Car Chat

Craig Williams (@craig_williamsav) was the founder of Vmax and is a Director of the Auto Vivendi Supercar Club where members pay an annual fee to have access to the latest greatest supercars. We have a chat about high speed runway events and the inns and outs of running a supercar club.

https://www.autovivendi.com/

https://www.instagram.com/auto_vivendi/

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Hope you enjoy, 

Sam

Show Notes: 

0:00 Where did it all begin? 

2:06 = The start of Vmax

4:56 = What tricks did people employ to go faster?

5:35 = Did anyone miss the braking zone?

8:07 = Do people come back for more Vmax's?

10:43 = What does Vmax look like now?

12:42 = When did the Autovivendi involvement start?

13:35 = What is Autovivendi?

14:40 = How much does it cost? 

16:43 = The car list

22:31 = What are the most popular cars?

24:02 = How do you decide what cars to buy?

28:55 = Are some brands more reliable than others?

29:50 = Why don't you have classic cars? 

36:01 = What events do you put on?

38:25 = What are the standout public car events for you?

39:58 = Has anyone bought a membership as a gift? 

41:14 = How do you vet people? 

42:06 = Do you have any electric cars? 

42:54 = What part of the job drives you out of bed in the morning? 

45:32 = 5 Questions

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Bisi Ezerioha (@bisimoto) is an engineer and builder of some absolutely crazy cars. A serious Porsche nut; he's famous for his 1000hp 930 Turbo, 1000hp+ Honda Odyssey, a 935 K3 that is now electric and much much more. We discuss Bisi's story and the thinking behind the builds along the way. A really inspiring guy to follow who lives and breathes amazing engineering. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/bifc_QBB6hQ

https://instagram.com/bisimoto

My Instagram:

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Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes: 

0:00 = How did it all begin?

13:26 = Working with OEMs

17:10 = Red Porsche 935 and modernising old cars

22:05 = What made you start working with electric cars? 

27:02 = The back story and build of the Electric 935

36:43 = What battery packs do you use?

41:07 = Have you kept most of the crazy builds? 

43:25 = Bidi's wife's mental car build

44:28 = Can you convert small Porsches to electric?

46:53 = What's a normal amount of bhp for one of your builds?

50:20 = How heavy are the cars? 

50:44 = Do you have some plans to do newer Porsches? 

52:00 = The central seat Boxsters and Caymans

1:07:00 = Shop Tour

1:15:00 = 5 Questions

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Ted Gushue (@tedgushue) is the Editor In Chief of the Porsche Magazine (@type7). Formerly from Petrolicious, Ted is always travelling with his camera bringing his audience into all kinds of exotic and interesting places. You can find the video podcast: https://youtu.be/qzuE6LlRt_M

https://instagram.com/tedgushue

https://instagram.com/type7

Hope you enjoy, 

Sam

Show Notes: 

00:00 = Where did it all begin? 

09:20 = Starting your own magazine

10:40 = Petrolicious

15:00 = How is Petrolicious monetised? 

17:20 = Finding a love for photography

30:06 = Needing less stuff

33:55 = Type 7 Magazine

47:00 = 5 Questions

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Niels (@nielsvanroijdesign) is an automotive designer and coachbuilder specialising in bespoke products for wealthy clients. One of his more famous designs is a Tesla Model S shooting brake but he has worked on quite a few cool projects. We discuss automotive design, photography, making cars look "Right" and much much more. Thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Niels. You can find the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/FuQiZahPSYQ

Niels' website:

https://nielsvanroij.com/

https://www.instagram.com/nielsvanroijdesign/

Hope you enjoy, 

Sam

Show Notes:

0:00 Your journey

6:35 = What do you learn studying industrial design?

6:48 = Designing a London taxi

11:50 = Having a fresh perspective 

15:57 = The Porsche Cayenne

20:37 = There is so much happening in the industry right now

21:08 = Why would you go back to study at the RCA when you've already got a job in design?

26:19 = What is coachbuilding in 2020?

28:48 = The Breadvan Homage

34:35 = The Rolls Royce Shooting Brake

41:40 = It becomes about more than the car

49:58 = How do you stop a car looking like a concept car

55:52 = What's your favourite bit of new design?

59:28 = Mclaren Senna, what went wrong?

1:10:30 = You must get a high amount of job satisfaction

1:14:10 = Car Photography (and tiny things that mess it up)

1:18:14 = Good photography vs bad and bad press shots

1:22:20 = Cars need an environment 

1:24:00 = Cars are not cows

1:32:35 = Adventum Coupe

1:36:20 = Making a car with a singular message

1:38:49 = 5 Questions

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Jens Sverdrup is the CCO of Czinger Vehicles (@czinger_vehicles), he is the man in charge of marketing, sales, product development etc. Jens has worked for a number of interesting companies over the years including director of sales and marketing at Koenigsegg. We have a chat about Czinger as a company, the car and dive under the hood of this new hypercar manufacturer.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/QDgP9z4FMrs

https://www.czinger.com/

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes: 

0:00 = Your journey

7:00 = Koenigsegg

10:28 = Czinger

24:21 = Are we going to see more cars in the future?

