Explore every episode of the podcast Baby Forces Sale
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| Ep. 58 - The World According to Jim | 10 Aug 2026 | 00:48:22 | |
This week's episode sees us look at a Fiat 126 and a Peugeot 207 Cabriolet sent in by a friend of the show, and the birth of a horrifying new trend in Facebook Marketplace selling. Plus, BMW are hawking dashboard space out to advertisers. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 57 - Summer of BongoJusty | 03 Aug 2026 | 00:34:26 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace serves up two cars with silly names in the Mazda Bongo and the Subaru Justy. Plus, when Margaret Thatcher became an unlikely pitchwoman for the Rover 800. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 56 - Living Life One Quarter-Mile at a Time | 27 Jul 2026 | 00:45:25 | |
What better way to mark the 25th anniversary of The Fast and The Furious by going back to where this now-sprawling franchise began and talking at length about it? Plus, some replicas of the cars featured we found on Facebook Marketplace and what it would have been like if the film was set in Britain. Read Ryan's article on The Fast and The Furious for Film Stories here. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 55 - Holy Mental Modifications, Batman! | 13 Jul 2026 | 00:44:05 | |
This week's episode features possibly two of the maddest cars we've ever come across as Facebook Marketplace serves up a Peugeot 107 with an improbable number of lights, air horns and steering wheels, and Batman's Saab 9-3. Plus, the latest instalment of the Waymo nonsense chronicles. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 54 - You're Just my Inbetweener | 06 Jul 2026 | 00:38:45 | |
It's something of a TV special on Baby Forces Sale again this week as Facebook Marketplace serves up one of a growing number of Inbetweeners Fiat Cinquecento replicas and a Rover Maestro police car which has apparently been featured in a variety of programmes. Plus, Ford is having AI buyers' remorse. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 53 - Headache in a Can | 29 Jun 2026 | 00:39:23 | |
This week sees Facebook Marketplace serve up the hateful Chrysler Crossfire and 300+bhp Volvo 240 estate for us to talk about. Plus, a hoverboard and a pointless celebrity anecdote. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 52 - The Smile Machine | 22 Jun 2026 | 00:44:18 | |
This week's Facebook Marketplace finds are a Maserati Quattroporte which might not be the bargain it first appears, and the three-wheeled insanity of the Grinnall Scorpion. Plus, we go back to 1985 when you could hire a Sinclair C5 to go tooling around Weymouth. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 51 - The Spine Destroyer | 15 Jun 2026 | 00:39:09 | |
It's back to weird second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace, and they don't come much weirder than two Japanese Mini knock-offs in the form of the Nissan Pao and the Daihatsu Gino Mira. Plus, a look at a 1980s advert for the Suzuki Swift and a brochure. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 50 - The 50th Episode Unspectacular | 08 Jun 2026 | 00:40:25 | |
Baby Forces Sale is 50! To celebrate reaching the half-century milestone, we go to the pub and review the first issue of a 21-year-old car magazine which Ryan found in his loft. Plus, a look back on our favourite cars from the previous 49 episodes, and who we've upset this week. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 49 - GT Time Machine | 01 Jun 2026 | 00:42:02 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace throws up an extremely rare Subaru SVX which comes with an unusual free gift and a Renault Clio Williams 2 which has had some unsightly modifications done to it. Plus, Marc wants to talk about a Bentley Eight he saw parked on the street. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 48 - Crusty Green | 18 May 2026 | 00:37:50 | |
This week's visit to the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace sees us discover an ultra-rare UK-spec Nissan Sunny/Pulsar GTI-R, and a Mercedes 300 CE barn find which belonged to a Nortorious B.I.G. fan. Plus, the man who pulls cars with his gentleman's sausage is back and this time he's on fire, and driverless taxis invading suburbia. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 47 - The Beast of Bodmin | 11 May 2026 | 00:32:55 | |
This week, our first EV Facebook Marketplace find with a totalled Jaguar I-Pace 400 which is apparently easy to repair, and a look at the weird world of Vauxhall Nova cabriolets thanks to an imported Irmscher Corsa. Plus, Google AI is making up reviews of this podcast and General Motors is vibe-coding its self-driving technology - what could possibly go wrong?! Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 46 - Pursued by AI Vikings | 04 May 2026 | 00:40:39 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace serves up a Hyundai i10 featuring a rather striking AI-generated image used to advertise the car and a Gran Turismo 2 icon in the Suzuki Alto Works. Plus, what happens when you try to sell a Mazda MX-5 disguised as an Aston Martin. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 45 - Nutty the Lotus-Devouring Squirrel | 27 Apr 2026 | 00:42:00 | |
