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The Car Podcast with Chris Harris & Friends
Chris Harris
Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 55

Chris Harris and Friends are back with a brand new weekly show featuring the usual car banter. Presented by Chris Harris with Chris Cooper, Manish Pandey and Neil Clifford.
For sponsorship and advertising enquiries please email finlay@chrisharrisoncars.com
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🇨🇦 Canada - automotive
01/08/2025#9🇨🇦 Canada - leisure
01/08/2025#58🇬🇧 Great Britain - automotive
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Chris Harris and Friends Return!
Season 1
jeudi 1 août 2024 • Duration 01:12:46
The team have returned for a teaser episode before a full relaunch coming after the summer! Tune in to catch up and hear what they’ve been up to over the last few months – inside and out of cars. Your favourite F1 and 2 Car Garage segments are also making a reappearance. We hope you enjoyed this as much as the team did making it!
(00:00) Intro
(00:20) What is the best thing you’ve done with a car since the last podcast?
(21:25) What is the best thing you’ve done with NOT with a car since the last podcast?
(37:35) F1
(50:20) Discourse over the new Ford Capri and its launch
(58:15) 2CG
(1:07:45) Music
(1:11:30) Important Announcement/Housekeeping
This podcast is mixed and produced by Jonny Bunyan at Pardon Our French Productions
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Chris Harris And Friends Are Back!
Season 1 · Episode 1
jeudi 1 août 2024 • Duration 00:31
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Episode 1: Manish’s 456, Alpina & Favourite Speedo
Season 1 · Episode 1
vendredi 6 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:24:52
We’re back, and for good! Enjoy the 06:00 BST upload for your commute, driving to Goodwood, or simply out enjoying your car. The usual favourite 2CG returns – along with a much anticipated update on a certain 456. We hope you enjoyed listening to this as much as we did recording it.
(00:00) Intro
(01:25) Favourite dash – especially speedometer
(17:09) “Lotus is all over the place” – discuss
(34:23) Which Alpina would you like to own for the next 10 years?
(45:37) Manish’s 456 update
(55:27) F1 chat
(1:09:26) CG
(1:21:18) Music
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Episode 2: Adrian Newey to Aston, Best Car Key & Automotive ‘Crystal Ball’ predictions
Season 1 · Episode 2
vendredi 13 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:12:03
A seismic week! First, the team get their crystal balls out, then discuss driving body language and finally turn back the clock to the 1950s in the 2CG! The bombshell that is Adrian Newey moving to Aston Martin is examined later, and as usual we finish with some music. Please see the updated Driving Tunes playlist on Spotify. Enjoy!
(00:00) Intro
(01:05) Crystal ball - £50k to spend on an automotive investment
(12:08) Driving body language
(27:52) Best car key
(39:17) Volvo’s EV decision
(50:42) F1/Adrian Newey discourse
(57:49) 2CG
(1:09:20) Music
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Episode 3: Bank Robbing, Shell V-Power & the Ferrari 296!
Season 1 · Episode 3
vendredi 20 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:18:42
This week, the team put on their thinking hats/balaclavas with their answer to the 2CG on how to get away with a bank robbery! They also debate the merits of Shell V-Power – or more specifically its alternatives – and their views on the Ferrari 296 sales numbers. This and much more – we hope you enjoy!
(00:00) Intro
(00:50) Ferrari has allegedly stopped taking orders for 296’s – due to many going unsold. Is this a large error, or just a blip on the radar for the behemoth that is Ferrari?
(17:45) Shell has run out of V-Power – do you use the ‘cheap’ Shell stuff or go to BP for its 97 octane?
(30:45) “Hybrids are now allowed to be sold until 2035 in the UK, and water is found to be wet. More news at 10”
(40:54) Is a nod of the head enough to say thank you on the road, or must a hand be waved in acknowledgment?
