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
6:39 = Koenigsegg
10:06 = Czinger
23:59 = Are we going to see more cars in the future?
25:30 = What is the Czinger ethos?
27:48 = Being given a blank canvas at a new company
40:47 = Are you entering the top speed game contest?
46:25 = Driving a hypercar on small roads
49:14 = Do taxes in different countries affect the amount of cars you sell?
51:00 = Will cars go back to the states for servicing?
53:05 = Will we see a Nurburgring lap?
54:40 = Seeing the car out and about and containing leaks (media)
59:15 = 5 Questions
1:05:00 = Is crash testing an annoying process to go through?
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Car Chat Podcast #50: Abbie Eaton
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.
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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
Car Chat Podcast #49: Julien Chaffard | Classic Racing Group
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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 itunes and spotify etc under "Car Chat"
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/car-chat/id1432553826
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0HsgCgPL61E43fkSeJAbvm
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:
03:08 = Why did you choose that car
07:23 = You have more fun when you are in control
09:00 = Why did you start a racing school?
19:30 = Adapting the car for larger people
21:28 = Where are you based?
24:23 = The growth of the business
30:37 = The interesting people that attend
33:09 = Difficulty finding staff?
50:51 = Does weight make a difference in laptimes?
52:33 = 5 Questions