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The Elise, Evoque, Corvette and... Popemobile | Live: car designer Julian Thomson #335

Season 1, Ep. 335
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Live from Bicester Scramble, Andrew Frankel and Gez Medinger are joined by legendary car designer Julian Thomson, to talk through his life in cars – both those he's owned, and designed.


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00:00 Introduction

00:47 Smiles and Corvettes

04:39 Buy, Borrow, Burn

07:37 Dinos and hot hatches

14:02 Thomson at Ford & Lotus

17:26 Lotus Elise

29:13 JLR and Evoque

36:55 Chevrolet and Corvette

40:41 Influence from China

44:19 Audience questions

45:45 BaT Car of the Week

51:22 Dungeons & Wagons


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