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The Intercooler — 328 episodes

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1

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

2

The best (and worst) road trips ever #312

3

The new car market is a total bloodbath #311

4

The complete history of The Intercooler #310

5

The most amazing people we've ever met #309

6

Why the new Jaguar deserves to succeed #308

7

The Daily Podcast is moving!

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

What happened to the Q-car? #302

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

Amazing tales from the British Grand Prix #297

20

Has our Range Rover finally broken down? #296

21

What on Earth is going on with Ford? #295

22

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

23

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

24

Was Ayrton Senna the greatest? #292

25

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

26

The analogue driving experience is making a comeback #290

27

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

28

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

29

F1's greatest championship battles #288

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

What makes a great peoples' car? #284

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

Everything we HATE about driving #280

38

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

39

How to appraise a car like a chassis engineer #278

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

Bargain hunting for early 2000s enthusiast cars #272

46

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

47

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

48

How To Drive by Steve Sutcliffe: Braking and powershifting

49

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

50

Is Bentley stuck or ready to flourish? #269

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

Buying your first Ferrari #263

57

Jonathan Williams: Being Sir Frank's son #262

58

Trouble at Tesla and the disappointing F1 season #261

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

The cars that were ahead of their time #257

63

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

64

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

65

Bargain hunting for 1980s enthusiast cars #254

66

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

67

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

68

The unbearable terror of your first motor race #251

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

Porsche expert exposes 911 market secrets #247

73

The greatest supercar bloodline of all time #246

74

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

75

The year's best and worst new cars #244

76

Richard Porter aka Sniff Petrol in the studio #243

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

We explore the wonderful world of car tuning #239

81

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

82

The problem with today's hypercars #237

83

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

84

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

85

ICONS: 50 years of the Porsche 911 Turbo #234

86

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

87

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

88

Bargain hunting for late 1990s performance cars #231

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

Bargain hunting for modern sports cars #227

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

The best (and worst) special edition Porsches #223

97

F1 2024 half-term report #222

98

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

99

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

100

The British F1 drivers whose careers were cut short #219

101

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

102

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

103

£20,000 and asking for trouble #216

104

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

105

We've been in the new Porsche 911 #214

106

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

107

How car companies really make money #212

108

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

109

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

110

How to spend £5000 on a fun car #209

111

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

112

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

113

Formula 1 at war #206

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

The awkward truth about driving on the German autobahn #195

125

The weirdest car engines ever built #194

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

Cars with fatal flaws #190

130

The car people we have most enjoyed meeting #189

131

The right tyre for your classic car #188

132

Our worst ever car journeys #187

133

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

134

The great unsung heroes of the car world #185

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

The least deserving Formula 1 champions #180

140

The extraordinary life and career of Ferdinand Piëch #179

141

The best Porsche 911s of the modern era #178

142

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

143

Our favourite fast estates #176

144

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

145

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

146

The cars that saved their makers #173

147

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

148

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

149

30 years of the Goodwood Festival of Speed #170

150

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

151

Being one of the Bentley Boys for a weekend #168

152

Colin Chapman, the wayward genius #167

153

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

154

The scariest cars we've ever driven #165

155

Our favourite road car engines of all time #164

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

How Australian journalists changed car magazines forever #159

161

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

162

The undervalued sports cars you should buy now #157

163

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

164

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

165

How Porsche created the 911 #154

166

The cars only an enthusiast would drive #153

167

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

168

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

169

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

170

Colin Goodwin plays The Right Car For The Job #149

171

Feats of great endurance in cars #148

172

Why the 2023 Formula 1 season will be unmissable #147

173

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

174

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

175

The truth about living with an EV #144

176

Our top 10 must-see motorsport events worldwide #143

177

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

178

Gordon Murray on Last Blast

179

The best and worst cars we drove this year #141

180

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

181

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

182

The best and worst high-performance Volkswagen Golfs #138

183

Our plan to save Jaguar #137

184

Are driving standards getting worse in the UK? #136

185

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

186

The future of the affordable fun car #134

187

How Top Gear took over the world #133

188

Press launches and what makes a good one #132

189

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

190

The very curious world of Citroën #131

191

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

192

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

193

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

194

The arguments for and against driving an SUV #129

195

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

196

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

197

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

198

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

199

The components of an unforgettable road trip #127

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

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

205

The cars you absolutely should not buy #122

206

Bonus episode! The best cars in Bonhams' Quail auction

207

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

208

Can Maserati ever recapture its glorious heyday? #120

209

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

210

Scuderia Ferrari – the greatest race team ever? #118

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

Bonus episode! The best cars in Bonhams' Goodwood sale

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

The potentially ruinous world of optional extras #109

221

BMW M at 50 years old #108

222

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

223

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

224

Driving a Le Mans-winning Porsche 962 #105

225

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

226

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

227

Ferrari's greatest ever racing triumphs #102

228

Motorsport innovation – bending the rules without breaking them #101

229

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

230

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

231

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

232

The devil is in the detail #97

233

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

234

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

235

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

236

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

237

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

238

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

239

Our 2021 highlights and big plans for 2022 #90

240

Verstappen wins title in madcap Abu Dhabi GP #89

241

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

242

Supercars – the past, present and future #87

243

When motorsport and crime collide #86

244

The realities of owning a supercar collection #85

245

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

246

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

247

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

248

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

249

Canned! The competition cars that never raced #80

250

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

251

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

252

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

253

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

254

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

255

Michael Schumacher – F1's fiercest competitor #74

256

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

257

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

258

Sir Jackie Stewart's remarkable life so far #71

259

Bentley's astonishing back story #70

260

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

261

Why the new Lotus Emira is so promising #68

262

Cancelled! The greatest cars that never made production #67

263

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

264

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

265

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

266

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

267

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

268

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

269

The magic of the Monaco Grand Prix #60

270

How to make electric cars fun to drive #59

271

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

272

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

273

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

274

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

275

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

276

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

277

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

278

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

279

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

280

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

281

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

282

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

283

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

284

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

285

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

286

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

287

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

288

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

289

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

290

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

291

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

292

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

293

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

294

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

295

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

296

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

297

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

298

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

299

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

300

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

301

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

302

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

303

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

304

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

305

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

306

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

307

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

308

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

309

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

310

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

311

Hot hatches and why we love them – #18

312

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

313

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

314

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

315

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

316

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

317

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

318

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

319

How to be a car journalist – #10

320

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

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Interview: Land Speed royalty Richard Noble – #8

322

Making sense of McLaren Automotive – #7

323

The art of road testing cars – #6

324

Aston Martin: the highs and lows – #5

325

A tribute to Stirling Moss – #4

326

The magic of the Nurburgring – #3

327

Why we love the Porsche 911 – #2

328

New Land Rover Defender review – #1