
My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
by Autocar
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Estimated from 41 chart positions in 41 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Automotive#7300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Automotive#22100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Automotive#41100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Automotive#44100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Automotive#1055K to 30K
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601K to 1.8M🎙 Daily cadence·226 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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2.0M to 6.1M🇬🇧16%🇰🇷13%🇮🇳13%+38 more - Active Followers
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601K to 1.8M
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From 29 epsHosts
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4th anniversary (not) special
Sep 1, 2026
Unknown duration
Bonus: How to balance retro with new, with Renault designer Alexandre Malval
Aug 28, 2026
Unknown duration
They've blown the doors off! And how much should an MOT cost?
Aug 25, 2026
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Bonus: Steve and Matt with your letters (and ZEV stuff)
Aug 21, 2026
Unknown duration
Beaulieu/National Motor Museum, the less sporty Supersport, Taki Inoue - no notes
Aug 18, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/1/26 | 4th anniversary (not) special | In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior realise this is Episode 208, which means they've been at this weekly podcasting malarkey for four years. But the pod is as per usual: two motoring writers talking about their respective Autocar columns and a bit more besides. Should Cropley buy an EV? Why wasn't the McLaren F1 influential? Why does the internet think Steve is Lee Noble? And did you know Ultima cars has been sold. There's more besides, including your correspondence. Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/28/26 | Bonus: How to balance retro with new, with Renault designer Alexandre Malval | In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets... Alexandre Malval, VP of design at Renault.Talking to our senior editor James Attwood, Malval discusses blending Renault's iconic designs (4, 5, Twingo) with its more conventional, forward-looking products, particularly in its upcoming C-segment, and how different countries think differently about design.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/25/26 | They've blown the doors off! And how much should an MOT cost? | In this week's My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Crayford Mojito - a classic Mini with no sides. Then there's the Mercedes CLA, Leapmotor C10, and Alpine A390. How much should an MOT cost? And there's much more besides, including your correspondence.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/21/26 | Bonus: Steve and Matt with your letters (and ZEV stuff) | In this bonus episode of the pod, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior have some of your letters, plus industry news around the zero-emissions vehicle mandate, famous namesakes, and more besides.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/18/26 | Beaulieu/National Motor Museum, the less sporty Supersport, Taki Inoue - no notes | In this week's Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (though not for long), interviewing Taki Inoue, the self-styled worst F1 driver ever, DS's questionably-helpful involvement Formula E, Morgan's Supersport for the US, and much more besides, including your correspondence.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/14/26 | Bonus: Rolls-Royce bespoke engineering's Andrew Monachan | On this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar Meets... Andrew Monachan, Head Of Bespoke Engineering at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.Matt Saunders talks to Andrew about all things bespoke: what's possible, what's illegal, and how they develop a car while you're busy helicopter fishing in Australia.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, and take advantage our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/11/26 | Exclusive: Gerry McGovern speaks | Autocar has spoken to Professor Gerry McGovern OBE, in his first broadcast interview since leaving JLR in reportedly controversial circumstances at the start of the year.He tells us about his time at JLR and how it came to an end, his latest role as Chief Creative Advisor at Norton motorcycles, his views on modern car design - including the Ferrari Luce - and how he may not yet be done with cars.Autocar is the world’s leading magazine for car news. To subscribe, find our special offer for listeners, which includes six issues for just £6 and access to the 131-year Autocar archive, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/7/26 | Bonus: Range Rover MD Martin Limpert: "The sky's the limit" on prices | In this bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior talks to Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover. The pair talk about the brand's three upcoming electric models, including the new standalone GT; whether JLR differentiates its brands enough; how its bespoke division means 'the sky's the limit' for Range Rover pricing and what the company means to do about its reputation on reliability.Steve Cropley and Matt Prior will be back on Wednesday for their regular My Week In Cars podcast. Meantime for details of a special subscription offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/4/26 | Weld your own Polo; do you have to own an Alfa? | In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the Festival of the Unexceptional, Petrol & Pride, welding your own Polo, the Audi A2 (again, of course), how buyers are flocking to new brands, and whether you should buy an Alfa Romeo?There's more besides, including Steve's views on walking, and your correspondence. