Anthony Macdonald

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4,537 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Anthony Macdonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Chanticleer · Ugly choice between stagflation and recession, China's EV shock spreads & Bathla mess grows · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

That's very tough. voice-verified

The votes on uh Friday night, Australian time, but this is really existential stuff. voice-verified

I mean VW can keep going like it's going, but we could face death by one thousand paper cuts, you know, if it keeps going the way it is, share price down seventy-five percent in five years. voice-verified

Or do this big restructure, get match fit, try and take on the Chinese and the other car makers better, look after its margins a bit more, hope to spring out the other side. voice-verified

But I mean either way, it's tough story for. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And that's what got me interested, James. voice-verified

Think about when you're driving along, James, and and the sorts of cars you're seeing now compared to what you saw ten years ago. voice-verified

A lot fewer VWs around, right? voice-verified

So a decade ago, the company was selling sixty thousand new cars a year in Australia to Australians, twenty thousand golfs, ten thousand polos, ten thousand Tiguans and Amox. voice-verified

It had five point two percent of the market, right? voice-verified

This year it's gonna struggle to sell twenty thousand new cars here. voice-verified

It's gonna it's got two point two percent of the market. voice-verified

So far. voice-verified

It's market share's less than half what it was only 10 years ago. voice-verified

I mean, the Volkswagen, Audi's Porsches, SOTES, they just can't sell like they used to. voice-verified

And the killer here, James, it's the rise of the hybrids and the EVs. voice-verified

I mean, they accounted for nearly half of the new cars sold in July. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

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