Spike's Car Radio

Spike, Jonny, and Zuckerman take the stage live at the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for their annual charity show. They break down the biggest reveals from The Quail, dig into collector car market trends, and field Q&A from a crowd that clearly knows too much about cars.

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Recorded live at Pebble Beach, this one covers a lot of ground. Jonny recaps The Quail, including the manual V8 McLaren MCL6 GT, the 850-horsepower Aston Martin Valiant, the Brabus Bodo, and Gordon Murray Automotive's $8.5 million SV S1. Then there's the Singer x Louis Vuitton collab, which Spike is not thrilled about, versus the Toy Story Porsche 911 GT3 RS at Werks, which actually pulled kids into the hobby.

On the collector car market trends front: a pristine 4-cam Porsche 356B Carrera GS/GT hammered at $280,000 (about half its estimate), signaling softening values across vintage classics. Meanwhile, Carroll Shelby's personal 1964 Daytona Cobra Coupe sold for $42 million, the most expensive American car ever at auction. Paul Zuckerman breaks down why that gap exists, and then pivots to legally dissecting a Fish and Wildlife officer who tased a man pumping gas and set him on fire. Common sense, people.

The audience Q&A gets into: enthusiast cars under $100k (Toyota MR2 revival, AMG CLA 45 EV, Subaru Solterra), best sedans for airport runs, whether auction buyers are investors or enthusiasts, the PPF debate (Spike says no, Jonny says yes, Zuckerman compares it to plastic sofa covers), first cars for teenagers, and the first brand-new cars each host ever bought. Spike got a Boxster. Zuckerman got a dark blue E39 M5. Nobody made a bad call.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro for SCR Live!

02:56 - The Quail Highlights: McLaren MCL6 GT, Aston Martin Valiant, GMA SV S1

07:20 - Singer x Louis Vuitton vs. Toy Story GT3 RS

11:10 - 356 Price Drop and the $42M Shelby Daytona Coupe

16:10 - Jaguar EV Prototype, AMG Electric SUV, Porsche Hypercar Debates

29:33 - Rolling Car and Zuckerman on Self-Runover Lawsuits

32:18 - Sub-$100k Cars That Still Excite Enthusiasts

39:00 - Are Auction Buyers Enthusiasts or Investors?

43:03 - The PPF Debate

45:01 - Spike vs. Doug DeMuro

47:24 - Best First Car

50:53 - First Brand-New Cars

53:13 - Does Car Knowledge Kill the Joy of Driving?

55:52 - Live Trivia Giveaway, Sponsors, and Farewell
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Ferrari 275 GTBs, the Manson Family, a Rivian in the desert, and the Porsche 911 GT3 S/T debate. Spike, Zuckerman, and Sam from Seen Through Glass cover Monterey Car Week, vintage classics, and the rise of Chinese automakers in Europe and America.

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Sam from Seen Through Glass @seenthroughglass joins Spike and Zuckerman fresh off driving a $3.5M Ferrari 275 GTB/4, alongside a 300SL Gullwing and a Porsche 356 Speedster. If you think a 1960s Ferrari 275 GTB/4 is going to feel like a racecar, Sam has news for you.

Spike then drops the wildest California history you probably never heard: how Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys let the Manson Family move in, and how two separate Ferrari 275 GTBs got destroyed in the process. One was rolled so badly it was crushed down to the steering wheel before a full restoration brought it back.

On the modern side, the group breaks down the Porsche 992.2 GT3 Touring vs the 911 S/T, Andreas Preuninger's steering recalibration after customer feedback, seat choices, and why GT2 RS values keep climbing. They also get into the Fiat Grande Panda as a daily driver, the retro Renault 5 and 4, and how Chinese brands like Jaecoo and BYD are forcing legacy European automakers to lean hard into heritage and history.

