Episodes
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Episode 102 - LIVE! from the Podcast Lounge
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
In this special bonus episode of the Alfa Romeo Driver Podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick sits down with Club Chairman John Griffiths and Club Manager Nick Wright - and a live audience - in the Podcast Lounge at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC to talk about the show, the Club, the year's events and the Club's Guardian microsite scheme.
If you'd like to see the team live in action - and we have no idea why you would - there's a webcam video version on the Club's YouTube Channel.
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Episode 101 - Classic Motor Show Preview
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
In Episode 101 of the Alfa Romeo Driver Podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club - sits down with Club Chairman John Griffiths and Club Manager Guy Swarbrick to look ahead to the upcoming Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC. What's going to be on the AROC stand? What else is there to look at? What's a podcast lounge?
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Episode 100 - No Such Thing as a Laser Handbrake
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
In the fifth episode of No Such Thing as a Brera Quadrifoglio - and the 100th episode of the Alfa Romeo Driver podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club - Guy Swarbrick, Kirsty Hodson, Nick Wright and John Griffiths gathered around the microphones with our four favourite facts from the world of Alfa Romeo patents...
As promised in the podcast, here are a couple of links
Fiat Strada - Handbuilt by Robots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fXV6KzhBbM
BL Ambassador - Handbuilt by Roberts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-tuY0Z7nQ
And the one we didn't talk about...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPTlT8HXjk
If you want to explore more Alfa Romeo patents (or find the ones we talked about) start
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=alfa+romeo&oq=alfa+romeo
And finally - and most importantly - the link to the Peter Collins book!
https://www.veloce.co.uk/store/Alfa-Romeo-p455563040
And the discount code to get 30% off the cover price is... at 1:18 into the podcast. Or 3:45. Or 18:27. No - sorry, you're going to have to listen to the whole thing.
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Episode 99 - Becoming a Racing Driver
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
In episode 99 of the Alfa Romeo Driver Podcast, brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club. Editor Guy Swarbrick is joined by two friends of the podcast – magazine regular and Alfa Workshop owner Jamie Porter and sim-to-real-life-racer Colin Cunniffe - to share their experiences on becoming a racing driver.
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Episode 98 - NAD Preview Round Table
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
In
Hello Episode 98 of the Alfa Romeo Driver Podcast – brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick sits round the virtual round table episode with the usual suspects – Club Chairman John Griffiths, Management Team members Kirsty Hodson and David Faithful and Club Manager Nick Wright – to talk about all - OK, most - of the things you can look forward to at National Alfa Day on Sunday the 18th of August at Bicester Heritage. We’re very much looking forward to seeing you all there.
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Episode 97 - Jamie Porter Revisited
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
For the last two months we’ve been promising you an interview with Jamie Porter about becoming a racing driver. Last month he was bumped in favour of Alfa Romeo Managing Director Jules Tilstone. This month… well, this month we’re unable to bring the interview to you for technical reasons. Honestly, we lost it. We looked for it – for days – but it’s not there. We will re-record it, but unfortunately, Jamie is now on holiday.
But we promised you Jamie, so Jamie you shall have. Here’s another chance to listen to Episode 24 – from way back in January 2021. If you’ve only started to listen to the podcast recently and haven’t listened to everything in the archive, this is a cracker. And, if you have listened to it before, it’s definitely worth another listen. If nothing else, it illustrates how much better our production techniques have got!
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Episode 96 - Alfa Romeo UK Managing Director Jules Tilstone
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
In Episode 96 of the Alfa Romeo Driver podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick sits down with Jules Tilstone - managing director of Alfa Romeo UK - to talk about his background, his plans for the UK retail network and the new Alfa Romeo Junior. If you were expecting Jamie Porter, talking about becoming a racing driver, that episode will now be released in July.
Sunday May 05, 2024
Episode 95 - Junior Revisited
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
In Episode 95 of the Alfa Romeo Driver podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick and Management Team Member David Faithful and I witter on for the best part of an hour about the state of the UK charging network, domestic electricity prices, the economics of operating a motorway service station, whether or not driving enjoyment declines with age and – when we remember – the new Alfa Romeo Junior. To be fair, it’s mostly about the Junior.
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Episode 93 - AROC's longest serving member - Ron Smith
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
In Episode 93 of the Alfa Romeo Driver podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick was joined by the Club’s longest serving member Ron Smith. No longer based in the UK – and, as we’ll see, he wasn’t when he joined, either - but still an active and enthusiastic member, as he has been for most of the Club's 60 year history.
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Episode 92 - Nathan Mahoney - GT Registrar
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
In Episode 92 of the Alfa Romeo Driver podcast - brought to you by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club - Editor Guy Swarbrick sat down with arguably the Club’s most enthustiastic Model Registrar Nathan Mahoney, to talk about his cars and the work he's doing with the GT Register - and, in particular, the growing collaboration with other Model Registers.