Car Talk - The YTG Podcast

Welcome to a new branch of The YTG Podcast! Back in episode 6 of season 2, Shaun was flabbergasted by Top Gear's choice of 2023 Sports Car of the Year, the Honda Civic Type R FL5. Well, listener of the show and straight up legend, Deshan, got in touch to offer us a drive in his brand new FL5! We met on the testing grounds of Mount Dandenong and what developed was a short form podcast on wheels as Shaun and Niko both drove the car and discussed their opinions on the brand new Hot Hatch to ultimately answer the question, does it deserve the award? A huge thank you to Deshan for offering us his pride and joy to create this video. Deshan is a true driving enthusiast and it's a real pleasure to meet more passionate people who love driving just as we do. Let us know if you liked this new style of The YTG Podcast in the comments below. We are currently open to the idea of reviewing listeners cars on a more regular basis, if that's what the audience wants to see!

On this Episode of The YTG Podcast Shaun honours close friend to many of us in the industry, Ben Henson, who tragically passed just days before filming was scheduled to take place. He will be sorely missed. We also cover the death of the Audi R8, the overlooked and forgotten Jaguar XJ220, one of the best motorsport marketing campaigns we have ever seen and more.

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we catch up on all the things that have been keeping us too busy to record episodes of the podcast... We also reveal new data which suggests manual cars might be going up in demand! All that and more on this episode of The YTG Podcast!

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we sit down with CarExpert Journalist and Drive Against Depression Ambassador James Wong to chat everything Auto Industry! We talk about the parallels between dealers like us and the automotive media, opinions on market trends, electric cars and more...

Welcome back to The YTG Podcast for 2024! We are kicking things off this year by catching up with some big news including Black Box recorders in all new cars and Lamborghini's new active wheel hub. Is new technology making cars better or are modern cars becoming too complex for their own good?

Join us this New Years Eve for a celebration of 2023 and all the amazing things it brought. Thank you to everyone who has tuned in to The YTG Podcast this year, #14 on the charts is no small feat and we cannot wait to bring you all more epic stories, amazing guests and one or two more reasons to make fun of electric cars... See you all in a brand new year full of opportunity, 2024!

Prepare to learn some crazy, truly bonkers stuff! In our most educational episode yet we are joined by Adam from Melbourne Performance Warehouse, the guys who daily drive 7 second drag cars with over 2000 horsepower... The madness doesn't end there however, as Adam tells us all about the art of drag racing, how the cars are made, how they work and some incredible stories about his time working with the highest horsepower cars in the country. To learn more about MPW, head to: https://www.mpwperformance.com/ To learn more about YTG and the incredible cars we currently have in stock, head to: https://www.ytg.co/

Our guest this week, Rob Summons, has lived a very car focused life stepping up from JDM to Euro to Supercars and finally Racing Cars. From buying an R35 GTR while still on P plates to achieving the dream of Lamborghini by 25 and now the director of a racing team, this episode is jam packed with epic car stories and some pretty exciting news about big things to come in the world of Summons Racing in 2024.

We never thought the day would come, but you read it right! Monash Health have banned Electric Vehicle charging in their carparks... Hilarious. Recent news aside, this episode is a tangent filled debate about how to go about buying your first exotic car. It's not as simple a process as you might think...

Story time. On Sam and Tony's first proper day of their Australian tour, we put them in a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 MANUAL and drove them 3 hours north to Winton Motor Raceway where we strapped them into Australia's latest and greatest single-seater open-wheeler racing cars, the Hyper Racer X1. Driving Niko's #12 Summons Racing X1, Sam was teleported back to his karting days and... well... we will let him tell the story.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you will know we had the pleasure of hosting Sam, Seen Through Glass, and Tony, Gravelwood Car Sales, here at Young Timers Garage for the first stop on their "Behind The Glass Live" Australian Tour. The night before our hugely successful Cars & Coffee + BTG Live Show we sat down with the pair here on The YTG Podcast to discuss the latest Hyper Cars, the differences between Australia and the UK, the South Australian Supercar License scheme and so much more... We hope you enjoy this exclusive chat with the legends from the motherland on this, the first episode of Season 2 of The YTG Podcast!

On this, the final episode of Season 1 of The YTG Podcast, we talk the best cars of the last quarter century. Hot Hatches, Saloons, Sports Cars, Super Cars and Track Day Toys. We also dive into a listeners question to run you through the basics of your first track day!

Join us this week for an overdue catch up and some much needed car chat. We are talking everything from Shaun's visit to the Bathurst 1000 via private jet, the current car market trends, Niko's latest racing endeavors and how modern driving aids are doing more harm than good.

We pick up right where we left off last episode to continue our amazing chat with the one and only Rally Legend Colin Clark! Shaun is back this week and the epic stories continue, including arguably the best story we have ever had on the podcast to date: Riding shotgun in a WRC Rally Car with Hayden Paddon. This is one you do not want to miss!

We are blessed this week to be joined by none other than WRC Presenter and international motorsport journalist, Colin Clark. A voice you, as a car enthusiast, will likely recognise, Colin brings stories from the golden era of WRC as well as discussion over the current state of motorsport in Australia, particularly Targa Tasmania and the rulings of Motorsport Australia. There is a lot to learn about the world of rally with us this week on The YTG Podcast!

On this episode of The YTG Podcast we come to you live from the Porsche Club Victoria's club breakfast at YTG with 300 PCV members filling the car park with everything from 964's to 991.2 GT3 RS's! On this episode we have the pleasure of sitting down with Australian Racing Royalty, Rusty French, to talk all things Porsche and all things racing before swapping guests and chatting with two fantastic members of the Porsche Club, John and Hugh, about their personal experience inside the club and some of the great car stories that have come from it.

We've got a lot of catching up to do. Run through several announcements with us including the first word on our next Cars & Coffee before we dive into the questions you all submitted over on our Instagram Stories! There's some pretty great ones about upcoming purchases, the trajectory of the Aussie car market and more... If you would like to submit your own questions, keep your eyes peeled on the YTG Bespoke stories on Instagram and Facebook.

We are going racing! The YTG Podcast co-host Niko French is taking on the Hyper Racer Australian Championship in the Summons Racing / YTG Hyper Racer X1. On this episode we introduce the car, the championship and talk about both Shaun and Niko's experiences at Winton Raceway two weeks ago for the first race weekend in the car. Head to HyperRacer.com to learn more about the X1!

Benzina Stables is the newest kid on the Luxury Car Storage block, quickly evolving into a Car Enthusiast Hub for all petrol heads in Melbourne. We sit down with Kristian and Adrian who, along with third founder Luke, have turned a dream into a reality. Learn more about the people behind the brand and the exciting future ahead for the legends over at Benzina Stables!

There's a lot to talk about in the wide world of automotive news this week! Goodwood FOS is just around the corner, our good friend Mike (NorthBorders) has been caught being a little bit cheeky and electricity/autonomous driving safety features appear to be taking over the entire industry by storm. We discuss the latest and greatest with Kristian Palumbo, Co-founder of Benzina Stables car storage in Preston.