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Midnight TOCA

Midnight TOCA

Smith and Sniff Sep 08, 2025 68 min
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About this episode

Raj and Noah dive into the world of automotive nostalgia, discussing a unique gift of Top Trumps featuring classic and modern cars. They humorously critique the cards, debating the merits of various vehicles like the Ford Mustang II and Ferrari Dino. The episode also features a lively discussion about PistonHeads auctions, highlighting a 1979 Lotus Talbot Sunbeam and a BMW E30 convertible. With anecdotes and playful banter, the hosts explore the quirks of car culture, making for an entertaining listen for automotive enthusiasts.

Topics: top trumps classic cars pistonheads auctions lotus talbot sunbeam bmw e30 ford mustang ii car culture automotive nostalgia
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Ford Mustang
Hans-Jürgen Neubert (CC BY 4.0)
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Ford Mustang

"...t for me, Fast Cars, Old and New? I've got a Ford Mustang 2. Oh, God."
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Ferrari Dino
No machine-readable author provided. Luc106 assumed (based on copyright claims). (Public domain)
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Ferrari Dino

"... And you go, oh, okay, we've got, yeah, there's a Ferrari Dino in there. You know, that's quite a fast thing."
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Ford Thunderbird
Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA (CC BY 2.0)
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Ford Thunderbird

"...t the fastest, not the fastest. Then I got a Ford Thunderbird. And they said, I was like, I don't recall the Fo..."
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Fiat 130
Hausnumera (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Fiat 130

"..., I'm just looking here. We've got a, we've got a Fiat 130 Coupe. OK."
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Nissan 350Z
RaxelX (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Nissan 350Z

"... for reasons we can't entirely explain. You know, Nissan 350Z or. Well, Hispano Suizes, you've got."
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Pantera
Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Pantera

"...s mentioning those again, car, the Dita Marseille Pantera, whatever, but it'd be a random grab bag."
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Mercedes-Benz Mercedesbenz S
Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
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Mercedes-Benz Mercedesbenz S

"What are we talking? Well, we've got a 1927 Mercedes-Benz S compressor here, 6.8 litre, six cylinder"
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BMW 328
Jakub Hałun (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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BMW 328

"... photo of another sort of pre-war German car, BMW 328, which again is a lovely looking, very swoopy thi..."
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Porsche Cayman
Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche Cayman

"...p, my eye was immediately drawn to a 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4. 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020, which is in black."
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Cayman Gt4S
Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Cayman Gt4S

"...20, which is in black. Now, the thing about those Cayman GT4s is, A, they're brilliant, but B, they sit so well..."
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Dodge Avenger
Kieran Holdren (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Dodge Avenger

"...yway, because they're they're they're a shortened Avenger, basically, aren't they?"
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Volvo V70
Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Volvo V70

"... 100,000 miles. But I wanted to mention the Volvo V70 Polestar from 2015, that's that ends on Wednesday..."
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Volvo V60
Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Volvo V60

"So you have time to go and sniff around it and register and put a bid in. It's a V 60. Yeah, what did I say?"
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BMW 325
Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BMW 325

"...ne, then you see another one. We've seen this BMW 325 convertible, which. How many cars are you picking..."
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Ford Ranger
Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Ford Ranger

"...ypically this will be on a new defender or a Ford Ranger? Aftermarket LED spot thing."
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Saturn Vue
IFCAR (Public domain)
Car

Saturn Vue

"No serious damage was done, though. We arrived at Castle Vue's, around three, and sadly consumed most of the Fortnum soma hamper."
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Citroen 2CV
Krzysztof Golik (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Citroen 2CV

"... always liked Mahari. Isn't that a plastic-bodied 2CV thing? No, no, just like it."
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BMW Z3
Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BMW Z3

"... you think if you wanted to do that, you'd pick a Z3 because they're quite low? Yeah, you're less like..."
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Cadillac Lyric
Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Cadillac Lyric

"...what that that that I don't know what the correct lyric of that song is. Well, I was so curious because I..."
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Cadillac Escalade
Baron Maddock (CC BY 4.0)
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Cadillac Escalade

"Easy to Cadillac. Where escalades were, no, they weren't around yet, were they? Bec..."
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Chevrolet Impala
Dllu (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Chevrolet Impala

"at carjacking. Attempted to steal a Chevrolet Impala, and then ran down the street"
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Chevrolet Vega
Chevrolet pre-1978 (Public domain)
Car

Chevrolet Vega

"... we go, Ford van. But he was on tour with Suzanne Vega, so that figures it was a tour van."
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RS200
Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RS200

"and he also, there was a shot of a clip of him crashing a Ford RS 200 quite slowly into a field. I don't, he sort of."
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Car

Jaguar Ftype Convertible

"That Mercedes Grosso, a Jag F-type convertible V6S that he bought on a bit of a whim"
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Land Rover Range Rover
Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Land Rover Range Rover

"Oh, nice. And that old Range Rover that he tools around it on the farm, that's his c..."
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