Cor blimey guv'nor, it's a British sportscar special on this week's episode as Facebook Marketplace serves up an Aston Martin DB9 Le Mans which stopped working after being driven into some water and a Lotus Elan M100 a squirrel once took up residence inside. Plus, we decide to kick the hornets nest and look at what's happening with Tesla Cybertruck sales. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 44 - Track Car Weapons | 20 Apr 2026 | 00:37:48 | |
This week in the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace, a Honda NSX Targa 3.2 V6 we can't actually find anything wrong with and something we've never heard of before in a GTM Spyder with some paintwork issues. Plus, the man who delivers Indian takeaways in a hearse and disappointment for anyone who came here looking for affordable luxury escorts. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 43 - Thirty-nine Inches of Snow | 13 Apr 2026 | 00:35:31 | |
It's something of a Facebook Marketplace second-hand 4x4 special this week, featuring a Lada Niva with some very specific performance levels and what is claimed to be the first Land Rover Freelander registered in the UK. Plus, when Citroen tried to target the commuter crowd with the AX. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 42 - Shamborghini | 06 Apr 2026 | 00:31:46 | |
Emerging from the depths of Facebook Marketplace this week are a fake Lamborghini Countach which comes in kit form and something we have absolutely no idea what it is. Plus, will.i.am's Tron-inspired, AI-powered automotive nonsense. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 41 - Screaming Magenta | 30 Mar 2026 | 00:35:07 | |
This week, the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace serves up a bizarre Fiat Panda Colour special edition and a Vauxhall Corsa which has been given the Max Power treatment. Plus, the top 20 most stolen cars in the UK - some of which may surprise you! Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 40 - Vananarama | 23 Mar 2026 | 00:35:54 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace serves up a couple of vans as we take a look at a Mitsubishi L300 masquerading as The Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo and a surprisingly well-cared-for Ford Escort Estate. Plus, the surprising number of British people suffering from a delusion known as Pastor Maldonado Syndrome. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 39 - Bird Dirt and Bullet Holes | 16 Mar 2026 | 00:41:09 | |
It's something of a Lancia special on this week's episode as Facebook Marketplace delivers us a Beta Spyder "restoration project" and a Delta HF Integrale 16V which is afflicted by a common problem. Plus, can a man pull a SEAT Leon with his testicles? The answer might surprise you! Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 38 - Terry and June | 09 Mar 2026 | 00:31:41 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace serves up a battle of the 1990s rally rivals with a Subaru Impreza 2000 Turbo and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. Plus, Terry Scott's Jaguar versus the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, and down the rabbit hole of cars on terrible ITV sitcoms. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 37 - Two More for the Road | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:38:09 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace brings us a ridiculously luxurious Toyata Alphard and a Rover SD1 2300 variant which was promoted with a film which definitely wouldn't fly in this day and age. Plus, an update on the tragic Renault 5 we previously featured, Transformers, Carlos the Jackal, Northampton's worst Rover dealership, and Miss Chronicle & Echo 1988. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 36 - Vignale and I | 23 Feb 2026 | 00:28:43 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace brings us a surprisingly expensive Fiat Gamine Vignale which looks like Noddy's car and a Ford Taurus modified to look like the police cruiser from RoboCop. Plus, the bizarre death of Vignale's UK importer, whether Noddy would have been on a ride-hailing app, and RoboCop-themed weddings. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 35 - I am a Kurious British Racing Green and Oranj | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:33:57 | |
On this week's episode, we look at a Renault 5 which might be the most tragic car we've found to date on Facebook Marketplace and a Rover 200 BRM complete with its trademark orange nose and red leather bondage dungeon interior. Plus, a bonus listener-submitted Peugeot 106 GTI which has been on quite the adventure. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com/ Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 34 - Carry On Cutting and Shutting | 09 Feb 2026 | 00:30:40 | |
This week, we go all the way back to 1997 for an episode of Channel 4 documentary series Cutting Edge which examined the seedy underbelly of the second-hand car trade nearly 30 years ago. Along the way, we uncover all about the twin menaces of cut-and-shut cars and clocking, find out why even buying a brand-new car from an authorised dealer doesn't mean you're safe, and meet a man who the phrase "rogue trader" was seemingly invented for. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 33 - Barely (Road) Legal | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:38:24 | |
