Johnny's Garage - The Secrets of Cars

Johnny's Garage - The Secrets of Cars

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Johnny's Garage - The Secrets of Cars episodes

  • The Secrets of Lotus Elise, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Lotus Elise in 1996 took on the heritage of Lotus 7 idea into modernity and usability. But the high tech chassis, the fine suspension tuning, the lightness avoid the driver feeling into a supercar with lateral G-force better than a Ferrari 360 Modena. Romano Artioli, the Italian owner at the time, dedicate this car to his granddaughter Elisa. Today, after 24 years, it still is a reference.

    10 min
  • The Secrets of Honda NSX, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Honda NSX. One of the best car ever made on this planet, in 1990 Honda released a total aluminum and alloy frame, suspension, car.

    Engine with titanium rods, with 8.000 rpm V6, 270hp, and 1382kg.
    Usability, reliability, and performance were top of the category, and they would have been till 2005 when they decided to stop the production.
    The best modern technology was used to develop this car but real "secret weapon" was Ayrton Senna that (as Formula 1 Honda driver) participates in tuning and developing steering, suspensions, and rigidity of chassis.
    This was the katana of Honda for 15 years.

    9 min
  • The Secrets of Honda S2000, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Honda for its 50th anniversary decided to realize one sports car that had to show all honda technology but with a reachable price and they made the S2000. With its 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder engine that runs at 9.000rpm, this car has 240hp, which means a specific power of 120hp/liter, that for an atmosphere engine is something that only competition engine was able to rise. Perfectly balanced 50:50 front and rear weight, front-engine, rear wheels traction, manual gearbox, this car is a perfect "killer" on-road and on track.

    One of the best in its category.

    8 min
  • The Secrets of Maserati Biturbo, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Maserati needed a new entry-level model to change the Merak that was becoming quite old.

    The moment was difficult for The Company just acquired by Alejandro De Tomaso, that had to face economic difficult and high-level competitors. The first series had some problems, but with the second and success e series the car became more and more affordable, more performance and more refined.
    It can be considered of sure interest in the collection market.

    8 min
  • The Secrets of Jaguar XJ (X308), Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    XJ was the symbol-car of Jaguar for all 70s, 80s, and 90s. In my personal opinion today too.

    The iconic design of the exterior, the driving behavior made that car be inimitable. And the X308 model with V8-engine supercharged is the apex of the evolution of that Project of elegant, sport, sophisticated, tasteful, distinguished kind of being driver.
    This car is beautiful.

    5 min
  • The Secrets of Saab 96, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Saab 96 was produced for 20 years (1960 - 1980) and was equipped with two strokes (3 cylinders) and four strokes engines (V4 cylinder, Ford origin). This car won a lot of rally competition with Erik Carlsson and his wife Pat Moss (sister of Stirling Moss, yes He is).

    This car has one of the most interesting Histories of all.

    5 min
  • The Secrets of Porsche 911 (996), Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Porsche 996 was the most controversial 911 ever, but even the most revolutionary in the evolution of the car.

    New water-cooled engine (and with 4 valves per cylinder) New chassis New interior design New exterior design This car took the 911 project form 60s original project (that with 993 at the top of its evolution) into the modernity of super-cars, with higher performance and better feeling in driving, on a base that since 1997 was developed till 2011 when 991 was born.

    8 min
  • The Secrets of Saab 900, Italian POV | Johnny's Garage

    Saab 900 was the last model made completely by the Swedish Company.

    Original in the exterior design, original in the mechanical layout, original in the interior design, original in the turbo engine development, this car is one of the last representatives of the prolific automotive interpretation of making cars.
    This car is beautiful.

    12 min

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I'm the mildly eccentric author of this car's enthusiast PodCast channel where I offer my Italian opinion about car's Secrets.