Mike Hosking
speaker
128,494 appearances
929 recordings
4 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3d ago
Mike Hosking’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 929 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 202.
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Expected year for car sales, so that bit's encouraging.
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Ford's had trouble, so a couple of supplier fires last year that disrupted production and sales.
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And they don't offer hybrids.
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Now that's the other problem, because gas has gone through the roof, you're paying upwards of $9 a gallon for diesel now in places like California, where the tax is particularly heavy.
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So even in America now they're turning to hybrids.
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Ford's got their F-150 hybrid truck.
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But that's been a hard sell for the pickup fans because they want the big Brum Brums.
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GM, uh, they've had one of the toughest years with declining sales.
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Analysts point to the same lack of hybrids, you haven't got hybrids.
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Ford said they're actually in the most challenging environment since the invention of the motor car.
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Which is why in the UK they've started making military vehicles to try and fill the gap.
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It's not expected to get better either.
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US economists predicting oil and diesel to increase significantly from record highs they are already at.
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So this whole ban the Chinese EVs, uh we don't want EVs, we like it it may well be starting to bite them in the bum.
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While I'm on cars and EVs, Bentley yesterday globally uh launched their first EV ever, which is no mean thing, but this is a company that's well over a hundred years old.
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It's called the Torkoal, uh, which is a weird name.
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It's uh named the Torkoal is a is it's a Spanish series of cliffs, apparently.
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Anyway, I was looking at a couple of reviews and a couple of videos of it.
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Uh have a look at it if you're into cars.
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It's smaller than the bintega, it's cheaper than the bintega.
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