤮

[@TK-Will.]

EV prices are ridiculous, way too expensive, absolute joke. Are the government still wanting their “luxury car tax” on cars over £40K 🤔. Did hear something a few years back.

[@purangesmith9053]

Luxury car tax started 2021, its additional £410 so £600ish total for 5 years and starts after the first year. “Luxury” cars are now x1, xc40, q3 unless you get the Bobby basic ones. Then you’ll wait 4 to 6 months to get one as they’re knocking out EV’s as the government demands . The price of secondhand cars are reaching stupid levels as sensible people want an ice as it could be their last one and because of low COVID production in 2020-2022 there aren’t many of them to go around. This government has royally fudged the economy and I can’t see the next lot of liars being any better.

[@rbnhd1144]

Id hardly call a Corsa EV a luxury vehicle, but its so close to that £40K, a person would have to be nuts to pay that for any kind of Corsa.

[@Mrmaddog]

Most car reviewer's are promoting EVs because they have been told by vehicle manufacturers that if they don't they won't get any more vehicles to review. 🤷

[@therealdojj]

Ugly cars you have to pledge your life to repaying 🤦

[@richardwilson5330]

That won't last your lifetime ??

[@wearetheremnants1615]

No you lease, you OWN nothing and are happy

[@GG-ml3vr]

​@@wearetheremnants1615Most people i know are more than happy to lease,as am i.

[@thesheepman220]

@@GG-ml3vr SUCKER 😁

[@GT380man]

Fair enough. Each to their own. I’ll buy & hold a vehicle. It’s all I’ve known, because I never owned a newish car until a handful of years ago, when we bought a used car at a not daft cash price.

[@martinstout45]

Yep twingo great little car. That new ones range likely 14 yard's between charge's in the summer with out air con on.

[@chuckbradley1]

The agenda here is to see rich people snuffed out for their vehicles, as they will be the only people who can afford them.

[@AlexLancashirePersonalView]

Halfords sold me some new Chinese made tyre, which I did not know at the time. complained that they were noisy at 60 mph and asked for exchange. No reply from them so will not buy there again.

[@davideyres955]

Within the first 6 months they have to prove its fit for purpose. If it’s over £100 make sure you buy on credit card so you get cover on the consumer credit act. Basically if it’s too loud then I’m pretty sure that would class as not fit for purpose and halfrauds would have to prove that it is. Keep on at them. Write them a letter and if they don’t answer take them to court.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@@StanHunwin As are the mid-range and even some of the expensive ones... (Hankook, Kumho, Michelin, Goodyear, Pirelli...)

[@fredfred2363]

Tyres are the one thing no-one should ever cheap out on. Those four things are the one item that ensures your car goes, turns and stops safely. Always spend a bit more for a brand you know.

[@timbutton4990]

Don't buy tyres or exhausts from either Halfrauds or Kickfrit ever, do some research!

[@simonhodgetts6530]

I only buy decent tyre brands - Pirelli P7s for my current car. I’ve bought cheap tyres before and always regretted it.

[@PeterKirton-nu9iv]

In some roads if people don’t park half on the pavement nobody will be able to get down the road so good luck if you live in Scotland

[@kevinmccormick432]

I agree. Unfortunately the copy-cat Welsh Government also has it in their manifesto, like the dreaded 20mph limit, so we can expect the same fiasco when it is introduced into law.

[@johndawber3401]

I'll stick with my 2010 Honda Accorder Tourer GT petrol Vtec. 108k miles and still drives like new.

[@duckman5642]

Beautiful 👌

[@Ade2bee]

Polestar had to be given away, didn’t it?

[@duckman5642]

2009 I bought a new Ford KA for £5695. Not the greatest of cars but a fair price. Bring back cheaper cars 🙏

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

No. Quite possibly one of the worst...... Ever

[@3879keith]

new Capri looks more like an Austin Allegra than a Capri

[@huffmanaviation7341]

Amazon delivery vans are almost exclusively running on slick tyres with zero treads....... it wouldn't surprise me if it was because the poor suckers have to buy their own.

