Podcast: Avoiding car crime, Ford Ranger Wildtrak, drinking exhaust water & 2020 Car Industry Report

On this week’s AutoTrader motoring power hour, George Mienie and the #AutoCentral team bring you the latest in motoring news, Auto Talk, Crazy Talk, and Industry Talk. Listen now or download your favourite segment to keep up to date with all things automotive. 

The team discusses strategies to avoid becoming a victim of car crime at home, and breathe a sigh of relief about the newly-announced driver’s licence extensions. Our team also marvels at Renault’s generosity for giving an entire, isolated village electric cars, and take a brief look at Mitsubishi’s new expansion strategy.

Moving on to “Auto Talk”, our expert motoring journalists review the Ford Ranger Wildtrak, to determine whether this is the best new bakkie in South Africa. They also discuss the new, all-electric MINI Cooper SE’s imminent arrival in South Africa, and delve into the brief romance between Mercedes-Benz and Tesla - and why this power couple eventually broke up.

In “Crazy Talk”, the #AutoCentral team delves into the story of two car thieves meeting by accident, decide if they’d drink water from a car’s exhaust, and marvel at the robots Ford is deploying to simplify the re-tooling of their assembly plants.

In this week’s “Industry Talk”, the #AutoCentral team speculates about Toyota’s reasoning behind setting up an assembly plant for hybrid vehicles in South Africa, discusses the impact of a contracting economy on luxury car brands, and tracks the possible changes in car-buying behaviour in the near future.