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The Intercooler — 333 episodes

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Insane prices and sensational launches at Monterey Car Week #327

2

I'll take the old BMW M5 and the Carrera GT, please #326

3

Unexpected hits, accidental immortals and enormous flops #325

4

A very special kind of concours #324

5

How Goodwood became home to the UK's biggest car show #320

6

Which 1970s sports cars are the best buys? #313

7

The best (and worst) road trips ever #312

8

The new car market is a total bloodbath #311

9

The complete history of The Intercooler #310

10

The most amazing people we've ever met #309

11

Why the new Jaguar deserves to succeed #308

12

The Daily Podcast is moving!

13

Why the Aston Martin Valhalla is an all-time great #307

14

How Bring a Trailer revolutionised the market, with Randy Nonnenberg and James Turner #306

15

How the car media landscape is changing, with Mike Fernie #305

16

Why the new-look F1 isn't real racing #304

17

Bonus episode! Will F1's bold new era fly or fall flat?

18

Live: F1 and Group C racing legend John Watson #303

19

What happened to the Q-car? #302

20

Petrol engines are back: Porsche U-turn on Boxster and Cayman #301

21

How did Tom Kristensen win Le Mans nine times? #300

22

Live: Designer Ian Callum on TWR and Jaguar - then and now #299

23

All the cars we're still desperate to drive #298

24

Amazing tales from the British Grand Prix #297

25

Has our Range Rover finally broken down? #296

26

What on Earth is going on with Ford? #295

27

We've been in the new Jaguar electric car #294

28

What's going on with the petrol car ban? #293

29

Was Ayrton Senna the greatest? #292

30

Confirmed! Enthusiasts are returning to sports cars and petrol power #291

31

The analogue driving experience is making a comeback #290

32

Richard Porter aka Sniff Petrol with yet more elite-level car geekery

33

Why it's so hard for Aston Martin, McLaren and Lotus to make money #289

34

F1's greatest championship battles #288

35

Why boring cars can be as great to own as special ones #287

36

Limited-edition specials and why they might be overrated #286

37

Dario Franchitti on winning the Indy 500 and his love of fast road cars #285

38

What makes a great peoples' car? #284

39

Our thoughts on the Jason Plato episode and flying a Spitfire #283

40

Live: BTCC legend Jason Plato as you've never heard him before #282

41

Longbow Motors founder: 'Nobody has done this before' #281

42

Everything we HATE about driving #280

43

News from the Munich motor show and our partnership with Bicester Motion #279

44

How to appraise a car like a chassis engineer #278

45

300mph top speeds. 6min 30 at the Nürburgring. Are cars too fast? #277

46

Is this British EV startup going to change the game? #276

47

Matt Becker: The man who makes Jaguars and Land Rovers drive like they do #275

48

Great cars with rubbish engines (and vice versa) #274

49

The truth about today's Porsche 911 and Festival of the Unexceptional #273

50

Bargain hunting for early 2000s enthusiast cars #272

51

Is this the A-Team of automotive engineering? RML's Michael Mallock #271

52

F1 half-term report and Luca di Montezemolo to McLaren #270

53

How To Drive by Steve Sutcliffe: Braking and powershifting

54

How To Drive by Steve Sutcliffe: RWD and 4WD cars

55

Is Bentley stuck or ready to flourish? #269

56

Alex Brundle on Hamilton, Red Bull, his father Martin and his own racing career #268

57

Why the next Alpine A110 will be nothing like the one we love #267

58

How to make Le Mans the best weekend of your year #266

59

ICONS: Miura to Revuelto, ranking Lamborghini's V12 monsters #265

60

Jaguar Land Rover's massive profits and woeful racing movies #264

61

Buying your first Ferrari #263

62

Jonathan Williams: Being Sir Frank's son #262

63

Trouble at Tesla and the disappointing F1 season #261

64

Alfa Romeo: the car maker we all want to love... #260

65

Tuning old Land Rovers is big business. But why? #259

66

Will the UK's luxury car makers survive Trump's tariffs? #258

67

The cars that were ahead of their time #257

68

The secret racing driver: Hollywood stars who raced, and rally drivers on track #256

