The Driven Podcast

Lenny Howlett is the Brand Ambassador and Head of VIP Sales at Urban Automotive, a company that is famous for modifying popular performance SUVs, including the Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Sport and Rolls-Royce Cullinan (to name just a few).

For the past 10 years, Lenny has been at the forefront of the brand's public image, whilst helping to facilitate customer sales and VIP consignments.

In this week's podcast episode, John Marcar sits down with Lenny to catch up on 13 years of friendship and hear about how Urban has shaped his life after years of working a very different day job and gaining some social media fame as the character 'Lenny The Geeza'.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

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Jody Millhouse is the founder and owner of Thornton Hundred, a brand known globally for customising Triumph Bonneville Bobbers and building bespoke bikes for customers worldwide.

This year, Thornton Hundred celebrates its 10th anniversary, so John Marcar paid a visit to Jody at the TH HQ in Milton Keynes to catch up on the business and all the novelties that come with it.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, we're at the 83rd Goodwood Members Meeting to speak to a collection of racing car drivers and motorcycle riders, plus a few media personalities, to ask our icebreaker questions, including "What was your first car?" "What was the first posh/special car you purchased?", and "What's the car you regret selling the most?"

As well as the icebreaker questions, we'll also find out what brings each guest to Goodwood and what makes the event so special.

This week's guests (in order of appearance):

Touring Car Racing Legends - Steve Soper and John Cleland

Sports car racing brothers - Marino and Dario Franchitti

Car design and rendering guru - Khyzyl Saleem

Broadcaster - Ant Anstead

Carol Shelby Foundation Co-Founder Aaron Shelby

Racing driver and Aston Martin development driver - Darren Turner

Racer and commentator - Alex Brundle

HTCC Champion - Matthew Ellis

Presenter and Goodwood host - Grace Webb

TV Personality and Racing Driver - Tiff Needel

Journalist and Broadcaster - Chris Harris

Motorcycle Adventurer and actor - Charey Boorman

Motorcycle Racer - Maria Costello MBE

Journalist and Broadcaster - Jonny Smith

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar heads to Driving Heroes, a car sales company in Worcester that specialises in selling 'cars you want to get out and drive'.

Driving Heroes is run by Lloyd Hackett and Karl Hill, both of whom have strong backgrounds in luxury car sales before starting the new venture.

Expect lots of insights, funny stories, and a look at the personalities behind the company that's attracted plenty of attention on social media following a car sale to none other than motoring journalism royalty, Chris Harris.

Find out more about Driving Heroes and to see the current stock visit website: https://www.drivingheroes.co.uk/

Instagram: @driving.heroes

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar travels to Theon Design in Oxfordshire to meet the company's Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Hawley. Adam comes from a strong design background, with previous experience with brands including BMW, Lotus, and even Airbus.

Theon Design is a design studio and workshop known for building tailor-made backdated Porsche 911s based on 964-era 911's. As part of the visit, John and Adam went for a drive in the latest custom-built car, a stunning 3.8-litre Coupe, and part of the drive has been recorded and included in this week's podcast episode.

Find out more about Theon Design via the website: theondesign.com or via Instagram: @theon.design

As a bonus feature to this week's episode, enjoy an excerpt from John's written review of the 3.8 Coupe, read by John following the interview with Adam.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Heynes are joined by a friend of the show, John Mayhead, to discuss every classic car owner's favourite talking topic... Classic Car Values following his publishing of the 2026 Hagerty UK Bull Market List.

John Mayhead is one of the UK's foremost classic car writers and commentators, contributing regularly to various national newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and podcasts. Since 2012, he has been the Editor of the UK Hagerty Price Guide and European Bureau Chief for Hagerty Insider.

In this week's episode, John and Amy explore John Mayhead's working life and pick apart certain makes and models to learn more about what's affecting market values.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar meets Randy Nonnenberg, the co-founder and president of Bring A Trailer, a company and website which arguably launched online auctions for the automotive industry in 2007.

After 19 years of trading as an exclusively US-based platform, BringaTrailer.com is officially launching in the UK in partnership with UK dealer and Porsche specialist Sports Purpose.

To read more about Bring A Trailer's expansion into the UK, check out our news story here: https://driven.site/news/bring-a-trailer-launches-expanded-services-in-uk

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vicki Butler Henderson is our 3rd guest on season 3 of The Driven Podcast, recorded at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed with BMW UK.

In this episode, Vicki sits down with John Marcar to work through some of the highlights of her career as a journalist, a presenter and a racing driver.

Vicki started her automotive career as a racing driver and circuit instructor and shot to fame as a television presenter on BBC Top Gear in the 1990s, while also writing for magazines. Her career then flourished with various roles in the world of print journalism and television, and Vicki is now one of the most loved and respected automotive media personalities of our generation.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Audio Producer & Title Music - Tom Kent

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie Martin is a professional racing driver who joins us for episode 2 of season 3 of The Driven Podcast. Charlie sat with Alex Goy and Charlotte Vowden in our dedicated podcast studio built by BMW at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Charlie is best known as a professional driver with a fantastic story to share. Her love for motorsport started (as it did for many of us) with a strong interest in motorsport computer games, such as Gran Turismo, but didn't get a chance to drive a racing car until her early 20s.

Charlie gives an honest account of the true challenges that come with getting started in motorsport, touching on the lessons of financial struggles, jumping in at the deep end, and realising at which point you might have bitten off more than you can chew.

An additional chapter to Charlie's story is her journey as a trans driver without a clear support avenue for other LGBTQ+ drivers. Coming out in 2018, Charlie shares the brutal truths about telling her own truth whilst trying to compete at a professional level of motorsport.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Audio Producer & Title Music - Tom Kent

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s taken us a little longer than we had initially planned; however, we’ve finally returned for season 3 with the first of three episodes recorded at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in a dedicated studio space build by BMW UK.

In this episode, John Marcar, Charlotte Vowden and Alex Goy sit down together and catch up for a 45-minute chat about the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed, the automotive world and fill in some gaps on what’s been distracting us all from recording podcasts so far in 2025.

Talking topics for this episode include the Jaguar Type-00 Concept car, which we’ve all now finally seen! John Marcar enjoyed a BMW EV with 18,000 Nm of Torque, Charlotte has a BBC Radio Show, and Alex has an opinion on absolutely everything.

This podcast can also be enjoyed in video form on the Driven YouTube Channel - youtube.com/@DrivenOnYouTube 

Special thanks to BMW UK for providing the space and to Patrick Whelan for live audio mixing and video capture.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site

YouTube: @driven.videos

Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Audio Producer & Title Music - Tom Kent

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site

To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.