The Chat Garage's Podcast

While the long awaited Maserati Grecale appeared, Aston Martin has broken the web with the new V12 Vantage. We will cover both, and give our opinion. Last but not least, a kind of restomod by Porsche… Will it be the 996 the new to come back in fashion?

WEC has begun, with some unexpected results, like the weather in Indonesia for the 2nd round of MotoGP. But our attention so far is for the red car in F1 that seems like it came back in business, fighting for the championship… What a start of a season for F1!!!

A new Batman movie has just hit the big screen, new actor, new director and so… New batmobile! But how evolved the dark knight ride over the years? John and Tex went through the DC Comics archive to extract all the secrets of the mighty machine, that isn't just a prop, but a truly important character!

This episode… Lucky for us we cover the first spy shot of the latest Wiesmann! The rest are SUVs like the new Mazda CX-60 and Lotus 132 (yes, Lotus…). But what's going on with the Minivans? Are they coming back in fashion? We covered the Buick GL8 and VW ID. Buzz, Better than most SUVs!

The F1 test ended, almost ready to go. Are all teams showing their true potential? We don't need to wait long to discover it!!! In the meantime in MotoGP we have ended the first race with a stellar performance by the italian riders, while the level between manufacturers seems changed. What next? WEC is coming soon so, do not miss out on the first race there as well!

Our first episode was reporting the state of EV cars, but how has our view changed after two years? What's the alternatives? Should we reconsider our mobility mindset from the ground up? All topic that are discussed during this special episode!

Tex is in love, the new Morgan Super3 is just amazing and John didn't need a lot to be convinced as well. We can't say the same for the leaked images of the next Ferrari SUV, But better to wait. Oslo has covered the RML's 250GT development and an interesting Hydrogen V8 engine made by Yamaha!

If the WRC has been hard to follow, the Extreme E didn't disappoint us. What a beginning of the second season! Big delay for Peugeot that will miss the 24h of LeMans. But the main topic is the F1 Test for this new generation of car… Well we learned a new word: Purpoising!

It doesn't matter if you are a car enthusiast or not, but cars are (most of them) mass-produced objects ... so to be appreciated and understood by the public they must be properly advertised. In today's episode John and Tex run through the most iconic, funny, hit the point and nonsense car adverts of all time. Let's prepare the popcorn and enjoy the ride!

Scary rumours about the new DeLorean EV while finally the Alfa Romeo Tonale has been revealed in its production form. Not the craziest design out there, so John and Tex are going to give their point of view. A car that is very special in this time is the new Gordon Murray T.33, probably the main focus of the episode. Last but not least, Singer strikes again with a new 911 Turbo in all its glory!

We are close to the beginning of the new season and MotoGP is already testing in the new dusty track in Indonesia! Bikes look cool as usual and Marquez is back in business… F1, they are still in the unveiling phase, but we cannot wait to see the beginning of the season!

Electric vehicles are a reality and they are truly reliable... But in the history of the automotive industry we have witnessed the most disparate and senseless experiments. Engines are too small, too big, too delicate or simply “well, why not?” In this episode John and Tex have analysed the most famous "failed" experiments with even some personal experience... Start your engines... If you can!

If rumours like the next AMG GT and IC engine seem to be what will await us in the next Bugatti, Tesla confirmed that Cybertruck might not be ready this year. We cover a wired speedster based on a Gallardo, the Monterossa, but the main star of the episode is the Ford Bronco Raptor (plus the Pope Francis special edition)! Last but not least Mini is offering an IC conversion for their iconic old models.

Last week we had the first round of WRC, and already the cards have been shown. Toyota seems to have found a new competitor this season with the Ford Puma and the legendary Sebastian Leob, while Hyundais are struggling. At the Montecarlo Rally there was also a Kimera EVO37, pretty cool for our eyes! Last but not least Mad Mike presented his crazy Mazda 3 for the Pikes Peak… Lovely!

This time the episode will have a different taste, talking about another thing that we love: music. So how to merge driving with music? We, as usual, made a list of our favourite genres…and guess what? John and Tex have super different tastes!

Noble is back with a fresh new design, or kind of.. The episode then covered the new limited edition Morgan Plus For, Janarelly and its partnership with M.A.T., some spy shots of the latest Mustang and a possible Corolla GR. Cherry on the pie, Lambo and a very cool Huracan inspired by a 2 years agò concept.

The year just started but the competitions are not waiting. Dakar came to an end, WRC Introduced the car for this season and Audi is trying to take over the motorsport world. If Peugeot is running late for the WEC with the 9X8, Toyota GR is developing a GT3 machine for covering also that championship. Last but not least, if F1 is just talk so far, Max Verstappen decided to take part at the official 24h of LeMans Virtual, on rFactor2… That's a lot to start!

