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This is it; this is the end! You've found the final episode of the Driven Chat Podcast. John Marcar, Amy Heynes and Miles Lacey bring you our very last production as The Driven Chat Podcast before relaunching with a new podcast in 2024.

In this final episode, the team recaps some of the brilliant conversations that have taken place this year with highlight clips from conversations with: 

Photographer - Nigel Harniman (episode 139)

String Theory Garage - Ben Broke-Smith (episode 157)

Porsche Specialist - Richard Tuthill (episode 177)

DriveTribe Presenter - Mike Fernie (episode 144)

Racing Driver - Ian Flux (episode 173)

Journalist - Henry Catchpole (episode 172)

As well as the highlights, in the final episode, the team thanks the behind-the-scenes podcast team and you, our wonderful audience.

The Driven Chat podcast was brought to you by Paramex Digital. It is available to stream on all the usual podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, Audible and more. For more information on Driven, visit www.driven.site

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Maeving is a company causing a stir in the world of both motorcycles and EVs. What started as a small start-up in a London flat has evolved into a fully-fledged factory in Coventry, England, designing, building and exporting their motorcycles to riders around the globe.

This week on the Podcast, John Marcar sits down with one of the company's co-founders, Seb Inglis-Jones, to learn about Maeving and to hear the story so far. To go alongside the conversation, John is also currently road-testing a Maeving RM1 for a review at driven.site.

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If we asked you to list ten people specialising in selling the most exciting road and racing cars, we'd suspect that Max Girardo would be on that list.

Girardo and Co. is a name that has become synonymous with buying, selling, and storing (for a lucky few) some of the most notable cars. For this week's podcast episode, John Marcar and Miles Lacey visit Max at his home and business in Oxfordshire, where they have a full tour of the facilities before sitting down for a chat.

Max's career has seen him selling for globally renowned auctioneers such as Bonhams and RM and working with other famous specialists such as Simon Kidston. Max shares the details of his unorthodox career and explains how and why he's fluent in 4 languages and the importance of all things Italian.

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David Lillywhite is the founder and Editorial Director of Magneto Magazine, a quarterly printed magazine for the discerning motorist. This week, he's our podcast guest in conversation with Amy Shore and John Marcar.

Before Magneto, David was involved in launching other publications and websites such as Octane Magazine, Bike Magazine, and Auto Classics. In this conversation, David talks us through his career in publishing, from the early days when he worked for publishing companies to what led him to found his very own publications and businesses.

In this chat, David shares his love for cars, with details of some of the wonderful cars he's owned, memorable cars he has driven, and some of the exceptional stand out stories from his career so far.

Find the episode in all the usual podcast places and see the entire back catalogue at DrivenChat.com. Get in touch with the show via email - podcast@drivenchat.com or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!

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This week on the Driven Chat podcast John Marcar and Amy shore talk to Lewis Warren, founder and owner of Takona - a clothing brand with a twist. 

Takona is a brand that encourages people to talk #ITSOKTOTLK and focuses on the importance of openly discussing mental health. Cars are the catalyst to Takonas operation, with meets, gatherings, and drive-outs organised in collaboration with the brand.

In this conversation, John and Amy talk to Lewis about his motivation in starting the brand, the importance of mental health openness and offer some personal insights into their own personal journeys in the automotive world.

Find the episode now in all the usual podcast places and see the entire back catalogue at DrivenChat.com

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John Mayhead is the editor of the UK Hagerty Price Guide and has the enviable task of tracking and reporting classic car values on behalf of the insurance and automotive lifestyle brand, Hagerty.

This incredible job brings with it some incredible stories, many of which you'll hear in this chat. Be warned; the episode brings some bittersweet emotions, such as John Marcar's realisation that he probably won't ever be able to afford a Ferrari F40. Amy also attempts some accidental insider trading (almost! - don't worry, legal folk - it doesn't work!)

Get in touch with the show via email - podcast@drivenchat.com or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content.

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This week on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Shore are joined by script editor and author Richard Porter.

Richard Porter is perhaps most famously known as the scriptwriter for Clarkson, Hammond and May for BBC Top Gear and Amazon's The Grand Tour. More controversially, he was a secret satirist for the automotive world through his mysterious yet frankly brilliant website - SNIFFPETROL.com - a website that ultimately granted his career in the TV world.

In this chat, Richard unearths the early days of his career with the most fantastic tangents and anecdotes... including a story about being filmed by John Bentley in a mobile phone shop in the late 1990s. Later we hear some incredible stories through the timeline of his work with Clarkson, Hammond and May.

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Andy Wilman is the vital 4th name to be added on to the highly esteemed Clarkson, Hammond & May. As one of the creators and the executive producer of Top Gear from 2002 onwards, he has been celebrated as one of the great brains that created and managed one of the most loved TV shows for petrol heads. Of course, beyond Top Gear at the BBC, Wilman went on to executive produce Clarkson, Hammond and May's next production - The Grand Tour and Wilman frequently pops up on the show as nothing more than a name; 'Mr Wilman' in the form of written instructions and challenges via text messages to the presenters' phones.

In this exclusive chat with Andy Jaye, Andy Wilman shares some of the lesser-known stories, anecdotes and behind the scenes tales (of which there are many!) whilst producing our favourite car shows.

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Lotus Managing Director Matt Windle joins us as a special guest for this week's Driven Chat Podcast in conversation with Andy Jaye and John Marcar.

Joining us on the show for a second time, Matt brings us up to speed on Lotus as a brand, teases us with some intel on future models and shares his excitement for the Radford Type 62-2, which happened to be testing on-site on the very same day that we were recording.

Before diving into the conversation with Matt Windle, John Marcar and Amy Shore have a brief catch up to talk about Amy's recent work trip to Sri Lanka and... her new car with a currently very odd name...

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Fifth Gear is back! And it's been... recharged! This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, Andy Jaye and John Marcar talk to a collection of the hosts from 5th Gear Recharged. Jason Plato, Rory Reid, Grace Webb & Vicky Butler-Henderson.

In this collection of conversations, we speak to Jason Plato, who talks about his racing career and offers a brutally honest opinion on EV's. We then talk to Rory Reid, who is new to Fifth Gear, coming from Top Gear, along with Grace Webb, famously known for her children's show Grace's Amazing Machines. The two new faces explain what they're bringing to the show by explaining EV tech and reassuring concerns around things like range anxiety. Our last segment is with the legendary Vicky Butler-Henderson, a pinnacle in the world of automotive journalism for so many... (including our very own John Marcar!)

Fifth Gear Recharged is available to watch in the UK on Discovery, DMAX and Discovery+ from November 25th and will be available to watch on Quest from early December 2021.

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