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W18 engine
A W18 engine is a special type of car engine with 18 cylinders arranged in a unique shape. It's designed to be powerful and is often used in very fast and expensive cars.
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six stroke engine
A six stroke engine is a special kind of engine that goes through six steps to work instead of the usual four. This helps it run more efficiently and produce less pollution.
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W12
A W12 engine is a powerful engine with 12 cylinders arranged in a unique shape that helps save space. It's often used in high-end cars for better performance.
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W8
A W8 engine has 8 cylinders arranged in a special shape that helps it fit into smaller spaces. It was used in some Volkswagen cars like the Passat.
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Volkswagen Passats
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Bugatti Veyron
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W16
A W16 engine has 16 cylinders arranged in a special shape, making it very powerful. It's used in supercars like the Bugatti Veyron, which can go really fast.
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W engine
A W engine is a special design for car engines where the cylinders are arranged in a 'W' shape. This helps make the engine smaller while still having a lot of power.
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five-cylinder engines
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three-cylinder engines
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ICE engines
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Porsche 918 Spyder
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Volkswagen Group
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McLaren
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Ferrari
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Porsche Cayenne
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CTO
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Porsche Boxster
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barn find
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Subaru 360S
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GT product
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Porsche 911
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GTS
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Porsche Carrera T
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M96 engine
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Paragon
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Cameron sports cars
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Porsche 930 Turbo
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BMW
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Porsche 987 Spider
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Porsche Cayman R
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Porsche Cayman
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Andy B. We've got a guest a little bit later on but first of all we've got some news to cover within the world of Porsche.
Lots of news. Lots and lots of news. Not just Porsche news but personal news I think as well.
Aren't we? We're going to come back to that.
Yeah.
We're going to hit the news news first.
Where do you want to go to first? Do you want to go boardroom or do you want to go engineers workshop?
Well I'm always dragged towards the engineers workshop Emma. I'm sorry to say.
I'm a vote for that.
OK well you better tell us the news then.
So yeah I found this little story the other day.
What website was it on?
Carbuzz talking about Porsche putting in a patent for a W18 engine.
W18?
That sounds awesome.
Sounds pretty mad doesn't it? I think yeah probably for some sort of hypercar.
It just shows that there's loads of stuff going on in the background at Porsche isn't there?
Because there's been other patents that have been released of late.
Was it a six stroke engine?
Six stroke engine. That was about a year ago I think.
Yeah so yeah lots of different things coming up.
W8 is so that's three banks of six from what I can see of the patent.
Which I don't think has been done before.
There's been other W engines from the sort of Volkswagen group.
I don't know if there's been any from any other manufacturers.
I think it's been their sort of thing isn't it?
I think there was a W12.
Was there a W8?
Wasn't that in the old Passats I think wasn't it?
So there's been a W8, W12.
I think there was been a which was in the Bentley's and then there was a W16 that's been in the lamp.
Not Lamborghini's but Gatti's.
So yeah crazy almost feels like we're going back to the crazy times at the sort of 90s and early zeros
when there was all sorts of madness going on in the Volkswagen group with crazy engines.
We're here for it Andy B aren't we?
Do you know what I mean?
And it just goes to show in regards to the internal combustion engine there's life in the old dog yet.
It's not over yet is it?
No, yeah really interesting.
Yeah yeah we shall wait to see.
So the, oh we'll just call it.
I'm going to have to find that.
Sorry mate.
Druglands today I'm not sure why.
So the patent application submitted to the WPO or WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization.
It was actually filed last year.
It was only made public last week and there's the article on Carbus says yeah there's not a great deal of details
other than that kind of side on drawing which shows well a the essence of a W engine
but I think we can work that out that it's yeah it's going to be three banks of six.
So Porsche is good at working in in sixes historically.
I've just seen some other bits that talk about the W12 and the possibility of a W9
which is three banks of three which really interesting but there's also talk of a W15
which is five per bank.
When I think of three cylinder engines and five cylinder engines I always think of a very interesting noise
interesting soundtrack from those.
When you think about Audi five pots they make a wonderful noise.
The little three cylinders that you find in all sorts of smaller cars make interesting noises.
So I'm kind of enthused about that as well.
Yeah.
What could be coming?
Well this is it this is it and you know this is exciting because a it's like really cool
groundbreaking and relevant engineering as well because aside from like the the headlines
and kind of breaking into new territory it's it's playing the tune that we enthusiast
with petrol running through our veins we want to sing along to.
Yeah.
So fingers crossed and again after the structural realignment at Porsche.
I think it's really timely and shows that yeah exactly as I said there's life in the old dog.
Yeah.
It referenced to kind of Porsche pulling back slightly from its EV plans and keeping faith
with the old ice engines.
Yeah.
Good stuff.
You hinted there on shake up at the head personnel as well.
That's another big bit of news that we should be talking about this week.
Yeah massively so massively so I mean you know largely I think to like the every man and woman as an enthusiast
you know whoever's like running these companies it's not entirely relevant might not be at
the forefront of your mind but it's nevertheless really important because the decisions that
are made in the boardroom they will absolutely affect your lifestyle and your enjoyment of
certain cars henceforth.
