Explore Europe's LARGEST private car collection - Studio 434

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Join James Batchelor as he heads inside Studio 434, the largest private car collection in Europe. Inside he chats with Rodger Dudding, owner of this extensive and unbelievable automotive ensemble. He talks about how he first started, his favourite car and why he has a staggering 23 Aston Martin Lagonda 'Wedges'. This is the ultimate petrolhead garage.
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[@Collateralcoffee]

There are car collectors, and obviously there are gentlemen. What an outstanding person, very very nice and friendly, just love his attitude. Thanks for this.

[@GetUpFalcon]

"Cheaper to get rid of the car" - What an absolute legend!!!

[@resnonverba137]

A gentleman worthy of respect. Credit too to the presenter.

[@antonychesters9803]

What a lovely bloke. You somehow think he'll be hateful but he's someone you'd love to go for a pint with. Epic.

[@funkateer831]

Was thinking exactly the same thing...brilliant man!!

[@marcwareham9351]

I’ve actually had dinner and a pint with Rodger at a owners club a few months back. He’s just as he appears here.

[@IceMan-il7dx]

And he's not an Arab!!

[@WBA1965]

How I would love to take a slow slow walk though that garage and just enjoy the designs of the cars. Especialy those extreme Astons. They are really something. Just seen one in real life. 😁

[@abc-ni9uw]

Alright calm down mate

[@garygritter5701]

He’s got a fantastic car collection but unlike everyone else who has a collection like this, this man knows what he’s talking about, I have immense respect for this man.

[@FsFredOfficial]

i could listen to this man for hours on end

[@herberthans7015]

I came here for a car collection not to listen to anyone at all. Huge disappointment.

[@richarddawson2268]

@@herberthans7015 Calm down princess

[@petespanel]

The citroen in my view is the best in his collection, had the pleasure of meeting Roger, great chap. Keep collecting.

[@davedavid2277]

I could spend an eternity looking over these cars. Each of these motors will have a story to tell, historic capsules in time. The wonder of how you amass such a varied collection of cars is only slightly less perplexing than the fact that most of these items will never see the light of day again. This collection proves that you never really own anything, you are simply a custodian for the next generation. Saying that, the present custodian seems like a lovely geezer.

[@mrfahrenheit3867]

What an absolute pillar to our madness, the love is real and is there is no better place to get lost than in nostalgia. He and his collection are a wonder. Thank you for sharing.

[@peterosullivan8200]

what a great collection and what a nice man he seems

[@asdf9481]

What a gentleman. A true car enthusiast and such a great guy.

[@bicyclist2]

I also loved the look of the Aston Martin Lagonda. I'd love to get the chance to see this collection some day. Thanks.

[@julesdarthos9674]

Absolutely loved this video! Love the simplicity of it, and the James' tone!

[@richiedudding7671]

As a Dudding my self and with 4 Aston Martin Vantages I think I’m allowed to be called a gentleman 😝 What an amazing collection with a long future.

[@notbugs]

The Lagonda is my all time favourite so I can fully understand his passion for them.

[@Pipsicle330]

What an amazing guy, I want to be his friend. I’m fairly sure it’s him that has a rare Right Hand Drive Delorean.

[@corrbhan5138]

I love the Lagonda (albeit not the last series with the changed front). They were introduced when I was in my teens and I loved them from the start! WHAT a car! I loved (and love) other wedges as well, like the seventies Lotus Esprit and Elite, and yes, even the TR7. And what a great man that is! Truly wonderful.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

What a great guy. A real petrol head.

[@trinisuprazee]

love hearing stories about the owners as much as the cars

[@robbryant52]

A really nice man ... genuine and a gentleman ....well done sir

[@towrnghrybear]

I LOVE a Bloke that loves the Lagonda Wedge - it's been my dream car since I was 11yrs old....But, they don't seem like any are in a space to be driven of the 23 or so that he has.....Poor Babies.....GREAT Chap....

[@joefattal7592]

Amazing collection. Eclectic and special 👌🏼

[@matthewthroup6270]

I think people would pay to view his collection -incredible collection of cars

[@user-yr9hp5sv9t]

Love the drip tray beneath Jensen. What a cool collection ✔️

[@patrick9761]

Madness! loads of car love from Tasmania thanx so much

[@AdrianMcDaid]

Great video and interview.

[@furiousdriving]

Great video Batch, and what lovely chap he is!

[@fessellsahmed2587]

Incredible collection and owner. I would love to see this collection

[@gregormager6697]

I love the Lagonda. I have a lot of them as modelcar and maked some for Guy . Great video of this collection, Tanks.

[@weddingdjstevedeehertfords9862]

Your a very lucky man. A Fantastic collection.

[@doublehaven]

I salute you sir, you are a true enthusiast and have a done a fantastic job.

[@jz8638]

Could listen to this gentleman for days :) I would love to help him with his garage, aka drive his cars :)

[@markstafford6357]

Incredible !!!

[@raynipper]

Fabulous passion to be appreciated.

[@b888cky]

I have to say I really enjoyed this clip. Lagonda is my favourite car, along with Vector W8, and seeing that this gentleman has 23 of them just blew me away. Would love to take one for a spin. Hope it won't brake. :)

[@peterbonnez]

An excellent collection, from humble to supercar.

[@skodbolle]

Such a nice and down to earth guy!

[@papavictorromeo5079]

The world need more people like Rodger Dudding.

[@watchclog2979]

Amazing !

[@kellingtonlink956]

The ultimate Marmite.... what a clever statement. I’ve always loved the Lagonda. I suppose... I like Marmite then. Thanks for the video.

