A new year, the VW Golf Mk8 and a record-breaking gathering of Nigels

Update: 2022-01-08

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Happy new year! Alistair and George are back with another episode of the AutoChat podcast, and their first of 2022.

This episode, Alistair reports back on his Christmas hire car, a slightly disappointing but frugal Volkswagen Golf, while George gets his Covid booster from a van in a car park, and gives the MG Maestro some TLC.

They also get distracted by a record-breaking number of Nigels gathered in a pub, the most popular cars of 2021, the purchase of a Ford Transit Sport, and the upcoming Formula One season.

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A new year, the VW Golf Mk8 and a record-breaking gathering of Nigels

Alistair Charlton & George Turner

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A new year, the VW Golf Mk8 and a record-breaking gathering of Nigels

Alistair Charlton & George Turner

A new year, the VW Golf Mk8 and a record-breaking gathering of Nigels