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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.
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In this episode, Mandy is joined by Scott Collie and Mike Costello, with Tony Crawford and James Wong chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at CarExpert’s offices around Australia.
In car news, the Subaru Levorg is morphing into a WRX wagon, VinFast has pulled the plug on Holden’s old proving ground in Lang Lang, an Australian startup plans to roll out 5000 electric car chargers, and the Mazda 3 is losing multiple manual options.
Tony Crawford dials in to review the McLaren 720S Spider, while James Wong talks about the Kia Cerato Sport+.
William Stopford dials in for part two of his chat about the decline of manual transmissions.
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Scott Collie is an automotive journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Scott studied journalism at RMIT University and, after a lifelong obsession with everything automotive, started covering the car industry shortly afterwards. He has a passion for travel, and is an avid Melbourne Demons supporter.
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