RTL Autowereld

RTL Autowereld
Episodes	Unknown
First aired	2001
Country of origin	Netherlands
Status	Ongoing
Concluded

RTL Autowereld (Car World) is the name of an automotive journalism programme created by the Luxembourg-based RTL Group, where it presently airs on RTL 7 in the Netherlands. It is one of Europe's longest-running TV series of this type, and is likely based on the Belgian magazine of the same name, which predates the programme by 2 years.

Premiering in September 2001, the programme was initially hosted by Michael Pilarczyk and produced by his production company PMG. Approximately 30 - 40 programmes would air each year, with a special "Zomeraflevering" (Summer series) comprised of a shorter run of around 10 episodes bridging the regular series.

By February 2010, a minimum of 270 episodes had aired, including 19 from the show's 4th and 5th Summer series.

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
		Series premiere	Series finale
Z9	10	27th June 2010	29th August 2010
10	39	5th September 2010	5th June 2011
Z10	12	12th June 2011	28th August 2011
11	39	4th September 2011	10th June 2012
Z11	11	17th June 2012	26th August 2012
12	39	2nd September 2012	23rd June 2013

Presenters

RTL Autowereld has been hosted by the following presenters:

• Allard Kalff
• Jeroen Mul
• Nico Aaldering
• Tom Coronel

Former Presenters

• Jorrit van der Kooi
• Michael Pilarczyk

RTL Wannahaves

In 2009, a spin-off series by the name of Wannahaves would premiere on the same network, presented by Susanne Dijksterhuis, Olympic silver medallist hockey player Taeke Taekema, and British DJ Tommy Sandhu. Unlike Autowereld, Wannahaves was more of a generalised lifestyle and gadget-themed programme, although it would feature more than a fair share of segments towards cars. 13 episodes would air from August to November of 2009, and was not renewed for a second series.