Car Chat

Mark is the founder and managing director of GTO Engineering; a classic Ferrari specialist offering in house restoration, servicing, car sales and a worldwide supplier and manufacturer of classic parts. Earlier in the day I got to drive GTO Engineering's 250 SWB.

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Sam

Show Notes: 

0:00 = Intro + Where it all began

6:08 = What led you to starting to make parts?

12:17 = Assembling all of these parts into your own 250 SWB

20:24 = How does that car compare to the other similar ones?

21:35 = The next thing? 

22:20 = How would you describe your perfect driving car? 

26:30 = Can you compete in your builds? 

33:27 = What's the process of restoring a car? 

40:41 = Event Support, Racing and Prep

50:20 = 5 Questions

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Joe is back (@joeachilles). We have a chat about what he's been up to and a whole host of machinery along the way including the new M3 Touring, E46 M3 CSL, his M2 and much more. Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/jI-P26o6GFM

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Sam

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Tom Jaconelli ( @Romans International ) heads up buying and marketing at Romans International, a car dealership specialising in supercars and hypercars. When I popped in to visit they had 2 veyrons, a laf, an enzo, cgt, 918 and so much more.

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https://www.romansinternational.com/

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Sam

Show Notes: 

00:00 = Intro + Where did it all start?

04:45 = Are there certain things on cars that help sell them? 

06:26 = Using social media to help customers and increase sales

10:20 = "Launch Editions"

12:50 = Will you modify cars for customers? 

13:59 = What's it been like during the coronavirus period? 

15:55 = Do you own most of your stock? 

18:31 = Are cars over list these days? 

26:36 = Low mileage cars

30:02 = Pricing in the future

32:28 = Some of the cars in stock

35:37 = The Ferrari 812 and prices

41:23 = Have you come across many cars just missing key items from the spec sheet? 

52:12 = Are you interested in electric cars? 

55:33 = The Gordon Murray T.50

1:07:27 = 5 Questions

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Raz (@rokenr) is a Youtuber and car enthusiast who's specialty has always been Mercedes models but is rapidly branching out. We welcome him back to the podcast for a catchup and a chat about the latest Mercedes releases (S Class and AMG GT Black Series) along with his new Porsche 992 Turbo S. If you would like to know Raz's story head back to episode 29 when we first had him on: https://youtu.be/BtDHMoI9qgo

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Show Notes: 

0:00 = Intro

1:01 = How has lockdown been for you? 

3:36 = 2020 Audi RS4

5:52 = Raz's new 992 Turbo S

12:10 = The new SL

14:32 = What's the difference between 991 & 992

19:01 = What are the main differences between 992 Turbo S and 4S?

22:25 = Where are my Porsches

29:48 = New S Class

43:45 = AMG GT Black Series

51:37 = New BMW M3

56:05 = Hybrid Cars

57:45 = The Honda E

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Adam Hawley (@theonporsche) is the man behind some really quite amazing Porsche 964 builds. A car designer by trade he has now turned his skills into creating perfect panels and an overall design that just looks "right". We have a dig into what makes him tick and the cars he has created.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/doabOYQl8CM

https://theondesign.com/

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Sam

Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro

00:50 = It's all about the details

06:41 = Why did you choose a 964 as a base and even a Porsche to begin with?

12:47 = What have been some of the biggest struggles? 

13:52 = How useful has 3d modelling been? 

18:04 = In the event of a small accident what is it like to fix carbon fibre? 

18:42 = Is this your perfect 911? 

20:24 = What are the spec options on the car? What can you change? 

23:40 = What is your response if someone has an extremely wacky project they want to make? 

25:48 = What are some of your favourite design elements of the car? 

30:46 = What cars are you into? 

35:39 = What is a typical customer? 

44:40 = OEM +

52:31 = 5 Questions

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Frank Stephenson (@frank.stephenson.official) is an automotive designer widely known for his design work at Mini, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, and McLaren.

He has designed:

New Mini, New Fiat 500, BMW X5, Maserati MC12, Ferrari FXX, Ferrari F430, McLaren 12C up to 720s and P1 and the list goes on. A really interesting guy and a lover of all things design, we have a great chat about his journey before finishing off with some of his current projects outside of the automotive realm.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/W6SL8WDSfmM

Make sure to check out the film about Frank's life on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81184189

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Thanks, Sam 

Show Notes: 

01:36 = Intro + Backstory

04:45 = What does a design director do?

