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The Smoking Tire - Podcast

The Smoking Tire

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman sit down with automotive icons, pro drivers, comedians and other friends to discuss automotive industry news, racing, projects and whatever else comes to mind.
Watch our car reviews at www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
99 minutes
Episodes
1023
Years Active
2012 - 2025
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959 Autobahn; Interior Redemption; Pothole Problems

959 Autobahn; Interior Redemption; Pothole Problems

While Matt was in Germany to drive the new Spyder RS, Porsche brought out a bunch of their museum cars! A 959; 964 Clubsport Prototype Study (1 of 1), 1985 3.2 Clubsport Prototype (not built until 19…

01:48:38  |   Tue 01 Aug 2023
Throttle House' James and Thomas

Throttle House' James and Thomas

It's James Engelsman and Thomas Holland of Throttle House! On this episode we talk about: Mercedes' new, flawed C63 AMG; their tire budget; how to treat a press car; the new Aston Martin DB12; confli…

01:48:51  |   Thu 27 Jul 2023
Road Tripping; Missed Shifts and Your Brain; Quick hands and Mustangs

Road Tripping; Missed Shifts and Your Brain; Quick hands and Mustangs

On this episode Matt and I are driving TO the Lotus factory IN a Lotus Emira.

We give our take on the cars, events, and cost of Goodwood. Then we discuss the pros and alarming cons of the hale bale sa…

01:45:13  |   Tue 25 Jul 2023
Caffeine and Machine w/ Phil McGovern (LIVE show)

Caffeine and Machine w/ Phil McGovern (LIVE show)

This show was recorded in front of a live audience at Caffeine and Machine, a permanent cars & coffee / pub / hotel located in Ettington, UK. Our guest was the founder of C&M, Phil McGovern. Topics i…

01:46:44  |   Thu 20 Jul 2023
Jenson Button (F1, NASCAR, Le Mans, Radford, and more)

Jenson Button (F1, NASCAR, Le Mans, Radford, and more)

Jenson Button on racing a NASCAR at Le Mans; driving old F1 cars; the Radford campaign at Pikes Peak (and why he didn't drive); his strange decision with seats; his old Jag; street circuits; bumps; a…

01:22:18  |   Tue 18 Jul 2023
Chris Harris at Goodwood

Chris Harris at Goodwood

Chris Harris sat down with us in the Lotus booth! Topics include: why driving up the hill is a fool's errand; his thoughts on EVs with manual transmissions; the Rimac; how he feels about Lotus' new d…

00:42:30  |   Sat 15 Jul 2023
Henry Grabar: How Parking changed cities, rent, and lives.

Henry Grabar: How Parking changed cities, rent, and lives.

Henry Grabar is the author of the fascinating book, "Paved Paradise: How Parking Changed the World". He's going to fill us in on how building cities for cars has influenced the design of homes, build…

01:24:38  |   Tue 11 Jul 2023
DB12 Review; Mercedes going for Yoke; Sporty Luxury or vice-versa - TST#839

DB12 Review; Mercedes going for Yoke; Sporty Luxury or vice-versa - TST#839

Matt reviews the new Aston Martin DB12; Mercedes maybe getting rid of steering wheels; how we feel about drive-by-wire steering; clarifying the Audi Q8 e-tron's braking; and more.

Patreon topics inclu…

01:48:46  |   Thu 06 Jul 2023
NSX up; Ferrari Mystery Leak; Goodwood FOS; C6 Parts list

NSX up; Ferrari Mystery Leak; Goodwood FOS; C6 Parts list

Twitter is broken; Matt's NSX suddenly increased in value; we discuss the problems and opportunities for the NCAS charging standard (and make some corrections); a mystery leak from the Ferrari; our u…

01:23:47  |   Wed 05 Jul 2023
Q8 e-tron, Monaco, Tesla charges the world, inflation-ish, Q&A!

Q8 e-tron, Monaco, Tesla charges the world, inflation-ish, Q&A!

