Spike's Car Radio

There's a leaked Porsche flat-eight hypercar that leaves Spike, Zuckerman, and Jonny scratching their heads. Plus, the $2M GT2 RS dealer drops the price by a few grand and calls it a "price improvement," an enormous classic Porsche collection has the guys losing their minds, and Bring a Trailer pulls a Corvette auction after catching shill bidding in real time.

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This week on Spike's Car Radio, the crew previews their road trip to the Audrain nNewport Concours in Newport, Rhode Island, breaking down car show survival tactics, posse assembly, and the sacred ritual of Cumberland Farms snack runs.

The hot rumor: Porsche is developing a standalone halo hypercar around a flat-eight engine, possibly hybrid, definitely insane. Jonny and Spike debate the engineering and Zuckerman announces he intends to own a hypercar before he dies. Reasonable goal.

The Porsche San Luis Obispo GT2 RS situation gets a follow-up. After SCR called out their $2M ask, the dealer responded with a $299k price cut. A comparable Speed Yellow GT2 RS sold for $850,000 on Bring a Trailer, which tells you everything you need to know. Speaking of BaT, a Marshall Goldman Corvette auction was shut down by moderators after the seller was caught using alternate accounts to shill bid their own car. The crew breaks down how that works and why it matters for online auction integrity.

Spike tours the early 911 Manfred Hering compound in Wuppertal, Germany: 250,000 square feet, 700-plus cars, 100 to 140 restoration craftsmen, a Porsche 916, 934s, 959s. A future field trip is already being planned.

Spike reviews the Porsche Macan GTS EV in Oak Green Metallic: 294 miles of range, sports-car tuning in an electric SUV body, and a sport exhaust sound mode that is doing a lot of work. Closing out: the Nissan Z Kaze concept T-top reveal. Is it enough to save Nissan? Probably not.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - SCR at Audrain

02:22 - Porsche hypercar leaks

07:42 - The $2M GT2 RS dealership drama continues

11:16 - Fake bidding on cars has gotten so bad

20:29 - The biggest Porsche collection in the world

26:55 - LA's Stahl house

30:58 - Porsche Macan GTS EV showcase

44:50 - We're terrible car passengers

47:22 - Nissan Z Kaze concept car

49:37 - The SCR Green Room
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James Pumphrey from Speeed joins Spike and Zuckerman to talk men's style, a near-crash at the Nürburgring in a broken Audi RS4, and a terrifying brake failure at Laguna Seca. Plus: burial plots, cemetery fraud, dopamine shopping, and a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 that might co-star with Christopher Lloyd.

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James Pumphrey, co-creator of the fast-growing YouTube channel Speeed, drops into the SCR Garage for a full hour of style rules, motorsport near-misses, and more. It starts with fashion: Pumphrey argues men over 30 should have their aesthetic locked in, not chasing baggy streetwear and broccoli-head hair. The benchmark is 1990s Harrison Ford. Levi's 501s. Button-down shirt. Done.

Then it gets dangerous. Pumphrey recounts the Speeed crew buying a notorious B5 Audi RS4 Avant for a road trip to the Ultrace show in Gdansk, getting it hot-lapped at the Nürburgring by Misha Charoudin, and watching the plastic auxiliary water pump crack at 190 km/h, dumping coolant onto the rear tires mid-corner. Spike and Paul then break down footage of Manuel Gil de Rafael's catastrophic brake failure into the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca during the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA. Both incidents serve as a reminder that the track is a machine with thousands of parts, and one failure changes everything.

The back half covers a lot of ground: Speeed's limited-edition merch drops, iPhone fatigue and dumb phones vs smartphones, dopamine shopping apps from South Korea, and an iSeeCars reliability study on which vehicles actually reach 250,000 miles (Toyota and Lexus lead, no surprise). The mortality segment somehow becomes both the funniest and most informative portion of the episode, featuring California cemetery scandals from the 1990s that are genuinely hard to believe.

Listener questions bring up the james pumphrey speeed video on healthy habits, a gorgeous 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 listed on Morris and Co., the three car dream garage debate, and who qualifies as the Harrison Ford of car fashion (Simon Kidston makes a strong case). The episode closes with Spike delivering a direct pep talk to Pumphrey about the value of building something original, referencing a key lesson from Jerry Seinfeld: if it has been done before, you do not want any part of it.

Also: LA coyotes are now entering high-rise buildings. Grocery stores look like the Soviet Union. Business as usual.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introducing James Pumphrey

02:34 - The meaning behind Speeed

08:46 - James' 8,000 mile Audi road trip

14:19 - INSANE Porsche 911 Laguna Seca crash

24:12 - Is the flip phone iPhone cool or dumb?

30:24 - What car brand will last the longest?

38:22 - Insane people of the internet

47:08 - How to live healthier

48:35 - Beetles, BMWs, and DeLoreans

51:59 - How to afford being a car guy

54:11 - The ultimate 3 car garage

55:30 - Underrated classic cars
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Spike and Zuckerman are joined by Jeff Glucker (Motor1, Hooniverse) to talk the Porsche 911 GT3 Lightweight Package, a $10K Range Rover Classic with a clear-coat disaster, the Mercedes-AMG CLE 646, Porsche Boxster EV spyshots, Leno's Law, and a homemade driverless car that took out a police cruiser on live TV in Pakistan.

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Jeff breaks down whether the Porsche 911 GT3 Lightweight Package justifies its price, explaining that shedding rotating mass at the wheel is where the gains actually live. The group also digs into the Ford Bronco Filson edition and how many lifestyle trim packages one truck market can sustain, then pivots to the newly revealed Mercedes-AMG CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung, 637 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, 30 units worldwide, and already on course to be a seven-figure collectible.