So yeah the big news kind of coming out of Zuffenhausen this week really is Dr. Oliver
Blumer who has been the CEO at Porsche for ten years now and really overseen in many
ways unprecedented financial success a bit of motorsport success in there as well has
also steered the ship in the last few years where financial results haven't been so great
obviously that's down to exterior markets although there's also not been a hypercar
a successor to the 918 in that time which could go down this disappointment as we said
but yeah I think overall you can look back on Blumer's time at Porsche was just a complete
success story really but yeah he's stepping down which had been mooted I think for the last
couple of months if you were reading a certain media there were murmurings that
that was going to happen chiefly because Dr. Blumer shares his responsibility as CEO of
Porsche alongside a role as CEO of Volkswagen Group which he took up a couple of years ago
and again that's a big couple of jobs to fill isn't it jeez I mean you know is there a bigger
job in the automotive world than that you know so it's been it's been pretty big obviously
as well Dr. Blumer oversaw Porsche's IPO a couple of years back as well so I mean he's
from what I always saw very I think the role of CEO at Volkswagen kind of suits him down
to the ground like a numbers man first and foremost really but so yeah he'll stay at
Volkswagen and he is being replaced as of the 1st of January 2026 by Dr. Michael Lighters
who this is a really interesting appointment so he has been CEO at McLaren for the last
three years but previous to that he was CTO at Ferrari for eight years but previous to
that he worked at Porsche taking up like chief positions with OSEAN responsibility for the
McCann and Cayenne so he's somebody that understands Porsche as a company historically
which is really important but laterally and I think this is really really telling as an
appointment he's used to running in the context of automotive smaller more refined automotive
brands if that makes any sense you know yeah yeah definitely yeah there's more sports cars
in there isn't there probably higher value yeah than where Porsche are so yeah but he's
got that it's interesting he's got that CTO background so chief technical officer so
he's gonna bring in a bit more sort of technical side of it hopefully and a bit more well we
can hope a little bit more of a enthusiasts enthusiasts mind to the job yeah I really
really hope so Andy I really hope so I mean certainly all the tools are there for this
to be a really successful appointment which Dr Wolfgang Porsche oversaw as it has done
for a number of years now for these appointments but yeah again you know kind of going in there's
someone with like real proper experience at premium luxury brands who crucially they're
not volume sellers yeah you know and again you might not the every man and woman might
not be able to reel off the CEO of these companies but it's so important and I think Andy as well
especially in this day and age where kind of politicians are trying to point the way
for automotive brands and car makers I think it's more important than ever that the right
people are in these sort of positions and and chiefly people that are well qualified and
who love cars yeah and understand these companies you know and the greatest example of that
is Andrews Prowninger heading up the GT division and how far that car has come under his or
those that division has come under his tutelage it's so so so important that these sorts of
people are in the job so I think it's really really interesting with with a look to the
future for Porsche there absolutely yeah very very exciting I think yeah yeah very much
so very much so what what have you been up to then away from all the yeah the boardroom
stuff nothing really car related I'm afraid organizing road trips for next year that's
been a fair amount of my time of late so that's all going well and we're all sold out I'm
afraid for Wales and Northumberland got a reserve list is in hand and so yeah if you're a
DNHC member and you'd like to get on that reserve list then please do just give drop me
an email andy at nineworks.co.uk but yeah as far as getting the car out I've been negligent
I'm afraid how about you I think you've got you outshine any news that I could possibly
have oh bless you mate well it's been busy we've been up the road to I guess Somerset
and neither of our geography is particularly great on this podcast so we were at Somerset
on Monday of course yeah which is kind of the the theme of this episode we'll touch on
that later on I was up at Right Tune as well yesterday which by the time this podcast go
live there is what I'm certain will be a very funny video on Nineworks TV where I actually
got my hands dirty andy you'd have loved it you'd have been howling on the floor with
laughter at some of the some of the techniques that were going on in that workshop but yeah
so that was all good and yeah look so I mentioned over the past kind of couple of episodes really
that I sold the 40th anniversary and have bought another car that cash didn't stay in your pocket
long did it no it kind of was all kind of all part of the plan really it's funny as well
when Max was on last week and he was saying that he's kind of time he feels he's going
to be coming to an end with a Boxster well we all three of us in fact with your SC included
we all bought our latest Porsche acquisitions at the same time yeah kind of funny really
how it's worked out that Max and I have sort to get out of those cars at the same sort
of time two and a half years down the line I wonder what the average length of time is
for people to own own a Porsche really because if it's like a new GT product it tends to be
when the height of the flipper season it was like three weeks three days yeah and then
at the other end of scale you have barn finds where these cars are stuck at the back of
people's yeah properties for like the best part 30 years so yeah yeah I don't know what
the average must be probably sort of a couple of years it's probably yeah probably not wrong
to be honest how long did you have your 9034 that was five years that was five okay yeah
yeah very good very good yeah well yeah I kind of alluded to it last week and said that
my car was on the marketplace so when we were playing the game it was yeah it was on there
and funny enough Max did choose it actually it was the midnight blue 996.2 GT3 at Harbour
Cars so can't get you out of a 996 can we no I thought I'd go for a change yes mix things
up mix things up so yeah I'll do a video where I'll kind of dive into the detail on like why
I've gone for it and everything else but the car it's been for sale for like over a year now
nobody could figure out why Harbour Cars couldn't I certainly couldn't and as you know we spoke about
it at the start of the series was doing a video on the car got halfway through and had to pull
over and call the finance guy and said please can I give you a reg can we do something here
yeah so yeah it fell big time not um not not collected it yet that'll be Saturday the weekend
so it'll be by the time this this comes out I will admit as I often do I kind of have this like
flirtation with cars away from the Porsche stable usually it's in between series of the
pod car so you remember I've kind of spoke glowingly about Audi R8s and whatnot in the
past well I think I might be having a midlife crisis handy as part of a bigger picture but
I was looking at red cars because I always grew up with Ferraris on my wall and I don't know
what it is I don't think is any coincidence my two youngest brothers and their partners
of all our babies this year so I'm sure this all feeds into it but I thought I'm gonna
look at 360 and I was really I deep dived into 360s in a big way mate in a big big way
um they're cheap to buy it's the running costs that are the issue but I was I was all up
for making a financially reckless decision and told Mrs Sibs and yeah I wouldn't say she hit
the roof but there was definitely blood on the walls and yeah a night in the spare room
later I was back looking at Porsches so yeah it didn't and that would have that would have
been an entirely reckless financial decision but um Yolo right so yes but yeah so looking
forward to getting hold of that GT3 the fourth Saturday morning Saturday morning from Harbour
Cars hopefully with a couple of DNHC at DNHC as in tow that would be really lovely yeah
so yeah I guess we'll have a further report on that process and first impressions with
the car I can't wait for you to drive the thing as well like yeah looking forward to it it's
um it's a funny time of year to pick up a GT product and actually with my insurance company
I've basically done like a limited mileage thing and then it's going to go into like laid
up cover for the winter because I don't just want to buy the car and stow it yeah yeah so
just a little bit of driving so you must you must get involved with that really but yeah
I'm really looking forward to exploring whether the reality is as good as the dream because
we all crave most people crave a GT product and yeah so we'll see we'll see exciting times
absolutely congratulations well thank you mate and I also want to extend a massive congratulations
