{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"TVR Cars and Whisky - guest Aaron Forrester","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tvr-cars-and-whisky-guest-aaron-forrester","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/b319574/podcast/play/99950057/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-16%2Fc5d8328b-0fc6-f5a2-8e37-989400014a7f.mp3","description":"267 - TVR cars and whisky with Aaron Forrester of TVR Imports*This episode has a full video version on the YouTube channel*https://youtu.be/MA9UiQIPnX8Aaron Forrester returns to Hard Parking for the third time, this time to introduce his TVR Tuscan and his TVR Imports car business. After a history of TVR cars, He and the host drink whisky and also talk about dream cars. 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