[@bondjamesbond9041]

The "proper" Ford Capri was great value for money and was advertised as "The car you always promised yourself" which was a great phrase for a good car. Don't think I have promised myself the new one! It will be sh(1)t! BTW if I had 120k to spend on a car it would be a nearly new Lexus LC500 (not the hybrid version) and have some change in my pocket to buy a classic car.

[@davidclarke9767]

I had a new Cortina 1600 E in 1968 I had a new Ford Capri 1600 XLR in 1970 as well as the new MK3 Cortina top of the range in 1971. Cars then were affordable and they seemed more exciting then. But now they all seem to be similar and far to expensive.

[@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation]

70s Triumph TR7 / 80's Toytoa Supra or 1960s Ford GT40 Body Designed was to be the Future . Now we have cars trucks that look like a TransG ArmyBoot Built by NaTo .

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Rover SD1? FIAT X19 Countach

[@christopherrichardson9942]

The KZbinr Serpensa has done a video on Chinese EVs. The Porsche look alike falls apart and doesn’t come out of accidents very well. Also MG EV owners need our prayers when they go for a drive

[@fredfred2363]

Yeah, it's "Serpentza" number one on the CCPs hit list. They really really hate him and his business partner. See "the china show" that they do weekly. Lots of decent EV news stories (usually burning).

[@simonhodgetts6530]

There’s a reason why Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t bother talking about new cars anymore……..

[@DanRobards]

Think a set of tyres for that x6 would be more than the value of my car 😂

[@markrhodes3983]

Not in a million years. The electric cars are far too expensive. Plus has the Government forgotten where the electricity is made. The vast majority isn't environmentally friendly power. I'm staying with petrol till the very end. Hopefully there might be better options if petrol and diesel does get discontinued. Great information in your videos.

[@jonnyc5254]

And not only this people have the blinkers on as to the environmental damage done when mining for the cobalt and other minerals required for the batteries.

[@Mark-zw3cp]

Just renew my insurance on my EV and a lot of insurance companies don’t wanna know EV cars. Scam

[@mikehunt8968]

The new Ford will instantly be renamed the Ford *Crappy* i guarantee it!😂🤪

[@janingram1076]

Not many BUY cars now almost everyone relies on credit, making them careless about what they get.

[@mattwarren69]

God bless the I.C engine!

[@GT380man]

Bless it? He drives a V12!

[@davidshepherd265]

Between 1994 - 2005 the Corsa was sold in Australia as the Holden Barina. In its final year before it was replaced as a Daewoo, the base model 1.4 manual sold for AU$13,990 new. £38,000 = AU$72,142. You’d have to be mad to spend that much on a Barina! That kind of money here would get you into a nice 2017 Caprice V8 with money to spare or even a Monaro or HSV.

[@JBLegal09]

Wouldn't get an HSV for that price but I see what you're saying. I'll be hanging on to my GTS thx.

[@Craig-wp3pz]

I am a Land Rover owner..... We are USUALLY furious 😅 Can confirm.......

[@stevenaimson8286]

Great video Geoff, credit due where credits due, The ev train certainly trying to throw its weight into the buying public, recently had my 2008 serviced at a pug dealer , " every car in show room electric", Not only electric being pushed, but model range choice poor compared to 90s , full of suvs , which I dislike , but my wife has fybremeralga used to buy auto express religiously , but don't bother anymore. Me and my Mrs both work but cannot justify some car prices. Carry on with the vids geoff. Stevenxx

[@cecillanter3207]

they use known names that people believe are great cars then wrap the name on a major piece of CRAP

[@opapagaio15]

Think: "MG"...

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

Apple, Ford, MG, Mercedes, Bosch, Samsung, LG, Stanley, Goodyear, Panasonic, B&O, Cadbury's, Snap-On, Hotpoint, not just cars these days...