25:52 = What is the Czinger ethos? 

28:10 = Being given a blank canvas at a new company

41:09 = Are you entering the top speed game contest? 

46:47 = Driving a hypercar on small roads

49:36 = Do taxes in different countries affect the amount of cars you sell?

51:22 = Will cars go back to the states for servicing? 

53:27 = Will we see a Nurburgring lap?

55:07 = Seeing the car out and about and containing leaks (media)

59:37 = 5 Questions

1:05:22 = Is crash testing an annoying process to go through?

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Abbie Eaton (@abbieeaton44) is a professional racing driver, coach and precision driver. She is well known for being the test driver for The Grand Tour. You can watch the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/2oNGXMxjQ4U

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammooresphoto

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

Abbie's Instagram: https://instagram.com/abbieeaton44

Show Notes:

00:00 = How did it all begin?

14:21 = Working for the grand tour?

19:35 = Was it difficult jumping into lots of different types of cars? 

23:10 = Do you have a favourite era of car?

25:30 = How do you get these drives in race cars?

27:14 = Tell me about racing Rallycross? 

29:32 = Who's the best driver out of Clarkson, May and Hammond?

30:18 = How have you found being a woman in motorsport?

37:28 = The W Series

43:57 = Do you use a Sim?

50:51 = What's the number 1 mistake people make driving on track?

55:47 = How do you go about getting more seat time?

1:04:26 = 5 Questions

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Julien Chaffard (@classicracinggroup) is the founder of "The world’s first historic racing school" in France based at the Charade circuit. We have a dig into the journey of building the company, some of Julien's funny stories about financing the cars and discuss the joys of driving old formula style cars.

You can also find the podcast on youtube: Car Chat Podcast

My instagram: https://instagram.com/sammooresphoto

Classic Racing Group:

https://www.classicracinggroup.com/

https://www.instagram.com/classicracinggroup/

Hope you enjoy the podcast,

Cheers, 

Sam 

Show Notes:

0:00 = Intro

03:40 = Why did you choose that car

07:55 = You have more fun when you are in control 

09:32 = Why did you start a racing school?

20:02 = Adapting the car for larger people

22:00 = Where are you based? 

24:55 = The growth of the business

31:10 = The interesting people that attend

33:41 = Difficulty finding staff?

51:23 = Does weight make a difference in laptimes?

53:05 = 5 Questions

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Matt Farah (@thesmokingtire) is a freelance automotive journalist from LA, hosting The Smoking Tire Podcast, making videos on his youtube channel and writing articles for magazines such as Road & Track. He also now has a car storage business in LA called Westside Collector Car Storage.  Check out the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/6-0G72YrlqE

Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesmokingtire/

Matt's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSmokingTire

https://www.westsidecollectorcarstorage.com/

Hope you enjoy the podcast,

Follow me on instagram: https://instagram.com/sammooresphoto

Sam 

Show Notes:

00:43 = Where did it all begin?

05:20 = Working at Gotham Dream Cars

22:14 = Drive

27:14 = One Takes

38:24 = 992 Turbo thoughts

44:58 = The Safari 911

55:36 = The Smoking Tire Podcast

1:01:00 = Westside Collector Car Storage

1:10:35 = 5 Questions

1:22:36 = The Countach

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Gavan Kershaw is the Director of Attributes and Product Integrity (Basically the man that makes sure a Lotus drives like a Lotus). We have a chat about all of the things that go into this process, the Evija hypercar and some of Gavan’s amusing stories from the test tracks along the way.

Check out the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/fskzbSDbjHA 

Hope you enjoy, 

Sam, 

Show Notes: 

3:57 = The Evora GT4 

7:41 = The benefits of having the test track right at the factory 

9:34 = What's the process for developing a Lotus? 

15:53 = If someone had a car and wanted to set it up on the track how would you go about it? 

20:43 = Has this process been different on the Evija 

27:13 = Driving the lotus F1 cars 

32:40 = You've been involved in some group C racing? 

38:20 = 5 Questions

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Neill Briggs co-founded BAC (Briggs Automotive Company) with his brother Ian Briggs and is the head of engineering at BAC. We have a deep dive into how the BAC Mono came about along with the technology and engineering used to create this awesome single seater.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/M68ThasOoYo

https://www.bac-mono.com/

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

02:15 = Why did you make a single seater? 

07:40 = Were there a lot of legal constraints on making the car? 

10:20 = How has the car evolved over the years? 

14:54 = The gearbox

22:07 = The advances with graphene

26:14 = 3d Printing

31:54 = The lightweight wheels

40:30 = The Mono R

44:34 = How far have people driven Monos?

49:11 = What have been some of the biggest struggles along the way?

51:26 = How do you see the future of the motor show and how good are they for you? 

59:33 = The NEW Mono

1:05:08 = Who is your biggest competitor? 

1:07:47 = How difficult is it to make tyres for a Mono?

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