The titans of the car industry we have met (with Mel Nichols) #174
The Intercooler
Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel are joined this week by Ti contributor Mel Nichols. During his long career as a leading car journalist, Mel has met many of the most famous names from the automotive industry, including Enzo Ferrari, Ferruccio Lamborghini and Soichiro Honda. In this episode, Mel remembers what it was like to spend time with them.
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| 0:59.0 | Welcome to the Intercooler Podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to episode 174 of the Intercooler Podcast with me Dan Prosser, Andrew Frankle, my co-host, |
| 1:15.8 | and this week a guest, Mel Nichols, one of our contributors on the Intercola and perhaps one of the most highly regarded car journalists alive today he's |
| 1:25.3 | worked in the industry for 50-something years and we've got him on this week because we |
| 1:30.8 | want to talk about the very significant individuals from across the automotive |
| 1:36.4 | industry who we've met and of course Mel has met more of these astonishingly influential characters than just about anyone in this line of work. |
| 1:45.7 | So he talks about meeting Enzo Ferrari, Ferricio Lamborghini, Succiro Honda and others. |
| 1:51.2 | It's just extraordinary. But before we get stuck into that episode, |
| 1:56.0 | we've got our first live podcast recording coming up later this week on Thursday at Henry's |
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