The Driven Podcast

This week on The Driven Podcast, we're at the 83rd Goodwood Members Meeting to speak to a collection of racing car drivers and motorcycle riders, plus a few media personalities, to ask our icebreaker questions, including "What was your first car?" "What was the first posh/special car you purchased?", and "What's the car you regret selling the most?"

As well as the icebreaker questions, we'll also find out what brings each guest to Goodwood and what makes the event so special.

This week's guests (in order of appearance):

Touring Car Racing Legends - Steve Soper and John Cleland
Sports car racing brothers - Marino and Dario Franchitti
Car design and rendering guru - Khyzyl Saleem
Broadcaster - Ant Anstead
Carol Shelby Foundation Co-Founder Aaron Shelby
Racing driver and Aston Martin development driver - Darren Turner
Racer and commentator - Alex Brundle
HTCC Champion - Matthew Ellis
Presenter and Goodwood host - Grace Webb
TV Personality and Racing Driver - Tiff Needel
Journalist and Broadcaster - Chris Harris
Motorcycle Adventurer and actor - Charey Boorman
Motorcycle Racer - Maria Costello MBE
Journalist and Broadcaster - Jonny Smith
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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site
YouTube: @driven.videos
Instagram: @driven.site
Series Executive Producer - John Marcar
Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site
To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.
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This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar heads to Driving Heroes, a car sales company in Worcester that specialises in selling 'cars you want to get out and drive'.
Driving Heroes is run by Lloyd Hackett and Karl Hill, both of whom have strong backgrounds in luxury car sales before starting the new venture.

Expect lots of insights, funny stories, and a look at the personalities behind the company that's attracted plenty of attention on social media following a car sale to none other than motoring journalism royalty, Chris Harris.

Find out more about Driving Heroes and to see the current stock visit website: https://www.drivingheroes.co.uk/
Instagram: @driving.heroes
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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site
YouTube: @driven.videos
Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar
Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site
To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar travels to Theon Design in Oxfordshire to meet the company's Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Hawley. Adam comes from a strong design background, with previous experience with brands including BMW, Lotus, and even Airbus.

Theon Design is a design studio and workshop known for building tailor-made backdated Porsche 911s based on 964-era 911's. As part of the visit, John and Adam went for a drive in the latest custom-built car, a stunning 3.8-litre Coupe, and part of the drive has been recorded and included in this week's podcast episode.

Find out more about Theon Design via the website: theondesign.com or via Instagram: @theon.design

As a bonus feature to this week's episode, enjoy an excerpt from John's written review of the 3.8 Coupe, read by John following the interview with Adam.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site
YouTube: @driven.videos
Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar
Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site
To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2026. All rights reserved. Driven and the Driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Heynes are joined by a friend of the show, John Mayhead, to discuss every classic car owner's favourite talking topic... Classic Car Values following his publishing of the 2026 Hagerty UK Bull Market List.

John Mayhead is one of the UK's foremost classic car writers and commentators, contributing regularly to various national newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and podcasts. Since 2012, he has been the Editor of the UK Hagerty Price Guide and European Bureau Chief for Hagerty Insider.

In this week's episode, John and Amy explore John Mayhead's working life and pick apart certain makes and models to learn more about what's affecting market values.

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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site
YouTube: @driven.videos
Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar

Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site
To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Driven Podcast, John Marcar meets Randy Nonnenberg, the co-founder and president of Bring A Trailer, a company and website which arguably launched online auctions for the automotive industry in 2007.

After 19 years of trading as an exclusively US-based platform, BringaTrailer.com is officially launching in the UK in partnership with UK dealer and Porsche specialist Sports Purpose.

To read more about Bring A Trailer's expansion into the UK, check out our news story here: https://driven.site/news/bring-a-trailer-launches-expanded-services-in-uk
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The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews in which we explore our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing.

We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find yet more content on our website, YouTube channel and social feeds, which are readily available to explore via the links below.

The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring journalist, producer, and presenter John Marcar, Legendary Photographer and Classic Car restorer Amy Heynes, Professional Racing and Precision Driver Miles Lacey, Journalist and presenter Alex Goy and Journalist and broadcaster Charlotte Vowden, PLUS the occasional special guest host.

Website: driven.site
YouTube: @driven.videos
Instagram: @driven.site

Series Executive Producer - John Marcar
Title Music - Tom Kent Music

To find out more about Driven and The Driven Podcast, please visit driven.site and find us on social media by the same name: @driven.site
To contact the show, email us via [email protected]

© 2024-2025. All rights reserved. Driven and the driven logo are registered trademarks of Paramex Digital Limited. Other brands or product names featured within this podcast or associated media are the trademarks of their owners, respectively.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.