69

F1 in 2025 and how to build an EV for petrolheads #255

70

Bargain hunting for 1980s enthusiast cars #254

71

Tati Reed, aka @overintherover, on old Land Rovers and social media fame #253

72

What happens when you crash, plus the state of the EV market #252

73

The unbearable terror of your first motor race #251

74

McLaren's Zak Brown: Our drivers will compete for the 2025 championship #250

75

Why the new Porsche 911 GT3 is different to previous models #249

76

The man who made the Aston Martin Valkyrie a record breaker #248

77

Porsche expert exposes 911 market secrets #247

78

The greatest supercar bloodline of all time #246

79

Slow, cheap and French, but we love them anyway #245

80

The year's best and worst new cars #244

81

Richard Porter aka Sniff Petrol in the studio #243

82

Hot hatches to supercars – what we've been living with this year #242

83

Reflecting on the memorable 2024 F1 season and the new Jaguar concept #241

84

ICONS: Is the BMW M3 the greatest M-car ever? #240

85

We explore the wonderful world of car tuning #239

86

Reviewing the Alpine A290 and making EVs fun to drive #238

87

The problem with today's hypercars #237

88

When Nürburgring track days go wrong (and how to make them go right) #236

89

We've driven the new 717bhp BMW M5 #235

90

ICONS: 50 years of the Porsche 911 Turbo #234

91

Richard Tuthill on the GT One hypercar that stole the show at Car Week #233

92

We've driven the electric Renault 5 and Ferrari 12Cilindri #232

93

Bargain hunting for late 1990s performance cars #231

94

The perils of being a premium car marque (Jaguar, Maserati and Alfa Romeo) #230

95

Farewell to The Grand Tour and Newey to Aston Martin #229

96

ICONS: The simple genius of the Mazda MX-5 #228

97

Bargain hunting for modern sports cars #227

98

Why the new Mercedes-AMG C63 is such a miss, plus much more #226

99

Buying and selling the world's most valuable cars, with Max Girardo #225

100

BMW design: what the hell is going on? #224

101

The best (and worst) special edition Porsches #223

102

F1 2024 half-term report #222

103

Ian Callum on BMW design and his own cars (live Q&A) #221

104

An evening with Ian Callum, Britain's greatest living car designer #220

105

The British F1 drivers whose careers were cut short #219

106

Henry Catchpole on McLaren F1 v Gordon Murray T.50 #218

107

The greatest Le Mans in years and the best BMW M5 #217

108

£20,000 and asking for trouble #216

109

Michael Schumacher: the most complete racing driver ever? #215

110

We've been in the new Porsche 911 #214

111

Dan's new car and previewing the 24 Hours of Le Mans #213

112

How car companies really make money #212

113

Recreating the world's most iconic cars in miniature #211

114

Remembering Ayrton Senna, Adrian Newey's future and the problem with EVs #210

115

How to spend £5000 on a fun car #209

116

Mike Brewer explains how Wheeler Dealers became the world's biggest car TV show #208

117

Lunch with Aston Martin's Lawrence Stroll, plus the world's best supercar #207

118

Formula 1 at war #206

119

Paul Cowland, the man who owns close to 100 cars #205

120

All change at Bentley, Aston Martin and McLaren, plus the Australian GP #204

121

Jonny Smith: podcaster, presenter and diehard car enthusiast #203

122

Tiff Needell on racing in F1 and his 40-year TV career #202

123

How to fix F1 and the state of the used car market #201

124

James May in the studio for the 200th episode of The Intercooler podcast #200

125

Not too hot, not too cold... The best Goldilocks cars #199

126

Our new partnership with PistonHeads, plus little and large EVs #198

127

Dr Ulrich Eichhorn: creating the original Ford Focus and transforming Bentley #197

