The Late Brake Show is the YouTube channel of motoring journalist, TV presenter & creative content maker Jonny Smith, aka CarPervert
The [Jonny Smith] Late Brake Show is a YouTube platform and website that blends the broadest church of automotive appreciation; from EV to V8, from classic barn-finding to project cars and future tech, Jonny delivers considered, experienced and (hopefully) entertaining fresh car content .
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find rare Aston Martin discovered – will Tavarish start its V8? In this barnfind episode of The Late Brake Show Jonny Smith brings along recent Idol Chat interviewee (and broken McLaren mender) Freddie ‘Tavarish’ Hernandez to unearth what is a rare ’70s V8 Aston Martin. The question is, will…
From The Late Brake Show. Meet the man behind Pixar Cars (and how this REAL Sally Carrera 911 was built). In this special episode Jonny Smith manages to meet and interview one of the character creators of Disney Pixar’s Car Movie. Filmed at the 2023 Porsche Rennsport Reunion event in Californina, Jay Ward explains how…
From The Late Brake Show. Greg James – My Secret Love of Cars . Welcome to a very special Idol Chat interview on The Late Brake Show with BBC Radio 1 breakfast’s Greg James. Greg and Jonny Smith have been friends for a while, but when Greg wanted to find and buy his dream car,…
From The Late Brake Show. The Secret Classic Car Barn we all dream of – Car Caves. Welcome to a Car Cave episode of The Late Brake Show, where Jonny Smith is invited inside a private owner’s car collection. In this instance a fascinating bloke called Michael from Winchester, who has been building several ‘posh…
From The Late Brake Show. New Volvo EX30 Drive Review – The cheapest AND quickest new Volvo. The embargo has lifted on the full drive review of Volvo’s most important new car in two decades – the fully electric small SUV that has a 300-mile range, is the best value new Volvo on sale, and…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find 80s Turbo – THE Rarest of the Hot Hatches? In this special barnfind episode Jonny Smith is in Worcester to uncover an incredibly rare 1983 Renault 5 Gordini Turbo that has been wrapped up ad buried in blankets for the last 20 years. Known as one of the…
From The Late Brake Show. Why the VW XL1 was a 300mpg Bugatti Veyron. Hypermiling Hybrid Hypercar review. Why the Volkswagen XL1 was the Veyron of eco cars. Hypermiling Hybrid Hypercar review. Hypermiling Hybrid Hypercar review – Volkswagen XL1 is 10yrs old. The world’s most fuel efficient car is 10 years old. Jonny Smith finally…
From The Late Brake Show. Part 9: Austin Allegro Type R Sleeper K20 Turbo build. Welcome to the long overdue update on Jonny Smith’s Honda Civic Type R powered Allegro street sleeper project. In this episode FabCo updates us on the turbo manifold fabrication, fitment of new ancillaries from Denso (using T7 Design alternator relocation…
From The Late Brake Show. Driving the FIRST Porsche car (Priceless!). Welcome to this new Late Brake Show episode where Jonny Smith gets the opportunity to drive Porsche 356/1 – the first Porsche made. Thought to be priceless, this 1948 Volkswagen Beetle engined roadster formed the basis of ALL the subsequent Porsche road cars. Usually…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find Unicorn 80s Turbo Classic Car – Will it run? This barnfind episode of The Late Brake Show has a bittersweet ending, because sadly the owner of the car – Mr John McFeely – died before we could finish the edit and upload the video. Therefore we hope this…
From The Late Brake Show. This is the World’s Biggest Porsche Show – Rennsport Reunion 2023 is Porsche’s 75th birthday party. Join Jonny Smith and his podcast partner Richard Porter from Smith & Sniff on a chaotic walk around the largest Porsche car festival in the world. Rennsport Revival in Laguna Seca lasts 4 days…
