Who is your favorite automotive personality?

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zmansp@reddit

Jason Cammisa is the best on YouTube. Otherwise the OG top gear trio ofc

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Godvater@reddit

He is too much of a sucker for anything American or at least the Hagerty riders are.

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Not sure I agree there. He mostly owns Volkswagens, and usually likes to talk about old Mercedes on his podcast. He clearly just appreciates interesting stories and engineering. And if you’re referring to GM and Tesla, they have objectively had impressive engineering over the years, which is probably why you’ve interpreted it that way.

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The_Crazy_Swede@reddit

Thomas Holland and James Engelsman are real good too

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SR70@reddit

Have followed Jason for a long time, ever since he did a video and article on his Scirocco (since I had one too) WAY back before he was with Hagerty (it was like 15 years ago I think). I think he is a VERY good Journalist and I love how he is so detailed about the little stuff and that he owns and maintains “real” cars that most of us can afford to own.

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coffeeshopslut@reddit

I like cammisa and I know some people find him over the top and obnoxious, but I love it when he's balanced by Derek Tam-Scott

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ICantDecideIt@reddit

DTS is such a good balance to cammisa

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Random-name-number@reddit

Great chemistry

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homegrow420@reddit

I feel DTS is so awkward. It’s hard for me to listen.

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Random-name-number@reddit

Jason Cammisa, Chris Harris and Derek Tam-Scott. Only trio that could replace top gear trio.

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homegrow420@reddit

I like Cammisa too but his podcast with Derek Tam-Scott is so awkward and they have NO flow together. When Cammisa was on “That car pod” with Demuro… it was night and day.

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intertubeluber@reddit

I’m watching him for the first time. Great content but I find him annoying as fuck.

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EliteEthos@reddit

Came here to say this.

Hagerty is the best, highest quality car channel on YT right now.

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YalamMagic@reddit

Throttle House > Harris imo

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zmansp@reddit

True

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Ignorhymus@reddit

Chris Goffey, Tony Mason, and Tiff Needell?

Clarkson Hammond May and the stig were a reboot of the OG top gear from the 70s -90s. Though Clarkson did feature quite a lot, and may did a bit

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BassWingerC-137@reddit

Camissa and then Throttle House.

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Eharmz@reddit

Idk, I find Cammisa as a presenter to be annoying as hell. He should stick to writing. I really want to watch the Hagerty content but I just can't stand him.

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zmansp@reddit

I can understand where you’re coming from. His humor can be a bit facile at times. But he’s just so knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and authentic that I don’t really care. That paired with the production value it’s hard to beat.

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Jor6lez@reddit

Same here. I watch Hagerty only for Catchpole, I find Cammisa extremely boring.

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Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy@reddit

James May

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rynil2000@reddit

Good news!

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Camburglar13@reddit

The Dacia Sandero?

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ProfessorDayta@reddit

It's gone on sale in left hand drive markets!

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DepressedPancake4728@reddit

yeah the big three are pretty far ahead of everyone else imo

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r_Yellow01@reddit

Nobody will catch them since nowadays you're going to review washing machines, I mean EVs

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henkie316@reddit

Washing machine joke goes brrrr. Come on man. It's overdone. You know EV's are great cars for everyday use. You just don't want to admit it

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TheNorthernRose@reddit

Among the best chemistry of a group in the last few decades, in or out of car media. There’s good presenters, but very very few of them can not only make each other laugh about any topic, but make the audience laugh about any topic.

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Crocodile_Banger@reddit

Sumimasen

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No_Doubt_About_That@reddit

Bim guess what

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2dudesinapod@reddit

Oh hello

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viniciusah@reddit

Hey Bim, guess what?

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mr_kindface@reddit

Lurpak spreadable butter invented in 1901

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Ok_Two_2604@reddit

I would agree except I think of him more as an entertainer that happens to be in the medium of cars. Or at least was.

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medium_pimpin@reddit

Hello

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TulioGonzaga@reddit

I also like a certain wise man, a man whose genius is almost... frightening.

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TheElRojo@reddit

Scotty Kilmer? /s

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PabloIceCreamBar@reddit

Cheese

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mellofello808@reddit

Harry Metcalfe

Rich guy with deep experience in the auto industry from both the journalism, and purchaser side. However he comes off as extremely down to earth, and relatable.

No clickbait, and just very pleasant experience watching his content.

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Godvater@reddit

This is my answer too and I watch at least 1000 hours of Automotive content every year.

