Horsepower Heritage

Host Maurice Merrick takes deep dives into automotive history with great storytelling and fascinating guests from the car and motorcycle world. It's all about the people and the stories behind the machines.

Horsepower Heritage is a leisure podcast hosted by Maurice Merrick, with 189 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Maurice Merrick hosts Horsepower Heritage, a leisure show with 189 episodes published.

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  The 2026 Laguna Seca Auction Preview! with Eric Minoff of Bonhams Cars

  Aug 1, 20261h 5m

  It's time for Monterey Car Week again! Eric Minoff of Bonhams Cars returns to Horsepower Heritage to give us a sneak peek of their auction catalog- and fittingly, Bonhams Cars has a new venue- WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. There are plenty of great cars in the lineup, including a 2000 Lamborghini GT, the 1966 Lola-Ford T70 MKII Can-Am Racing Spyder, a 1963 Jaguar XKE E-Type Competition Coupe built by Jay Leno's Mechanic Bernard Juchli and later owned by Nicholas Cage. Bonhams' Laguna Seca Auction kicks off on August 13, 2026 at 10am PDT. BROWSE THE FULL BONHAMS CATALOG SUPPORT THE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTube Horsepower Heritage Official Website Support the show HELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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  The Mercedes Miracle: Moss and Jenks on the Mille Miglia (with Colin Johnston)

  Jul 15, 20261h 39m

  On June 1, 1955 Stirling Moss and his navigator Denis Jenkinson climbed into their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR and set out from the northern Italian city of Brescia on a thousand-mile blast over public roads. Their objective: trounce the Ferraris and claim victory in the Mille Miglia. The Mercedes team was meticulously prepared and the car was formidable, but perhaps no one was prepared for the astounding results. In this episode, motor racing historian Colin Johnston tells the tale of what some consider to be one of the greatest racing performances of all time. READ COLIN'S WORK HERE FOLLOW COLIN JOHNSTON ON INSTAGRAM SUPPORT THE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTube Horsepower Heritage Official Website Support the show HELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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  Ferrari 330GTC: The Story of a Thoroughbred, with Maurice Khawam (Encore)

  Jun 17, 20261h 14m

  If the Ferrari Luce isn't your thing, then you'll appreciate the story behind one of Ferrari's greatest creations, the 330GTC. For many years, Enzo Ferrari's road cars were mostly thinly disguised racing machines. Motor racing, after all, was the company's raison d'être. But there came a time when its patrons wanted more refinement and sophistication. That car came in 1966 as the Ferrari 330 GTC. Soon it was proclaimed the finest Ferrari road car ever built. In this encore episode, author Maurice Khawam discusses his book, "Ferrari 330 GTC: Elegance and Pedigree". It's an exhaustive and painstaking work that will long serve as a reference for restorers, collectors and concours judges, as well as those who seek to understand the history of the Ferrari brand and the talented individuals behind it. SUPPORT THE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTube FIND US ON THE WEB Support the show HELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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  Christopher Runge of Rünge Cars

  Jun 3, 20261h 52m

  In the Northwoods of Minnesota, Christopher Runge hand-builds thrilling and beautiful sportscars inspired by the timeliness designs of early Porsche competition models like the 550 Spyder, 718 RSK and 904. Runge is a self-taught coach builder and an advocate of "Superlicht" construction methods, shaping aluminum panels with traditional tools and techniques in the old European tradition. Only a precious handful or Runge cars exist, and each is unique. Even as he honors the past, Chris is always looking to the future. In collaboration with Swindon Powertrain in the UK, he has now developed the "Hetzer" Flat 8, an air-cooled, normally aspirated flat eight cylinder engine developing over 600 horsepower, which will power coming project and will also be available to Porsche 964 owners who want a monster upgrade. Visit Runge Cars SUPPORT THE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTube FIND US ON THE WEB INSTAGRAM Support the show HELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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  A Tale of Oil, War, and Revolution: The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel (with Douglas Brunt)

  May 20, 202654 min

  In his latest book "The Lost Empire of Alfred Nobel", New York Times Bestselling Author Douglas Brunt tells the fascinating tale of the rise and fall of the world's largest oil dynasty. Emanuel Nobel took the reigns of his family's massive Russian petroleum conglomerate just as the Automotive Age began and the steam engine was giving way to internal combustion. Oil had become the lifeblood of human endeavor. Nobel eclipsed business rivals like the Rothschilds and John D. Rockefeller and earned the favor of the Tsar himself. Yet just as he seemed invincible, the winds of war and political change swept over Imperial Russia and threatening his family fortune and even his life. It's a sweeping tale in the far-flung reaches of the Russian Empire from Baku on the Caspian Sea to the streets of Saint Petersburg, swirling with a cast of characters including The Romanovs, Rasputin, Lenin, Stalin, Rudolf Diesel, and Winston Churchill. "The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel" is available now at fine booksellers everywhere. BUY “The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel” VISIT Douglas Brunt’s Website SUPPORT THE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTube FIND US ON THE WEB INSTAGRAM: @horsepowerheritage Support the show HELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!

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