It's Ford or fraud on this week's episode, with a Honda S2000 in disguise as a MKII Escort Group 5 touring car and an actual Taurus NASCAR which has somehow made its way over to the UK after ruining the sport forever. We also discuss the golden era of motorsport tobacco sponsorship, find out about the infamous Kevin Lepage, and give our reaction to F1 The Movie gaining two - count them, two! - Oscar nominations. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 32 - Do You Know What Nemesis Means? | 26 Jan 2026 | 00:34:59 | |
On this week's episode, Facebook Marketplace serves up a Mazda RX-8 Nemesis which isn't quite the bargain it might first appear and a surprisingly expensive Lada 1300 SL. Plus, some Ridge Racer Type 4 nostalgia. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 31 - It's Pronounced Ker-see-dos | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:34:13 | |
It's a mix of the silly and the sensible on this week's podcast, where you can live out your Steve McQueen fantasies with a VW Manta Ray beach buggy or be the more discerning motorist with the notoriously unprounounceable Mazda Xedos 6. Plus, our old friend Noel Edmonds makes an appearance along with Mr Blobby and we look at the friendly face of communist motoring. Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 30 - No Nocks or Bangs | 12 Jan 2026 | 00:42:06 | |
This week, the weird world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace brings us the hideous yet surprisingly popular Chrysler PT Cruiser and an incredibly rare Alfa Romeo 33 Sportwagon which has seen better days. Plus, Nissan Primera propaganda with Tiff Needell! Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 29 - Australian for Sheep | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:31:30 | |
It's back to the weird world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace this week, with a Fiat Multipla which has been given a dubious paint-job and a Proton Jumbuck which thinks its a Mitusbishi Evo I. Plus, the punk music and motoring crossover we've been waiting for! Visit our website: https://www.babyforcessale.com Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 28 - The Board Can Force a Sale | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:50:05 | |
Trapped in the yawning chasm between Christmas and New Year, we've decided to ditch the bizarre world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace to watch F1 The Movie instead. You know, six months after it was first out. Along the way, we discuss the surprising parallels between this and Driven (see Ep. 4), an eyebrow-raising amount of rampant cheating, and whether Sonny Hayes was even eligible for an FIA Super Licence. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 27 - The non-Christmas Christmas Special | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:31:03 | |
Christmas week brings us two Fords in the form of an XR3i Cabriolet restoration project where life has got in the way and an incredibly rare Mondeo SI Citrine, which turns out to be far more interesting than we ever expected. Plus, a list of Ford Scorpio insults and managing to get through almost the entire podcast without mentioning Christmas. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 26 - How is it This Came to Arrive Here? | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:33:44 | |
This week, we look at a Fiat Barchetta which has arrived in the UK from Italy via Japan and seemingly not moved since it got here, along with the amusingly bonkers Daihatsu YRV Turbo 130. Plus, the Duckhams Sierra Cosworth competition mystery deepens and some Street Fighter Lexus news. Social and podcast links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 25 - Executive Decisions | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:29:56 | |
This week, Facebook Marketplace pitches us into the world of ridiculously overpowered executive saloons with a Ford Scorpio Cosworth and a Citroen CX Turbo. Drag coefficients! 1980s dictators! Grace Jones! All this plus a painting spotted in a charity shop which proves once and for all a car can actually be art. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 24 - As Seen on TV | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:40:22 | |
It's something of a TV special this week as Facebook Marketplace serves up a Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am modified to look like KITT out of off of KnightRider and a Reliant Rialto in the style of Del Boy's three-wheeler. Plus, a ludicrously convoluted competition Duckhams ran in 1991 to win a Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4. Social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 23 - Oozing Machismo | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:33:29 | |
It's something of a TVR special this week following the news Blackpool's iconic automotive brand is set to finally return to the roads. We look at a Tuscan which has apparently been looked after better than most children and a Cerbera which it's claimed once belonged to Britain's foremost retailer of marital aids, plus pay tribute to the maverick genius of Peter Wheeler. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 22 - Not Popular Enough to be Expensive | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:33:05 | |
This week, we go back to a time when everything was very angular as Facebook Marketplace serves up a couple of British sports coupes in the Triumph TR7 and the Ginetta G26. Plus, learn to speak like a second-hand car salesman with Jason Dawe. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessale@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 21 - Calibra Drag Coefficient | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:26:57 | |