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hiro111@reddit

Bar none the best automotive YouTuber. Also, his videos are often mini vacations.

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mellofello808@reddit

I love to live vicariously through Harry. He does it right taking amazing cars, on amazing adventures.

Despite a lifetime of privilege, and getting to drive the best cars in the world you can still feel his enthusiasm come through. Because Youtube is more of a hobby for him he doesn't feel the need to do gimmicks, or constantly top himself for views.

Total class act. His videos are such a relief from all the other YT nonsense.

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Due-Dirt-8428@reddit

The only “car YouTuber” I ever watch. Dudes a real treats. Harry’s farm is great too

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BN3163@reddit

David Freiburger.

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CrazyErniesUsedCars@reddit

Either Moog from mighty car mods or SuperfastMatt

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willpc14@reddit

SuperfastMatt does not get enough love around here. Genuinely one of the most unique and original channels on YT.

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Live-Pool6862@reddit

But that’s a problem for future Matt

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Blue_Owl_420@reddit

Screw that guy

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castielvt@reddit

Holy shit I didn't expect to read SuperFastMatt here. I love how informative his videos are and his sense of humor amuses me lol

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ElSelcho_@reddit

He's hilarious and his deadpan delivery is great. Been watching him since before he did his Tesla Jag.

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idiot_proof@reddit

Why not Marty?

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CrazyErniesUsedCars@reddit

Idk there's no negatives against Marty but I listen to moog's music a lot so he gets the edge I suppose

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Tourettesmexchanic@reddit

Moog is great shout

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V48runner@reddit

Robot Catina

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MizzChnandlerBong@reddit

Jason Cammisa, Vin Anatra, Brian Scotto

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Fantastic_Mr-Fox_@reddit

Doug Demuro purely because he wears 2 T shirts at the same time and his subliminal autism meshes with mine. Plus I enjoy learning about odd QUIRKS AND FEATURES, so knowing about oddities with wiper switches in multi million dollar supercars is fun

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avoidhugeships@reddit

I want to like him because he does some cool cars but I can't get past the screaming.

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Aforementionedlurker@reddit

His acting excited when accelerating would sweep the razzies, annually. Either sounds like he's about to nut, "Insane!", "Oh my God", or "Wh Wh Who Whoooo!". And the facial expressions as if he's Agent Smith being destroyed by Neo. It's just too much

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Michelanvalo@reddit

I'm pretty sure that's just Doug. His friends have made comments about him being even more animated off camera than he is on camera.

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cakes42@reddit

He was equally terrible when he used to write on jalopnik.

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OwlMugMan@reddit

His shtick in the reviews got a little old for me but he is hilarious on his podcast. I honestly feel a little sorry for the other guys because he must be an exhausting guy to have around all day, even if he is super entertaining and seems to be a very kind and honest person.

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Yet-Another-Yeti@reddit

Top dead center is pretty great

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dz1087@reddit

Regular Car Review is awesome for the sarcasm and the insults.

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MeltingDog@reddit

My favourite line of there’s is “Harley Davidson: cosplay for dads”

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dz1087@reddit

I say this line weekly!

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Telecommie@reddit

Hot nuts.

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p8ntballnxj@reddit

I think it was the C5 vette (the car was red with black wheels) video that hit me so hard I had to go take a walk after.

I love the jokes and fake commercials but damnit, Brian really can create a collection of words that hits my soul.

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pgh_ski@reddit

RCR is a national treasure.

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idiot_proof@reddit

The Roman with the deep dives or the road to the bottom is awesome too.

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onemanlan@reddit

It’s a car review mixed with a creative writing class and an acid trip. It goes to some strange places, but dang are they not funny

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Dr_WHOOO@reddit

Friggin love this one.

Especially when we get the random DEEP shit about art and history in connection with the car.

Super nice dudes too, been to a couple of their meets around Philly.

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Proper-Editor4688@reddit

Brian Lohnes.

He used to work for Motortrend magazine, and has an enormous archive of automotive publications from over the years. He makes videos about automotive history, mostly centered around drag racing, and brings out all kinds of facts and figures you'd never be able to find on your own, because they're all only in 60 year old magazines. There's lots of cool and obscure stuff to learn about from him.

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theathene@reddit

Pierre (Effin) Hedary hands down. That guy knows his trade. I'll never be able to send a car of mine to him...but if I could, he'd be the guy.