Also on the docket: left-lane campers getting the punishment they deserve, a 1979 Mercedes-Benz 280 TE with 3,709 km listed at Gooding and Company at Pebble Beach, a Buzzfeed list of the most disgusting things found in men's apartments, and Monterey Car Week plans.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introducing Seen Through Glass

05:20 - Sam driving a Rivian at Joshua Tree

07:43 - Why Angeles Crest is so dangerous

08:47 - Sam driving a pristine Ferrari 275

16:35 - The state of Jonny's Porsche 914

17:42 - The Charles Manson Beach Boys Ferrari

24:30 - Why the Porsche GT3 S/C is so good

34:12 - The Fiat Panda is so underrated

37:03 - Chinese cars dominating every market

41:43 - Driving in Europe vs America

47:36 - Untouched 1979 Mercedes-Benz Wagon

52:54 - The worst things that guys do
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Matt Farah recounts a 300-mile Vespa road trip up the California coast, Spike and Jonny go in on BMW's Spider-Man in-car pop-up ads, and Zuckerman stages a legal rescue of Jonny's long-suffering Porsche 914. After, Brabus CEO Constantin Buschmann brings two monsters into the SCR Garage: the 1,000 HP V12 coachbuilt Brabus Bodo and a modified 800 HP open-top G-Wagen.

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This week on Spike's Car Radio, Matt Farah breaks down a two-day, 300-plus mile Vespa GTS 310 road trip, including a 50-degree temperature swing and near-deer encounters.

The guys react to a video essay on canyon driving ethics and street racing culture online, and the crew debates whether drivers on modern GT3-level machines on sticky tires on public roads are the actual problem. Matt contrasts all of it with driving his air-cooled Meyers Manx through the canyons while cyclists cheered.

Then BMW drops a self-inflicted PR disaster: owners of $160,000 vehicles getting Spider-Man movie trailer pop-ups on their dashboards at startup. The group compares this to Genesis and Kia, who are apparently too busy building great cars to run ads inside them.

Spike previews Willow Springs Reimagined on Saturday, October 17th, with B-Sedan races, Porsche Cup, a Petersen Hill Climb, a live Smoking Tire podcast, and vintage motorcycle races. Then the guys tackle the ongoing saga of Jonny Lieberman's disassembled Porsche 914 restoration rescue, with Zuckerman playing legal hardball with the shop.

In the second half, Constantin Buschmann joins Spike for a full in-garage interview covering Brabus history since 1977, the Brabus One-Second Wow design philosophy, and the two flagship cars on the floor: the Brabus Bodo (1,000 HP, V12, Aston Martin Vanquish chassis, 77 units, 1.0M to 1.4M euros) and the Brabus 800 Cabriolet G-Wagen (800 HP, open-top AMG G63 with Widestar body kit).

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introducing Matt Farah

04:39 - Matt's Vespa road trip

08:14 - The RIGHT way to drive in the canyons

18:56 - BMW in-car ad controversy

23:37 - Why luxury car brands are overrated

29:11 - The state of Jonny's Porsche 914

42:00 - Introducing Constantin Buschmann

45:21 - Brabus Bodo showcase

54:15 - Brabus 800 Cab G-Wagen showcase
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Spike and Jonny break down the Ferrari Luce EV sales explosion, rescue Jonny's trapped Porsche 914 with Zuckerman, and go head-to-head on the $121K Lexus LX 700h Overtrail vs. the $62K Kia Telluride HEV. Plus: ghillie suit cops, a GT3 RS canyon crash, and a Mercedes AI that really, really has opinions about Karl Marx.

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Spike's Car Radio is back with a loaded episode. It's straight into the Porsche 914 restoration saga. Jonny's 1973 914 has been sitting at a shop for seven years. Zuckerman made his opening diplomatic move, calling the restorer to request status photos. Spike floats the idea of pulling it out and finishing it with a Cali shop from the podcast network. The Signal Yellow paint job was apparently done by eye, which tracks.

Next up is the Ferrari Luce, which has already hit its annual sales target, driven mostly by demand in China. Spike called it. Jonny still thinks it looks like an old USB drive. They both agree it drives well, which is at least something.

