{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"What would you bring to The Great British Jaguar Day? | The Car Podcast #87","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-would-you-bring-to-the-great-british-jaguar-day-the-car-podcast-87","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66ab67440913aff5a4615e97/e/6a05f84ba8fad4c1bebad7fe/media.mp3","description":"Get your tickets to the Great British Jaguar Day at Bicester Motion below!https://bicestermotion.com/calendar/great-british-jaguar-dayGet your tickets to HOWL below!https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/howlhttps://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/chris-harris-live-podcastDownload Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ (00:00) Intro⁠(00:06) Things we did in cars or happy news ! (39:17) Coolest ever road Jag that you’d turn up in to GBJD(54:16) Most overrated car that for some reason the world hates to criticise(1:12:15) 2CG with Car & Classic(1:23:20) Music The Refuel!www.TheRefuel.com Hosted on Acast. 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You know, why would you ever sell one","canonicalId":"term:right-hand-drive","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.6,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Right-hand drive (RHD) means the steering wheel is on the right side of the car, which is common in the UK, Japan, and several other countries. In enthusiast circles, RHD can affect desirability and usability depending on where the car will be driven and how it matches local driving norms.","simplifiedExplanation":"Right-hand drive means the steering wheel is on the right side of the car. Some buyers prefer it because it matches how they’re used to driving in their country."}},{"startTime":4950.1,"endTime":4962.4,"type":"term","title":"left hand drive","url":"/glossary/left-hand-drive","quote":"Actually, I selected two. This is the one I want. It's the left hand drive. So I'm going to spa. So I want a left hand drive one.","canonicalId":"term:left-hand-drive","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Left hand drive” means the driver sits on the left side of the car, which is the standard layout in most countries that drive on the right. The speaker is specifically choosing a left-hand-drive example, likely because it matches how they prefer to drive and because it’s more common/usable for their plan.","simplifiedExplanation":"Left-hand drive means the driver’s seat is on the left side of the car. He’s saying he wants that layout for the car he’d buy."}},{"startTime":4973.0,"endTime":4991.6,"type":"car","title":"Bentayga","url":"/cars/bentley/bentayga","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/2017_Bentley_Bentayga_V8_Diesel_Automatic_4.0_Front.jpg","quote":"But I think that I think they're really good. It's the same in the Bentayga that I've not seen in two months. Does the Bentayga still exist, by the way, guys? Yes. Who's got the Bentayga? Manish has converted it.","canonicalId":"car:bentley:bentayga","priority":0.55,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Bentley Bentayga is Bentley’s luxury SUV, and the hosts discuss whether it still exists and how someone has “converted it” to make it quicker. That implies aftermarket or modification work to improve performance beyond stock.","imageAttribution":"Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Chris Harris","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-would-you-bring-to-the-great-british-jaguar-day-the-car-podcast-87/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}