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everythingsgonnabok@reddit

Derek Bieri from Vice Grip Garage. Best channel on youtube

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A_Small_Coonhound@reddit

James. Of Thomas and James.

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Wardog008@reddit

Jason Cammisa and JayEmm.

The former is really fun to watch, my favourites being the Revelations series he does.

The latter is UK based, and does shorter reviews on a huge variety of cars. Despite owning several Ferraris, his passion for more basic, every day cars is something I really enjoy, and shows that he appreciates cars from every budget and market segment.

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Clareth_GIF@reddit

JeyEmm has immaculate taste in shirts.

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zetecvan@reddit

I met JayEmm a few weeks ago at the Rustival car show. He was interested in my mates TVR. We had a brief chat and seemed like a decent guy.

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EfficiencyOpening420@reddit

Jay Leno.

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Clareth_GIF@reddit

I frigging love that old dude!

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Prior-Chocolate3257@reddit

A bit biased being English myself and prefering English content creators, but in general I have to say the AutoAlex lot, the chemistry and jokes that they have between them makes for great watching. A lot of their content is relatively relatable too, theres mistakes, botches but actual information and how to too.

I did however start off watching Devin Niemela, if you're more into JDM style cars, Nissan, Subarus, Mitsubishis etc he's definitely you're guy. Hes funny, down to earth and he knows his stuff. Good banter with his wife who is also into cars and lots of alternative builds, fixes etc for the same car. That and hes had a massive come up, starting from the bottom and up. The only thing that stopped me watching was that it got a but same-y. He did a couple of the same subies, couple evo 8s, couple 10s but he seems to have branched out so will be catching up.

Hes especially good if you want to watch a whole build cut down to a 20 minute vid.

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Training-Expert5598@reddit

Lizzie Hammond. She's adorable and surprisingly very good at reviewing cars with her own style. She's not her dad, but she's perfected the way she presents segments.

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onemanlan@reddit

Aside what others have said: robot cantina and baked beans garage

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ctskifreak@reddit

I came across Baked Beans a few months ago - did you see his latest video? I started it not realizing it was an hour and a half long.

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willembahh2@reddit

Ronald Finger

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mediaocrity24@reddit

Absolutely. I wish he'd upload more

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ctskifreak@reddit

Agreed - I appreciate the longer form videos, but I wouldn't mind him milking some of the stuff and spreading it out over a few videos. The fact that Datsun modernization video was ONE video is kind of mind blowing. But, it does fit his editing style.

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ncerator@reddit

Had to scroll for a while to find this one.

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MrBiskuit@reddit

Almost as long as time between his videos.

They are always bangers though.

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yourmumsname@reddit

Chris Harris, Mighty Car Mods and Bad Obsession Motorsport

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MeltingDog@reddit

Robert, from Aging Wheels

He collects and fixes oddball cars, eg Trabant, Reliant Robin, weird electric car startup leftovers. Very funny too. He actually spends the money to buy the crap we’d all kind of secretly want.

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Death_to_Stupidity@reddit

I watched his videos and one day realized I recognized a water tower in the background. This dude lives down the road from me.

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Antonymousss@reddit

The guys from Mighty Car Mods. One of the first YT car channels I watched back in the wee days of YT. They definitely helped propel my interest in heavy modding, forced induction and more.

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spooksmagee@reddit

Reviews: Savagegeese, The Topher, Topher Drives.

Reviews/car related chat: Matt Farah & The Smoking Tire.

General car news: Doug Demuro's weekly podcast.

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WATTHEBALL@reddit

The Topher is the Ned Flanders of YT car reviews.

I stopped watching him after he praises almost every single slapped on ipad/widescreen dash/infotainment du jour.

Even when he doesnt like it it's like he purposely struggles to say it in the nicest way possible. Rubs me the wrong way and seems fake.

He's a good reviewer though and is knowledgeable but I dunno lately I had to step away for the reasons above. Maybe im being too harsh lol.

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strongmanass@reddit

Even when he doesnt like it it's like he purposely struggles to say it in the nicest way possible. Rubs me the wrong way and seems fake.

I think you have to understand the position indepedent Youtubers are in. All these people are enthusiasts who were in the right place at the right time to break into the professional car world as outsiders. They depend on continued access to new cars to earn a living, but they're also enthusiasts with strong opinions on what they like.