For the first episode of the year we decide to guess the upcoming trends, what will be the condition with EV, petrol and H2? Who will win the F1 & MotoGP? will we enter the metaverse and will we still have only SUVs? Let's roll!

With the CES of Las Vegas we have plenty of news, at first the Mercedes EQXX, but also a new Turkish car made with Pininfarina called TOGG, new prototype wheels by Hankook and much more! Also BMW presented a very cool new feature for a color changing paint. Toyota teased us with the ultimate Yaris GR, the GRMN and some interesting patent from Mazda apprised online…

This first episode of the year will cover the Dakar, now happening with us trying to figure out all the categories! WRC is getting ready for the new season, while at Abu Dabi there has been the Gulf 12h for GT3 class. Last but not least, some speculations on what F1 might look like when Audi and Porsche enter the scene!

As the last episode of the year we decide to make our awards for various categories. Very expensive awards, nonsense awards, I'm a genius award, plugged awards, terrifying like hell award, Concept Car of the year awards and shut up and take my money (restomods) award! It has been a wonderful and fun year and thanks to all of our listeners… We want to wish you all Merry Christmass and happy new year!

For this episode Tex went to see in person the new Bermat GT while Toyota and Lexus fled the web with 15 concepts all in once! New rumors about the future of Lightyear and Mercedes EQXX. Last but not least… An amazing Delta Safari made by AutoAmos, called Safarista!

And here we are with another ended championship. Extreme E this weekend, with a very close match between RXR and X44 teams. Really wrong year for Hamilton, takenk the second spot also with his team! F1 is still under noise with Mercedes complaints and Ferrare working hard to be competitive. Last but not least, the new toy for Ken Block by Audi.. the Audi S1 E-tron Quattro Hoonitron!

What if we would have to sell our beloved Miatas for something more practical, but without compromising performance? Well in this episode we are going to do exactly that, with the help of Autoscout. The ideal budget should give us a big sedan or station wagon with a peppered engine!

In this episode the first leaked picture of the new mini is going to be discussed and soon after a crazy Fiat Panda WRC built by M-Sport. Turing Studio Camal presented an idea for a retro futuristic car based on a Caterham and in the US someone is building a continuation vehicle of a C2 Corvette, with flames of course! Last but not least, a super petite Ferrari Testarossa Junior, built by Little Car Company!

One of the best F1 championships in history has finished, or not? While Mercedes is still trying to win it on paper, Max Verstappen and Redbull have won in a last lap overtake the driver world title!

After quite some time we are back with the series “beauties & beast”, this time covering Rally cars! From the glorious Group B to the WRC, but not only… John and Tex shared their favourite ones!

Someone please stop BMW! Who has stolen the good taste from munich? The episode deals at first with the new BMW XM and another independent project of a 2 series that BMW should consider to adjust their current design language. The Project Maybach x Virgil Abloh is for sure unique in its interpretation of the brand, something that you cannot say about the newest rebadged Mazda 2. Happy ending with the latest Vision GT, this time is Porsche!

There are plenty of words to describe the last F1 race, but crazy works are probably better than all the others! Listen to the episode to know better what happened and what's our take on that. We didn't cover only F1 because Nissan presented their newest GT500 car, based on the 400Z and we have a new Italian world champion in the Gran Turismo Sport World Cup!

This episode is a recap of what Tex has seen at Eicma 2021, the Italian motorbike exposition in Milan. The trend is EV, and a lot of Asian manufacturers are entering the market but the best in shows are always the European bikes!

This episode landed with the fun Renault AIR4 drone, but covered plenty of other topics such as the Fisker Ocean in its final shape, the next Kia Niro and Xiaomi planning to enter the automotive industry. Smaller update on the latest Miata and Alpine, but the main stage is taken by Nissan with their 4 brand new concepts to introduce their future EV plans!

While the BMW M4 GT4 has been presented and the GT3 version was introduced to Assetto Corsa Competizione, Tex has bought new cars for Assetto Corsa during the Black Friday, bringing to life some Fia GT vibes from early 2000. We could not avoid paying a tribute somehow to an iconic figure such as Sir Frank Williams. We covered some of the best Williams F1 cars in history. Just to conclude, an electric Lancia Delta will join the next season of RallyCross and for some reason John likes it!

The following is an episode dedicated to the Mercedes SL, a car with a long history. Starting as a race car in the 50's became one of the most iconic GT cars in the world, and with the presentation of the latest iteration we thought it was worth dedicating a special episode to this special car!

The recently presented Kia EV9 and Hyundai Seven Concept remind us that the 80's vibe is still full steam. We don't know what to make of the BMW direction anymore but we give a shot to the recently presented Audi RS3. Listen until the end because the cherry on the pie of the episode is the new Ferrari Daytona SP3. What a car!

