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With a 30-day free trial, you can try it risk-free – ⁠https://www.the-intercooler.com/subscribe/⁠ Find out more about JBR Capital here – ⁠https://www.jbrcapital.com⁠ Use coupon code Ti10 to get 10% off your Supernatural Car Care order – ⁠https://supernaturalcarcare.com/⁠ \n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":117.3,"endTime":121.24,"type":"brand","title":"Aston Martin","url":"/glossary/aston-martin","quote":"But as I say, it's a it's a one-off. Hopefully. Yeah, and we'll be back in the studio next week\n[117.3s]  We will we will. Um, so this episode is all about Aston Martin","canonicalId":"brand:aston-martin","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.95,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Aston Martin is a British luxury and sports-car brand best known for high-performance grand tourers and supercars. 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