Jonny Smith (journalist) explained

Television:Fifth Gear
Website:https://thelatebrakeshow.com/
Jonny Smith
Birth Date:24 February 1979
Birth Place:Taunton, Somerset, UK

Jonathan Charles Smith (born 24 February 1979) is a British motoring journalist and television presenter. He was one of the presenters on Channel 5 motoring programme Fifth Gear and has since presented Mud, Sweat & Gears for BBC America and Motorheads for BBC Worldwide.

Career

Smith first worked for a custom and vintage VW magazine, becoming the editor after three years. He went on to work for magazine publisher EMAP, where he wrote features for magazines such as Max Power, Car magazine, Revs and Classic Cars.

Smith appeared on Sky One's Movies' Greatest Cars in 2005, where he was noticed by North One Television, producers of Fifth Gear, and subsequently asked to attend a screen test.[1] Smith hosted his own engineering-based documentary television series, Industrial Junkie.[2] In March 2014, he began filming a series with Tom Ford called Mud, Sweat & Gears: this was broadcast on BBC America during February and March 2015.

Smith was a presenter of the web TV and podcast show Fully Charged until January 2020.[3] [4] He now creates videos for his YouTube channel, The Late Brake Show, which he describes as "a broad church of automotive appreciation",[5] and presents the Smith and Sniff podcast with Richard Porter.[6] [7]

Despite no longer having a televisual career, Smith remains a motoring journalist, enjoying classic and custom cars as a hobby. Having owned over 130 cars, he built a classic electric hot rod called 'Jonny's Flux Capacitor'[8] which for a time claimed to be the world's quickest street legal EV. His other cars include a '68 Dodge Charger, a modified, re-engined, Honda VTEC powered Austin Allegro, a 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS, a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle (his first car, owned since he took his driving test at 17).[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eckford . Alex . Auto Talk: Fifth Gear's Jonny Smith . Auto Trader . http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/34159.html . 18 July 2012 . 18 July 2012 . dead.
  2. Web site: Laughlin . Andrew . 'Industrial Junkie' to premiere on Quest . Digital Spy . 11 August 2024 . 7 September 2009.
  3. Web site: Llewellyn . Robert . The end of one era, and the beginning of another . Fully Charged Show . 11 August 2024 . 28 January 2020.
  4. Web site: To answer the masses of comments and DMs, and indeed following @bobbyllew 's blog post yesterday, I wanted to clarify that myself and Mark @inksharkman Hankins (FC's creative director, videographer, editor) have indeed stopped working for @FullyChargedShw. 1/3. Smith. Jonny. 2020-01-29. @Carpervert. en. 2020-01-29.
  5. Web site: Announcement: I am Jonny Smith aka Car Pervert. - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ASk6h2IahUU . 2021-12-21 . live. 2020-12-01. www.youtube.com.
  6. Web site: Booth . Mike . Smith and Sniff to headline 2024 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional . Driven . 11 August 2024 . 19 March 2024.
  7. Web site: Lillywhite . David . We took a break from the usual events for the tenth anniversary Festival of the Unexceptional . Magneto . 11 August 2024 . 1 August 2024.
  8. Web site: On the road in the Flux Capacitor, Europe's fastest street-legal EV. 15 December 2015 . 2016-08-19.
  9. Web site: Me & My Car: Jonny Smith & his '68 Dodge Charger. 2020-12-01. evo. en.
  10. Web site: RE: Project Retirement Rocket PART 1 - Page 1 - General Gassing - PistonHeads UK. 2020-12-01. www.pistonheads.com.