Great cars with rubbish engines (and vice versa) #274

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Cars, The Intercooler, Car, Motorsport, Supercar, Leisure, Automotive, Intercooler, Driving

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel discuss the great cars that were let down by their crap engines, and the brilliant engines that somehow found their way into terrible cars. Examples include the wonderful Alfa Romeo Busso V6 that was never used in a truly great car (except maybe once), the front-wheel drive, V8-powered Lancia Thema 8.32, and every diesel convertible ever built.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Intercooler podcast, powered by car finance specialist JBR Capital.
0:11.2	This is episode 274 with me, Dan Prosser and him, Andrew Frankel.
0:16.8	I think this is a fun topic this week.
0:19.0	Good.
0:19.5	We're talking about the cars that didn't deserve their engines
0:22.5	and the engines that didn't deserve their cars.
0:25.9	Does that make sense?
0:26.8	I think it does.
0:27.4	I think it does?
0:28.3	Well, we'll find out in about 45 minutes.
0:30.3	We will.
0:30.6	Great cars in average cars, great engines in average cars
0:34.5	and average cars with great engines.
0:36.4	Yes.
0:36.6	That's another way of putting it.
0:39.6	So before we get started, though, a very quick reminder that we are working with
0:44.6	car care specialist, supernatural.
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0:47.8	If you're watching on YouTube, you can see me holding up this rather lovely bottle of
0:51.0	quick detailer.
0:52.3	Every month, we give away a kit worth 125 pounds to
0:57.9	one TI subscriber. And that's a paying subscriber, someone who subscribes to our online magazine.
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