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This session features Imran Arshad of Evolve Automotive. A name synomous with BMW tuning for the past several years, and one that I have been a personal fan of since my E46/teenage years. We talk about the start of Evolve & reigning idea behind it and where it has come. Their BMW Park Lane takeover has been a success & is a very cool thing to see from afar, and we talk about it in detail. Evanturi is also within our discuss...

Greetings, thank you for tuning into a rowdy episode of MCP where filters don't exist :) This is a great episode featuring homies that live & breath automotives. So much so that they may be jaded. Some of the cars that come up this episode aren't spoken about enough! Cars that you wouldn't expect as the "if you could only take one car" answer, to. Anywho, read less & listen more.

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Here we are back into the nitty gritty, highlighting lives lived undercover of darkness (pause). High speed situations, engineering and second hand knowledge that can only be absorbed through the tuning factories of Japan. Hear our boy Len from the Zero Lift Podcast cover his years in Japan with his bnr32 GT-R, a car that he would end up bringing back with him to the USA. That's a hell of a way to own a car...

To me, the pinnacle of car collecting is when the machines within that collection are used for their intent & purpose.  There's people who do the other, where the cars largely sit around and even while well kept,  just stationary.  Then there's those who don't; Jordan, for example.  The caretaker of quite a few speed machines, namely in the darkest available shade of paint.  The caretaker of the legendary R33 GT-...

I am so slow with the uploads, but theres a good reason.  I moved to Miami to pursue a cool but challenging opportunity at..., you guessed it; RMC Miami.  Now in Miami, life's been hectic to say the least.  Moments to breath aren't easily found, juggling more than one gig at a time isn't for the faint of heart.  It's all for the better.  I am hit with a daily splash of imposter-syndrome however, I need to get ov...

The first episode of 2023, and what a return to the game it is.  Friends, lovers, haters, I welcome you back to Motor Culture. 

A dope episode is in store for you today, featuring some automotive figure heads in the Miami metroplitan area.  An in-person episode setup right in the middle of the RMC Miami vehicle showspace with a lit shisha & all the goods.  I was joined by my friends Matt, Scotty, Gabe, Ricky, Esteban,...

From June, to October - welcome back everybody. 

The direction of my life was altered a bit over the course of this year and I had to take a pause to focus, fix & adjust.  A process that I am still knee deep in but well on the way.  Even with just a handful of months off the air, I truly missed this shit.  The nights preparing, the enlightenment, the unique stage upon which I get to know somebody new - or chat with on...

Welcome back friends.  Today's episode features the man, Jann Mardenborough.  He's a British racing driver of which started his career by winning the illustrious GT Academy back in 2011.  If you aren't familiar, the GT Academy is an international virtual to reality contest which allows players of Gran Turismo to compete in an effort to become a real racing driver, or atleast be given the oppurtunity to do so.  This i...

Welcome one, welcome all to the Motor Culture show.  Glad to have you here with me today as I present to you Jorge & Diego of Method Auto Group.  This was an on-site recording in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the courtyard of a cozy condo building - so excuse any background noise!  The fellas at Method Auto are killing the Japanese automotive importation game in the DMV area and at a fast pace.  They specialize in bringing over all...

Welcome one, welcome all.  Episode 68, lets go. 
This was a lovely late night, last minute session spanning from NY, to NJ, to me in FL!  My boy Andy from German Motor Group brought on his pal named Jake from Eurobids, a hell of a venture both of them and some other individuals are currently working on to make the lives of enthusiasts with a taste for European cars (in EU  spec form) much easier by bringing to market an easy t...

Hello everyone and welcome to 67, featuring a hell of a Honda maestro by the name of Tyson Hugie.  This was such a relatable episode for me, having a family background with several Honda models.  Chances are, if you're apart of a brown family that was on the up n' up during the 90s then you too, can relate.  The Phoenix based Tyson is somewhat of a declared Honda historian and currently sits on a lovley rotating collectio...

Welcome to the 4th iteration of Sanjay's and my sub-series, Conversation Street!  On this session we take a stroll into quite a few territories.  FOR instance, will the cars we adorn - most of which are included in the surge of pricing be expensive, forever?  Will BMW surprise us with the (G81) M3 touring in the USA?  Toyota is taking the high road and ensuring that brand enthusiasts + are well fulfilled with their current and...

Hello all, and welcome to episode sixty-six featuring Schaefchen.  A kind, very intelligent personality that called in from the mountains of Austria to talk cars with yours truly.  This guy's a true talent as it comes to wheeling a vehicle through some endearing situations and as I recite on this session's intro, pause what you are doing and head to his IG to look for yourself.  He provides a very unique angle indeed wher...

Episode 065, welcome!  This session was very enjoyable thanks to my boy Sean Troy of European Road & Racing.  I came across Sean via social media in 2015, a year after I moved to Florida.  He is a BMW afficionado like no other and that has yet to change.  The owner of many iconic models of the brand, both past & present including his recent pickup; a Valencia Orange E82 1M.  A legendary parts bin excercise by BMW of which S...

Welcome to part 2, featuring Evan of ITEM-B!  As the title presents, we forward our conversation to the present where the details & insight comes just as fulfilling.  We talk about the business aspect within the doors of Autohändler in the automotive world, particuarly the aftermarket.  Evan produces aero kits geared toward BMWs setup to slide & shit, it's a crazy world.  You'll learn about specific considerations...

Welcome back, and to the 63rd episode of MCP.  Today we havethe talented Ara, based out of LA.  This was a long time coming as my guy Sanjay and I have been IG fans of this fella for a long while now.  The fascination first started with a car Ara purchased from a friend of mine, Ken - from the DMV.  That was 10 years ago, and now today the car is a super enhanced drivers machine.  We talk about a plenty.  Ara's an attorney and...

Welcome to the first part of a 2-part series featuring my guy Evan Brown of Item B.  This is going to be a hit amongst my listeners and his listeners alike as we delve deep into the wild ride that brought Mr. Brown to where he is today, and to us as onlookers.  There's never been a background story like this on Motor Culture and I'm happy that this is where we start.  This one starts at the beginning of a long road of cla...

Welcome to sixty one, featuring my boy Adrian of Future's Past,  a video & film production company based out of San Diego.  Our friendship started a few years ago when Instagram brought us together via some BMW related algorthym, thanks Zuck.  At the time, he had a Hellrot E36 M3 & we hit a chord given his love of BMW (cars generally) & passion for visual arts.  Both areas I can relate to.  We have a long overdue c...

Welcome all to epiosde 60.  We recorded this the night before our journey to Daytona for the 60th year of the Rolex 24.  This was my 5th time, all while being an inaugural experience for Danny & Drew.  The weekend started Thursday with Drew flying in from the DC area & Danny arriving from Miami with his Andial 993tt racer in tow.   The guys & I really get into it about driving disciplines, preferences & general auto...