{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Ep. 305: We Just Bought Toyota's First Ever Sports Car... And We Promise You've Never Heard Of It!","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ep-305-we-just-bought-toyota-s-first-ever-sports-car-and-we-promise-you-ve-never-heard-of-it","audioUrl":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/67bc2de3-6fec-46df-ac6f-6fca62df7bef/stream.mp3","description":"( https://www.alltfl.com/ ) Check out our new spot to find ALL our content, from news to videos and our podcasts! In this episode of TFL Car Chat, Andre and Roman talk their recently purchased classic Toyota that few people have ever heard of! They also talk about other videos we've recently shot including gr drag races and and an almost disastrous off-road shoot in Tommy's new flat fender jeep!Take a peek behind the curtain at the inner workings of TFL as well as learn some of the history of the heritage of Toyota's most popular sports cars! 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