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The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris

Collecting Addicts Ep 15: Swift x Alonso, Leather Interior Slander & JLR Masterful Rebrand

The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris

Jonny Bunyan

Leisure, Comedy, Motoring, Classiccars, Chrisharris, Collectingcars, Cars, Automotive

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

SwiftAlonso being the hottest and latest item at the meeting point between the worlds of noise and music, leather interiors being rejected by 80% of our panel, and JLR ditching Land Rover but actually not, but then maybe - you get the idea: this week our panel is full of expert opinions with which we're sure you'll joyfully disagree in our comment section!

Transcript

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0:00.0

We would like to be offered a Ferrari 456M GT manual. UK right hand drive, Manish?

0:11.3

Please, please. If you have one, get in touch with us.

0:17.2

With warranty. With warranty?

0:20.8

Yeah, it needs to be one owner from you 5,000 miles yet green over 10.

0:30.0

Hello, and welcome to episode 15 of the Collecting Addix podcast. There is still no new name,

0:36.0

however, JLR has announced it wants to kill the name Land Rover, which we all think is utter madness.

0:42.6

We'll discuss that after I've apologised in advance for the fact that we're recording this

0:46.4

on Zoom and it might be a bit what the text call glitchy. I don't know what that means,

0:52.0

but hopefully it allows us to cock out a bit and not get in trouble.

0:56.0

JLR is going to ditch Land Rover, although they posted a story the next day saying they weren't

1:01.3

going to ditch Land Rover. Chris Cooper, can you summarise the shambles for us?

1:06.3

It's the shambles. Can I say more?

1:10.5

So, I was trying hard to think about there are very few automotive brands

1:18.3

that have quite the longevity and the authenticity and the originality. I'm sure all of us,

1:24.5

and I'm sure most people listening will know the story about

1:28.8

two lovely chaps sketching out in the sand on a beach in Wales.

1:33.6

The classic shape of a series one defender and it's kind of it's a 9-11 shape.

1:39.1

It's a 9-11 shape for something which isn't a 9-11 in a way that even a goal doesn't really have.

1:45.2

So, the Land Rover brand is and you literally couldn't make it up. It's original, it's authentic,

1:53.6

and it gives credibility. I can see the problem they thought they were trying to solve.

1:59.4

The problem they were trying to solve is we've got this thing called Jaguar Land Rover

2:03.7

and they kind of almost made it worse by having these wonderful new shows, all of which

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