The best way to satisfy both of those truths is to be diplomatic with their criticism. That doesn't make them dishonest, just sensible. Some Cartubers are more risk-averse than others. Those require a bit more work from you as a viewer because you have to read between the lines. But you just have to learn their language. Henry Catchpole never comes across critical, but if you watch him enough you can tell how he talks about a car he doesn't like.

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Camburglar13@reddit

Yeah that’s the frustration. If they’re totally honest and keep bashing a company, they’ll soon run out of cars to review. But the whole point is to get honest reviews

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MumpsyDaisy@reddit

For what it's worth I think they're very very good reviewers regardless of what they say out loud because giving POV tours and drives of cars is very useful for letting you form your own opinion. Even a fairly thorough channel like Savagegeese doesn't quite give you the same impression of a car's interior or typical driving experience as having the first person view of somebody climbing in the backseat or driving it.

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narcistic_asshole@reddit

I think there are more discerning reviewers out there, but I've definitely seen the topher dish out a fair amount of criticism. His semi-recent Lincoln navigator review was probably one of the most scathing car reviews I've seen from anyone in awhile

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MaraudingWalrus@reddit

And now it's time for THE NEWS which is brought to you by Filippo's giraffe shirt.

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HalfDecentFarmer69@reddit

The Giraffe: He’s tall, so he can eat things that most animals can’t reach

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Suspicious_Shirt_713@reddit

For repairs, South Main Auto and the Car Care Nut. For general automotive, Hagerty and Throttle House.

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Diet_Salad@reddit

Car Care Nut, my beloved ⚠️⚠️⚠️

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SupersonicFrigidaire@reddit

I also like when he says "that's okay" after pausing. He has a unique way of explaining concepts.

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trail-g62Bim@reddit

It have to be said

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hells_cowbells@reddit

Tony Angelo from Stay Tuned, the Junkyard Digs crew, Dalton from Polebarn Garage, and David Freiberger.

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wcc16@reddit

Zip Ties and Bias Plies

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Sexualrelations@reddit

Frieburger, Finnegan, Lucky, Tony and Chappelle from the (former)motor trend crew

Still enjoy Hoovie being a goofball with hoopties.

Rich Rebuilds for comedy with surprisingly good automotive fixes peppered in. Bad ones too.

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slowpoke_1992@reddit

I miss Roadkill. It was a great show. Glad Frieburger and Finnegan are doing their own thing (which I now watch)

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Sexualrelations@reddit

OG Roadkill was the best! Been enjoying Frieburger’s road trip vids a bunch.

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BetweenFourAndTwenty@reddit

Tedward. It’s refreshing to hear from a voice that cares about cars beyond their numbers.

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Averageinternetdoge@reddit

Also love how he shows off really interesting older cars. I loved the Dino 246 for example.

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k_marts@reddit

I've been watching him since very early on and I admire that he hasn't changed at all even as he has gotten more popular. 10/10

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SR70@reddit

I follow a few different ones and I think Jason Camisa and the Carmudgeon Show and the other Hagerty backed shows he does (revelations etc) are really good. I also like Doug Demuro (yeah i know Doug is polarizing) and the associated podcasts he does. Lastly Matt Farrah and The Smoking Tire and related videos (One Take). Throttle house is fun to watch too.

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Snogboogler@reddit

Zip ties and bias plies

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QuickSilver86@reddit

Tiger Johnson on tic tok. A fresh , smart, and stylish perspective.

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Jester7s@reddit

Matt Armsrong. I know nothing really about fixing cars but him and his dad and mates make it interesting to watch.

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1989toy4wd@reddit

Legitstreetcars one of the better YouTubers out there. I’ve watched his channel grow. He just recently got a big shop and I was genuinely happy for him

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homegrow420@reddit

James Pumphrey and Speeeeeeeed 📈📈📈

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Techmej@reddit

Currently torn between Marques Brownlee and Miles Somerville bc they’re equally techy and automotive loving

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whittlingcanbefatal@reddit

M539 guy.

Everyone else could disappear and I wouldn't know it.

Edit: Also simon fordman but i'm not sure he counts as an automotive personality because he doesn't talk. He just turns piece of shit cars into running and driving pieces of shit without making it about himself.

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b00c@reddit

How is Sreten so deep down. One of the best car restoration content there is. I watch it for yeas now and I am still thrilled for the next episode. And I don't even own a BMW!

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KraznyK@reddit

Caaaaming up...

