The Car Podcast with Chris Harris & Friends

Chris Harris

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.

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Jul 18, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Is Alonso the unluckiest F1 driver of all time? | The Car Podcast #46
Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ John McGuinness will be joining us at our live show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 This week, the team play consultant and marry two car manufacturers together in order to create a greater one. They also discuss their favourite motorsport liveries of all time – and no, Manish’s is not a Marlboro McLaren! This, and much more. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:05) What car things do you dream about? (20:31) Merge two car companies to create a more successful one (41:35) Fernando Alonso - unlucky or deserving? (1:01:15) Best motorsport liveries (1:13:20) 2CG by Car and Classic (1:23:16) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
Sir Chris Hoy on the 911 and modified cars! | The Car Podcast #45
Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ John McGuinness will be joining us at our live show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 This week, we are truly lucky to be joined by Sir Chris Hoy! An absolute gent, with some great stories, and – most importantly – he is just as big a car nerd as the rest of us! It’s a cracking episode, we hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:06) Car ferries – an appreciation (16:06) Modifying cars – discuss (37:48) Favourite Zagato (49:46) The 911 – is it still the answer to everything? (1:02:54) British GP (1:14:42) 2CG by Car and Classic (1:23:12) Music Chris’ music video: Jamie XX – Gosh https://youtu.be/hTGJfRPLe08?si=_fhFVDxoDICoKaiP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 9, 2025 · 17 min
Why Christian Horner was fired by Red Bull! | Emergency Podcast
Today, we have some huge news! Christian Horner is no longer part of Red Bull F1 team. The team weigh in, with Chris "Spartacus" Cooper reporting live from the scene... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 4, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Should we be concerned about Lotus? | The Car Podcast #44
Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ John McGuinness will be joining us at our live show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, we have a Luca 2CG – brought to us by Car and Classic! The team also discuss the recent rumours regarding Lotus, the joys of roundabouts and the Austrian GP. This, and much more. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:44) Lotus (25:46) Roundabouts – which is your favourite? (42:28) VAT being charged on twin cabs (51:22) F1 (1:10:02) 2CG by Car & Classic (1:18:34) K&N at FOS (1:21:07) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2025 · 16 min
Emergency Car Podcast – Luca di Montezemelo joins McLaren!
Today, we react to the ‘large’ news regarding Luca joining McLaren – and all might it which entail. It was a corker for us to record this with all the locational quirks. We hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 27, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
What is the prettiest car post 1990? What should an entry Ferrari be like? | The Car Podcast #43
John McGuinness will be joining us at our live show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, we have a Manish created agenda! Hence the rather more ‘beautiful’ ones than usual. Don’t worry, we have the usual anorak stuff as well – such as our favourite wing mirrors! This, and much more. We hope you enjoy. (00:00) Intro ⁠(00:40) Driving! The anti-depressant that the others don't understand (17:54) Prettiest post-1990 car (30:55) Design and explain a new entry price Ferrari (42:30) Favourite wing mirror (51:27) Invent a car event (1:06:13) 2CG (1:13:02) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 20, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min
How quickly can you tell whether a car will be good? | The Car Podcast #42
Link to our theatre show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week we have some big news. A new partner joins us! We’re very excited to now partner with Car & Classic – more to come in this space in the coming weeks! We also discuss F1 and Le Mans, and debate which is really more entertaining… This, and much more, we hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:32) Car & Classic (16:42) What’s the quickest time you’ve known a car will be good (33:22) F1 & Le Mans (56:40) What’s the best commuter car of the last 10 years by K&N (1:00:57) Pillarless Cars (1:08:48) 2CG (1:22:25) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min
Why Le Mans is the greatest race in the world | The Car Podcast #41
Link to our theatre show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, we have a great mix of topics for you all: How has the automatic gearbox evolved over time? Why Le Mans is the best race to go to. Our favourite – not necessarily best! – estate cars. And a guide on How to do Goodwood FOS brought by our partners at K&N. This, and much more. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (01:03) Evolution of the automatic gearbox (25:08) Why we should all be going to Le mans (50:00) Favourite estate car (1:01:32) How to do Goodwood FOS by K&N (1:08:36) 2CG (1:15:20) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 6, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min
What is the art of Driving? Favourite GT3 wheel? | The Car Podcast #40
Link to our theatre show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, the team are all in different parts of the country – Mr H is on his way to the Isle of Man, Neil is visiting a car showroom and Mr C is stuck in a nondescript office in central London. Despite this, we still have a corker of an episode for you today! We hope you enjoy. (00:00) Intro (00:06) What have we done in cars this week (26:30) Favourite GT3 wheel (39:27) The art of driving - what elements do we love (52:50) F1 (1:06:00) K&N (1:07:47) 2CG (1:15:33) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Why was Monaco such a terrible race? Most underrated car of all time? | The Car Podcast #39
Link to our theatre show – tickets available below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, we have another long one for you! The team discuss (more like tear apart) Monaco, give their differing opinions on the art of towing, and argue what they think is the most underrated car of all time. This, and much more! We hope you enjoy. (00:00) Intro (00:33) Towing (17:05) Monaco was awful. Monaco is always awful. Discuss (33:55) What’s the best car that received the most undeserved lack of recognition and/or sales? (48:30) Guilty secret car (58:30) Car interiors never recovered once the single DIN head-unit disappeared, discuss! (1:10:12) 2CG (1:19:00) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2025 · 1 hr 30 min