From The Late Brake Show. 2023 Mini Moke and Caterham ‘Kei’ Turbo review – Brand new Classics driven to Portmeirion. In this special twin test episode Jonny Smith exclusively drives the newly launched Moke with EV drivetrain and the cheapest Caterham on sale – the Super Seven Sport 600 with a tiny 660cc turbo Suzuki…
From The Late Brake Show. I bought Britain’s Cheapest Boxster – My First Porsche. In this episode Jonny Smith is offered what he believes is a bargain Boxster: the cheapest Porsche Boxster in Britain? Surely it has to be, ignoring any salvage cars. This one hasn’t been crashed, stolen and painted, although it was owned…
From The Late Brake Show. Autumn Classic Car Auctions CCA preview walk around. Welcome to this new pre-auction look episode of The Late Brake Show, where Jonny Smith has a look at the 154 classic, retro and modern car lots and picks his favourite classics of the forthcoming event. www.classiccarauctions.com The Classic Car Auctions Autumn…
From The Late Brake Show. Maserati’s First EV driven – 761HP GranTurismo Folgore Review. This, Taycan or Tesla Plaid? You are watching the UK first road drive of the 280-mile range, 800v, 995lb ft Maserati GT Folgore coupe. Jonny Smith takes a brief drive of this crucial new product from the historic Italian manufacturer. Thanks…
From The Late Brake Show. Is Maserati making its best cars in decades? In this episode Jonny Smith explores the new piston and now fully electric Maserati product line up (https://www.maserati.com/gb/en/models), shadows the Maserati MSG race team in the Formula E London E-Prix and reminds the world of what marvellous cars have worn the trident…
From The Late Brake Show. Idol Chat with Tavarish – the YouTuber who rescues ruined supercars. Who is Freddy Hernandez and what is this top car YouTube content creator really like behind the camera? Jonny Smith lets Tavarish drive his JDM Tokyo Taxi and sit in the infamous battered brown leather chairs to talk through…
From The Late Brake Show. Twisted Suzuki Jimny review: Twice as Fast, Twice the Luxury, Twice the Price. Jonny Smith heads to the kings of Land Rover Defender restomods in Yorkshire to drive their first non JLR vehicle to receive their modified treatment. The Twisted new Jimny is based upon the £25k commercial vehicle and…
From The Late Brake Show. The Best Barn Find Classic Car I’ve ever discovered. Will it run? In this episode Jonny Smith pinches himself when he finds what could be the ultimate unicorn classic car, worth up to £300,000. This is a 1959 Aston Martin DB4 that hasn’t been started up since 1982 at the…
From The Late Brake Show. Abarth Fiat 500e Review – is this new EV a Real Hot Hatch? Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. This episode is proudly supported by Black Circles https://www.blackcircles.com/, the UK’s largest online tyre retailer providing a comprehensive click & fit service. Enter your registration number to the website…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find 80s Classic Hot Hatch Turbo discovered – Remember these? Jonny Smith meets a man in Warwickshire who laid up his 1989 MG Maestro Turbo before it was 10 years old. Some 24 years later Jonny helps to uncover it and push it outside, before trying to start the…
From The Late Brake Show. Rare BMW CS Coupe Barn Find Sat Since 1985 – Will it run? Jonny Smith heads to the picture postcard seaside village of Saundersfoot in Wales to meet a charming chap who bought a 1970 BMW 2800 CS coupe (aka the E9 model, what went on to become the 3.0…
From The Late Brake Show. Unboxing survivor 700-mile Ford Escort RS Cosworth – ‘New Old Stock’ . In this special episode Jonny Smith gets the chance to break the security seals and ‘unbox’ an unraced, almost delivery mileage 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Group N rally car showing only 703 miles. Converted to motorsport spec…
From The Late Brake Show. Driving the Ultimate Bad Boys 911 – 600whp RWB Wide Body 964 Porsche. Japanese tuning house Rauh-Welt have built some crazy wide aircooled 911s. This one was bought by Phil Morrison from Driftworks (whose Car Cave we recently featured), driven across Japan on his honeymoon, then shipped to the UK…
