Suzuki's Rise to Number Two, Geely Coolray Launch, and Brad Binder's KTM Struggles
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Roger Hutton (Veteran Motoring Journalist | Plettenberg Bay)
Megan MacDonald (Suzuki South Africa | Head of Marketing)
Trevor Binder (Father of Brad and Darren Binder | Motorcycle Racing Family)
Colin Windell (Veteran Motoring Journalist | Editor, Motoring Columns)
Johnny Shan (Motorcycle Dealer | West Strand)
This is South Africa's weekly motoring and motorsport radio show for petrolheads who want the real story on what is happening in the local car market, on the racetrack, and in the showroom. Whether you love MotoGP, want to know if Chinese cars are worth buying, are curious about Porsche's new ownership value play, or simply enjoy hearing from the people behind the sport, this episode delivers an hour of pure motoring joy.
Veteran journalist Roger Hutton breaks down the Chinese car boom in South Africa: the novelty factor, the balloon payment risk, the spare parts question, and what happened when Japanese and Korean cars faced the same scepticism decades ago. He also unpacks Porsche's bold new strategy: a five-year hundred-thousand-rand drive plan on new cars and a five-year hundred-and-fifty-thousand-rand service plan on pre-owned Porsches - closing the value gap without cutting sticker price.
Suzuki South Africa's head of marketing Megan MacDonald explains how the brand climbed to second place in the national sales charts ahead of Volkswagen, posting a twenty-percent increase in their last fiscal year. She highlights the Suzuki Dzire, the Acros SUV launch, fuel economy as a key purchase driver, and why value for money - including six airbags across the range - is the real story.
Trevor Binder, father of MotoGP star Brad Binder and Moto America racer Darren Binder, shares the remarkable family story: Red Bull Rookies at age thirteen, homeschooling on an American syllabus, flying to every European race for five years, and watching both sons reach world-class level. He also touches on Brad's current KTM front-end grip issues and Darren's thirty-four-point championship lead in the USA on a Ducati V-twin.
Colin Windell gives a full spec breakdown of the new Geely Coolray compact SUV - a one-point-five-litre turbo, seven-speed dual-clutch, fourteen-point-six-inch infotainment screen, and pricing from R369,900 - and raises a critical safety concern: the base model ships with only two crash bars versus six on higher trims. Motorcycle dealer Johnny Shan rounds out the show with thoughts on urban commuting by bike, rising service costs, iridium spark plugs at R700 each, and the upcoming World Motocross GP returning to South Africa after fourteen years.
Also covered: MotoGP Czech Grand Prix results and the Assen TT, Formula One Austrian Grand Prix preview, Toyota's Le Mans and World Rally Championship dominance, Lewis Hamilton's form at Ferrari, the Cape Town Formula One street circuit rumour, Geely and WesBank partnership relaunch, Lexus electric SUV entry, a motoring controversy segment on wartime car production in 1941, insurance rules when civilian traffic directors wave you through a broken robot, and listeners naming the greatest car ever made - from the McLaren F1 to the VW Beetle to the Model T Ford.
Megan MacDonald (Suzuki South Africa | Head of Marketing)
Trevor Binder (Father of Brad and Darren Binder | Motorcycle Racing Family)
Colin Windell (Veteran Motoring Journalist | Editor, Motoring Columns)
Johnny Shan (Motorcycle Dealer | West Strand)
This is South Africa's weekly motoring and motorsport radio show for petrolheads who want the real story on what is happening in the local car market, on the racetrack, and in the showroom. Whether you love MotoGP, want to know if Chinese cars are worth buying, are curious about Porsche's new ownership value play, or simply enjoy hearing from the people behind the sport, this episode delivers an hour of pure motoring joy.
Veteran journalist Roger Hutton breaks down the Chinese car boom in South Africa: the novelty factor, the balloon payment risk, the spare parts question, and what happened when Japanese and Korean cars faced the same scepticism decades ago. He also unpacks Porsche's bold new strategy: a five-year hundred-thousand-rand drive plan on new cars and a five-year hundred-and-fifty-thousand-rand service plan on pre-owned Porsches - closing the value gap without cutting sticker price.
Suzuki South Africa's head of marketing Megan MacDonald explains how the brand climbed to second place in the national sales charts ahead of Volkswagen, posting a twenty-percent increase in their last fiscal year. She highlights the Suzuki Dzire, the Acros SUV launch, fuel economy as a key purchase driver, and why value for money - including six airbags across the range - is the real story.
Trevor Binder, father of MotoGP star Brad Binder and Moto America racer Darren Binder, shares the remarkable family story: Red Bull Rookies at age thirteen, homeschooling on an American syllabus, flying to every European race for five years, and watching both sons reach world-class level. He also touches on Brad's current KTM front-end grip issues and Darren's thirty-four-point championship lead in the USA on a Ducati V-twin.
Colin Windell gives a full spec breakdown of the new Geely Coolray compact SUV - a one-point-five-litre turbo, seven-speed dual-clutch, fourteen-point-six-inch infotainment screen, and pricing from R369,900 - and raises a critical safety concern: the base model ships with only two crash bars versus six on higher trims. Motorcycle dealer Johnny Shan rounds out the show with thoughts on urban commuting by bike, rising service costs, iridium spark plugs at R700 each, and the upcoming World Motocross GP returning to South Africa after fourteen years.
Also covered: MotoGP Czech Grand Prix results and the Assen TT, Formula One Austrian Grand Prix preview, Toyota's Le Mans and World Rally Championship dominance, Lewis Hamilton's form at Ferrari, the Cape Town Formula One street circuit rumour, Geely and WesBank partnership relaunch, Lexus electric SUV entry, a motoring controversy segment on wartime car production in 1941, insurance rules when civilian traffic directors wave you through a broken robot, and listeners naming the greatest car ever made - from the McLaren F1 to the VW Beetle to the Model T Ford.