(51:18) Red Bull appear to be imploding – predictions for how the race will finish at the end of the season
(1:03:23) 2CG
(1:15:34) Music
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Episode 4: Verstappen Sweargate & Terrible Cars
Season 1 · Episode 4
vendredi 27 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:23:03
This week, the team ponder whether ‘to jostle, or not to jostle?’, which cars are so terrible that public transport seems a better alternative, and their opinions on F1 and the Singapore GP! We also have our usual 2CG, and much more. We hope you enjoy!
(00:00) Intro
(00:37) A car so bad you would rather take public transport
(16:00) Traffic jam on a motorway – should you just stay in your lane, or should you ‘jostle’ for position?
(28:56) Which car has the best 1st-2nd gear feeling, sound and experience?
(40:12) Best album cover with a car featured on it
(50:04) F1
(1:00:21) Should Chinese EV’s be subject to tariff’s when sold in EU+UK?
(1:11:06) 2CG
(1:20:51) Music
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Episode 5: Bruno Sacco, Aston’s Results & New Car Tech
Season 1 · Episode 5
vendredi 4 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:10:53
This week, the team pay tribute and discuss the life’s work of one of the greatest car designers of all time – Bruno Sacco, Aston Martin’s recent road car results calamity & contemplate which car they would be if they were instead an automobile? This and much more! We hope you enjoy.
(00:00) Intro
(00:40) Bruno Sacco
(17:50) Aston Martin automotive/road financial results
(39:47) If you were a car, what would you be?
(48:13) What’s the worst piece of new car tech you’ve driven recently
(55:04) YouTube vid of the week
(1:01:44) 2CG
YouTube Links:
Chris H: London to Bath – https://youtu.be/Qp-Sv_lXWvU
Chris C: Lotus GT1 Onboard – https://youtu.be/NPjeh8Oed64?si=yoX0PWG1YmcetbGe
Neil: BigJetTV – https://www.youtube.com/@BigJetTV
Manish: “Checkpoint” – https://youtu.be/WIP3kCkOEGs
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Episode 6: £7k French Bargains & New Driver Training
Season 1 · Episode 6
vendredi 11 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:12:17
Recently back from a brilliant day out at the Bicester Scramble, the team discuss the onboards – of which no footage exists – that they most want to see, give their insight into the UK insurance market, and much more! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it!
(00:00) Intro
(00:38) £7k French car to improve your life
(16:15) UK car insurance situation
(29:58) What skill would you add and make compulsory to learn for UK driving lessons
(44:20) Dream unseen onboard footage
(48:02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSKUT1RntGs)
(53:13) 2CG
(1:08:03) Music
Gordon Murray Mk1 Escort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoTs_oiZ9mM
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Episode 7: Car “Never Agains”
Season 1 · Episode 7
vendredi 18 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:20:11
The team reflect on Tata’s stewardship at JLR after his recent passing, and give their case for which British car brand they would bring back from the beyond. They also put themselves in the shoes of an influencer in the 2CG – and much more! We hope you enjoy!
(00:00) Intro
(00:52) Automotive “Never agains” that you are sure you will break
(15:50) Best front splitter
(23:53) Will Tata be seen as the saviour of Land Rover or the killer of Jaguar?
(39:12) What British car brand would you resurrect
(58:15) 2CG
(1:13:22) Music
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Episode 8: Convertible vs Coupe, Ferrari F80 & US GP
Season 1 · Episode 8
vendredi 25 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:19:00
This week, the team answer the age-old question of how and with whom you would drive to Cannes if a volcano erupted in Dorset. They also give their thoughts on the new Ferrari F80, debate whether a convertible can look better than the coupe it is based on and much more! We hope you enjoy.
(00:00) Intro
(01:00) Which convertible looks better than the coupe?
(10:30) Driving to Cannes – who is your travel partner and car of choice?
(26:16) Ferrari F80
(45:06) F1
(1:00:04) 2CG
(1:13:54) Music album
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