Lately I have really been sucked down the rabbit hole of car videos on YouTube. I find that I have gravitated towards shows that originate in the UK. Honestly, it nothing to do with Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, it is just that everything sounds so much more refined in the Queen’s English. I’ve already discussed that James Engelsman increased the enjoyment of Throttle House vids, but now I’ve stumbled on a few more YouTube channels that I find positively mesmerizing.
Firstly there is Harry’s Garage, whose presenter is named, go figure, Harry Metcalfe. Mr. Metcalfe founded EVO magazine back in 1998 and after 15 years retired to become a gentleman farmer with a decidedly awesome car collection. Although he is technically not an auto journalist anymore, because of his car guy stature he also gets all the new cool cars to review. He also films his adventures restoring or repairing some of the older exotics in his collection and random Silverstone Auction previews. With him being an old guy like me I especially like his road trips in some of his cool cars because he breaks out actual paper maps to explain the routes he is going to take:
Next up is the Autotrader UK channel where Rory Reid, ex of Top Gear, puts cars through their paces, like his latest on the new Lotus Emira:
While I’ll probably never own an electric vehicle I still like to keep up with what is happening in that market, but if you are into electric vehicles the Electric Vehicle Man is worth checking out. Here is their latest on the Genesis GV60 the sister car to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Kia EV6:
Times Miata Driven since 01/01/22: 32