to Sakib because he has purchased the 40th and I personally am so delighted that car is
staying in the collective it's going to somebody that really understands the cars which is lovely
and as Michael Shepard in the collective pointed out on WhatsApp this week it's kind of a bit of a
snakes and ladders moment really where that car staying in the collective that means Sakib's
going to be doing something with his 997 GTS yeah and Sakib came down to Dorset last week
to collect the 40th and over a cup of coffee I chucked a microphone at him and we had a
little bit of a conversation just on the 40 Yara his interpretation of it versus mine
and ultimately his plans as the new custodian of a superb 911 so here's what he had to say
Sakib I have a question to begin and the question is 40 Yara or 40th anniversary how do you
what do you call your new car 40 Yara I think is the is the right way of describing it but
you know it's you know buying your 40 Yara was the only way I could get myself back onto the
podcast so thank you so much for having me it's great to be back it's always always a
pleasure to have you here so yeah the new custodian of what is a wonderful 40th anniversary
why do you want a 40th anniversary why what what led you to here well I've been sort of
scratching around the 996's for quite a while I wanted to buy a 996 before I bought my 986
my 986 was supposed to be the the answer to the 996 but actually it's just double down
my my want for a 996 for those sort of your viewers are familiar with my story I've had two
991's in the past I've had a 993 and I've had a 997 or have a 997 and so 996 was something
that I wanted to experience and try myself but I think the 40 Yara for me is a really
exciting car because it is that GTS formula before the GTS existed it's a really special
car the rear wheel drive legends video was really the test drive I sort of came into
it trying to convince myself actually that I wanted to buy the Carrera T but I ended up
convincing myself that actually I wanted to buy by the 40 Yara it really is such a special
car the character of the M96 engine the analogue feel of it it feels lighter than 997 it really
is actually a different experience to the GTS and the other thing about the 40 Yara that is that
it's always been a special car so unlike other 996's they've never really dropped in value to
an extent where people haven't looked after them so you know they end up being a car that
is in a good condition it's been well maintained and particularly yours you know it really is
a special example very clean car and as I said I had the pleasure and the privilege of driving
it in the legends video and that sort of cemented it for me that I wanted to buy it was just a
first of all it's your car now not mine second of all I love how that rear wheel drive manual
legends video which listeners may not know that was actually shot back in July wasn't it
yes warm summer's day down here in Dorset and I didn't I didn't realise that video saved you
a hundred grand as it goes I send you a check yeah so that's worked out nicely so yeah I think
for me as a as a seller it's really great that the person that's buying the car understands
these cars and appreciates them for what they are because not everybody does and yeah I'm
certain you've got some fantastic miles ahead there a very clean car I think it's the very best
example in the UK that's now in your custody yeah so I yeah I really I really hope you enjoy
that car yeah thank you so much it really is exciting to have bought it I came across you
at NineWorks when I was looking at my 997 GTS I've been a serial buyer at 911 Virgin and I asked
Tom about Paragon and whether I could trust them and Tom was very much yes yes you can you know you
could buy with confidence in Paragon you can trust Mark and and Jamie and Jason and that's how I
came across your buying video and it's been an incredible journey of last couple of years
being part of the DNHC so it sort of feels a little bit full circle to bought the car that
you bought a couple of years ago but you know it you know condition first your car is in
absolutely fantastic condition in sort of wanting to you know be less less precious about my GTS
I've ended up actually buying another car that is also one that I'm probably going to be precious
about but actually I can I can share the miles I can share the use case and it is it is a
different driving experience the 996 the character of the 996 is a different experience
the 997 and I'm really really looking forward to that you know plans are coming together for
road trips in 2026 so if I can get a place I'm really looking forward to going to Ireland
which will be taking the car back yes because we took it there with your brother hoping to
go to the museum and we'll see what other adventures adventures lie ahead in 2026 and
2027 but it really is an exciting date of to bought it and I can't think of a better person to
bought a car from so now the question is do I get a buying boots t-shirt or is there a
special t-shirt for having bought a car off of one of the Amigos I think there should be a
special I think there needs to be a special t-shirt off market purchase yeah yeah yeah
that's not a bad idea actually I think there needs to be something because again you know
what was always important for me when I bought that car was the fact that it's a Paragon car
which stands for Paragon quality and that's obviously resonated with you as a as a buyer
as well so there's kind of a legacy to the great work that the team at Paragon have done
and so yeah maybe there is a special sort of t-shirt we can get as an off off market garage
which is kind of I mean it is a service on the website to be fair so kids it's not a bad
idea it is yeah and you know actually just to call out Paragon as well you know the car
has a long history with Paragon I think three times they've sold it yeah so it certainly
will be going back to Paragon for its ongoing maintenance and upkeep Paragon does have a
seal of quality and assurance so you know you do pay a little bit more for a car that
has that history but but you know that also gives you the confidence to get out and use
it knowing that it's yes it's a 20 year old car but it's really well maintained it's really
cared for and it gives you that confidence to get out and drive you know very similar
to when we went to Norway this summer in my GTS I took it I took it to Paragon I asked
them to have a look over it you know and I felt confident taking it on a 3000 mile drive
knowing that you know it was going to endure the trip and again that gives you a bit of
confidence that actually I've bought into a 40-yarder that isn't going to cost me a lot
of money initially you know the car's a sea of green on the advisory sheets and so all I need
to do is is drive it and and change the oil every 3000 miles and and and you know get out
and drive it and start fluffing 40 yards more than what I've been trying to do for the past
couple of years I think like as well it's a really good time for that car to pass from
one owner to another and from me to you because I just think you know you you're I think in
more of a position to drive it I just felt like I couldn't drive it as much as I would
like for me because it's an awful lot of money I had wrapped up in that car whereas yeah as
you've intimated you'll drive it which is exactly what the car's all about so I feel
like the car will be happier if it could if it could have feelings so you've many happy
miles ahead as you well know from the rear wheel drive manual legends video you have
the car of the noughties outside of the Porsche GT line up so congratulations on that and
yeah happy happy motor I have the car of the noughties I have the car of the tens and
if Simon Gwynn can stop fluffing tees then I might be able to buy a car of the 20s one
day but but the rate the fluffing is going on on the career of tees I think they're going
to be out of reach. It's going to be a new teal or a GT3 RS you know it's going to be
one of the two. So Kibb thanks for your time. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you
so Kibb best of luck mates. Absolutely yeah hope you love the car missed opportunity there
by so Kibb then to fluff the 997 before he sells it. Yeah yeah maybe we should get him
on again. Well hopefully the video we did which was back in July wasn't it when the
three of us went out on that barmy day with the 997 GTS the 40th anniversary and the
Carrera T which I absolutely maintained they are the cars in my opinion of their respective
decades away from GT products. Yeah. So Kibb yeah kind of swapping one for the other really
and there's a real synergy with his ownership experience of the GTS as I had with the with
the 40 Yara and as we always say there's so many cars out there and with life being short
it just encourages you to explore. Yeah. Really and have a go see what you like learn quickly
what you don't and enjoy the whole process along the way so. Yeah fantastic yeah good
luck with it so Kibb I hope all goes well. Absolutely love it. Absolutely absolutely
right shall we get on to today's guest. Yes yeah we had a little trip up to Somerset
didn't we. Yeah. Around the bath area to go and see our friends at Cameron sports cars.