Matt is tells us about getting lost in Monaco; Zack describes the good and bad about his time in the brutally fast S63 AMG; the inflation of sports car prices (it's not what you think); the Audi Q8 e…

01:28:31  |   Sat 01 Jul 2023
Integra Type S review; Lambo Engine Removal; Weird 4x4; Q&A

Integra Type S review; Lambo Engine Removal; Weird 4x4; Q&A

Matt and Zack discuss the Acura Type S (and Civic Type R); the nervous tale of removing Matt's Lamborghini engine; a strange off-roader that left us nervous; and Patreon questions about watches, the …

01:28:47  |   Thu 22 Jun 2023
Urus Performante; Audi S7; Secret Hypermiling; Q&A

Urus Performante; Audi S7; Secret Hypermiling; Q&A

Matt reviews the confusing Lamborghini Urus Performante; Zack talks about his time in the Audi S7; a secret hypermile activity that wasn't boring; comparing air suspensions. Then we answer Patreon qu…

01:32:38  |   Tue 20 Jun 2023
Tony Quiroga - EIC of

Tony Quiroga - EIC of "Car and Driver"

Tony Quiroga is the Editor-in-Chief of Car and Driver Magazine.

We talk about Tony's plan for help everyone got 200MPH; the kind of cars he's never owned; what the "weighted bat" theory is during trac…

01:35:11  |   Thu 15 Jun 2023
SpeedyCop Builds the Craziest Race Cars

SpeedyCop Builds the Craziest Race Cars

Speedy Cop has built the weirdest and most creative race cars you've ever seen. There's the airplane, or the tipped-over hippy bus, an amphibious helicopter that can drive on a highway or on a pond, …

01:27:38  |   Tue 13 Jun 2023
Maserati Grecale; Where did Start Buttons Go?!

Maserati Grecale; Where did Start Buttons Go?!

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman talk about driving the new Maserati Grecale Trofeo (and how it compares against the competition from BMW and Porsche); why some car companies have removed start/stop butto…

01:56:26  |   Thu 08 Jun 2023
David Twohig (Chief Automotive Engineer of Alpine)

David Twohig (Chief Automotive Engineer of Alpine)

Want to understand cars better? This is the show. David Twohig is an automotive engineer, journalist, and author. He was an engineering lead for the Nissan Qashqai, Alpine A110, Renault Zoe,  and BYT…

01:47:07  |   Tue 06 Jun 2023
SEMA Pres. Mike Spagnola

SEMA Pres. Mike Spagnola

Mike Spagnola is the president of SEMA. Naturally we'll be talking about the EPA, the rise of EVs, and what the future of modded cars looks like.

 

He's also built some seriously fast toys of his own, …

01:27:57  |   Thu 01 Jun 2023
Bucky Lasek (X Games Gold Medalist, Rally Cross)

Bucky Lasek (X Games Gold Medalist, Rally Cross)

Bucky Lasek is a professional skateboarder and rally driver. As of 2016, Lasek has won 13 medals at the X Games, including ten gold medals, and is one of only two vert skateboarders to have won three…

01:43:22  |   Tue 30 May 2023
Sasha Selipanov (Designer for Lamborghini, Bugatti, Koenigsegg!)

Sasha Selipanov (Designer for Lamborghini, Bugatti, Koenigsegg!)

What a show! Our guest is automotive designer Sasha Selipanov. He has the job many of us dreamed of us as kids: supercar designer. He penned the Lamborghini Huracan, Bugatti Chiron, Koenigsegg's Geme…

01:18:07  |   Thu 25 May 2023
Rutledge Wood (Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Top Gear USA, NASCAR)

Rutledge Wood (Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Top Gear USA, NASCAR)

Rutledge Wood is a stable in the car community. He is the host of "Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge", a new show on NBC where teams compete to make automotive dreams come true. But before that he was a…

01:55:41  |   Tue 23 May 2023
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