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Henry Catchpole - Automotive Journalist And Carfection Presenter Mar 22, 2021

Show notes

Henry Catchpole ( @Henry Catchpole )is an automotive journalist writing and producing videos for various magazines and websites. We have a chat about all things cars and Henry's journey to date. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/4_3Rfu-gsrc

https://instagram.com/henrycatchpole

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

11:46 - What were you doing when you first started at Evo?

16:32 - What are some memorable moments when testing?

23:43 - What was the review process at Evo?

35:43 - Starting to host videos at Evo

40:24 - Hosting videos on Carfection

42:20 - What is Carfection?

46:47 - What is it like driving high-value cars?

54:14 - Thoughts on RestoMods?

1:02:37 - Evo vs AutoCar on the M2 CS in COTY

1:05:59 - Have you had RestoMods on COTY?

1:07:31 - Old cars on new tires

1:13:02 - Experiences in Rallying

1:17:28 - What is it like driving a rally car on the road?

1:22:31 - 5 Questions

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David Dicker - Building The Fastest Track Cars On Earth | Rodin Cars Mar 15, 2021

Show notes

David is the founder and CEO of Rodin Cars (@rodincarsofficial), a successful business man that has turned his attentions to building the fastest track car on the planet. A single seater that will be faster than an F1 car. They currently make 2 cars. The Rodin Fzed and the Rodin FZero.

Watch the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/tgh9F1ZbkTg

https://rodin-cars.com/

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

04:32 - The start of Rodin Cars

08:51 - Ferrari Challenge

10:14 - Racing History before Rodin

13:24 - In-house Engineering

14:45 - Setting the Goal for Rodin Cars

19:08 - How Have the Cars Evolved?

23:25 - The Engines

27:42 - Reliability

34:11 - How do they compare to Road Cars?

44:30 - Living in New Zealand

45:16 - Buying a Rodin

50:57 - Downforce & Driving Aids

58:38 - 5 Questions

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Mark Lyon | The Moderna by GTO Engineering (2021 GT With A V12 and 3 Pedals) Mar 10, 2021

Show notes

I got Mark Lyon - Director of GTO Engineering on the line to discuss their new vehicle, codenamed "Moderna". Mark tells us all about this exciting new car.

Check out the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/52_7Oizm0OY

Mark's first episode: https://youtu.be/C_bbRmNb9uM

https://www.gtoengineering.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gto_engineering/

Hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro

01:32 = Where did the idea for the project come from?

03:48 = Under what regulations is the car being built?

05:22 = How far are you through the process?

06:15 = The engine

08:28 = Weight

09:24 = The interior

11:12 = What will people use it for?

12:02 = Luggage space? + Are there customers already?

12:52 = What has the feedback been like from customers?

14:09 = Gearbox and the joys of 3 pedals

15:11 = What do you love about driving a car that this will deliver?

16:00 = Is it quite a difficult long process to make something that lives up to modern standards, doesn't leak, everything works etc.

16:59 = The price

17:18 = When will see that first car?

19:20 = Modern cars only being tested on track because they don't work on the road

21:22 = Suspension

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Matt Prior | Autocar (Editor At Large) - How It All Began Mar 08, 2021

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Matt Prior (@autocarmatt) is an automotive journalist and the Editor At Large at Autocar. We have a chat about his journey and a tonne of topics along the way.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/16tJRGNFgt0

https://instagram.com/autocarmatt

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro, the beginnings of Autocar and what do you do?

08:16 = Do you get a level of enjoyment out of reviewing the more boring cars?

13:00 = Road testing and silly behaviour

18:40 = How fun do you find electric cars?

23:52 = Tyres sometimes emit more particulates than the engine.

25:54 = How do you feel about Restomods vs Modern Supercars

34:40 = GT86

38:41 = C1 Racing and driving slow cars fast

47:54 = Car of the year and mismatched competition

53:45 = Quickfire best car in each category

58:08 = Fixing a broken car and then selling straight away

59:38 = Do many journalists buy new cars vs second hand?

1:04:20 = Finance

1:19:01 = 765LT vs Ferrari

1:21:33 = McLaren Artura and Turbo Hybrids

1:27:20 = Modern cars are still better but they just don't get made how I'd like them.

1:31:30 = How fast does a car really need to be?

