Automovie Podcast

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On the Automovie Pocast we discuss cars and motorsport in films and TV, and geek out about all things automotive on the big and small screen.

  1. 04/14/2025

    We're back for 2025!

    Chris and Marty return with another slice of cars-on-screen nerdery, with the new F1 movie trailer, DtS, Formula E tedium plus the top 3 Batmobiles all getting the Automovie treatment. It's good to be back. In the news, the F1 movie has had a full-length trailer released and while Marty is optimistic, Chris has issues with their use of Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain'. Meanwhile, F1TV's Will Buxton has made a surprising move Stateside to commentate on IndyCar, FE still exists somehow and Chris explains why you should watch it, and we talk a bit about why motorsports watching is about to get REALLY annoying with Warner Bros Discovery's axing of Eurosport. For our feature discussion, we travel back in time a few months to bring you an unreleased deep dive into our top 3 Batmobiles! Spoiler alert: the first-place car is black... Henry Catchpole has been driving the wildest 911s with a video on the F1-engined Lanzante 930 and 700bhp Ruf CTR. For our YouTube picks, we highlight Hammond and May's easygoing chemistry when Richard Hammond drinks all of James May's gin and then follow it up with The Abandoned Hammond Family Car That Nobody Knows About featuring Izzy Hammond and Tati Reed. Finally, the Algorithm served up a strange treat in the form of an Unreal Engine-powered heist movie short - check out Rally | An Unreal Engine Action Thriller Short Film and let us know what you think! Thoughts, feedback, comments: comments@automoviepod.com, or find us on the socials @automoviepod.

    1h 25m
  2. 07/01/2024

    Top 5 movie cars

    Chris and Marty list their top 5 favourite cars in movies, discuss why they haven't seen two fo the biggest films of the summer yet, and Marty declares that rubbin' is racin' after watching NASCAR: Full Speed on Netflix. But first, Youtube have upped the stakes in their war on ad-blockers by introducing adverts in line to videos. James May has recorded his last piece of voice over for the Grand Tour, says next special is out in September, and that is probably it for him in the car world. The F1 movie will be out June 2025! Marty has watched NASCAR: Full Speed on Netflix and rates it highly as a gateway to a world of racing he knew little about. For our main discussion this episode, we follow The Smoking Tire podcast in our top 5 movie character cars! In 'What has Henry Catchpole been upto this week?' the Gordon Murray T.50 meets its spiritual predecessor, the McLaren F1. A great film that changed our minds on the T.50. Our episode picks lost all discipline this month, as Autoalex has picked up the cheapest - and possible worst - Ferrari 360 that Jeremy Clarkson once sat in. Equally the Top Dead Centre boys bought a very cheap, Max Power-era show car which can with interesting mods and even more interesting merch. However at the other end of the scale Horsepower Hunters went in-depth on the HWA 190 Evo not restomod in glorious nerdy detail! If you want to tell us if we’re right, wrong or to share something we should be looking at, get in touch via the following channels: Instagram: @automoviepod Twitter: @AutomoviePod Facebook: AutomoviePodcast Email: comments@automoviepodcast.com YouTube: Automovie Podcast

    1h 14m
  3. 04/17/2024

    Rally Special (Stage)

    In this rally-themed special stage of an episode, Chris and Martin review Audi vs. Lancia: Race for Glory, chat about the most famous Colin McRae onboard and wonder just how long Tuthill's Rally With No Name 2023 video will stay online before the copyright FIA exclude it for having a cheaty turbo. But first we temporarily remove our bobble hats to discuss that maybe Amazon isn't done with the Grand Tour as production companies have been approached to pitch for the Grand Tour. Whistles blaring and bobble hats replaced, we settle in to give our thoughts on Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia. In 'What Has Henry Catchpole Been Upto This Week?' we stick with our theme and revisit some rally legends reborn in the Kimera EVO37 and the utterly delicious Prodrive P25. Our joint Youtube pick this episode is the wonder Tuthill Porsche film of the Rally With No Name, which perfectly walks the line between sharing the fun of the event without becoming too much about the fun or the competition. Watch it now before it maybe gets pulled! Inspired by the Collecting Cars podcast, we picked our desert island YouTube clips to watch over and over. Despite a whole list of amazing videos, Marty went with Henry Catchpole driving an Aston Martin N430 Vantage on the old Military Road. Chris went even further back to Chris Harris driving an F1 car in the near freezing cold at Silverstone and part 2. A great example of Chris putting the viewer vicariously in the experience, including having Martin Brundle on hand to help. If you want to tell us if we’re right, wrong or to share something we should be looking at, get in touch via the following channels: Instagram: @automoviepod Twitter: @AutomoviePod Facebook: AutomoviePodcast Email: comments@automoviepodcast.com YouTube: Automovie Podcast

    1h 7m

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On the Automovie Pocast we discuss cars and motorsport in films and TV, and geek out about all things automotive on the big and small screen.