For the SUV comparison, Jonny breaks down the Lexus LX 700h Overtrail: twin-turbo V6 hybrid, 459 hp, 538 lb-ft, three locking differentials, hydraulic-pneumatic suspension, and 18-inch Toyo Open Country III tires. Off-road credibility is real. So is the $121,000 price. Spike counters with the 2027 Kia Telluride HEV X-Line SX Prestige at $62,000, hitting 35 mpg, dual wireless chargers, and interior quality that punches well above its price point. His argument: South Korean design is lapping the competition at half the cost.

The news segment covers: a dad in Singapore who let his two sons ride on the rear wing of his Porsche in traffic, a Porsche 911 GT3 RS that tumbled 500 feet down a ravine on Angeles Crest Highway, and a New Jersey cop who put on a ghillie suit, hid next to a tree, and caught 74 distracted drivers in six hours.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Jonny's cursed Porsche 914 resto

10:06 - The Ferrari Luce is SOLD OUT?

17:04 - Lexus LX review

22:18 - Kia Telluride Hybrid review

32:20 - Why your car is spying on you

35:51 - We can't stop buying cars

37:13 - Porsche extra seating hack

40:48 - Another brutal GT3 RS crash at ACH

42:54 - Advanced anti-text-and-drive tactics

47:28 - The future of car tech
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The guys are live from Baldwin Hills previewing Pebble Beach week, breaking down Jerry Seinfeld's Porsche collection hitting the Gooding and Company auction block, and exposing the CPR Classic fraud that landed its owner in federal prison with a $10 million restitution order. Plus: a 2027 Audi S5 review and spy footage of the new mid-engine Toyota MR2.

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This week on Spike's Car Radio: Spike and the crew preview the most significant lots in the Gooding and Company auction, specifically the rare Porsches from the Jerry Seinfeld collection. We're talking a final Karmann-built 1965 356C in Irish Green, a 1968 Porsche 907 Daytona winner, and a 1961 356B four-cam GT Coupe, among others.

Morris Solomons has its first real inventory acquisition: a European-market 1999 Porsche 996 GT3 in Speed Yellow with full Manthey Racing documentation. Never sold in North America.

Then things get serious. A federal judge sentenced the owner of CPR Classic to time in prison and $10 million in restitution for a Ponzi-style fraud scheme involving Porsche restoration and resale. The story includes selling the same cars to multiple buyers, forging title signatures, and triple-dipping on lines of credit. Zuckerman, an actual lawyer, walks through the legal fallout in detail.

Jonny reviews the 2027 Audi S5 review in the context of Audi's bizarre new naming scheme (even numbers are EVs, odd numbers are gas), a $75,000 price point, and infotainment glitches that should embarrass the brand. The group debates in-cabin driver attention cameras and what car driver tracking camera privacy actually means for buyers.

Spy shots of the new mid engine Toyota MR2 prototype surface, and Bizzarrini sends a letter claiming Giorgetto Giugiaro showed their open-top Targa design to Porsche executives before the 911 Targa ever existed, which is either automotive history or a very bold claim.

Listener Q and A covers why Spike and Zuckerman sold their Porsche 911 S/T, watch choices from the SCR table, and the team's favorite racetracks.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Jerry is selling more of his Porsches?

08:10 - The rare cars that we're selling

13:20 - INSANE classic Porsche ponzi scheme

25:26 - 2027 Audi S5 review

28:02 - The fall of VW Group?

29:00 - What car buyers REALLY want

34:41 - Why are our cars SPYING on us?

41:48 - Toyota MR2 SPOTTED!

43:22 - The Bizzarrini!

48:35 - Why we sold the 911 S/T

50:12 - Why Z is selling the Dakar Yellow E39

52:38 - Our watches

55:48 - The best race tracks in the world

1:02:58 - Zuckerman's Rod Emory car
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