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My week in cars
Polestar, Alpine, cloth vs. leather interiors, Morgan Plus 8
Ep. 125
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On this week's My Week In Cars podcast, join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as Polestar's new boss talks going into a car-selling mode, Steve goes to look at some specialist sports cars, Prior doesn't talk about driving the new GT3 and both agree they like cloth over leather seats. There's much, much more besides, too, including your correspondence.
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