10:45 = Is it difficult to maintain that initial form and design direction throughout a

15:31 = Are you an innately curious person?

16:52 = Starting a new design language at McLaren

18:49 = How do you create a design that will look good today but also in the future?

23:56 = The McLaren P1 and how McLaren has shifted to performance led design

28:40:00 = Manufacturers creating cars to fill niches without creating desirable products.

35:18:00 = Do you think we'll see some radical changes in car design with driverless cars?

38:06:00 = Autonomous flying vehicles and the future of mobility

46:05:00 = 5 Questions

56:59:00 = The Cybertruck

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Richard Porter (@sniff_petrol) is the man behind the satirical blog "Sniff Petrol", writer of many automotive books, Evo columnist, script writer for Top Gear / The Grand Tour and much more.

Watch the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/EQRZ1wrjjz4

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The Smith & Sniff Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smith-and-sniff/id1507539214

Sniff Petrol:

https://sniffpetrol.com/

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Show Notes:

00:00:00 = Intro and bio

00:04:50 = Starting Sniff Petrol

00:12:56 = How did you get into writing?

00:31:30 = The best way to enjoy a car is from another car.

00:34:50 = The 997.2 RS

00:44:07 = Quiet start and Italian politicians

00:46:13 = Getting a job on Top Gear

00:57:03 = Writing TV scripts and why Clarkson is so good

01:03:23 = Refining scripts and hours and hours of Top Gear footage

01:10:15= Smith & Sniff

01:16:16= Are you on set when they film an episode?

01:19:30 = Have you had some particularly hairy moments on set?

01:23:29 = The license plate saga

01:28:30 = Was the move over time to appeal to a wider audience intentional?

01:34:01 = Were you involved in The Grand Tour from the beginning?

01:42:22 = The Medium Sized Book Of Boring Car Trivia and self publishing

01:53:45 = 5 Questions

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Larry Chen (@larry_chen_foto) is a commercial automotive / car culture photographer from LA who is also behind the Hoonigan Autofocus youtube channel. A sick photographer and a nice guy too, I really enjoyed this chat about photography and cars.

Check out the Youtube Video here: https://youtu.be/FoCdfo74lN0

Larry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larry_chen_foto/

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Simon Lambert is the Caterham Chief Motorsport and Technical Officer. We have a chat about the Caterham racing program and all of the things that make Caterham such fun cars to drive and race.

Check out the youtube video: https://youtu.be/1H0wwA25nAA

https://instagram.com/caterhamcarsltd

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Hope you enjoy the video.

Thanks, Sam 

Show Notes: 

0:00 = How did it all begin?

4:03 = Caterham Academy / Scholarshop

7:05 = The rungs of the racing ladder

16:37 = Do the competitors generally stay in a category?

18:54 = How does the driving experience change between each car?

21:09 = What tyres do they run on?

25:57 = Value in racing

34:40 = Keeping the racing closer by limiting ability

36:01 = What does a race weekend look like for you?

40:21 = Do most drivers work on their cars?

44:14 = How would you spec your perfect Caterham?

48:46 = What are the different gearbox options?

53:22 = Do you think a Caterham encourages you to get a bit over excited on the road?

55:26 = Setting up a Caterham?

59:38 = The Lego Caterham

1:03:36 = The future of Caterham with electric?

1:09:40 = 5 Questions

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Olly Bryant (@ollybryant) is a professional racing driver and driver coach who mainly races in classic and gt3 cars. He has raced a massive variety of classic cars including Cobras, 911s and GT40s. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/90IjGo9_GEo

Olly's Instagram: https://instagram.com/ollybryant

Hope you enjoy the Podcast.

Thanks, Sam 

Show Notes: 

0:00 = How did you get into cars? 

1:24 = The early years

3:54 = GT Racing

10:00 = How does racing at LeMans compare to other endurance races?

14:11 = What is the cost of a GT endurance race?

17:55 = What would you like to see going forward in WEC?

20:52 = The difference driving a GTE vs a GT3 car?

25:22 = Historic Racing

26:44 = Different styles of going fast

30:13 = How does a road 911 compare to the race versions. 

35:17 = If you could only go to one European track to race what would it be?

35:39 = What have been the most memorable classic cars to race?

37:14 = What's it like to race a Cobra?

40:54 = Why does the new RSR sound odd?

43:20 = Where would you point someone who wanted to get into historic racing? 

55:30 = Do you play on a Sim?

1:08:41 = Did you have to do neck training when you were racing GT?

1:16:00 = 5 Questions

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