Car Chat Podcast #48: Matt Farah | The Smoking Tire

June 01, 2020 in Podcast, Journalists

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. You can also find the podcast on itunes etc under "Car Chat"

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,

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

Car Chat Podcast #47: Gavan Kershaw | Lotus Cars

May 25, 2020 in Lotus, Podcast

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.

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

Car Chat Podcast #46: Neill Briggs

May 18, 2020 in Podcast

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.

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

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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?