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/31/26 | Bonus - The worst thing is 'meh' - Alfa Romeo designer Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos | In this bonus episode of the podcast, Autocar's meets Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, VP of design at Alfa Romeo. We introduce the pod by talking the limited-edition Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale; then discuss what makes an Alfa Romeo; whether cars need to be challenging; will cars get less shouty?; colours!; and more besides.Usual pod is back on Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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| 7/28/26 | New Range Rover GT, Donkervoort, crocodiles, marshals, | In the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley and Matt Prior talk the new Range Rover GT, and how it's not a lifted Jaguar. Cropley talks wading and race marshals, and the pair chat Donkervoort, VAT on electricity bills, buses, and much more besides, including your letters. They also dive into the Autocar archive. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | BONUS: Renault's top designer Laurens van den Acker | In this Bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Steve Cropley meets the man behind the Renault 5, Renault group's design chief design officer Laurens van den Acker. The pair talk new Renaults, Alpines, Dacias, capturing the zeitgeist and the threat from Chinese carmakers, plus much more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | Which budget exotic? VW woes. A Caterham at 80 | Which semi-budget exotic car is worth a risk? What defines a great driver's car and is a Caterham right up there, even if you're 80? What was the highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed? And what's going wrong at Volkswagen? All these questions and more in the latest episode of the Autocar podcast, My Week In Cars, brought to you by your hosts Steve Cropley and Matt Prior.They also dive into the Autocar archive. For details of a subscription special offer which includes archive access and gives you SIX issues of Autocar for just £6, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/17/26 | Formula 1Alpine cars+3 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | — | F1Alpine+4 | — | 25m 03s | ||
| 7/14/26 | car launchesBentley heritage+3 | — | BentleyAlfa Romeo | — | Goodwood Festival of SpeedBentley+3 | — | 55m 13s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Porsche anniversarySkoda Superb+4 | — | Skoda SuperbPorsche GB+2 | America | PorscheSkoda Superb+4 | — | 1h 02m 01s | ||
| 6/30/26 | McLaren W1automotive industry+3 | Chris McDonald MP | McLaren W1Mitsubishi+2 | — | McLaren W1hypercar+4 | — | 38m 53s | ||
| 6/23/26 | automotive newscar reviews+3 | — | Leapmotor C10Mini+1 | — | Leapmotor C10Mini+3 | — | 49m 47s | ||
| 6/17/26 | Autocar Awardsautomotive design+3 | — | FIATLamborghini+1 | LondonLondon Concours | Autocarawards+6 | — | 45m 13s | ||
| 6/12/26 | British auto historymuseum management+3 | Paul Armstrong | British Motor MuseumAutocar | GaydonJaguar factory | British Motor MuseumPaul Armstrong+3 | — | 30m 37s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Autocar AwardsBMW M2+3 | — | BMW M2Westfield sports cars+1 | — | Autocarawards+3 | — | 1h 01m 15s | ||
| 6/5/26 | listener correspondenceautomotive strategy+3 | — | AC Cobra CoupeFord | — | listener lettersAC Cobra Coupe+3 | — | 33m 32s | ||
| 6/3/26 | FerrariBMW+3 | — | Ferrari LuceBMW i7+2 | — | Ferrari LuceBMW i7+3 | — | 53m 36s | ||
| 5/29/26 | automotive industrycar manufacturing+4 | Lynn Calder | GrenadierIneos Automotive | — | Ineos AutomotiveGrenadier+5 | — | 43m 00s | ||
| 5/27/26 | Ineos GrenadierMini+5 | — | Ineos GrenadierMini+1 | — | Ineos GrenadierMini+4 | AutocarN/A | 49m 43s | ||
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Chart history for My week in cars: the Autocar podcast
Peaked at #3 in South Korea, top 10 in 9 of 50 tracked markets, currently #3 in South Korea.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| South Korea | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| India | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| ID | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| SA | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| India | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| PL | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| IL | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| GR | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| NG | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| AE | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| South Africa | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| PT | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| VN | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| AR | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| CH | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Finland | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Australia | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| Ireland | — | #23 | #23 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 41 markets.