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bigred83@reddit

Throttle house is my favorite hands down. When it comes to a lot of those personalities take them with a grain of salt. A couple of “car YouTubers” brought their cars into my shop to fix them. I’d later see a video showing how they fixed their car with one easy fix 🫣 strangely that easy fix was never paying someone else a bunch of money

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b00c@reddit

Grand Tour, M539 Restorations, Throttle House

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zinten789@reddit

Scotty Kilmer lmao

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FahrenheiRUS@reddit

Sreten aka M539 Restorations

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81gtv6@reddit

The Late Brake Show, I Do Cars, The Carmudgin Show.

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Low_Bluebird8238@reddit

Derek from VGG is far and away my favorite. After that it’s Throttle House and Savage Geese

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Rrysiu@reddit

He also comes across as a genuinely good guy, and super funny.

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Logie_Naidoo@reddit

The OG Trio.

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fiddlythingsATX@reddit

Of the current ones it’s SimonFordman and it’s not even close. Of past ones, James May.

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Ride_3m_Cowboy@reddit

Fordman gang 🤝

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hyjnx@reddit

Car Reviews: Throttle house, but this is few and far between unless its a car I am fascinated by.

General car content: Mat Anderson

New and Local up and coming: Toms Refurb. What I enjoy about him is that even when he passed 1mil subscribers, its still the same kind of content, the same off the wall "get it it done" kind of videos. He didnt change any of the format, no intros, just same video type that hes always made. And hes local to me so I enjoy seeing areas I know.

Drifting / Car building: Jimmy Oakes and Nappy Boy Automotive (TPain).

I still watch Cleetus, Adam LZ, sometimes TJ Hunt, and a few others but their contents getting stale. When youve been around for 10+ years on youtube its hard to continue to be fresh. I do enjoy what I call "cross over episodes", seeing youtubes show up on other youtubers channels.

I actually enjoy shop renovation videos more than anything. IDK why, maybe its for ideas of how to build out my garage.

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psheljorde@reddit

In no particular order:

M539 Restorations
Sarahntunned
Ronald Finger
SuperfastMatt
Cammisa
Garbage Time
ChrisFix
RCR
Four Eyes
My Mechanics

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WretchedMisteak@reddit

Hagerty (Jason C, Henry C)
Jonny Smith
Astill Design (for car builds here in Australia)
Iain Tyrell
Chris Harris
Harry Metcalfe (though he's becoming a little old man yelling at cloud)

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codenameoxide@reddit

Sarahntuned, Misha Charoudin

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RousingRabble@reddit

I like Sarah, though there are some times when her scoring system is a little weird. There will be times when she will give scores without really explaining them or the scores don't seem to match the video itself. Just today she gave an extreme negative score in her Polestar review on "disposability" and unless I missed it, never explained why. And it was an overall positive review.

Her comment section also gets a little weird sometimes, but idk how much of that is on her and how much is just being a woman on the internet. People get weird. At least it's positive tho. Most corners of the internet dealing with cars are overly negative.

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codenameoxide@reddit

True. My take away is usually that she reviews the undercarriage and can also give a sense of what it is to drive daily. You're right though, her rating system only makes sense to her lol.

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Workplaceacc5553@reddit

Of course there is only one right answer and it´s the original Top Gear trio. Nothing will ever beat those guys. But when it comes to people who are still actively and regularly producing car content my favorites are:

Doug DeMuro

Hagerty (insanely good production)

British and German Carwow Youtube channels

Throttle House (The Hosts are great and will be hosting Top Gear in the near future)

Matt Armstrong can be interesting, especially his current Bugatti adventure

Used to love Donut Media but they have gone very much downhill since they got new owners/management

JP Performance is also great if you understand German or are ok with reading subtitles

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Fun-Gas3117@reddit

ah man that’s hard. probably alex from legit street cars

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HorrorTranslator3113@reddit

If we are not talking drivers and the obvious Top Gear trio, I would say Thomas and James from Throttle House along with Chris Harris.
All three can drive well and present the cars in fun and interesting way.

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PunjabiPlaya@reddit

Throttle house, cammissa, catchpole, Zack klapman, savagegeese, and the OG top gear trio who basically started all of it

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Heavy_Gap_5047@reddit

Tututuutuutuu, Max Verstappen

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Odd-Hornet-4684@reddit

Jeremy Clarkson. He’s my spirit animal.

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Summoorevincent@reddit

I like LSC

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Barbarian_818@reddit

Jason Torchinsky and Jay Leno.

Like Torch, I also have an unhealthy degree of interest in vehicle lighting.

