The Alfa Romeo Driver Podcast

Editor Guy Swarbrick sat down with Club chairman and East Midlands Section Secretary John Griffiths, Club manager Nick Wright and board member and MiTo Registrar David Faithful to talk about their memories of National Alfa Day at Bicester Heritage in 2019, the plans for this year's event, the packed programme of regional events over the summer, the latest rumours from Stellantis and the huge range of benefits available to Club members.

This week, Editor Guy Swarbrick sits down with best-selling crime fiction author James Oswald who makes his return to Alfa Romeo Driver in the June issue with the story of the restoration of his 156 GTA Sportwagon.

James is no stranger to the magazine, having been a regular contributor as GT Registrar in the noughties and he talks about the Alfas he's owned, the Alfas his characters have driven and the writing process.

To celebrate our first anniversary, we thought we'd do something a little different, so Editor and Model Registrar Guy Swarbrick, Chairman and Section Secretary John Griffiths, Section Secretary and Model Registrar Kirsty Hodson and Model Registrar and Board Member David Faithful have hit the books and the interwebs to find some - hopefully - quite interesting facts about Alfa Romeo. We've also included some of the facts from our Built For Athletes Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen backpack competition - and we reveal the winner.

This week Guy Swarbrick chats to Andrew Banks who, along with his brother Max, runs the legendary 105 performance parts and restomod specialist Alfaholics. They talk about the firm's GTA-R 290 - as featured in a recent episode of Top Gear - the history of the business, racing, waiting lists, carbon fibre, titanium and the future of Classic Cars.

Section Secretaries and Model Registrars are the Club's unsung heroes in the best of times. Over the last year, they've played a crucial role in keeping us all informed and involved in difficult circumstances. This week Guy Swarbrick talks to Pre-War and Vintage Registrar Carol Corliss, Goodwood Section Secretary Mel Westwell and Kirsty Hodson who is both the Thames Valley Section Secretary and the GT Registrar about running Sections and Registers during the pandemic, about their plans for this year and about their dream driving holidays.

This week Guy Swarbrick previews the 2021 Formula One season. He looks back at 2020, looks forward to the new look, twenty-three race calendar and reflects on what we learned from Alfa Romeo Racing's car launch, testing programme and the Friday and Saturday sessions from the opening round at Bahrain. Featuring Fed Vasseur, Jan Monchaux, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Alfa Romeo Driver Editor Guy Swarbrick talks to Paul Plant about the Alfas he's owned, the ones he still owns and the ones he'd like to own, about motorsport - real and virtual - and about Bianco Auto Developments, 

In the latest of our Meet the Board series, Alfa Romeo Driver Editor Guy Swarbrick sat down with social media supremo and serial model registrar Duncan Langford to talk about Facebook, forums, MiTos, Giuliettas, Giulias, string and pre-war 8Cs. Yes, string...

For our 25th Episode, Alfa Romeo Driver Editor Guy Swarbrick sat down with Club Chairman and East Midlands Section Secretary John Griffiths and board member and MiTo Registrar David Faithful to discuss the recent FCA-PSA merger and to speculate on where Alfa Romeo will fit in Stellantis' new 14 brand portfolio. These issues are also explored in the February 2021 issue of Alfa Romeo Driver, out this week.

In this week's Episode, Alfa Romeo Driver Editor Guy Swarbrick talks to Jamie Porter - Alfa Romeo Driver and owner of the Alfa Workshop about cars he's owned, cars he's worked on, his business, his racing MiTo and the future of Alfa Romeo - and the future of the car itself.