China defeats Tesla. What now?
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Is Tesla’s flying Roadster vision a genuine glimpse of the future, or an elaborate distraction? Adam and John unpack the spectacle we saw a couple of weeks ago with Tesla’s latest Roadster claims; China’s EV makers could be creating a much bigger problem for the brand and Tesla might slowly be moving away from making conventional cars altogether.
Then, what exactly is going on with the new Nissan Navara? With a Triton-based Navara already on the market and a Dongfeng-based plug-in hybrid joining it, the boys question Nissan’s strategy, whether the Navara has lost its identity, and how the new PHEV will stack up against increasingly affordable Chinese utes.
Plus, which cars have suffered the worst bean-counter compromises? Touchscreens replace buttons, Subaru’s CVT gets a serve, while Hyundai N and Lexus get some love for apparently letting their engineers off the leash.
00:00 John falls in love with the Civic Type R
01:18 Tesla’s Roadster spectacle
02:21 Will anyone actually get a flying Tesla?
05:47 Has Tesla admitted defeat against China?
07:12 Is Tesla backing away from making cars?
08:57 Is Tesla massively overvalued?
12:15 Why the Roadster hype isn’t convincing us
13:43 The worst bean-counter decisions in cars
14:53 Why John hates Subaru CVTs
16:35 Touchscreens vs physical buttons
17:30 When carmakers actually let engineers have fun
18:03 Why Hyundai N gets it right
19:55 What is going on with the new Nissan Navara?
22:54 The Navara’s identity crisis
25:16 “It’s lying about being a Nissan Navara”
26:35 Did Nissan rush its plug-in hybrid strategy?
28:18 Was Nissan Australia blindsided?
29:55 Is this all a bean-counter decision?
31:04 The big problem: price
32:07 Why every dual-cab ute is “a bit shit”
32:56 Could the plug-in hybrid Navara actually be good off-road?
34:10 Can Nissan find its way again?
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