Like Jay, if I had the money, I'd focus on pre WWII cars. But I'd go heavier on the coach built stuff. Depot hacks, hearses, combination cars etc.

Jay has the Hall of Giants, turn of the century cars that achieved big horsepower through ludicrous displacement. Instead, I'd have a hall of midgets. All the quirky attempts at making a successful microcar.

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Telecommie@reddit

I should look up Torchinski - haven’t followed him in a long time. Thanks!

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Barbarian_818@reddit

He left Jalopnik a while back along with a fellow writer to found Autopian.

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Practical-Arugula-80@reddit

Ed China's pretty cool.

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mr_lab_rat@reddit

Jason Cammisa

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Electronic-Bid-5948@reddit

Rob Dahm, and Mike Burroughs form Stanceworks. Also check out CLUB QUAY on YT, as he does some titanic work on filmmaking and storytelling

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ThinkingRodin@reddit

Mr Regular & The Roman

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Crewstage8387@reddit

Todd and Paul from Everyday Driver

Wayne Carini

Ed China

Rich from Rich Rebuilds

Eric from I Do Cars

The Car Wizard

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Telecommie@reddit

Everyday! Gotta get back to them. I like their tastes and preferences.

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Telecommie@reddit

Good stuff here!

My favs: Regular Car Reviews - Smart fart jokes and cars you can actually own |||

Mighty Car Mods - fun blokes - fun to watch friends do their thing |||

Savage Geese - good reviews - good production |||

Sarah N Tuned - thorough, funny, and similar taste in cars |||

Speedkar99 - great dissection of cars/parts

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BioDriver@reddit

The big 3 from TG

Hagerty crew

Throttle House

Savage Geese

Chris Harris

Big Time

I know it’s not James’s main focus, but Speeed’s car vids are honestly better than Big Time

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mantenner@reddit

Alex Goy, David Cironi and of course Henry Catchpole!

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finkle_mcgraw@reddit

Cironi has some of the best videos of classic Euro hot hatches and restorations. Love his work.

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badadvicegoodintent@reddit

VGG has forgotten more than some of these other brochure readers will ever know. Also enjoy Tony A (Stay Tuned), David F, and Cleetus. At times I’ll watch the Hagerty crew. Strictly entertainment wise though, it’s still the OG top gear cast.

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1975hh3@reddit

James May or Rutledge Wood

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finkle_mcgraw@reddit

Henry Catchpole. He reviews a lot of fun restomods and cottage builds. James May is my all time favorite, and Henry brings a lot of that same energy.

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2004ChevyTahoe@reddit

Daddy Doug Demuro and Tyler Hoovie.

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rocketsalmon@reddit

Francis Bourgeois

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ctb870@reddit

JayEmm, Jack (Number 27), Throttle House, Car Care Nut, James May, Larry Chen.

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Igota31chevy@reddit

Dennis Gage is my favorite automotive personality. I can sit down and watch any episode of My Classic Car without getting bored. His enthusiasm to share other people's cars is unmatched. Also, he's a super down to earth guy. I've seen him walking around shows before, he just has an unbridled love for cars.

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rynil2000@reddit

Vice Grip Garage, TDC, BigTime, Stay Tuned, Superfast Matt, and Cars and Cameras.

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Disastrous-Number-88@reddit

Superfast Matt is my spirit animal.

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Geofferz@reddit

Tdc of late is basically them servicing their cars which is a bit dull but this thread asked about personalities and yeah - Edwin and will are thoroughly relatable to my British ass. Entertaining chals for sure.

Also Jason camissa, Henry catchpole and dare I say it matt Armstrong

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Dr_WHOOO@reddit

Cars and cameras can be a hoot.

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Objective_Abroad2501@reddit

Car Talk with Click and Clack

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NotNasaa@reddit

Not sure about all time but recently Tiger Johnson, aka James They.

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ekinria1928@reddit

David Freiburger for the incredible knowledge and unique taste. Mike Finnegan for being a really nice guy and the breadth of his talents. Dave Chappelle for his unbelievable skills and being the nicest guy. And Puddins Fab Shop for his skills and he's very entertaining.

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koopa00@reddit

Lots of solid choices in here. I haven't seen Alex on Autos or Motoman mentioned yet and I've been fans of theirs for a long time.

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Independent-Coat6272@reddit

tie for the original trio of top gear

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canuckr163@reddit

Alain de Cadenet…

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avoidhugeships@reddit

Throttle house duo.

