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Not content creating hard-to-find parts for some of its most valuable, expensive old cars, Porsche Classic has set about reprinting manuals and key documents. It this week announced plans to bring more than 700 documents back to life. They'll be offered at Porsche dealerships or through an online store, with prices ranging from US$70 to $150 ($100 to $210).

General Motors has an all-electric pickup truck in the works, as it prepares for what Mary Barra has described as an "all-electric future". Speaking at the quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, the GM CEO said her company has "an industry-leading truck franchise and industry-leading electrification capabilities". "I assure you we will not cede our leadership on either front," she said.

On this week's podcast, you are joined by Mike Stevens and Scott Collie. In car news, Kia is developing neater tech for emergency services, Isuzu has announced a six-year warranty and seven-year capped price servicing, Australian orders for the Tesla Model 3 will be opening in May, and Toyota has opened a Nurburgring-inspired test track. Scott compares the Kia Rio GT-Line and the Skoda Fabia 81TSI Monte Carlo.

We know the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is fast. It set a Nurburgring lap record in 2017, lapping the Green Hell in just 6:47.3 with Lars Kern behind the wheel. Lamborghini has since taken it back, but that's besides the point... Now, it's the quickest production car ever to lap Road America. It's a fast track, with just 14 corners in its 6.5km layout, allowing driver David Donohue to average 174km/h throughout the lap. That's fast.

Anouk Poelmann has succeeded Andrew Moore as managing director of Renault Australia, after Moore's sudden departure on April 10. Poelmann has form with French brands in Australia. Having served on the Inchcape Australasia executive team, she headed up Peugeot Citroen Australia. The company says she has history of business turnarounds and disruptive transformations around the world. "I’m delighted to join Renault and to lead the brand’s Australian operations,” Poelmann said in a statement.