{"podcast":{"title":"My week in cars: the Autocar podcast","slug":"my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856","podcast_index_feed_id":5682856,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/631f3b92b4aca6001290ac09","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-week-in-car","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/631f3b92b4aca6001290ac09/1739177992277-195df32a-ce64-4b3c-bc49-80a2027f45e3.jpeg","author":"Autocar","episode_count":248,"summary":"Join Autocar's Steve Cropley and Matt Prior as they delve into their motoring weeks, with subjects ranging from what they have been driving and where they have been, to what has caught their eye or been on their mind. You can make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you'd be wiling to rate and review the Pod, we'd appreciate it more than you know, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:19:00.373993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856"},"episode":{"title":"Which budget exotic? VW woes. A Caterham at 80","slug":"which-budget-exotic-vw-woes-a-caterham-at-80","published_at":"2026-07-21T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856/which-budget-exotic-vw-woes-a-caterham-at-80","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856","url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-week-in-car/episodes/which-budget-exotic-vw-woes-a-caterham-at-80","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/631f3b92b4aca6001290ac09/e/6a5fa7201fed88da55c2c74c/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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 highligh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856/episodes/which-budget-exotic-vw-woes-a-caterham-at-80/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-week-in-cars-the-autocar-podcast-5682856/which-budget-exotic-vw-woes-a-caterham-at-80.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}