128

Richard Bremner on the British Leyland cars he has owned #196

129

The awkward truth about driving on the German autobahn #195

130

The weirdest car engines ever built #194

131

Naming every country's greatest mid-engined performance car #193

132

Our McLaren Artura and the cars we're looking forward to in 2024 #192

133

The sorry decline of British Leyland, with Richard Bremner #191

134

Cars with fatal flaws #190

135

The car people we have most enjoyed meeting #189

136

The right tyre for your classic car #188

137

Our worst ever car journeys #187

138

Race-winning Formula 1 engineer turned podcaster Blake Hinsey #186

139

The great unsung heroes of the car world #185

140

Enzo Ferrari: racer, founder, agitator of men #184

141

Our dream winter cars...on a budget #183

142

Forbidden fruit – the cars that were never sold in the UK #182

143

Million pound Bentleys and the BMWs we're living with #181

144

The least deserving Formula 1 champions #180

145

The extraordinary life and career of Ferdinand Piëch #179

146

The best Porsche 911s of the modern era #178

147

We answer your questions, live from Henry's Car Barn #177

148

Our favourite fast estates #176

149

Live from Henry's Car Barn, with special guest Henry Catchpole #175

150

The titans of the car industry we have met (with Mel Nichols) #174

151

The cars that saved their makers #173

152

Why a great soundtrack is so important in a performance car #172

153

F1 designer Steve Nichols on Senna, Prost and his new supercar #171

154

30 years of the Goodwood Festival of Speed #170

155

Is Aston Martin finally ready to take on Ferrari? #169

156

Being one of the Bentley Boys for a weekend #168

157

Colin Chapman, the wayward genius #167

158

The £30,000 BMW i8 and Balance of Performance in racing #166

159

The scariest cars we've ever driven #165

160

Our favourite road car engines of all time #164

161

Why we would (mostly) choose sports cars over supercars #163

162

How (and how not) to win a 24-hour motor race #162

163

How the Porsche 911 became the world's most successful racing car #161

164

American muscle, European handling – sports cars with Detroit V8s #160

165

How Australian journalists changed car magazines forever #159

166

Underrated racing drivers (and some overrated ones too) #158

167

The undervalued sports cars you should buy now #157

168

Becoming a world-class car engineer (by David Twohig) #156

169

How to drive at 300mph (by Le Mans winner Andy Wallace) #155

170

How Porsche created the 911 #154

171

The cars only an enthusiast would drive #153

172

Italian V12s, from the Lamborghini Countach to the Ferrari Purosangue #152

173

Direct from the M4 motorway in the cabin of a V8 Lexus #151

174

Formula 1 in 2023 and reviewing the BMW M3 Touring #150

175

Colin Goodwin plays The Right Car For The Job #149

176

Feats of great endurance in cars #148

177

Why the 2023 Formula 1 season will be unmissable #147

178

The worst supercars we've ever driven, including the Lamborghini Countach #146

179

The right car for the job – a daft game for petrolheads #145

180

The truth about living with an EV #144

181

Our top 10 must-see motorsport events worldwide #143

182

This is the greatest hot hatch ever, voted for by you #142

183

Gordon Murray on Last Blast

184

The best and worst cars we drove this year #141

185

The truth about car magazine end-of-year tests #140

186

The long-term test cars we've loved (and hated) #139

187

The best and worst high-performance Volkswagen Golfs #138

188

Our plan to save Jaguar #137

189

Are driving standards getting worse in the UK? #136

190

Forget what you know about trailblazing cars – these are the true pioneers #135

191

The future of the affordable fun car #134

192

How Top Gear took over the world #133

193

Press launches and what makes a good one #132

194

Bonus episode! Ian Callum on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

195

The very curious world of Citroën #131

196

Bonus episode! Dr Jonathan Palmer on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

197

We've been driving the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS #130

198

Bonus episode! Adrian Newey on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

199

The arguments for and against driving an SUV #129

200

Bonus episode! Adrian Hallmark on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

201

In conversation with the tenth person to walk on the moon #128

202

Bonus episode! Andy Wallace on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

203

Bonus episode! Our favourite cars at Bonhams' Goodwood Revival sale

204

The components of an unforgettable road trip #127

205

Bonus episode! Sir Chris Hoy on Last Blast – an extract from our conversation

206

Pitlane screw ups and how to replace an Alpine A110 #126

207

Spa, Silverstone, the Nürburgring – which tracks make it onto our fantasy F1 calendar? #125

208

These are the cars we must drive before we die #124

209

The Ford Focus, McLaren 675LT and other cars you must drive before you die #123

210

The cars you absolutely should not buy #122

211

Bonus episode! The best cars in Bonhams' Quail auction

212

Why you never need to spend more than £20k on a car, plus Ferrari Daytona SP3 driven #121

