# BONUS: Your letters with Prior and Matt Saunders, road test editor

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Podcast: [My week in cars: the Autocar podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856)
Published: 2026-05-08T23:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this weekend's bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Matt Prior is joined by Matt Saunders, Autocar's road test editor, to chat your correspondence. They answer your questions about whether to build or buy, going hillclimbing, steer by wire, what the point of some hypercars is, and Saunders' new Skoda. Did you know you can subscribe to Autocar through a pod listener offer? It includes SIX issues of Autocar for just £6 if you click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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