Q&A 124 - Automotive beige flags

Jonny is still away so for this week's Q&A James May helps Richard answer listeners' questions about time travelling car journalists, how to break into car media, automotive faux pas, the new British Leyland and which Peugeot 205?For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny is busy so Richard invites an old colleague to host the podcast with him. Topics discussed include James’s new Alfa, car makes you’ve never owned, why young people like 80s and 90s cars, car scatter, James’s mythical TV formats including Antiques Bonfire and Knick Knack Have A Whack, being a car columnist, why ‘sporty Vauxhall’ is a funny phrase, what prompted James to buy an 8 valve Golf GTI, Saab appreciation, and why the Grand Tour presenters used to point at people when coming on stage. This episode is sponsored by Hagerty. Go to https://hagertyuk.com/hdc-ss to find out more about the amazing discounts and perks you can get by joining the Hagerty Drivers' Club. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard tackle listeners’ messages about the Matchbox movie and good car chase films, road trips in cars whose names match the destination, and carryover rear lights. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny and Richard remember the swan of windscreen wipers. Also in this episode, stealth wealth cars of Geneva, a mannish trip to Germany, the time one of the Top Gear team got trapped on a submarine, the strange wiper policies of the VW Scirocco, driving a classic S-Class, listeners’ messages about the weird GM credit card, police cars and the Dutch, the return of the Smith and Sniff Saab, and another cracking pick from Car & Classic. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis podcast is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz This week’s C&C pick: https://www.carandclassic.com/la/C2050547 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things Q&A show, Jonny and Richard attempt to answer listeners’ messages about quirky car views, vigilante badge removal, and people who don’t put ‘the’ ahead of car names. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com To find out more about Voy and get 50 percent off your first treatment order with code SSG, go to https://go.joinvoy.com/smithandsniff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny and Richard have a belated chat about all the new cars at the Paris motor show including the new 2 CV, Peugeot RCZ and E-T16, Opel STX, Fiat Multiplay and Alfa Cuorerosso concepts, and explain why show cars are usually a sham. Also in this episode, famous car makes teetering on the brink, the Jag Type 01 revealed at last, the return of a really small Smart, a short review of the Subaru E-Outback, and another delightful car found on Car & Classic. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis podcast is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz This week’s C&C pick: https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C2063579 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard tackle listeners’ messages about retro design, the worst riding cars, and car launches you’d like to have been at. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Bicester Scramble a couple of weeks ago, Richard thinks there’s a reason car shows are more important than ever. Also in this episode, Scimitar grimace, asymmetric car faces, wallowy land yachts and unloved AMCs in old movies, staging a one car at a time car show, getting mobbed by tourists in a Honda Beat, and another great car chosen from Car & Classic. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis podcast is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz This week’s C&C pick: https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1912335 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard respond to listeners’ messages the BMW M5 manual being available only in America, why paddleshift Ferraris are often advertised as manuals, a hypothetical quandary involving Gordon Murray, a former racing driver and a disgraced TV presenter, the least mechanical sympathy ever shown to a car, and strange automotive habits. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniff To buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Citroen announces a re-born 2 CV, Jonny and Richard wonder where the Euro retro car trend will end. Also in this episode, the British prime minister somehow ending up in an AC replica, an old Mini that couldn’t be stopped, Victorian follies, a strange idea from Vauxhall in the ‘90s, the low key cars of Paris, a listener’s inside story of a VW Beetle advert, engine silkiness on the radio, an off-brand A-Team, and another cracking pick from Car & Classic. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis podcast is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz This week’s C&C pick (which has now sold!): https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C2086137 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.