213

Can Maserati ever recapture its glorious heyday? #120

214

The great road races – Targa Florio, Mille Miglia and more #119

215

Scuderia Ferrari – the greatest race team ever? #118

216

Our new website launches this week! Plus British Grand Prix and Red Bull's hypercar #117

217

The EV that's breaking speed records, plus driving old Jaguar sports cars #116

218

Why the McLaren Artura is a bigger step forward for its maker than it appears #115

219

Henry Catchpole on rallying, Le Mans and why he doesn't ride motorbikes #114

220

Bonus episode! The best cars in Bonhams' Goodwood sale

221

Lotus Emira review – as good as we hoped? #113

222

The magic of the Monaco GP – or should that be monotony...? #112

223

The world's most expensive car and reviewing the new Range Rover #111

224

The Lotus Elan, BMW Z8 and other cars we got wrong #110

225

The potentially ruinous world of optional extras #109

226

BMW M at 50 years old #108

227

Tooling around in old cars and the art of oversteer #107

228

The budget restomods we'd love to see and demystifying car finance #106

229

Driving a Le Mans-winning Porsche 962 #105

230

Defunct! The British sports car manufacturers that are long gone #104

231

Porsche GT4 RS, a tour of Alpine's F1 factory and our new superstar writer #103

232

Ferrari's greatest ever racing triumphs #102

233

Motorsport innovation – bending the rules without breaking them #101

234

It's a century! To celebrate episode 100 we answer your questions #100

235

Reinventing the car (badly) – joysticks, turbine power and three wheels #99

236

Turned up to 11 – the wonderful world of car tuning #98

237

The devil is in the detail #97

238

From India to F1 – an interview with Karun Chandhok #96

239

Gordon Murray – the greatest car engineer of all time? #95

240

How to drive your dream car without breaking the bank #94

241

Crashes and the law – when motoring journalism goes wrong #93

242

How the Land Rover stayed in production for almost 70 years #92

243

The origins (and future) of sports car racing #91

244

Our 2021 highlights and big plans for 2022 #90

245

Verstappen wins title in madcap Abu Dhabi GP #89

246

The most chaotic F1 race of the year and childhood poster cars #88

247

Supercars – the past, present and future #87

248

When motorsport and crime collide #86

249

The realities of owning a supercar collection #85

250

Our motoring heroes, from Jeremy Clarkson to Gilles Villeneuve #84

251

300SL to SLR – the best and worst of Mercedes Sport-Leicht #83

252

Why the Porsche 917 is the greatest racing car ever #82

253

Cars on film – the best (and worst) car movies ever #81

254

Canned! The competition cars that never raced #80

255

John Z. DeLorean – car engineer, executive, crook? #79

256

Norris misses out on his first GP win as Hamilton scores his 100th #78

257

Visiting a very special car collection – and being handed the keys #77

258

McLaren back on top! How F1's most likeable team became winners again #76

259

Why George Russell will cope just fine as Lewis Hamilton's teammate #75

260

Michael Schumacher – F1's fiercest competitor #74

261

Le Mans 2021 debrief and the secrets of a great car interior #73

262

The new Lamborghini Countach and attempting the Sebastian Vettel Challenge #72

263

Sir Jackie Stewart's remarkable life so far #71

264

Bentley's astonishing back story #70

265

The Aston Martin Valhalla and F1's new look #69

266

Why the new Lotus Emira is so promising #68

267

Cancelled! The greatest cars that never made production #67

268

296 GTB: Ferrari supercars now, then and in the future #66

269

Forgotten performance cars, from the Lotus Europa S to the Mitsubishi 3000GT #65

270

The difference between a classic car and an old one #64

271

Glorious Goodwood: is this the UK's best circuit? #63

272

MX-5 to LFA – the genius of the Japanese car industry #62

273

Motor racing dynasties – the Andrettis, the Unsers and more #61

274

The magic of the Monaco Grand Prix #60

275

How to make electric cars fun to drive #59

276

A new Lotus, the Tamiya you can drive and more on versatile racing drivers #58

277

The Intercooler app is live! Claim your free trial #57

278

We've driven the new Porsche 911 GT3 – it's very different to previous GT3s... #56

279

Car guys talk about motorbikes, including why the Isle of Man TT is so special #55