Jeff rolls in his 1992 Range Rover. Mechanically sorted with a 3-inch lift and fresh Toyo rubber, but the clear coat looks like an abstract expressionism project gone wrong. The crew also debates the upcoming Porsche Boxster EV as a potential LA daily driver, previews the Willow Springs revival and what they fixed from last year's traffic disaster, and covers Leno's Law clearing the California legislature.

Finally: a Pakistani homemade driverless car crashes into a police cruiser on live television, and Spike pitches the idea of programming a humanoid dancing robot, to attend dinner parties and parent-teacher conferences in his place.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introducing Jeff Glucker

04:35 - Is the Porsche lightweight package worth it?

09:42 - Ford is making a Bronco for Ranger Rover guys

12:24 - AMG CLE 646 revealed and sold out

18:27 - 1992 Range Rover showcase

27:18 - Porsche 718 Boxster EV spyshots

33:59 - Driverless car drives straight into cop car

35:46 - The robot apocalypse is coming

43:13 - What will our obituaries say

45:05 - Leno's Law is getting passed!

46:48 - Why the DMV is so terrible
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The guys tear into Porsche San Luis Obispo's insane used car prices (a 2019 GT2 RS listed at $2.3 million), Jonny delivers a genuinely shocking Subaru Trailseeker EV review, and the crew covers Ford's Le Mans Hypercar, JCB's 406 mph hydrogen land speed record, viral airplane duct-tape chaos, and the ethics of automotive journalism.

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Spike, Zuckerman, and Jonny open the episode soaking wet after LA's so-called "catastrophic weather event" nukes their outdoor plans. From there, the conversation gets weird fast. Porsche San Luis Obispo is asking $2.3 million for a 2019 GT2 RS because of a Python Green Chromaflair paint option. Is it a flex? Instagram bait? Genuine optimism?

Jonny drops the car-of-the-week segment with a full review of the Subaru Trailseeker EV, including specs that nobody expected: 375 hp dual-motor, 4.3-second 0-60, 281 miles of range, 8.5 inches of ground clearance, and a price that undercuts the Rivian R2. It's the Subaru Trailseeker EV review nobody saw coming.

On the motorsport front: Jonny praises the Ford Mustang GTD, calling it one of the most remarkable engineering achievements in recent memory. Ford is also track-testing a new car for the Ford Le Mans hypercar 2027 program under Jim Farley's watch. The land speed record gets a full breakdown too.

Listener questions cover Zuckerman's one-drive-and-done Porsche, a deep dive into the Porsche 964 cup car and what makes it nearly unlivable on the road, and the Longines Hydroconquest dive watch (yes, they argue about how to say it). The Zuckerman car collection takes another hit when he admits he sold an Audi R8 V10 Spyder after a single drive. The episode wraps with the multi-year nightmare of trying to register a California vanity plate for a Zagato.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - LA cannot handle the rain

03:55 - Porsche dealership selling 911s for millions

09:55 - Apple's new CEO races Porsches?

11:04 - Ford's new hypercar

20:38 - Subaru Trailseeker review

29:17 - Is this the future of car power?

36:03 - The colorful characters of LA

38:47 - Man gets ducktaped to plane seat

44:24 - Immediate regret car purchases

45:50 - Real car journalism

51:16 - Watches

52:48 - 1992 Porsche 964 cup car
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Spike and the crew sweat through LA's summer heat, debate police cracking down on left lane camping, dig into Porsche 911 slant nose comeback rumors, and break down the Mercedes-AMG GT63 E-Performance review and Hyundai Ioniq 9 EV review. Plus: humanoid robots are already faster than Usain Bolt.

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The SCR crew opens on a sweaty note: LA's summer heatwave has made driving anything without a functioning AC a genuine health risk. That leads into a full breakdown of classic car AC performance across different vehicles, including the surprisingly reliable blast from Zuckerman's 2003 BMW E39 M5. From there, the guys celebrate police departments in Utah, Florida, and California pulling over slow drivers camping in the left lane passing lane.

The Porsche section goes deep. Rumors of a factory Porsche 911 slant nose variant through the Sonderwunsch (Special Wishes) program have the guys fired up, and the conversation branches into the 935 reboot, the Bergspyder lightweight concepts, and a completely unrelated but essential retelling of when Fabio got hit in the face by a goose on a roller coaster in 1999.

Jonny gives an update on his Porsche 914 restoration project, originally owned by the late Davey G. Johnson. Spike opens up his hangar and puts out an open call for restoration shops to pitch bids on the car.

For car reviews: Spike drove the 805-horsepower Mercedes-AMG GT63 E-Performance in a non-metallic Hansa Blue that stopped people cold on the street, plus a G63 in deep green. Jonny tested the Hyundai Ioniq 9 EV, praising the interior space and real-world range, but called out its suspension.

Last Night in GTA features a car launched skyward off a fire hydrant, a Porsche Panamera driver bailing off a moving tow truck in Glendale, and an SUV bystander situation gone completely wrong. Zuckerman drops some actual legal commentary on premises liability and "danger invites rescue." The episode closes with robot sprinters, robot boxers, and Spike's genuine dread that every sci-fi robot apocalypse movie is just a documentary with a delay.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

05:25 - It's too hot to drive classic cars

08:48 - Cops are cracking on left lane campers

18:37 - Porsche is making a Slantnose 911?

26:37 - The most absurd car fails

36:46 - The state of Jonny's Porsche 914

39:38 - Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance review

44:53 - Hyundai IONIQ 9 review

50:54 - The robot apocalypse is coming

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