OMG AMG
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jonny and Richard have some thoughts about the new Ferrari Luce and the AMG GT 4-door. Also in this episode, the nostalgia of made in West Germany stickers, what’s wrong with the latest VW Transporter, a Vauxhall Chevette correction, spotting the water version of No Name Full Suspension Mountain Bike Guy, being left handed and another cracking pick from Car & Classic.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Johnny Smith. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Richard Porter. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is Smith and Sniff, a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things. |
| 0:13.6 | Do you remember the iron curtain? |
| 0:19.1 | Yes, I think it's still folded up in the loft, actually. |
| 0:21.6 | We don't get much use out of it. |
| 0:23.2 | It comes down now and again, and we have a sighing. |
| 0:26.4 | Yeah, it's always, oh shit, Leonard Bresnev's coming round for a cup of tea. |
| 0:32.3 | Get the old iron curtain out, make him feel at home. |
| 0:35.8 | So, I do remember the iron curtain. |
| 0:37.9 | And do you remember when certain products were stamped with made in West Germany or made |
| 0:44.0 | in East Germany? |
| 0:45.6 | Yes. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.5 | Well, I always get a great delight from a retro made in West Germany sticker, |
| 0:51.7 | e.g. on an old Volkswagen or something. |
| 0:54.1 | Yes. But like an 80s Volkswagen because it's almost like you see it and you go, |
| 0:58.1 | oh, wow, the people who put on that sticker knew what was coming. They would have blown their |
| 1:02.9 | minds. Yes. Soon there had been more trabants on the road. And then Germany would have just, |
| 1:08.4 | they could drop the West bit. It can just be Germany again. |
| 1:12.3 | Safe time. |
| 1:13.3 | Now, without wanting to immediately break into winds of change off of the scorpions, |
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