Yeah definitely so we've been big admirers of Cameron from afar really for a few years
now that's a business run by Simon Cochran you'll find out shortly all about the history
of Cameron sports cars but yeah again like the Cameron Enterprise chimes directly with
what we love about a good quality independent Porsche specialist so really nicely prep cars
good warranties and conscientious owners who have as much interest in your Porsche journey
as their own. Yeah it was yeah it felt like Simon shared Andy Pierce's enthusiasm from
Williams Corford the interview we had a few weeks ago it's not just a business it's an
absolute passion. Yeah he loves cars and whatever they are as well he's you know definitely got
a person Persian I can't say the word what's that word Persian no Ponson Ponson yeah that
will do Ponson sound French they will show for Porsche but lots of other stuff around
as well which was interesting to see. Yeah he's a died in the wall automotive enthusiast
really who loves to specialise in Porsche so really really really cool stuff there and
again as we as we as you'll hear from us shortly we kind of allude to the fact that Simon doesn't
like to put like him and his business front and centre in regards to like media stuff just
really reticent to do it and I think that's totally fair play what I will say is Simon delivers
a really nice conversation with us and I really hope to get him on again in future to talk
about a couple of subjects you know it's like mates down a pub scenario is the whole premise
of this podcast so he's got so much energy passion and knowledge for these cars I think
it will be to the benefit of people listening at home as well so. Agreed agreed what did
you pick out as your favourite car I mean how many cars were there 60 odd cars there yeah
at least 60 weren't they what would you what would you have taken away well I did a YouTube
live toy shop tour walking round and somebody commented saying I can't believe you walked
right past the 996 RS which is a valid point it's a real valid point the reason I did is
that specific car wasn't for sale so some cars there are up for sale and you can check it
out on the Cameron website or on the Nine Works marketplace but there's also storage
there as well likewise that beautiful beautiful orange 997.13 RS that's owned by a collective
member yeah that's a good looking car that is exceedingly special and I would say would
probably take my pick in that room I think yeah what about yourself
car that was that 930 turbo sat there wasn't there it's not really going to get any further
am I 895 speed yeah yeah that's pretty cool that was lovely I mean every car that's in
that showroom is in beautiful condition yeah I don't think Simon buys Duffers it's not in
his in his nature there's no slight even slight Duffers there it's just all amazing cars isn't
there it is yeah yeah it's like a utopian afterlife in a way when you walk through that door into
that room yeah yeah it's good really good yeah great great setup yeah well look for the first
time on Nine Works radio then here is Simon from Cameron Sports Cars Andy and I joined
by a very special guest because we're here at Cameron Sports Cars and we're joined by
proprietor Simon hello guys welcome good to see you here so good so we've we've spoken
evangelicaly about the business for such a long time having visited just as enthusiasts
I guess over the past few years so it's so nice to bring the microphones up and have chat on
the podcast this time so big big thank you for having us no problem at all I said I'm
happy to talk cars but not so happy to talk on Mike but it's not my natural environment
but here we go it'll be fine I know you kind of mentioned mentioned before you know you're
an enthusiast at heart that love selling like great sports cars really and have never really
felt previously a need to do media work so it's it was really lovely and a bit of a cool
most in a way really to get you on the mic so thank you yeah we look forward to this
conversation about cars let's see how this one goes first yeah yeah absolutely you may not
get invited back so where are we Simon we are well we're between Bristol and Bath okay
that's the best put just off the M4 motorway so yeah two minutes off the junction pretty much
so lovely accessible yeah that's a lovely drive up even when we've driven through multiple
swimming pools to get here didn't it rain this morning but it is but yeah you're on the cusp
of some really nice drivers roads yes part of the world as well so what said like it gives
a brief history of Cameron sports cars yeah so so where to start yeah so we it was set
up by myself and Ian Cameron back in sort of 2003 we were we were both working at main
dealers at the time so yeah we saw I was yeah we hatched a plan to to escape do our own thing
so Ian was at a Porsche centre at the time at Bristol Porsche Bristol back in the 90s so
and I was I guess an enthusiastic young salesman working my way up through the the ranks of
the dealership at a BMW dealership yeah but but loving the Porsche product and sort of
dreaming about what Porsche to have myself really ultimately what what goals to set myself
so we yeah got chatting I was on my Porsche journey actually and Ian moved over to BMW
at the time and yeah helped me perch well yeah helped me sort of research and purchased
my first Porsche so there we are so that was back in 2003 so yeah which Porsche was it
I had a 996 C2 manual coupe quality now we're talking Simon now we're talking you've got
in at the top exactly straight in straight in at the time I think I probably really wanted
a 4S and wasn't quite didn't quite have the budget for a 4S I found the best C2 manual
yeah that I could get mm-hmm so that was yeah so yeah 2003 so just over 20 years ago
then yeah go quick yeah yeah yeah flame past so so I think at the time I think I stayed
on at BMW for a year while while we sort of got the business behind the scenes got it
got it sort of up and running and there and it made the leap to be able to take on both
our wages yeah and it sort of went on from there really so it's to where we are today
so yeah some some 20 plus years on are we still on the same site from no no we started
south of Bath in a on a duchy of Cornwall Estates in an old cowshed similar to where
I'm at but I wouldn't say this is an old cowshed and anyway no well it's there yeah it's changed
a bit since but so yeah we started down there but it was the issue with that location for
us it was I think people saw the bath postcode and a bath address and thought they could come
off the bath junction and be with us but it was special on a Saturday if you come across
bath on a rugby weekend yeah it's an hour later till they used to get to us so we sort of
thought actually this this location is not ideal so we need to perhaps find somewhere
more accessible and yeah and I managed to buy this cowshed which yeah yeah 15 years ago
brilliant yeah yeah I mean again like to talk about location it's quite like he's tucked
out the way which as we kind of said earlier on you know like you've you've you need a reason
I think to tip up yeah by design we wanted to be sort of somewhere somewhere secure discreet
out the way we didn't want the showroom as such we didn't want to be on a high street
we actually in back in the back in 2003-4 we were sort of pioneers of car dealers being
in the countryside because everyone else was still in the sort of high street location
so I think we were believers that actually the internet was a shop window yeah and and
that would where you sort of yeah market your products and people then visit you if they
needed to so yeah that's how we did it back then but we it was just too remote but yeah
yeah okay hence where we are today yeah a bit more much more accessible was that down a