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5GCovidInjection@reddit

Yeah they have the best balance of being entertaining, but also knowing what they’re talking about.

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Repulsive_List_6289@reddit

Cletus McFarland! Hands down not even a second thought.

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mr_kindface@reddit

He's a full blown covid-denying nutjob though

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umm_like_totes@reddit

Yea, I watched his channel for a bit. I wanted to like it so much... but I'm from Florida and he just kept reminding me of the most annoying people from there.

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Repulsive_List_6289@reddit

As he should be and anyone else that has any sense

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argent_pixel@reddit

Yeah totally dude, you sound like you did your own research! Good thing that scam is over now so you can get back to your flat earth studies and clown college classes.

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mr_kindface@reddit

😂 How are you STILL hanging on to that, with all the information in the world at your fingertips?

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smward998@reddit

Gears and gasoline

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Professional_Fix4663@reddit

A Rural Vermonter, but he only makes 4 videos per year.

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oww_my_liver@reddit

Love his vids

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Tacobellmuncher@reddit

Rcr

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rdahm@reddit

Rob Dahm but only because I have to look at him in the mirror and am forced to experience his content unedited haha

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coffeeshopslut@reddit

Elana Scherr

Going to an old deep cut here - Peter Egan of Road and Track - loved his road and track columns

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Ok_Two_2604@reddit

Uncle Tony for pure car guys. The three stooges I don’t consider car guys, at least anymore, other than maybe hamster but he is only good as a sidekick.

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gottharry@reddit

James May, ChrisFix and Doug Demuro are my holy trinity of car personalities.

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Leather-Run-8418@reddit

Leno

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thruston@reddit

I watch a lot of Sarahntuned and Gears & Gasoline, but I do love Mighty Car Mods, savagegeese, and Throttle House as well. Usually if it's on my feed, I give it a watch

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RagingRavenRR@reddit

The dudes from Big Time, never fail to get a laugh from them. Plus one of the guys looks like a friend of mine if was born and raised in Cali instead of here, lol.

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1M4YB3STUP1D@reddit

Saabkyle04

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Does_Not_Use_Clothes@reddit

For me it’s either the Michelin man or the general from those insurance ads they both make me feel safe.

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Diet_Salad@reddit

Shoutout to my boi, effspot 🐑

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edvurdsd@reddit

I like how no one has said Doug. I enjoy the information from his videos but damn has he become (always was?) an obnoxious asshole

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IntercoursePenguin@reddit

Click and Clack. Wish they were still around.

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okcumputer@reddit

If this counts, Fortnine will make you watch videos about motorcycles you never cared about, ever heard of, or would ever want. It’s a master class on how good motor presenting should be.

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Similar-Soup3691@reddit

He can come off as a whiny privileged West LA guy often but it's hard not to appreciate Matt Farah's (TheSmokingTire) taste in cars and his reviews aren't bad either.

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TheRatner@reddit

Surprised not to see Hoovies Garage been watching for close to a decade

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Similar-Soup3691@reddit

His "I'm the dumbest automotive channel on YouTube" vibe got old quick. I would rather watch Car Wizard

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Bwh2024@reddit

Pole Barn Garage

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Adorable-Lab-6354@reddit

The throttle house for sure. Also love Jason Camisa, then for more chill stuff savagegeese

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GrandeSF@reddit

Top Gear trio of Clarkson, Hammond, and May

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cakes42@reddit

Honestly I thought clarkson was going to die a little over a week ago for a heart related surgery. Happy to know he's doing well now.

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ghunt81@reddit

NoNonsenseKnowHow.

Guy is a former master technician and seems like someone I could hang out with. He's not adding as much content lately since having a kid but his videos are great. Mostly "will it start/drive" videos. Guy really knows his shit

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lordtema@reddit

Chris Harris is probably THE favourite, but i also like Doug DeMuro, Henry Catchpole, Matt Farah.

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BossDonBigga@reddit

Monkey Chris Harris is the only one I still watch that hasn't shown me any reason to not like him and he has ace production on his vids.

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lordtema@reddit

If you haven`t seen it, do yourself a favour and watch the two parter interview Jonny Smith, formerly Fifth Gear and now The Late Brake show did with him just as he had taken the Top Gear job. Wonderful wonderful guy!