Have Jaguar “fired their ad agency”? | The Car Podcast #38
Link to the theatre tickets below! https://link.dice.fm/the_car_podcast_london_2025 We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! https://www.knfilters.co.uk This week, we have a marathon episode for you all – nearly 90 minutes! That might be because the team spent 30 minutes updating us on what they did in cars this week, but that’s beside the point. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:06) Announcement (01:41) What we did in cars this week (30:56) What should the new Popemobile be? (36:20) Jaguar “firing” their ad agency? (47:40) F1 (1:02:00) Change a car law of your choice (1:13:06) Intake noise quiz by K&N (1:18:50) 2CG (1:26:56) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
John McGuinness joins us! EXCITING news in description! | The Car Podcast #37
Announcement coming at 12PM BST on Friday 16th May on @harrismonkey & @chrisharrisoncars Instagram... We’ve partnered with K&N! More content coming soon – use code “CHOC15” for 15% off K&N products at checkout! This week, we have a special guest! John McGuinness – road racing royalty – joins us for this episode. He also has the generosity to bear with some of our more niche automotive chat. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:10) John McGuinness (15:38) Why is the blue full beam light the best light? (22:36) Rental cars (43:34) The Intake Noise Quiz by K&N (52:12) F1 and Oli Oakes… (1:01:33) 2CG (1:12:36) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 9, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
“Worst car I’ve ever driven!”, & Oliver Oakes leaves Alpine! | The Car Podcast #36
This week, we’ve got yet more eclectic car chat. From thoughts on tyre pressure monitors & which racing drivers would you splice the DNA of, to the reaction of Oliver Oakes leaving Alpine and thoughts on matte paint! Hint, they’re not a fan…This, and much more. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:20) Tyre pressure monitors (11:34) Worst engine & gearbox in a car? (27:25) Top Marques (40:32) Best racing DNA (51:15) Oliver Oakes leaving Alpine & F1 chat (59:32) Matte paint – good or bad? (1:07:15) 2CG (1:14:58) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 2, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
Special Announcement! | The Car Podcast #35
This week, we have some very exciting news! We also have some fairly bizarre topics – even for our usual standard. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:06)Special announcement (01:12) Most surprisingly good driver you’ve had the pleasure to sit next to? One that was totally unexpected (19:10) You have to order a new car today – with the sole purpose of its value increasing by the greatest percentage relative to its new price (30:42) Mitsubishi is launching a new minivan/ camper that is designed to accommodate ‘horizontal jogging’. You are in charge of naming the vehicle. (36:08) What’s the difference between a convertible and a cabriolet? (39:52) Best little hidden feature you’ve found in one of your cars. (51:30) 2CG (1:03:29) Music Track Day: https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/chris-harris-track-day Podcast: https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/chris-harris-live-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 25, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
Could Lewis leave F1? | The Car Podcast #34
This week, the team decide which expensive car they would haphazardly dissect and turn into a pick up truck, they also discuss whether liking chrome trim makes them old, and finally they have to find new cars with character – harder than you’d think! We hope you enjoy. (00:00) Intro (00:20) Most pathetic boot (13:50) Which expensive car would you butcher to turn into a pick up truck (21:45) Chrome trim (33:15) F1 (51:03) What’s the best ‘baddie’ car on film and TV (59:55) 2CG (1:09:22) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min
Goodwood, or F1 in Bahrain? | The Car Podcast #33
This week, the team reflect on the back of a great weekend in Bahrain and Goodwood – the eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted one of our hosts on Martin Brundle’s gridwalk… This, and the team discuss the colour white on cars, & the best French roads for motorists. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:34) F1 chat & CH grid walk (20:17) Our week in cars (33:53) The colour white (47:04) Best French roads (59:08) 2CG (1:05:18) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 11, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
What are the best British Cars? | The Car Podcast #32
This week, for our THIRD podcast this week – aren’t you lucky? Or bored of us yet? Either way, we hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:22) Car alarms (13:56) Funniest story about lost car keys (34:45) Japanese GP (47:24) A joyful story to dedicate to the fact that the driving months have now begun (1:00:42) 2CG (1:11:40) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 9, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
Premier Live Recording!
A few weekends ago, the team visited Fisher Performance Cars and recorded their first live podcast together! This is what ensued. We hope you enjoy. Don't worry if you missed out on this event, there will be more announced in the near future! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 7, 2025 · 19 min
Performance cars saved, EV regs dropped for elite carmakers!
Welcome to an Emergency Podcast where our hosts have hastily gathered to discuss the implications of the UK government relaxing EV regulations for 2030/35, & giving specialist UK manufacturers total exemption. They’re all rather excited for what this might mean in the future. We hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 4, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
How Tsunoda will do on Red Bull debut at Suzuka… | The Car Podcast #31
This week, the team discuss their ‘desert island’ (those listening outside the UK are forgiven for wondering what this means) motoring magazine articles, single-exit exhausts & cars which have grown on you over time. This and much more. We hope you enjoy! (00:00) Intro (00:30) ‘Desert island’ car magazine article (25:17) A car you used to think looked bad – but now looks good, and makes you wonder whether you were wrong all that time (41:48) Japanese GP predictions (54:20) What was the last car related computer game you played (1:03:54) Favourite single-exit exhaust (1:10:19) 2CG (1:14:47) Music Fast Lane F40 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSWLgk9x40c&t=2028s&pp=ygUaZmFzdCBsYW5lIDE5ODkgZmVycmFyaSBmNDA%3D Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Car Podcast with Chris Harris & Friends

