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Smith and Sniff

Jonny Smith and Richard Porter

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

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this episode of On The Other Side Of Things, Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about car brands in songs, essential mods for older cars, a fun car for two 21 year olds, and a two car garage for a Bangle fan.

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0:00.0	I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith.
0:04.1	And this is on the other side of things, the Smith and Sniff spin-off in which we answer your questions.
0:12.7	Hello and welcome again on a Friday to us answering listeners questions.
0:19.5	I was going to start with a quick one from a listener called Matthew
0:25.3	who says, following the assessment that feeder like a car with leather seats and a CD player,
0:32.6	and it's probably a Jaguar X type, it got me thinking about other songs that drop actual car brands.
0:39.4	This keeps going.
0:40.4	Oasis casually throw in BMW in Supersonic.
0:45.0	But Blondie go absolutely wild in Rapture.
0:48.4	Subaru, Mercury, Cadillac and Lincoln, all in one verse.
0:52.2	That's commitment.
0:53.1	I love that.
0:53.9	I love that song just for that, really.
0:56.5	So I wanted to ask, what's your favourite song that mentions a car brand?
1:02.1	Brackets, Chinese brands like Cherry are out.
1:04.7	That feels like cheating.
1:05.6	Oh, what?
1:05.8	Because you're going to go, oh yeah, Neil Diamond.
1:07.9	Cherry, no.
1:10.0	I mean, George Michael mentions BMW in Fast Love. Cherry. No. I mean, George Michael mentions
1:12.0	BMW in Fast Love,
1:15.6	which we've probably talked about.
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