This week, Marc and Ryan have trawled Facebook Marketplace and somehow ended up with examples of the same car. Namely, a pair of Vauxhall Calibra V6 2.5Ls. Plus, a tribute to Quentin Wilson. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 20 - The Bunty Bailey scrappage scheme | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:28:39 | |
On this week's episode, we argue about the merits of a Vauxhall VX220 which has been in an accident, ponder the point of what is widely considered one of the worst cars of all time, and find out about the small part the girl from A-Ha's 'Take On Me' video played in British automotive history. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 19 - Harlequin Club | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:27:02 | |
This week, the discovery of a 21-year-old Top Gear Magazine supplement leads us down the rabbit hole of the Volkswagen Polo Harlequin, where we find other VWs which have been been modified with a similar design. This leaves us with two questions: 1) Why? And 2) no seriously, why? Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 18 - Now That's What I Call 1984 | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:39:05 | |
This week, we take a trip back in time to 1984 and Central Television's coverage of that year's British International Motorshow at the NEC, and somehow spend nearly 40 minutes talking about a 32-minute video we found on YouTube. Believe us when we say there is A LOT to unpack here. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 17 - Jimmy Nail Celica | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:29:46 | |
This week, a Honda Prelude with some funky hydraulics and a Toyota Celica with an unusual bonnet modification. Both of which have been completely and utterly ruined. We promise these are the last Japanese cars for a while. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 16 - Turkey Teeth for Cars | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:25:52 | |
On this week's episode, we look at a Toyota MR2 and a Mazda MX5 which have been modified to look like a Ferrari F355 and a 250 GTO, for some unfathomable reason. Along the way, we find out why Ryan sold his MKII MR2, learn how F355s kept catching fire, and wonder why you'd swap any of these for a Jeep Wrangler. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 15 - Kancil Culture | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:25:16 | |
It's an actual case of baby forces sale on this week's episode with a Daihatsu Copen plus a rare example of what was once the cheapest car on sale in Britain, the Perodua Nippa AKA the Perodua Kancil. We also get to experience the greatest car advert ever made and speculate about how a small-time Burton Latimer salesman managed to become the official dealer for a Malaysian automotive titan. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 14 - Dead Fast Funerals | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:31:25 | |
It's back to normal on Baby Forces Sale this week, so obviously we've got a Vauxhall Omega hearse fitted with a jet engine and a replica of one of the maddest Group B rally cars to ever see the light of day, the Metro 6R4, to run the rule over. Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforces sale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 13 - A Rep-Mobile of Your Own.mp3 | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:31:55 | |
You've heard all about the cars sales reps love on our last episode, now find out how easy it is to get one of your own! As it turns out, not very. But we do track down a Fiesta XR2i (replica), a celebrity Austin Maestro, a Toyota Supra and the surprisingly-coveted Madza 626. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 12 - The English Patrick Bateman | 01 Sep 2025 | 00:36:32 | |
On this week's podcast, we take a look at an episode of the 1994 BBC TV documentary series 'From A to B' which examines the strange rituals and disturbing subculture of sales reps and their company cars. Along the way, we learn how to negotiate around company car policy with your fleet manager, discover how many Shell points it takes to get a free colour television, and ponder what a No. 70 on the Little Chef menu might have been. Podcast and social links: http://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 11 - Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:28:11 | |
On this week's dive into the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace, we come up with a Lotus Excel which is slowly being reclaimed by nature and the ram-raider's vehicle of choice, the iconic Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 10 - Big in Japan | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:23:52 | |
It's an obscure Japanese special this week as we take a look at a Nissan 300ZX for which the logbook has been "misplaced" and the unusual Mitsuoka Galue which is based on a car called Cedric. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Ep. 9 - All-Americans | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:27:54 | |
It's back to Facebook Marketplace for this week's episode, where we find a Ford Mustang which a student decided would be a good first car and a Dodge Avenger masquerading as a police car. Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessale Email us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com. | |||