If WRC came to an end, whith Toyota winning the title with Sébastien Ogier, F1 is more open than ever! only 8 points between Hamilton and Verstappen, but the last race also gave us an amazing podium for Alonso! Between major topics we also touched a mysterious Formula made by BMW only for SimRacing and some Formula E market maneuver.

In this episode John and Tex went through a discussion about the good and bad details on cars nowadays. It's easy to find fake grills, fake carbon fiber, fake exhaust, screens everywhere… But, every now and then some cars came out with brilliant ideas and solutions!

First we took a look inside the Radford Type 62-2 with its amazing interior, then the brand new one-off made in Maranello, the Ferrari BR20. We take a look as well at the latest Mercedes SL just before getting disappointed by Acura and Lancia name choice. Closing the episode as usual with some restomods, with a deeper dive into the Hyundai Grandeur.

With the race at Valencia for MotoGP, not only the championship comes to an end. Valentino Rossi had his last race, Ducati took the full podium and Honda is in more trouble than ever with both riders injured! F1 gave us a reminder on why Hamilton deserved all his 7th title, with an amazing race in Brazil, where he fought back all the problems! In the end we had a glimpse on what will be next race cars from BMW, with the LMDh, and the ‘vette with the Z06 GT3.

What is the feeling behind the wheel of a Ferrari? Tex will explain his experience driving a 458 Italia on the Adria Racetrack, next time John has to do that but with what car? While Tex has ridden a Husqvarna Svartpilen, John tried to figure out the differences between an ICE powered kart and an EV one!

We started the episode with a scary and not so eye-pleasing “ultracar” from Greece, the Spyros Panopoulos Chaos. We cover as well the new Corvette C8 Z06 presented at SEMA and the official Bugatti-Rimac partnership explained. Not to forget, Aston with the first happy client of the Valkyrie, spy shot of the next Mini and two restomods! The Helm E-Type and Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Gr.A Continuation!

In this episode we started with a crazy F1 start form the Mexican GP, but the rest of the race was not that entertaining… Our episode instead has more to offer, with the recap from MotoGP at Portimao, some McLaren interest in ExtremeE and the WEC season finale with a back to back race in Bahrain!

Halloween has just passed by, so we've decided to make a list of all the scariest and most terrifying creations made by the auto industry this year. Hold on tight and be brave!

Episode rich of speculations, like what will be next for Pagani, GT80 and BRZ, Gordon Murray's next supercar and a magnificent 10.35L V8 from Chevrolet. We had a first reaction to the new Range Rover while waiting for the Maserati Gracale and a new lap record for the engineering masterpiece of Czinger 21C! But first of all...an electric Lancia Delta Integrale.

After a quick recap on the 2h of Portimao for the LeMans Cup, we covered extensively the F1 in Texas with a battle on the clock between the two title contenders and something more active in the middlefield. A busy weekend for Italy in motorsport with the Misano GP for the MotoGP, also the last race in Italy for Valentino Rossi, and the crazy bumpy Extreme E in Sardinia!

Due to our new enjoyment in Assetto Corsa online with good old race cars, we decided to pay tribute to them with a list of our favourite classic GT race cars from the 60's and a bit of history and spec on those models!

In this new episode we covered news about the Mercedes AMG GT, a crazy off-road from Morgan, an even crazier V8 swapped BMW E30 and the craziest of all, a porsche 356 modified to go in antarctic for a charity project! In the end we covered a really cool project from an American company, the Aptera EV, a threewheeler super aerodynamic vehicle that looks like a spaceship but will soon hit the road!

WRC in Spain offers us again a battle between the Yaris and the Hyundai i20 and while we are waiting for this weekend of F1 and MotoGP we covered some speculations on what will be next year in F1! New calendar and maybe a rebranded team… Then we covered our first weekend on The Chat Garage server for Assetto Corsa where we played with some gorgeous 60's GT cars!

With the latest 007 movie in the theater we cannot avoid a special episode talking in depth about his cars! Not only Aston Martin, James Bond drove BMW, American muscle cars, Lotus and other unexpected stuff… Listen until the end to discover the weirdest!

Lancia might come back in EV form with a Delta and Ferrari will unveil his new v12 hypercar soon, but our “Breaking News” is more and more “Restomods News” because between the Fioravanti Testarossa, the TJ Russell Baja 911 and the Strosek Porsche 964 Mega Special... we cannot have enough of them! Listen until the end for a brand new lightweight sports car from Italy called Bermat GT, we love it!

In the episode we covered the latest F1 race at Istanbul Park, with the wet condition and the special livery for RedBull! Moving on we discussed briefly about Alpine with a new LMPh for the WEC from 2024 joining the amazing championship, but the main topic is the karting race we organised last weekend!

Last week we had part one of the Alfa Romeo Museum experience. Now we finish covering the remaining cars, so keep listening to us and enjoy your ride!