proper muddy track basically yeah cleaning the cars yeah no it wasn't not ideal
detail his dreams the rent was cheap so if I pass forward to today then in this lovely
facility so how many cars and how many staff as well there's a team of eight I think we're
up to these days yeah so it's sort of grown and shrunk at different times over the years
so we've so we're just about got to go up to four technicians in the workshop and then
with my my sort of colleague Tom supporting them service bookings and parts ordering and
welcoming customers to the site so yeah he's wouldn't be without him and his help here
yeah and then when it's now these days it's just me on sales so I do all the buying and
selling and live and breathe Porsche that's quite interesting so where you've you said
you had like it was a couple of you in like a bit of a team previously yeah so when we
so I think as we as we grew so mean so we started it together me and Ian as we grew
then we took on a on a salesman sort of friends and salesman who was in need of a job so we
thought we're moving to this site we need some help so we went up to three and I think
what me and Ian realized is back then we just didn't have the stock levels and the and the
need for three of us yeah so we spent our time watching a colleague sell our cars for
us so thinking actually do you know what we can probably don't need that extra salary
and overhead yeah I quite like that like it's in like where you are now where it's like
you doing everything so yeah I think you sort of I felt you lost a bit customers will come
back in I don't remember that person and that was a new thing for us yeah having been so
hands-on with every car and every customer yeah give me that personal yeah really yeah
that's right so and actually that's why we left the main dealers because we wanted a more
of a personal service and an enthusiast led business so that's where back to back to where
we are and then and then Ian so Ian retired in just after Covid so sort of 2020 and I
sort of ended up buying him out yeah then and then sort of I guess ended up working
more and more hours to make it to make it work in the years that have gone since really
yeah yeah I guess it's been a difficult time at after Covid to work out yeah well what
staffing levels you need so yeah where things were gonna go so we're probably at a point
now I probably do need some more help Tom's very good and he will step over from service
to to assist in sales so it's often Tom and my colleague Mark who does our sort of prep
and driving he's often they're often dragged in for test drives and that sort of thing
helping out really yeah but I I quite like that to be honest that's that set up that
you've got now because again exactly as you said Simon you know that whole kind of business
of purchasing a Porsche it should be personal yeah because our choice is it's an emotional
choice right and and especially as you said off away from the mics earlier on you know
90% of the stock here is is yours you know your own that you pay your money for with the
other 10 10% being SOR but you know so if you come in to look at a car you know the chances
are you've sourced it yeah you've paid for it you've prepped it you've taken the pictures
and then you're selling it so in terms of like knowing the car and I guess yeah like you know
a little bit of accountability as well I think that's quite nice I hear this mentioned by
other specialists I only buy cars I want to own myself yeah they have to be the right I
don't want it no stock is forced upon us everyone is a is a sort of a carefully considered
decision whether it's the history condition spec you just has to be all the right buying
reasons I actually don't do much sourcing for that reason because I'm buying on condition
history and spec and color come a bit further down yeah but if someone's only buying on
color can you source me that in those color those color ways with those options you may be
overlooking the reasons you should be buying that car yeah so that's a yeah that's why we
don't do much sourcing I try and if I can secure the right cars at the right price to
enable us to make a margin yeah then I'll buy them anyway if it's all being well and that's
yeah yeah that's when you've got you know you've got confidence in your stock and when it comes
down you know as as with others on on on the numers marketplace you know the price is the
price for a reason because the car's worth it it's not about somebody rocking up and
trying to do a deal that's just not how selling a quality car tends to work yeah so
if that we might review that if the car's been here too long that we're comfortable with
but initially no if you've sourced the cars for all the right reasons you can't replace
it easily in fact sometimes you might sell five cars in a week think Christ where's
my next five cars coming from it's not that's not an easy problem to solve always we've
heard that before only quite a few times it's not selling the car it's actually buying cars
which is the difficult part of the game right yeah it's all in the buying yeah okay so
away from Cameron inside mode you know you mentioned that 2003 996 C2 manual so you
know prior to that purchase you know where where's this kind of love for Porsche come
from fit for you personally the difficult one to answer I think I think I've just from
a young age I've just been into cars so I'm not just car I'm not mechanically minded
particularly my back I've just I guess just enjoying my dad was always into cars and
still is and I think it's just that just that love of seeing unusual things out on
the road and and had a passion for for vehicles I think there wasn't a particular
moment that Porsche came into my sort of line of vision but but I've just always
always had a admired them and dreaded of owning them I think that's probably where it
came from and I guess when I started earning my own money I think I can I can
perhaps buy one of these yeah that's where it went from there really and then
then chatting free with Ian and I've got a plan to perhaps do this for a living on
our own do you want to be involved it's like yeah yeah so I was yeah making a bit of
money doing other things and thinking yeah I could I could yeah put that put that
hobby and into a business yeah that love of love of the product really yeah so
yeah that's that's that's probably yeah probably where it comes I kind of sneak
up on you Porsche's I think so I think so I mean I was quite happy buying and selling
BMWs as well at the time yeah but I had even had some very nice company cars through
the BMW product range and got the opportunity to drive some amazing things
that wasn't my first love I still I still like them and sort of enthused about
bit the BMW product but Porsche was the ones I really wanted but so yeah so
having the chance that's that's and learning about the product range because
it was such a such a niche thing as well and you talk about all the model
numbers now and people who are outside of the idea exactly so I think it was just
that it's almost a massive confusion isn't it is cause it's huge it's almost a
bit of a blocker in getting like a 911 because you don't know what all the
different different types are it's like oh god what are they yeah I think yeah
it's just just yeah just enjoyed I love the noise the smells and yeah thing
your raison d'etre yeah yeah yeah I mean it's funny like for the same reasons
that you say I think why I love the car so much is you know there might be other
cars that are you know say might have a more motive engine for example but like
the great thing about Porsche particularly reference a 911 is it will just do
everything yeah it will do everything and deliver handsome well I often
describe as the evergreen sports car yeah there's other things that come and go