From The Late Brake Show. Unicorn Rare British Classic Barn Find – Garaged for 50 years. You join Jonny Smith as he helps to uncover and pull out a classic 1950s Bristol 403, widely regarded as one of the most advanced and aerodynamic cars of its era. Fitted with a BMW derived straight six 2-litre…
From The Late Brake Show. NEW Nissan Z full review – the affordable RWD manual sports car Europe deserves! Jonny Smith borrowed a new Z (so-called 400 Z) while on a recent trip to the US and took it on some of the best driving roads around Los Angeles. The 3.0-litre V6 twin turbo Nissan…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find 1 owner mk1 Escort Mexico – will it run? Welcome to another classic car barnfind episode of The Late Brake Show. Jonny Smith heads to Cumbria to meet the Cradock family, who bought this mk1 Ford Escort Mexico new in 1974. They used it as their sole family…
From The Late Brake Show. The Pembleton T24 review – the LIGHTEST new car on sale? Jonny Smith gets a world exclusive on the four wheeled, 2-cylinder, 361kg British grin maker called a Pembleton. The company also makes a three-wheeler, but this four wheeler is their new model, featuring front-wheel drive, independent suspension, disc brakes…
From The Late Brake Show. Ioniq 5 N – first look at Hyundai’s 650PS EV Tesla Plaid rival. In this episode Jonny Smith gets a first look at the new 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N – the first EV to wear the N performance badge. Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. Taking the…
From The Late Brake Show. Jonny and his brother, Greg, visit Cumbria to dig out what turns out to be 3 classic cars. 2 of the cars so happen to be similiar to what Jonny and Greg had for their first cars. This episode is proudly supported by WD40. For the full list of their…
From The Late Brake Show. The Dream Modified RWD Car Garage Tour // Car Caves 4k. In this special episode Jonny Smith is invited by DriftWorks’ co-founder Phil Morrison to look around his eclectic modified car collection. The old industry building houses both drift demonstrator cars old and new, plus Phil’s selection of heavily reworked…
From The Late Brake Show. Buried barn find 80s classic TVR sports car rescue. In this episode Jonny Smith discovers a 1980s TVR V6 British sports car left in a huge Worcestershire barn. The car is is pulled out with help from a mini digger, and then Jonny tries to start it before cleaning off…
From The Late Brake Show. Jonny’s takes you on a tour of The Late Brake Show area at Retro Rides, Mallory Park 2022. Come and join us at this year’s show on Sunday 13th August 2023. Please book your tickets here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CLDC. Entry gives you the option of displaying your car in our enclosure, plus…
From The Late Brake Show. Chieftain Range Rover exclusive review: New Restomod Classic with V8 PHEV power. In this episode of The Late Brake Show Jonny Smith gets to be the first person to review what is a reborn 4WD classic Range Rover with modern injected Chevrolet 6.2-litre V8 (460bhp/465lbft) driving the rear wheels, and…
From The Late Brake Show. Classic Car Auctions CCA preview walk. Welcome to this new pre-auction look episode of The Late Brake Show, where Jonny Smith has a look at the 183 car lots and picks his favourite classics of the forthcoming event. Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. The Classic Car Auctions…
From The Late Brake Show. ‘Guy Fawkes’ Lamborghini Barn Find with incredible history – will its V12 run? When Jonny Smith was contacted by the owners of The Manor in Ashby St Ledgers (the location of the Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot) to say there was a classic Lamborghini needing to be rescued in a stable,…
From The Late Brake Show. Volkswagen ID. Buzz 7 seater MPV long range EV – first look. Volkswagen ID. Buzz 7-seater LWB Long Range EV MPV – FIRST LOOK. Jonny Smith heads to California for the US launch of the LWB Buzz – which has a longer body, is a 7 seater as standard with…
