After Bicester Scramble a couple of weeks ago, Richard thinks there’s a reason car shows are more important than ever. Also in this episode, Scimitar grimace, asymmetric car faces, wallowy land yachts and unloved AMCs in old movies, staging a one car at a time car show, getting mobbed by tourists in a Honda Beat, and another great car chosen from Car & Classic.

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In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard respond to listeners’ messages the BMW M5 manual being available only in America, why paddleshift Ferraris are often advertised as manuals, a hypothetical quandary involving Gordon Murray, a former racing driver and a disgraced TV presenter, the least mechanical sympathy ever shown to a car, and strange automotive habits.

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As Citroen announces a re-born 2 CV, Jonny and Richard wonder where the Euro retro car trend will end. Also in this episode, the British prime minister somehow ending up in an AC replica, an old Mini that couldn’t be stopped, Victorian follies, a strange idea from Vauxhall in the ‘90s, the low key cars of Paris, a listener’s inside story of a VW Beetle advert, engine silkiness on the radio, an off-brand A-Team, and another cracking pick from Car & Classic.

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This week’s C&C pick (which has now sold!): https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C2086137

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