yeah there's other brands that have a go at the Porsche marketplace yeah they're
not trying to take sales from the yeah from the 911 I think but and I see
customers drift to other brands or go and try other brands I not often say I'll
see you see you next time yeah because they come back yeah I think you need
but you need to go and try the other the other things that are available yeah to
realize how well these are put together how well they're engineered yeah and how
they drive yeah yeah yeah so it's pretty cool as well what I like about it is I
mean don't get me wrong you know my my granddad wouldn't have been anywhere near
a 911 financially but I love the fact that you know I've owned a 911 and it's the
same car your dad and your granddad or your mum and your grandma could have owned
as well like and where you say about evergreen I think that's a really really
important point actually you know it's that longevity yeah but very few other
cars kind of have out there as a as a sports car but as a kid riding around
with my dad I just used to enjoy spotting cars yeah and work out what's
that what's that make a model and Porsche's were always special to see a to
see a 911 going down the road that was that was a treat you still see that today
don't you I mean when I'm driving around in mine and you see little kids like
what's that look at that and you don't see them doing that with many other cars
it's it's quite amazing how they've got such a friendly face for children
really sort of yeah infuse about them yeah yeah well Simon you're kind of
since that they the early days I guess of your and Porsche passion and then kind
of with Cameron as well you very clearly deep dived headfirst into the
Porsche product because you really know your stuff and I'm sure this will come
across in in the conversation with listeners but as soon as you like walk
through into your showroom area or display area I guess there's a fantastic
array of sports cars in there but like when you start getting into the nitty
gritty of like the specs I mean like the the 987 boxed a spider in the corner
that is a tick box exercise in in the spec I think yeah that car so you've
you know reference what you were saying in terms of getting the right car and
not be it is well I think the more you understand the product I guess
understanding what how much spec can can make a difference yeah and that's
reflected in the buying I'm trying to try to find the right specs if you've
bought the bought that car for the right reasons as I said earlier then it's
going to find a home if you've bought it carefully and curated the cut the
stock you have available because you like it as someone else will be someone
else seeing exactly yeah so it we might as well and just deep dive into the
spec of that spider if that's okay because it's a phenomenal yeah sorry
as I said earlier I think I think to me a spider and I'm talking 987 now yeah
but they they are spec sensitive and I think they were sold new at a time with
the Cayman R 997 GTS a lot the poor centers were quite quiet in that time
sort of post credit crunch yeah and they were the last versions weren't they
of the 987 997 respectively and they were specced by perhaps sales managers
in dealerships who weren't necessarily enthusiasts so they perhaps they
thought what would be look good in the showroom or what do we need to see so
some were specced with turbo wheels or it may have been a red interior or full
leather and without things like bucket seats chrono pack sports exhaust so I
think when you actually deep dive into what makes the spec of a car like that
yeah I think you can you can get what I would describe as a miss spec almost
yeah miss opportunity isn't it yeah I think one of the big things for me that I've
taken away from this year is because Cayman ours have certainly got really
popular within the collective yeah and I mean there's even a Cayman R register
now like what's that group not to do with nine works that's a separate endeavor
but which is great to see that I can at last a wider enthusiasm for that car but
I think for this year I've realized that the 987 Spyder and Cayman are the
probably the most spec sensitive Porsches really for me having driven one with
like a hot spec yeah and then you had to call your face I'm you know the miss spec
I think they are completely different cars yeah and so that's been quite
interesting and that's why yeah Auckland that lovely car that you've got there in
the corner that is a tick box exercise in what that car should be I think yeah
I think sometimes you see it with people buy a GTS and perhaps would think
well I don't like the idea of centre locks you certainly saw that back in
sort of 2010 11 now it may be different because there's a bit more known but
back then people were worried so they would order with a five stud Carrera
sport wheel but I think if I'm looking for the spec that I would like if I think
in my head of a GTS then it's it's the centre lock wheels and the again in
them in the room next door to where we're recording now there's more
water-cooled cars in there there's some air coming in there's I mean that lovely
89 five-speed 930 and do that's right up your strass up but again just Simon
reference when you say now you buy the cars that you know you you like them
what not there seems to be a few more water pumpers in there yeah I think the
right I mean years ago so I'm talking sort of back in the in the early days
we would have a showroom almost full of just full of air cooled was it yeah I
mean so we'd see many more 993s yeah the odd 964 and 3.2s and things mixed in
but but yeah as the years rolled on I think we went for a stage of probably
just having more more yeah water-cooled newer cars and I think these days it's
probably more of a bigger mix so we're because the I think the the air-cooled
cars are now gravitating more towards the specialists knowing that they come
here for for servicing then you end up buying them etc so yeah whereas I guess
before they would end up in generic sort of car dealer full-course yes yeah yeah
good examples just must be harder to come by because you know if they've been
around for yeah that amount of time the years are ticking on yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah I mean 993s minimum 25 years old at least isn't it now yeah yeah yeah
yeah so there's that that lovely like arena red 993 turbo next to the X50
Schwartz turbo with the box the red yes that's yeah I mean that's that's cool
that's a real reference I think for the for the genre almost really yeah I've
always I've had that car ten years that's that's a yeah when I was quite took a
shine to ten years ago and I think it was the color combinations it rolled out
of the gentleman's garage up in Edinburgh yeah I thought well quite like that
it's just different it's different yeah yeah with the X50 as well it's yeah goes
well yeah beautiful thing yeah we sang earlier wouldn't we about how like these
cars have every car has so many like wonderful stories attached to them
again because as we always say nobody needs a Porsche we have them because we
want to and you know yeah whether it's kind of been through families or
whatever and then as you said you know off the mic again somebody else finding a
car that they'd originally bought years ago it's another reason I love these cars
yeah you know we've got a few other different sort of bits and bobs in the
garage at the moment well non non-porsche yeah I think I just like things
with engines as well so I've got a few Landrovers around the place and Mercedes
the old old Mercedes which are but I'm a bit of a magpies you end up just
collecting things you like and tucking them away fantastic lucky man to have a
space for it yeah yeah some need to go yeah I found it quite interesting