1:37:10 = Toyota is cool

1:40:00 = 5 Questions

1:52:56 = Buying spitfires over hypercars

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Robert Mitchell | Founding Apex Nuerburg and Running Supercars At The 'Ring Mar 01, 2021

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Robert ( @Robert Mitchell ) is the owner of Apex Nuerburg, a rental car company and experience centre based at the Nurburgring. He's an interesting guy who pretty much only drives his supercars on the Nurburgring. We have a long discussion about business, renting cars at the ring and what it's like to run the cars that he does.

Check out the video: https://youtu.be/7NuYcpHu-NA

https://www.apex-nuerburg.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/rmitchell248

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro + Backstory + America

17:58 = Over to Germany

19:28 = Mitchell Consulting

26:15 = Finding the Nurburgring

30:36 = A business at the 'Ring

33:51 = The first rental car

39:55 = What is it like running cars only on the 'Ring?

43:10 = Porsche vs Ferrari vs McLaren running costs

48:24 = Current cars...

53:36 = Introduction to Schirmer builds and the BMW collection

1:01:32 = How much have you had to adjust the Supercars for Nurburgring life

1:07:04 = The 620r and why it was nearly amazing but not quite

1:13:45 = 'Ring Taxis + Manthey Racing

1:30:25 = High speed runs, world records and SSC Tuatara

1:42:02 = How do we define a production car

2:01:10 = My track car dilemma

2:14:30 = 5 Questions

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How Difficult Is It To Get A 992 911 GT3 Allocation? Feb 20, 2021

Show notes

I did a little bit of digging and thought you might be interested in the results.

Hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Sam

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Seen Through Glass - Buying A 40th Anniversary 911 Feb 15, 2021

Show notes

Sam ( @Seen Through Glass ) is an automotive youtuber and back on the podcast for the second time. We have a chat about what he's been up to including his purchase of a 40th Edition 911.

Check out the video version: https://youtu.be/dfNvwZj5Ek4

Sam's Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/seenthroughglass

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro

03:32 = The new studio

12:08 = New cars + Litchfield 911 T

15:08 = The new 911 (40th edition) and buying used cars

37:08 = Have you been driving it much

39:34 = Reviewing cars

47:57 = Alpine A110

55:48 = 550 Barchetta

57:45 = 812 GTS

1:02:53 = SF90

1:18:52 = Yaris GR

1:35:11 = Restomod vs historically accurate

1:41:40 = 5 Questions

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Scott Mansell | Driver 61 - Driver Training, Sim Training and Engineering Videos Feb 08, 2021

Show notes

Scott is a professional driver coach and racing driver. His platform Driver 61 has grown massively over the last few years providing in-person and over the internet driver training. Alongside all of this Scott's youtube channel has grown massively providing entertaining engineering based videos. Enjoy!

Check out the video version: https://youtu.be/_BOqOO5NZN8

Scott's Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtbLA0YM6EpwUQhFUyPQU9Q

Driver61

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Cheers,

Sam

Show Notes

00:00 = Intro + what have you been up to?

09:54 = How has the driver training changed over the last 2 years?

14:00 = Moving from Bruntingthorpe

19:11 = Teaching psychology

22:07 = The sim training business?

26:34 = High end sim vs low end with world's fastest gamer

31:00 = Taking someone from novice to advanced

35:10 = The YouTube videos

38:05 = The studio

44:02 = Driver 61 track days

53:29 = Have you got any racing lined up?

1:01:03 = 5 Questions - take 2

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2 £££ Ferraris For Sale With The Same VIN Number w. James Cottingham Feb 05, 2021

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James Cottingham from DK Engineering joins me for a quick discussion about these two cars that have been found rocking the same VIN number. This was a livestream over on youtube: https://youtu.be/2GzMEdEIOjA

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Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

02:15 = 2 F40s for sale with the same VIN

03:33 = Different colour VIN plates

06:30 = What we know

07:30 = The various places for chassis numbers

16:00 = Why two cars might have the same numbers and a 250LM

32:00 = Auctions

32:40 = Posting chassis numbers on websites and POA

45:30 = Incorrect facts

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Oliver Webb | The Story Of Taking The SSC Tuatara To 331MPH Feb 01, 2021

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Oli Webb (@oliverwebbracing) is the pro racing driver (usually LMP1) and he was the driver in the car when the SSC Tuatara allegedly broke the high speed production car record with one of those runs clocking 331mph!. After the record attempt a whole lot of media and controversy popped up and Oli gives us his take on the events as they unfolded.

Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/apvG1qoaGGs

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Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro

01:00 = Stunt driving and working on films

10:19 = Le Mans '20

14:05 = Fatherhood and risk taking?

16:12 = Hypercars at Le Mans

28:40 = What's the daily?