[@petea7323]

I drive, maintain and repair my 2004 Mini Cooper and couldn’t be happier with it. No one can convince me to buy an EV.

[@AndrewTSq]

News from sweden - 2G & 3G mobile nets is shutdown... and suddenly lots of cars are illegal to drive, since there is a rule since a few years, that they must have a emergency button that calls 112. Even cars from 2020 are involved in this :O

[@bertibear1300]

Wow.

[@AndrewTSq]

@@bertibear1300 yeah crazy The car owner in the interview had a skoda rapid from 2020 .

[@impy1980]

Geoff, do your research on the Duster before buying. My sister had a 54 plate (I think), turbo blew on it a few week ago, oil spewed everywhere, pretty much knackered, quoted £800 for reconditioned engine + same again for fitting, pushing it close to the value of the car, so not worth sorting. So check if it's a common issue or just bad luck before you consider buying. I'd probably go with the Jazz out of the two.

[@knockschool]

The finance companies prefer you to lease, when the term is up you pay extra penalty's for going over the mileage allowance or any damage on the car. Heard some horror stories of people having to pay thousands. ?

[@mylesfinn66]

Car prices are rising because manufacturers want us all leasing so they get a reliable revenue turn over... Maybe

[@guy4469]

yeh i looked at property in corfu 1 bed 2nd floor flat with balcony fresh 10 minutes from beach . nice £35,000.

[@GT380man]

Unfortunately getting a visa to permit you to stay longer than 90 days is almost impossible. In France, we missed the deadline post Brexit because it had never occurred to us that we might want to stay in our apartment in France for longer than 90 days. Now, even using a French lawyer schooled in the right procedure, we’ve got absolutely nowhere with it. I think it’s an informal policy agreement between Whitehall and the EU Commission not to enable these visas, even though it’s good for their economies to have foreign owners spending their money in their country instead of in their home country or worse, spending it in more distant destinations.

[@guy4469]

@@GT380man they dont walk up and down the street its greece ,just live it .The mayor just says goodmorning guy everything good .

[@Renegade1127]

Seen the new Range Rover ad ? It has 4 wheel steering. Guess they've been asleep since 2008 when Renault did a Laguna GT with 4ws.

[@richarddavey9547]

Geoff , please buy a Peugeot RCZ great looking car , I wouldn't mind one myself but I'm already running a 406 coupe and couple of 306s , long live old cars ( being killed by the constant road tax rises 😡😡)

[@keithavian8129]

The latest vauxhall radio ad say for the same monthly money you can have the ev over the petrol equivalent, just don't read the bit where petrol is a 4 year lease and the ev is a 5 year lease

[@andrewhayward9428]

I rather have a Trebant than a BYD

[@CrusaderSports250]

I almost bought a trabant, a cracking little character car, unfortunately the owner didn't seem interested despite being priced on a car sales forecourt, a great shame but there we go. 😊.

[@TimK2646]

I bought my sht Feista basic 970cc for 4 grand quads in 1982. I was mugged

[@duckman5642]

That's 40k in today's money.

[@onlyme972]

Bought my Toyota warranted used 08 Aygo for 3.5k still sweet. £1.75 tax per month. £23 full comp. Why would I want to get into a financial nightmare.

[@davideyres955]

@@duckman5642no it isn’t. It 13.734 according to the Bank of England.

[@davideyres955]

My Dad bought his vw polo classic GL in 85 for 5k. I hd it until 2007 when it caught fire and was written off. I’d still have it today if it hadn’t. Fantastic car, cheep as chips to run. Simple service. Brilliant turning circle and wonderful visibility. No rust at all in the 20+ years I hd it. £80 for a new exhaust. Crap brakes though, no servo so right foot workout every time you have to stop.

[@Ifitwerks]

@@duckman5642£4000 is £14,326.89 in 2024 where did you get 40k from?