Is Alonso the unluckiest F1 driver of all time? | The Car Podcast #46

Sir Chris Hoy on the 911 and modified cars! | The Car Podcast #45

Why Christian Horner was fired by Red Bull! | Emergency Podcast

Should we be concerned about Lotus? | The Car Podcast #44

Emergency Car Podcast – Luca di Montezemelo joins McLaren!

What is the prettiest car post 1990? What should an entry Ferrari be like? | The Car Podcast #43

How quickly can you tell whether a car will be good? | The Car Podcast #42

Why Le Mans is the greatest race in the world | The Car Podcast #41

What is the art of Driving? Favourite GT3 wheel? | The Car Podcast #40

Why was Monaco such a terrible race? Most underrated car of all time? | The Car Podcast #39

Have Jaguar “fired their ad agency”? | The Car Podcast #38

John McGuinness joins us! EXCITING news in description! | The Car Podcast #37

“Worst car I’ve ever driven!”, & Oliver Oakes leaves Alpine! | The Car Podcast #36

Special Announcement! | The Car Podcast #35

Could Lewis leave F1? | The Car Podcast #34

Goodwood, or F1 in Bahrain? | The Car Podcast #33

What are the best British Cars? | The Car Podcast #32

Premier Live Recording!

Performance cars saved, EV regs dropped for elite carmakers!

How Tsunoda will do on Red Bull debut at Suzuka… | The Car Podcast #31