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The CarExpert team is back for another week of podcasting, looking at the topics that made car news in the past week.
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In this episode, Mandy is joined by William Stopford and James Wong to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at the CarExpert offices around Australia.
This week in car news, the team talks about the reveal of the all-new Isuzu MU-X, Volkswagen Australia putting its hand up for the Tiguan R and T-Roc R in 2022, there’s a 12-month delay for the Ford Escape PHEV in Australia, along with pricing and specs for the all-new Toyota Yaris Cross.
Mike Costello talks about our latest ute comparison between the Ford Ranger Wildtrak and Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain. Could we have a new dual-cab benchmark?
James Wong also chats about his week with the 2021 Audi S7 Sportback – written review coming soon!
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James is an automotive journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Before joining CarExpert.com.au in 2020, James has worked at leading auto media outlets including Carsales and CarAdvice, as well as at Pulse agency for Ford Australia's communications team. In 2019 James made Mumbrella's 'Top 20 most prolific web authors in Australia' list after publishing 1,360 articles between March 1, 2018 and February 28, 2019 for CarAdvice. James is also an Ambassador for Drive Against Depression – an Australian charity whose mission is to support mental wellness through the freedom of driving and a shared love of cars.
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