around when you were talking about the workshop and it's super busy in there
yeah super busy lots of really like really cool cars but again you said
you never really needed to advertise no so Cameron Sports cars has had a
workshop now for 11 years 2014 so nearly 12 years coming up and at the time
I'm employed the right people to run that for me I don't come from a
mechanical background so that wasn't my area of expertise so I've employed the
right people to do that and they're still with you now I'm still here now so
so there we've currently got two Porsche classic trained technicians in there
but Tim who runs a workshop was 25 years at the local Porsche Center and then he
joined us to set to set our workshop up as I said we don't really advertise
because there's no point in making them any busier yeah if there's a three week
lead time that's probably long enough for most people to be sort of palatable
and that's all of word of mouth so it's and our sales business supports the
workshop and vice versa so it's a yeah they sort of dovetail well and it's yeah
they're always busy so you know we don't want to take over the world so I'm not
interested in having a 10-ramp sort of super workshop we want the right people
with the right expertise working on the cars and I think we've got we've got a
good mix of young and old talent out there so yeah yeah that their work and
reputation does the that's your own marketing done isn't it really so
absolutely yeah it complements the sales business when you've got something
in-house because you can be in control of your own deadlines you know not to
like mention it makes financial sense but but also you've got the
consistency of the work yeah it is all in house it's all in house that's right
it's your standard it's the logistical headache of you know touring the
country getting cars yeah fitting the minute other people's workshops if you
can do it with in-house so that was yeah so that's been I couldn't imagine now
nearly 12 years later I couldn't imagine going back to not having a
workshop yeah yeah trying to follow that stuff yeah yeah moving cars around yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah there's um you'd mentioned about having sold a couple of
spider RS's recently so this week yeah we just sold two two spider RS yeah both
both sold fairly quickly but we've made a conscious decision or I've made a
conscious decision to advertise sensible prices because I don't want them to be
ornaments through the winter I can move them well-spec'd lovely examples low
mileage full PPF at the right price and they've both gone within within seven
days so that is exceptional because it is spider selling season you know in the
way in this in this time of year lots come for sale yeah whether people want
to you know perch them but you kind of see that every year at the end of summer
and people yeah there's more convertibles coming on the market isn't
there through the as the weather turns and people have done their trips for the
year perhaps rather than put it in the garage it may be time to sell so I
thought yeah I didn't want them sat with us through the winter so let's
benefit from a from a keen price yeah and they've gone they've gone quick so
yeah you'd mentioned as well about like a potential like with with the with a
spider rend sports with like a bit of a possible like oversupply yeah I think
it's I mean I'm not too privy to to Porsche allocation and how that world
works and who gets what or how many deal how many cars each dealer gets but I
just just feels like there's perhaps too many cars out there right now which I
think is just adversely affected the the spider RS market but I'm hoping and
and sure over time what's these once these cars are in sort of in in a long
term sort of owners hands they may they make the prices may just may just bounce
back yeah it's a difficult one to call isn't it but I feel that's that's that's
the way it may go in the future yeah I guess productions run production runs
ended now as relations is finished yeah and I think there's there's a there may
be some new ones that around so once all those have been sold then yeah the
prices may just strengthen again so yeah if you can get into a spider RS at the
right money it may just be a wise move right now really yeah compared to where
they were a year ago yeah yeah definitely definitely yeah what were they
knocking around I hear a sort of list for this price 160 I think at launch they
went they went beyond that yeah touching to touching 200 and now they're well
they've just sold those two cars at 125 so great value right now and yes the
guy that bought one of them he said wow my price to change a year ago for that
car was so much more that's an easy easy decision yeah he didn't come into
biker yeah yeah came in to pick up some number plates that was a good sales day
he said Simon that spider RS is lovely how much is that 150 so 125 surprisingly
yeah so we did some quick math maths and off he went got it got it got it
timing is everything it is timing that's right timing is everything yeah
there's um I've yeah notice you got a lovely mark one GT3 I guess we can call
it then hung on six dot one yeah in there in guards there's a really nice
a none and seven point two GT3 there as well yes there was that's right there's
a red one in there that we've sold this year it's now staying with us for a bit
well the gentleman makes a make space for it in his garage nice nice and a white
one none and seven dot two just gone just on this yeah just in the last in the
last seven days yeah yeah yeah are you able to offer any insight on that GT3
market yeah so I was discussing this recently so so my current feeling is I
think the RS as you may have noticed that they've gone price wise they've
recently shifted upwards from yeah I think listen this last 12 months they
were sort of 180 perhaps that's the dot two isn't it sorry yeah for just
talking dot two GT3 and I think they've just recently sort of broken the 200k
sort of price barrier whereas the four liters even on obviously much on from
there 997.2 gts especially manual for a low mileage one of those what we're
talking currently 1890 whereas you can pick up a point two GT3 for early
hundreds so it feels to me like they've they've potentially got some a chance to
move up a bit yeah catch to catch the RS yeah and put some distance between them
and the and the gts so so yeah so we've just recently sold two of those and I
think now they're probably probably quite a smart place to put some money
yeah interesting yeah 997.2 they said funny enough it's on on their collective
and the last week or so Andy has been a bit of chapter in 97.1 and 97.2 yeah
people seem to find favor with it the dot one looks a bit more actually really
so I prefer the dot two yeah so from the LED lights feel like the LED lights
aged aged car a little bit yeah that's the key thing for me is real lights
real lights yeah I think I'm thinking of real lights I don't think I've ever
replaced a 997.1 rear lights by them all the time they've been haven't they
been on back order they've been on back order but they split on the seat is it
the theme between the clear and the red reflective splits yeah that's right I
think they've done the price seems to fluctuate as well yeah as I've bought a
few sets you tend to be a bit tuned into the cost of these things it's great
insight yeah I've seen got a couple of lovely GT2s yes as well yeah yeah so
they're quite quite a rarity on they don't see many we don't see many but we
yeah just so it happens to have two on site at the minute so so both the 997
and 996 yeah 996 club sport yeah a very limited number of those around isn't
there yeah I can't remember the numbers now it's super super low super rare but