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uen_gen@reddit

Throttle House

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FescueMerkin@reddit

Stig

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mikolv2@reddit

Tim Shmee150. Super knowledgeable and we have very similar tastes in cars so he features stuff I like

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tire-fire@reddit

Now that Roadkill is no more and he's focusing on Youtube, Freiberger is top of my list. 2nd place goes to Watch Wes Work although I don't think he counts as an "automotive personality".

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Lollygay13@reddit

Throttle house guys

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No-Motor-2620@reddit

Motormouth (Zach and Andrea)

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RacerM53@reddit

I've been enjoying Junkyard Digs alot recently. Just getting cars back on the road instead of letting them rot away is nice.

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swfs0@reddit

Junkyard Digs ... I've learned SO MUCH about carburetors, drum brakes and brake line air purging from his repair work on old jalopies 😂

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zmansp@reddit

Also niche pick: hunterdirection

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sea_foam_blues@reddit

My numero uno. What a channel.

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xdr01@reddit

Was going to post this, fantastic videos.

Breath of fresh air in the car video space. Love how he's able to articulate the inner battles of being an automotive enthusiast.

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zmansp@reddit

Hello fellow ball knower

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Bubbly-Pirate-3311@reddit

CLARKSOOOOOONNNNNN!

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Beni_Stingray@reddit

Cleetus, Superfastmatt, Noriyaro, Chris Harris on Cars, Grind Hard Plumbing Co (other content aswell)

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turboevoluzione@reddit

Noriyaro for me as well, I've met him a couple times and he was really nice

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aprtur@reddit

Superfastmatt's dry humor is hysterical, and I find it endlessly fun to dive into the comments for the conversations where engineers are clearly fucking around. Underrated channel, IMO.

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aprtur@reddit

It's extremely hard for me to pick just one, but it would probably have to be Henry Catchpole in terms of length of time I've been following his work, as well as his consistency and genuine approach. I've been reading his columns since he was on early days with EVO, and am so appreciative of his heartfelt passion for cars echoing my own.

I keep up with some of the mainstream stuff that's posted on this forum, but in terms of more niche stuff that may not be listed here, I can list a few I watch:

-CarPrime with NOB Taniguchi and Max Orido. Self explanatory.

-Strut Channel with うな丼 (Unadon) - he reviews modern stuff, but also does walk arounds and drives on a lot of vintage Japanese cars, as well. Down to earth videos that are good to relax with.

-"Bakajon" JC Pepino from Work Wheels - we've talked a lot over the years, so I enjoy his videos when he feels like posting them

-Luke Huxham - killer filmmaker

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mantenner@reddit

I'm honestly surprised there aren't move of Henry or the old Cwrfection crew like Alex Goy.

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aprtur@reddit

Henry is, in my opinion, an old school car romantic - I guess I could see some people not being into that, but for me being someone whose first word was truck and endlessly emailed brand PR departments for brochures as a 10 year old (thank you Porsche Motorsport and BMW for all those glossy books), it just hits all the right buttons.

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Autobahn321@reddit

Autobahnjon - he's on Youtube, Tik Tok, and IG

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Scarecrow216@reddit

Probably shmee now.

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diggow@reddit

DannyDC2 for great nurburgring and chill barn content.

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_Just-Browsin-Thru_@reddit

I like BMW so OG Schaefen

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buickgnx88@reddit

Junkyard Digs, Pole Barn Garage, and Golden Rust or Bust are the ones I watch regularly

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SignificantBroccoli@reddit

Optimus Prime.

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AP-Prime@reddit

Mighty Car Mods for me, both Marty and Moog. They always have great humour and make some pretty sweet builds. Plus they are some absolute OGs of the YouTube car scene.

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spribyl@reddit

Look mum no engine, idk fight me

He's mucking with a Austin 7, hot rodding an Ausi 7, and building getting a Rolls Royce Merlin running. He's also hot rodded a mini and revived a mini panel .

Fight me, IDK!

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dont_ama_73@reddit

Vice Grip Garage. Hands down. And he seems like a legit solid dude.

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newoldschool@reddit

evenflow

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Baby-girl-54321@reddit

Probably Jason Cammisa for me. He combines deep engineering knowledge with genuinely entertaining storytelling, and you can tell he understands what makes enthusiast cars special beyond just specs and lap times.

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KeepEmCrossed@reddit

James Pumphrey

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StolenLampy@reddit

POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIGHTS!!

He's awesome, and I also love Big Time now with the other ex-Donut guys Jeremiah and Jobe ❤️

For like new car reviews, it's ThrottleHouse and not even close.

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