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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 James Wong and William Stopford, with Alborz Fallah, Mike Costello and Jack Quick chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at CarExpert’s offices around Australia.
In car news, Toyota Australia is commencing local development to re-engineer the Tundra pick-up truck for right-hand drive, the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV is firming for an Australian launch, GWM is planning a range of new electrified vehicles for Australia, and the facelifted Kia Seltos has been detailed ahead of a fourth-quarter launch.
Alborz Fallah dials in to talk about his launch drive of the new Nissan Z Coupe, while Mike Costello joins to discuss his first steer of the updated Skoda Karoq.
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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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