From The Late Brake Show. This is a BRAND NEW Citroen 2CV AK Electric Delivery van – exclusive first drive review. Baristas, city boutiques, artisanal bread companies PAY ATTENTION! This new EV 2CV van could be the perfect urban delivery and rolling billboard branding for you. Jonny Smith heads to the 2CV Shop https://the2cvshop.co.uk/ to…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find Rare Handmade British V8 muscle car – will it run? In this episode of The Late Brake Show Jonny Smith heads to the Hampshire countryside to uncover an exceptionally rare and 1960s British V8 coupe. The car in question is a Bristol 408, an aluminium car with an…
From The Late Brake Show. Driving a 600bhp tuned Toyota GR Yaris (and how it was modified). And it’s still 1.6 litre! This is thought to be Europe’s most powerful Toyota GR Yaris, with over 500 wheel horse power and over 600 at the flywheel. It was built by established Supra mk4 2JZ speed shop…
From The Late Brake Show. Barn Find Survivor Porsche 911 discovery – Real Life Forza. Jonny Smith wears his sacred BFF (Barn Find Fleece) and heads to picturesque mid Wales to open a garage containing not one but two 1970s sports cars; a 1978 Porsche 911 SC and a 1974 Triumph TR6 roadster. Thanks for…
From The Late Brake Show. Ever seen a car recycling depot so futuristic? Cars stripped, boxed and on eBay within hours! In this episode a very enthusiastic Jonny Smith was invited by eBay parts to visit what could be Europe’s most advanced vehicle recycling depot. Charles Trent in Dorset together with eBay are at the…
From The Late Brake Show. Life with the GWM Ora Funky Cat Chinese EV. 3,000 mile real world review – the good, bad and dangerous! Jonny Smith has had this 193-mile range 48kWh electric hatchback on long term test for 4 months (since Feb to May) and in this episode he reports on the things…
From The Late Brake Show. Is the Z8 BMW’s most collectable car? Driving the rare 90s Bond car 20 years after production ended. In this video Jonny Smith gets to finally drive a Z8 Roadster for the first time, 20 years after its three year production run (with over 5700 made) came to an end.…
From The Late Brake Show. The Car Cave Private Garage Collection for the True Car Fanatic. Welcome to another Car Cave episode of The Late Brake Show. In this video Jonny Smith visits Tony Hughes in Cheshire, a man who has amassed a collection of cars that are either sentimental, great to drive, absolute survivors…
From The Late Brake Show. The new Maturo Stradale is a Lancia Delta Integrale Reborn in carbon-fibre as a Retro Resto-mod. In this exclusive first drive review Jonny Smith gets behind the wheel of the original Integrale Evo 1, is given a detailed tour of the Maturo workshops in Holland, and then discovers what a…
From The Late Brake Show. New Morris JE Van review | The British VW ID. Buzz? Exclusive first drive. After waiting for four years, Jonny Smith finally gets the world exclusive first drive on the Morris J-E electric van, designed from the ground up using EV drivetrain and recycled carbonfibre body to offer a practical…
From The Late Brake Show. T.33 Spider | Gordon Murray’s NEW Convertible V12 Supercar + ride in his favourite classic cabrio. The T33 Spider is the third supercar from Gordon Murray Automotive and Murray’s first ‘grown up’ convertible. The creator of the McLaren F1 and 3-seater T.50 gives Jonny Smith a tour around the new…
From The Late Brake Show. 911 Dakar review – driving Rallycross in the NEW safari spec Porsche Jonny Smith drives Porsche’s off-road 911 not on sand at the Dakar, nor on safari rally, but at the home of World Rallycross in Britain. The £173,000 limited edition, high-riding off-road supercar is a road legal 4WD rally…
From The Late Brake Show. Incredible 80s Barn Find Mercedes AMG Hammer V8 Wide-Body Coupe. This barnfind episode was unexpected, as Jonny Smith was paying a visit to film Neville Brown’s Merc Brabus/AMG Car Cave for a previous episode (watch it here if you haven’t already: https://youtu.be/STFBnwHso7I ) until it was mentioned that a certain…