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17 September 2022. Cadillac boss Kristian Aquilina tells Damien and Noel all about the Cadillac Lyric.

Is it something you would drive?  

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20 August 2022. Tom's daughter is turning 18 and is keen to drive! Should she learn to drive a manual, or an automatic? He asks Imthishan and Noel.

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05 August 2022. Damien flies all the way to Detroit to check out General Motors' factory and test drive cars that are yet to hit the UAE market, including the Hummer EV.

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28 May 2022. Which EVs will require less charging? Damien finds out from Fuse founder Salman Hussain 

Imthishan and Noel test drive the latest cars to hit the UAE's roads 

And Matthew Davidson gives unbiased car advice on Fix it or Flip It 

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21 May 2022. Damien explores the best road trips around the world with Matthew, Imthishan and Noel 

He's also been looking into the sale of illegal imported electric vehicles with Volkswagen Middle East's Managing Director Victor Dalmau.

And carmaker Lotus reveals its ambitious plans for the coming years. Damien catches up with its global CEO Matt Windle. 

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19 February 2022. Damien is back and he catches up with fellow motoring journalist Noel Ebdon as he rides a Ducatti around the emirates for 1000 Miglia.

Plus, car guru Matthew Davidson tells us all about his newly delivered Tesla Y, and why an electric vehicle can save him some cash.

Offroading 101: Saif Khan, founder of Offroaders.ae gives us the basics of driving around in the desert.

And Carswitch's Vlad Mozharov gives us a few tips on buying and selling a car.

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27 November 2021. That's the question Damien put to Imthishan Giado of Motoring Middle East, on the back of news that 23 drivers were rewarded in Ajman for not committing road offences for a year. They also chat about the cars they've been driving, including the new Ford Ranger and the McLaren GT.

Fix it or Flip It: Valuation guru Matthew Davidson tells Damien about the new Tesla Model Y, and answers all your questions about your car, including one about pricing a special edition Corvette, handed over to listener Kim from her brother. 

Damien gets to drive around in the new Ineos Grenadier and chat to regional boss Guy Pearson.

And motoring journo Noel Ebdon shares tips on restoring a vehicle, including how to set a budget for it.

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30 October 2021. Damien gets to test drive two Bugatti Chirons with a collective value of nearly AED28 million. He also gets to ride shot gun in one of them as Andy Wallace, multiple LeMans winner for Jaguar and triple Daytona 24-hour winner, gets behind the wheel. Fix it or Flip It: Looks like a Ford car club are listening in, and Matthew nearly breaks his record for Speed Quote. Damien and Imthishan discuss the latest cars on the market, including the new Range Rover. And Nissan's Abdulilah Wazni talks about the carmaker's involvement in Expo 2020. 

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16 October 2021. Damien test drives the new Ford Bronco and wants to know what old car you'd like to see on the road again Matthew Davidson gives on-the-spot valuations and car advice on Fit it or Flip it Damien finds out how Dubai Autodrome is reviving the Dubai Grand Prix in 1981. 

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02 October 2021. Damien Reid gets your thoughts on comments made by the chairman of the Federal Traffic Council that the age for getting a driver's license should be lowered from 18 to 17. He also chats with 18-year-old Mateo, who thinks we should be teaching children how to drive at an early age. 
Matthew Davidson answers all your car questions and gives on-the-spot valuations.
Damien and Imthishan Giado swap notes on their top three James Bond cars, as well as weigh in on the latest car models on the market. 
And he tell us all about the Emira, the last petrol-powered car produced by Lotus before it goes all-electric.

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18 August 2021. Back-to-school traffic frustrates us all. Will changing the start time of classes ease congestion on the roads in the morning? Ray gets the thoughts of motoring journo Damien Reid.

Plus, car guru Matthew Davidson tells you what your car is worth and what car you should buy next. He also meets Saudi rally driver Mashael Al Obaidan.And finally, Faisal Al Sherawi of the Dubai Autodrome Racing Academy tells Ray why they're training drivers as young as 7.

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14 August 2021. Ray gets the thoughts of our car experts, on the back of a new study about COVID-19 transmission in vehicles.
Fix It or Flip It: Car guru Matthew Davidson has set a new Speed Quote record and we're celebrating!

Motoring journalist Damien Reid tells Ray about car technology that will prevent kids from being left in hot cars.

And beware of these car insurance scams, according to Ambareen Musa of Souq Al Mal.

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03 July 2021. A flying car called AirCar has been test flown between two Slovakian cities and Morgan Stanley says the flying vehicle market could be worth $1.5 trillion by 2040. Ray asks Matthew and Damien if it was something they thought would "take off". Talking window tints with Sonny Bains of Expat Motors, and a special number plate in the UK is expected to fetch a huge sum from a UAE buyer, and car historian Mohamad Luqman tells Ray why.

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05 June, 2021. A majority of you said yes, and car expert Matthew Davidson offered a solution: commercial licenses and more structure training for the riders.
Motoring journo Damien Reid tells Ray about the most expensive car in the world, made by Rolls Royce. Phil Clarke weighs in on the issue of road safety and delivery riders.  And Gaurav Sharm of Open Bonnet gives tips on how not to get ripped off when you take your car in for a service. 

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20.Feb 2021: Ray and Damien tell us what Ford and Jaguar's big EV announcements mean for UAE motorists. Plus: Mazin El Khattib, CEO of Nostalgia Classic Cars tells Ray about his collection and how you can get started too. And the phone lines are busy once again as Matthew Davidson, dubizzle's head of motoring, gives instant car valuation and sound advise you won't get anywhere else.

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06 Feb 2021: That's the big question Ray has been asking our experts. Plus: Car valuation guru from dubizzle Matthew Davidson tells you what your car is worth. Damien Reid brings us all the car news this week live from Australia. Maissa Whaby, a marshall at Abu Dhabi 4x4 share some offroading advice for beginners. And motoring journalist Shereen Shabnam tells Ray that women are definitely in the driver's seat when purchasing a vehicle for the household.

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09 Jan 2021: Motoring journo Damien Reid says Hyundai and Apple are developing a car. Would you buy it? Plus, Matthew Davidson is back with FIX IT OF FLIP IT, and Ray is challenging him with the very first edition of Speed Quote. And finally, Pirelli boss Mario Isola talks to Ray about the recently held Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, volunteering as an ambulance worker in his native Italy, and contracting COVID19 during a busy race season.

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