280

In the CEO's chair: what we would do at Ferrari, Aston Martin and McLaren #54

281

Versatile drivers: when racers go rallying and rally drivers race #53

282

A tribute to Sabine Schmitz, plus Andrew buys a sports car #52

283

Four doors and fast: why we love super saloons. Plus a tribute to Murray Walker #51

284

The greatest Formula 1 cars of all time. Winners, game changers and innovators #50

285

DriveNation has a new name – welcome to The Intercooler! Plus Ferrari back at Le Mans #49

286

The McLaren Artura and a new era at McLaren. Plus e-fuels and the confusing Polestar 1 #48

287

All the details on the new Porsche 911 GT3, plus why rallying is the best form of motorsport #47

288

Talking Toyota: the GR Yaris with 300bhp and how to make the next GT86 even better (plus Lotus and TVR) #46

289

Singer, Alfaholics, Eagle and more. Why restomods seem to be taking over the car world #45

290

Lotus: out with the old, in with the new. Plus how DriveNation was conceived three years ago #44

291

All about Jaguar: from the Swallow Sidecar Company to EVs, via Le Mans and the E-Type #43

292

Fast Audis: from the sublime to the ridiculously underwhelming #42

293

Formula 1’s family tree: how Tyrrell became Mercedes, and Britain became the home of F1 #41

294

Why we race: the joy of motorsport and how it improves you as a driver #40

295

Vive la France! Celebrating the best (and worst) of the French car industry #39

296

Ultimate Q-cars to the best fast Fords: we tackle your topic ideas #38

297

The greatest cars of all time: we name our perfect 10s #37

298

What the ban on petrol and diesel cars means for people who love driving #36

299

More technically speaking: what kind of suspension is best? Plus a Toyota GR Yaris review #35

300

Guilty pleasures: the cars we shouldn't like but do (including the McLaren GT) #34

301

Low-volume, lightweight and British. We talk Caterham, TVR, Morgan and more, plus the latest hypercar news #33

302

Technically speaking: LSDs, carbon ceramic brakes, air suspension and more. Do you need them? #32

303

Forza Lamborghini! Everything that's great (and not so great) about Italy's other supercar company #31

304

What makes a great race circuit (and how to start doing trackdays) – #30

305

We love Honda! Tales of weird engineering, racing success, supercars and Ayrton Senna – #29

306

We tried to do a podcast about electric cars but got distracted by the new McLaren 765LT – #28

307

Dream five car garage! We fill our fantasy sheds with our favourite cars – #27

308

It's Le Mans week! Here's why the 24 Hours of Le Mans is so special – #26

309

The best (and worst) cars we've tested recently, from Honda e to Ferrari 250 GT SWB – #25

310

The fundamentals of handling (or what makes a car great to drive) – #24

311

1000 Grands Prix and counting: why Ferrari is so special (the F1 team and the car maker) – #23

312

The best used cars you can buy for £10,000 – #22

313

Debriefing on Gordon Murray's new supercar and reviewing the Aston Martin DBX and Mini JCW GP – #21

314

Gordon Murray on the McLaren F1, the curious SLR and his spectacular new T.50 supercar – #20

315

Celebrating Porsche's greatest sports cars (but not the 911) – #19

316

Hot hatches and why we love them – #18

317

Test driving the Ferrari SF90 Stradale and McLaren Speedtail – #17

318

Young guns star at Austrian GP and Ineos Grenadier unveiled – #16

319

Formula 1 is back! We preview the new season and ask how F1 can fix itself – #15

320

What is the greatest BMW M-car of all time? – #14

321

Paying tribute to Hans Mezger and grumbling about modern car design – #13

322

The cars we've owned: from Citroen 2CV to Porsche 993 RS – #12

323

All change at Aston Martin and driving the new Porsche 911 Turbo S – #11

324

How to be a car journalist – #10

325

F1 musical chairs and driving Bentley's 2003 Le Mans winner – #9

326

Interview: Land Speed royalty Richard Noble – #8

327

Making sense of McLaren Automotive – #7

328

The art of road testing cars – #6

329

Aston Martin: the highs and lows – #5

330

A tribute to Stirling Moss – #4

331

The magic of the Nurburgring – #3

332

Why we love the Porsche 911 – #2

333

New Land Rover Defender review – #1