we do see yeah we've we've often got some yeah a ray of interesting Porsche on
site so there's a 964 RS in the workshop oh yeah today he's been serviced at
MOT there's a 993 RS in there just last week that's gone yeah a couple of 993
turbos just been picked up after being fettled ready for road trips so yeah see
some interesting yeah just after purchase as well so hopefully I haven't
there's so much like choice and variety here Simon and again just like you know
reference to like the specifications on on the cars in the showroom
particularly the ones yeah you know that yours they're just so well-specced and
presented you know like you really know your stuff on these yeah it's just this
is just a delight to kind of walk around and take a look at them all you know I
think that's partly leave I enjoy what I do as well when the rights cars come
along I struggle to remember Simon you are a car dealer you to pay the bills
you used to sell these cars but some these think wow I'm never gonna find this
again yeah so yeah he's yeah it's a fine line what an amazing opportunity as an
enthusiast to be able to yeah have that opportunity to keep some of the cars as
well yeah I feel like I am yeah I'm living my dream yeah yeah it's good fun
it's a hobby and a business yeah Simon thank you for jumping on the
podcast and chatting as I said it's lovely to grab some time with you
because I know when yeah it's not something that you would readily do so
we appreciate the trust you've kind of yeah instilled in us every time you hear
up so yeah best of luck we hope to visit again soon maybe for a video or two yeah
and they probably more than welcome thank you ready thank you Simon here at
camera sports cars thanks guys cheers cheers lovely lovely stuff thank you
Simon and as I said yeah Andy and I would love to come back up and talk more
portion with you hopefully in the not too distant future yeah let's do that be
good to talk talk some subjects when they pick your subjects and go deep
definitely mate definitely yeah a OB a OB indeed and what we got I can go
through some collective members should we do that yes yeah yeah I kind of feel
like a gem of the week has got to be anything from Cameron sports cars
obviously it'd be remiss to go anywhere else although Simon we do need some of
those cars on the marketplace what what I will say is I don't want anybody to
buy that it's lovely and whoever does buy it that is such a sensational sports
car it is in mint condition Andy isn't it yeah it's beautiful isn't it it really
is and and you know again when we played our 500k fantasy garage that was that
was one of my picks yeah right and and and Carl commented on the collective
WhatsApp chat in the week to say well that was the only car he went and looked
at because relative to the other cars that all of us have picked couldn't
believe the value of it at 22k so it is an exceptional car I think an
exceptional price yeah but but don't don't buy it don't buy it unless unless
you'd like to gift it to Andy and I and in which case we're in yeah we're all
we're all for it so yeah excellent right I'll give you some new collective
members I've got such a long list but we'll just go for the the regulation
three for today Norman Alley who is based in Leeds is that the Leeds
yes yes it is he doesn't drive a Porsche at the moment he is your mate
he's got an Audi R8 okay nice very good very original the eighth why yeah
beautiful beautiful living the Audi dream at the moment they've aged so well
but yeah great to have you along and I'm sure I'm sure you'll get punished not
punished what's the word thoroughly corrupted thoroughly corrupted by the
WhatsApp group in no time at all and the R8 would be up for sale so yeah okay
Charlotte Peacock based in Cambridge strives a 2002 Porsche Boxster
Charlotte love your story by the way you kindly shared it on the intros page of
our WhatsApp community really really interesting and yeah like I love how
period of time ago you swap the the states for the good old UK excellent
stuff yeah whereabouts did she come from in the states I don't remember no you
don't remember no I've got Charlotte in my head but you can't be Charlotte from
Charlotte surely not no I can't I can't remember you have to remind this Charlotte
works driver is she not she's indeed yes well let's do a works chat with Charlotte
I'd like to do that I'd like to do that so we'll find out so long as you're
willing to do that Charlotte but yeah big welcome to the collective lovely lovely
car as well next up is Alina Kutas who is local to us she's based in Bournemouth
and she has a 718 Cayman S along with a 340 IM Sport as a daily awesome
that's a pretty cool pairing yeah it's perfect little pairing isn't it yeah yeah
yeah one one one for the week commute the other one for the weekend and or
sunny days a bit of this bit of that absolutely yeah yeah welcome it welcome
Alina yes absolutely welcome I'm gonna sneak one more in and that's Aiden
Crockett who is based in Spaulding in Lincolnshire recently acquired a 987 Cayman
R oh add to the list of members that have got one that's replaced his 986 S
and he has a 958 Cayenne as a daily along with a 94 championship car the
races in the calm Porsche trophy that is awesome and I have to say like because
that is a lovely Porsche stable and not a 911 in sight in terms of like good
variety and a decent spread of Porsche metal I say Aiden you're you're winning
their big time good I should leave us there with our new recruits super yeah
welcome to everybody that's joining the collective we are so chuffed to have you
here so thank you yeah thank you and we've got a gem no you've done we've done
the Gem of the week have you got any spread the loves this week have I got
any spread the loves yes I want spread the love to Chris Turner at Sussex
asset finance because without Chris's hard work I would not be in a GT3 I
would not be able to say I own a Porsche GT3 which sounds excellent epic so yeah
thanks Chris really appreciate all your yeah hard work excellent my spread the
love is going to be for a video that Simon Cockrum is in which is a video by
Mark McCann where he finds his car that he owned 20 odd years ago I think you
may have say say sensationalize the story somewhat but it does it does make
for a good watch Mark tells a good story excellent stuff excellent stuff yeah
and good to see Simon in that I think you did did very well I know you had the
camera thrust in his face amazing amazing should we actually offer some non
much radio behind the scenes Andy what are we doing next week what are we doing
next week not a clue buddy but we will find out when it arrives and you can
hear it first right here on our much radio your favorite unscripted really
very much see you next week excellent cheers buddy
About this episode
Cameron Sports Cars takes center stage as the hosts delve into the latest news from Porsche, including a groundbreaking W18 engine patent and leadership changes at the company. The episode features a special guest, Simon Cochran, who shares insights about his independent dealership, the unique cars in his inventory, and the passion behind his business. Listeners will enjoy discussions on the nuances of Porsche specifications, the dynamics of the current market, and personal anecdotes about car ownership. This episode is rich with automotive enthusiasm and expert commentary.
Original notes
Lee & Andy are in Somerset visiting Cameron Sports Cars, where owner Simon explains how his personal Porsche passion lead to a dream job buying and selling special sports cars.
Elsewhere, the team talk through the importance (and likely ramifications) of Porsche’s new CEO announcement, as well as a new W18 engine patent – plus Lee reveals which car he’s just bought from the 9WERKS Marketplace.
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