[@redjacc7581]

for some reason i thought polestar were already dead.

[@interceptor-ss8kb]

Hasn't volvo handed it over to their Chinese parent company as polestar is in financial crap I read somewhere.

[@CrusaderSports250]

Just wishful thinking 😊😊.

[@dannydee2668]

This was a great episode and we are talking about it while in the pub. Can you do some more please.

[@declanbrady5172]

Ford shamefully using names of famous cars from the past to put on new cars. I can't believe that ford used the Mustang name on a lump of turd with performance of a sloth. Please please ford don't desecrate the Capri name by sticking on a block of smart price lard

[@jdmguy44]

It's a sign of desperation on Ford's part. They are in trouble in more ways than one at the moment.

[@dominiclund9236]

I live in a small village in scotland with a wide flat kerb. We got a warning for having 1 wheel with on the kerb about 8/10inch still lots of space for wheel chairs etc. But u can have an EV power cable running across the pavement to your car becose that's totally easy to push a pram/wheel chair etc over. We had a car written off 2 year ago after a large tractor squeezed through the village and damaged the whole side of the car so a little bit more room on the road would help that

[@iangillon6981]

Imagine Big Crash. Mid Winter, Snow. Massive traffic jam. Many hours. Very many are, EV`S. What would happen?😆

[@timbutton4990]

The E.V buyer would die out.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Imagine a tunnel, a crash...

[@WhiteDieselShed]

Electric Range Rover will need an HGV licence even if you do not tow anything. Probably weighs more than an HGV truck cab if it's got anywhere near a decent range.

[@JackOfski]

Wish my dog was a robot then I wouldn't have to walk the her in this poxy weather, 5 months of fkg rain!!!!!

[@Dealingwithidiotsonadailybasis]

More like almost 8, Oct - May not more that 24 hours without rain.

[@GT380man]

We’re in east Kent and agree with you. It’s astonishing but I also don’t recall a few days in a row when it hasn’t rained. Trouble is, we’re all so used to pants weather that it takes a lot to wake us up. I’m sure most people think we’ve just had the wettest winter on record and unfortunately whatever has caused that hasn’t yet faded away. Obviously i don’t think that. It’s so clear that persistent weather modification was started in the second half of 2023 & they’ve not done yet. We’re lucky enough to have a place in southern France. Where it’s exactly the same. Late April to early May is always glorious here. At least for the five years we’ve owned it. A friend here has lived the city all his life. He doesn’t want to believe what we’re sure is happening, but when I asked him how often it was 8-10C, very windy and wet, throwing it down at close to monsoon rainfall, in mid spring season, he said “Never. This is so far from normal weather for my home town that it’s almost as if the seasons have slipped a quarter & it’s late winter.

[@peterdavies5358]

About the vents on the bonnet, would it make more sense to have that information displayed inside the car for the driver to see rather than other road users? Unusual features 101.

[@Beauloqs]

.....ive just figured it out, Geoff is morfing into Richard Hammond.

[@sell500hp]

I think he sounded more clarkson

[@williamfarmer3841]

I liked my '94 Mazda RX-7. The guy I bought it from had tunnel vision so it only had a few hundred miles on it. Bought it in 2008.

[@Eofkfjrjdj]

When in dubt buy an old volvo or a cheap Toyota and after 10 years of abuse you almost get your money back when selling it

[@69Phuket]

Bought 'Car' Mag in the late 80's-90's....Life was so simple then.. LJK Setright was a bit of a guru. It was a toss up. Lotus Elan...Montego Turbo or delve in to Lancia or Alfa Romeo? Simple times!

[@5ebra1]

LJK and Bulgin were the best ever.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

He wrote for HiFi world as well. When the top cars had Colony leather, Wilton carpets, Carillon stereo, slot-mags and a turbo Technics kit - oh, and wide wheel arches and side skirts. Cool.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Oh, and the most coolest thing EVER, a phone built into the centre console!