About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing European car manufacturers, including the impact of AI and competition from Chinese brands.

This week we discuss: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - Using AI 00:01:35 - An AI Car Dealership? 00:05:47 - Being an honest car dealer 00:07:44 - THAT Broken Qashqai 00:09:55 - AI’s Ten Biggest Stories We’ve Missed Over The Last 6 Months 00:12:16 - Mercedes Concept AMG GT XX 00:13:47 - George Russel Smashes EV Record For Distance 00:16:24 - Porsche Macan Turbo EV - doesn’t like charging in heat?  00:17:44 - Why is it always a performance EV? 00:20:23 - Porsche Financial Problems 00:23:06 - Is Porsche in trouble? 00:25:49 - Chinese brands are destroying mid market legacy manufacturers 00:30:06 - The Cayman EV is coming 00:35:14 - The Audi Nuvolari 00:39:32 - Electric BMW M3 00:42:47 - Lotus makes U-turn with Type 135 (Vision X) 00:47:00 - Tony’s Consumer Advice 00:49:43 - McLaren W1 Becomes Flagship 00:51:13 - Mercedes AMG prepares GT Black Series 00:54:01 - Alpine Premieres Next A110 00:56:07 - Maserati Struggles 00:57:43 - Porsche GT2 RS is coming 01:00:00 - Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Seen Through Glass

Topics covered

• European car manufacturers
• AI in automotive
• Electric vehicles
• Porsche financial issues
• Market competition
• Consumer advice

Keywords

• European manufacturers
• AI car dealership
• Porsche
• electric vehicles
• car dealer honesty
• consumer advice
• automotive news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, Lotus, McLaren, Alpine, Maserati

Products: AMG GT XX, Macan Turbo EV, Cayman EV, Nuvolari, BMW M3, Type 135 (Vision X), GT Black Series, A110, GT2 RS

Places: China

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