{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"S11 Ep6: Rory Reid: Everyone wanted us to fail on Top Gear!","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/s11-ep6-rory-reid-everyone-wanted-us-to-fail-on-top-gear","audioUrl":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8905494.mp3?modified=1779214665&sid=5027534&source=rss","description":"\nTelevision presenter and motoring journalist Rory Reid is the latest guest on award-winning podcast Fuelling Around. Motoring journalist Reid, who is best known for his time as a presenter on Top Gear and Fifth Gear, is currently the YouTube director for Autotrader. He joined our co-hosts Vicki Butler-Henderson and Dave Vitty to discuss his love of cars and why he wanted to present Fifth Gear. "},"annotations":[{"startTime":233.92,"endTime":239.4,"type":"car","title":"Toyota Prius","url":"/cars/toyota/prius","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/2018-2023_Toyota_Prius.jpg","quote":"...ikes to get the cars um so i i hired a car Toyota Prius from like enterprise or something um did a review...","canonicalId":"car:toyota:prius","priority":0.7,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Toyota Prius is a hybrid car known for using an electric motor alongside a gasoline engine to improve fuel economy. 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