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Smith and Sniff

Narrow Dutch cars and the Strada Abarth

Smith and Sniff

Jonny Smith and Richard Porter

Top Gear, Road Trips, 5th Gear, The Grand Tour, Leisure, Cars, Automotive, Improv, Comedy

51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jonny has spotted something local and peculiar in the Netherlands and Richard has remembered a sporty Fiat from the ‘80s. Also in this episode, the world’s finite supply of Biros, car tipping, Panda 100HP love, finding yourself on the Harry Metcalfe highway, driving old Bentleys, the Goodwood Members’ Meeting, the Ohlins Invitational Cup, Nic Cage surfing for Studebakers, and what’s actually happening at Land Rover. 

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Princess Anne, and whenever I want to buy a classic car, I go to carandclassic.com.

0:07.0

They've got over 35,000 cars and motorbikes for sale at any given time, either by Edward or online auction.

0:14.0

Personally, I've just picked up an aerial ship as to GTE. It's well wicked. I'm on my seventh.

0:20.0

So, go to carandclassic.com or I'll sit the horses on you.

0:24.0

Smith & Sniff is sponsored by carandclassic.

0:27.0

I reliant what? Never heard of it.

0:30.0

I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith.

0:33.0

And this is Smith & Sniff, the podcasting with two friends talk about cars and many other things.

0:43.0

You know those statues on Easter Island with the very narrow heads?

0:47.0

Yes.

0:49.0

Well, I went on a holiday with the children to Amsterdam during Easter.

0:57.0

And not to Easter Island.

1:00.0

But the reason I'm saying this is because they have some very specialist cars over there, urban city cars,

1:08.0

which are very, very narrow. They're a one person car.

1:13.0

And they have diplomatic immunity from what I can tell because, you know, the Dutch,

1:19.0

they're very much the cycling is the top of the food chain when it comes to vehicular transport.

1:27.0

Well, these guys, these little car things that are probably outclassed as cars,

1:32.0

they're allowed to go anywhere where a bicycle can. And up until I think not that long ago,

1:37.0

they were allowed to park on pavements anywhere in Amsterdam.

1:42.0

So people were just buying them because they could just do whatever they wanted to do in these one-seater.

1:49.0

And they're called a Biro or a Biro, B-I-R-O.

1:53.0

And I believe the older ones because I couldn't take any photos because I was cycling most of the time.

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