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Tim, Mike and Dan bid farewell for another year and do it as only they can, by announcing the Fender Bender Raddest Car of the Year awards. Which dog’s breakfast...
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Tim, Byron Mathioudakis and Matt Brogan chat with James Cockington, author of Turning Japanese: 50 Years of Japanese Motoring in Oz about highlights and lowlights of the Japanese auto industry...
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Another day, another new car brand enters the Australian market. Dan, Mike and Paul Maric set take a look at Dodge sub-brand Ram and what it means for the likes...
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Tim, Mike and Kez take a look at one of the biggest social media fails of the year – the #YourTaxi campaign from the Victorian Taxi Association and ask who...
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Dan, Mike and Kez venture to the land of the rising sun for all of the crazy, kooky wackiness that is the Tokyo motor show. Mike drives a Mitsubishi Pajero...
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Tim, Mike and Dan chat with the always delightful Paul Mathers from Motorclassica about this year’s event and his picks for the show. We also tyrn our attention to the...
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Tim, Dan and Kez Casey look at the best and worst in automotive advertising. Spoiler alert – we hate ‘It’s a Mitsi’. Dan releases his inner bogan for a quick...
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Dan, Mike and Matty Brogan compare some of the best-selling utes in Australia to find out which one is best. Another Chinese brand – Haval also arrives Down Under –...
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Dan and Kez Casey shun the AFL Grand Final and talk about the all-new Toyota HiLux, which made its debut at… you guessed it – the AFL Grand Final. They...
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Tim, Mike and Kez Casey go further into the VW scandal and ask, what the hell were they thinking?? Mike takes a trip to France to drive in a legendary...
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Tim, Dan and Tony O’Kane join forces to dissect Volkswagen’s naughty diesel emissions cheating device, but thankfully it’s not all dry. In fact it gets decidedly, ah, wet when the...
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Tim is joined by the delightful Paul Maric who gets all Aussie and tough talking about a final hotted-up Ford Falcon. Tim then brings the butch tone down considerably by...
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Dan, Mike and Kez Casey head to chilly Mt Hotham to drive some Audis in the snow. Why? Because they can. Kez takes a look at the new-gen Mini JCW...
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Tim, Mike and Feann head to the gym to check out lots of hot muscle… cars. Muscle cars. The boys chat with journo Steve Normoyle who contributed to the book,...
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Dan and Mike welcome newcomer Amanda to the Fender Bender fold, and try and convince her that hatchbacks are good things, but her American brain ain’t taking none of that!...
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Tim, Mike and Matty Brogan get into the nitty gritty around the importance of safety tech, specifically autonomous emergency braking, and ANCAP CEO Nicholas Clarke calls in to give us...
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Dan is joined by Mike and Feann Torr, and the boys go all the way to Thailand to drive a car designed and engineered, but not built in Australia –...
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Fender Bender introduces its newest recruit, American correspondent Amanda Palacios to talk muscle cars and lots more. Meanwhile, Dan, Paul Maric and Feann Torr get all hot and sweaty over...
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Tim tells Mike and Dan about the time a week ago when he tried to impress people at his 20-year high school reunion by turning up in a fancy BMW...
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Dan, Paul Maric and Kez Casey go deep into the week of motoring, and while Kez goes all sexy and drives a Toyota Aurion, Dan has a bit more fun...
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Tim, Mike and Byron squeeze themselves into the light-car segment to look at what is on offer at the bottom end… of the new-car market. They also question Ford Australia’s...
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Dan hosts the lovely Kez Casey and newbie Paul Maric as the chaps discuss all the juicy goss from the week in motoring. Dan takes a walk through supercar-maker McLaren’s...
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Tim, welcomes Byron Mathioudakis and Feann Torr back to the JOY studios, and after attempting to work out a drag name for Feann, the boys get down to motoring business....
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Tim, Mike and Matty Brogan shovel through the motoring goings on in the past week, including having a look at the sedate looking Peugeot 308 GTi. Does it need to...
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Dan, Mike and Byron Mathioudakis trawl through the week’s motoring news, looking at a whole bunch of stuff including the new super high-tech BMW 7 Series. Dan takes a deep...
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Why oh why oh why do so many people buy Toyota cars? Reliability? Relatively low cost of ownership? Or sexy design? It’s probably not the last one, but Tim, Mike...
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After a two-year absence, Fender Bender returns to JOY 94.9’s annual Radiothon and celebrates all that is awesome about JOY and volunteering. With the theme of Re:Member (geddit?) Tim, Mike...
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It’s a Mike fest this week as Dan is joined by Mikes Costello and Stevens to gab about everything from Audi’s cool new synthetic petrol, potentially deadly airbags and the...
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Tim and Mike gather once again to dissect the week in motoring news, and this show was as sexy as it gets. Not only do the boys take a look...
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Fender Bender fans are in for a treat with the return of the esteemed Jeremi to the airwaves. He is joined by Dan and Mike who talk all thinks Skoda...
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