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This week we start off by running through the good, the bad and the ugly from the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. There’s never been a shortage of companies producing sports cars and supercars, but during the 1980s and ‘90s, several mainstream car brands dipped their toes into high-performance vehicles.   The Peugeot Oxia was a 350km/h mid-engined supercar project that could have been a French alternative to the Ferrari F40. And it wasn’t the only wild creation from a mainstream European car brand… Alfa Romeo once tried to kick start a new racing series by commissioning Brabham to build a mid-engined V10-powered 164 super saloon.    Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

Dave has been marking the Toyota Corolla's 60th birthday by driving some of the coolest early models. Times were different back then, but it helped the Corolla become a staple of the Irish car scene. If you were a successful record producer or the like in the 1980s, then you needed a car that stood out from the rest. That’s where German coachbuilder Styling Garage (SGS) came in. It made some of the wildest wide-body creations, including the Mercedes-Benz 1000 SEL. With a penchant for adding gullwing doors to everything, its client list included Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many Middle Eastern royal families. This week we tell you the story of SGS. We’ll also be hosting another Cars & Coffee event this coming Sunday (1 November). It takes place at 3FE on Sussex Terrace in Dublin and runs from 9am to 12pm. Pop along and say hello.  Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

With Halloween looming (and the world teetering on a knife-edge day-to-day), Dave and Cormac thought it was the perfect time to decide on their dream apocalypse vehicles. The kind that could survive in a world where AI has had enough and still traverse whatever desolate landscape remains. Cheery stuff, we promise!   Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here  

Let us tell you about all of the great and the good from the Paris motor show, including that new Citroen 2CV, the Renault E-Space, Alpine's A310 supercar and a whole lot more. Porsche finally revealed what it's going to do next with the Mission S concept. A new supercar that's rumoured to sit above the 911 in the range and could spawn a whole new family of mid-engined models. Meanwhile, Tesla once again came out with another elaborate PR stunt in the form of the Roadster.  As for the rabbit hole, what do you get if you cross a Lamborghini Diablo with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and a Dakar rally car? The 1992 Aixam Mega Track if course, though we’ll forgive you if you’ve not heard of it.

We've been to some epic car shows over the years but one by one they are slowly becoming worse. We're not talking about people crashing at Cars & Coffee events, we're talking about costs. Everything for motorists is getting more expensive, including the shows.  We also give you a run-down on what to expect at next week's Paris motor show, including some big debuts including the Citroen 2CV, a new Alfa Romeo sports car and the Renault E-Space.  Today AMG is the high-performance division of Mercedes-Benz, but way back in the ‘pre-merger’ days, it was a tuning gun for hire and turned its hand to many things. One of the most unusual is the Mitsubishi Debonair V 3000 Royal AMG. Yes, AMG tuned a Mitsubishi.  Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

There was a time when Porsche occasionally helped other car makers out. Everyone knows about the Mercedes-Benz 500E, but another such example is the Opel Zafira. Yes, Porsche played a role in developing Opel’s seven-seat MPV, and it didn’t stop there… We cover that in this week’s podcast, and we also delve into one of Japan's ultimate “what if?” supercars: the Yamaha OX99-11. This 3.5-litre V12-powered beauty had tandem seating, a 349km/h top speed and would have been remarkably expensive. Unsurprisingly, it never happened. Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

Every so often, a car comes along that sets a new standard for performance, or in this case, efficiency. As a well-known fan of the Volkswagen XL1, Dave runs us through the Mission Efficiency in this week’s podcast, a one-off car that sets a new standard for what a near-production electric car can do. In stark contrast, Cormac looks back at the audacious Cadillac Sixteen concept car shown above. Created in 2003 to mark the company’s centenary, this front-engined behemoth used a 13.6-litre V16 engine producing 1,000hp.  We also tell about selling the Caprice and Audi's new electric A2.  Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

If you had to build your dream garage but could only take one car from each country, how would you do it? Cormac regales us of the time Renault saw into the future and designed the Zoom concept car. Dave has been experiencing the new Range Rover Electric too.  Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

In this week's episode we answer your questions. From the more random commercial vehicles, the worst car ever bought and if we could erase one car from memory it would be... What car brand should be given another chance at life? These and lots more!  Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here

Joining Dave and Cormac on this week’s podcast is Ciaran Mulqueen, number one best-selling author and the powerhouse behind the Crazy House Prices Instagram account. They’ll be discussing everything from whether buying a car can affect your mortgage application to how the classic supercar market is outperforming the property market. Need a coffee fix? Head over to 3FE Coffee and get everything you could possibly need delivered straight to your door. Visit 3fe.com Follow Crazy House Prices on Instagram Follow 50to70 on Instagram Follow Dave Humphreys on Instagram Follow Cormac Singleton on Instagram Follow 3FE Coffee on Instagram Get your 3FE Coffee Here