[@davidhammer4195]

Kellington Link Kellington Link you’ll probably hate me for this. I love the AM Lagonda! When I first saw one in the late seventies growing up in Dallas, TX I saw one and was astonished at the razor lines, the electric display panels (ewwww) and the headlights. Today I would love to buy one and do a complete resto-mod. I’d give it new brakes, a reliable & powerful engine (probably an LS or Coyote), new transmission, and completely new top-to bottom electrics replacement, and lastly I’d give her a new dash display. The gee whiz display would be gone as well as the dash board of toggle switches. Then she would get a name, like Amanda May Brown (if it was a brown Aston). -David

[@Samuel-nu3uz]

Wow I’m blown away by this

[@1seldomsober]

What a great guy so down to earth and the cars are just superb. Can u get access to this collection on any day/ special days.

[@richardallsop7282]

Wow, A person I had not heard of before, what a great collection, it should be open to veiw. Best regards.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Richard Allsop - They’re available for rental. Just go to his website.

[@neilndebs]

Great video, what a lovely man.

[@paddydowney6269]

12:30 that’s an Irish reg lagonda 😳🤔

[@mikeydempsey]

well spotted I saw that too

[@davidnarbett]

Nice collection Nice man Nice video

[@antoniogomes4541]

What a gentleman!!!!!!!

[@mariobotti1952]

L'agenda 😍 I saw one in the 90's. What a space craft

[@johnny8416]

what a legend

[@biggobmalc8118]

What a Place.

[@spencoir1]

A delight

[@MrRonan3]

One of life's Beautiful people,

[@elizabethcherry920]

I must be crazy then, I love the Lagonda, but unfortunately I can't afford even one. They make a big deal about how the Lagonda is so unreliable due to the electrics, most if not all of the problems can be sorted out with todays technology during a restore. Its a beautiful car, the Lagonda along with the V8 zagato and the Aston Martin version of the Toyota IQ happens to be some of my favorites from Aston Martin

[@patrick9761]

I have a rat bag collection... without all the toff ....we dont live long on our planet.. it is short...... these cars will out live all of us, and I love it.. great upload thanx so much to feed my mad addiction of car ...desease.. how ever ..................coming soon

[@michaelsimpkins5178]

Citroen DS is my fav

[@batmikipig]

I've less car on my gran turismo profile

[@user-wj5cx2zp7v]

Most of the cars in this video I've only ever seen in video games, the Lagonda I've never seen in the flesh.

[@olewurtz7625]

I couldn’t pick one and fully understand his diversity in cars. Maybe not his obsession with Lagondas :-) What a great gentleman.

[@miguelmoninhas5341]

Wow no words

[@stilettocrazy]

Long may he live and his Lagondas!

[@ingocernohorsky]

All those cars... Not driven... And standing still for most of their lives... Cars should be driven

[@AtheistOrphan]

Ingo Cernohorsky - They ARE driven! He rents them out. Go to his website and hire one.

[@chadsimmons6347]

@@AtheistOrphan Will his cars play American Country music? No Beatles for me mate!

[@BramCollier]

What an amazing collection but also a shame it's not open to public. I understand that it's not easy to have a museum but the Schlumpf collection for example is so cool! Just go around and see cars you never knew existed... This still is kind off a shame in my eyes to have these cars locked away. But at least they look like they're well taken care of!

[@suxpeppe]

I think that Lowmann collection in The Netherlands is larger, and it's in Europe

[@paulhartshorne4053]

Thats only a small part of his collection there are another 300+ cars in storage elsewhere!

[@darticulate8751]

Marvellous!

[@dannyvandevoorde2748]

The Citroen DS Convertible

[@mrbennetts]

He even has a Lagonda Rapide there. Only 55 of those were made. Makes the Wedge ones look rather common !

[@danevans3333]

Anyone else have super mixed feelings on this? These cars are gorgeous and brilliant, and yet nobody gets to see them. As you said, you have 1 day of exclusive access. But at the very least they're preserved

[@AtheistOrphan]

Dan Evans - They’re all available for rental. Just go to his website.

[@antbrown1632]

Occasionally they come up for sale. I have a Morris Traveller which used to belong to that gent :)

[@gravyboat2370]

Jay Leno eat your heart out !!! 😂

[@dustyrusty7956]

Watch the full interivew - more cars and more stories.

[@martinallenuk]

Not every petrolheads dream.

[@HowyeDan]

I want a Lagonda

[@L4WNY..]

The number plate on the wall DHL1, was it forsale?? 🙏

[@funkateer831]

Well I own 1 classic car,I've only got around 350 to go to catch this lovely gentleman😃😃😃👌

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

A gentleman's gentleman indeed

[@tedyshor]

The title is not valid anymore, now is it? UK is not in Europe anymore... You are to special for it, bless you :)

[@johndearden7931]

Around '79 - '80 I went on a walkaround tour of Aston Martin factory and when we got to the maintenance section there was a Lagonda that was an obvious write off. We were then asked us to look closely and we thought it was because of the ghastly gold body colour aligned with a purple exterior. Instead it was because there was only 13 miles on the clock. He then went on to explain that an arab prince had bought it and on delivery in the Emirates he was proudly showing it to his friends and crashed it because he thought that because it was an automatic it would steer itself!

[@IceMan-il7dx]

Can I please, pretty pretty please bring my pillow, a blanket and just live on the floor???

[@haeusslerharald]

Carsharing!

[@dashcam2417]

Now that's a Lock up... Mr. LockUp.

[@peterward9370]

Sir George Martin didn't write the songs listed but rather produced the recordings of them at Abbey Road Studios

[@delboytrotter8806]

I love Marmite on buttered toast.!

[@abc-ni9uw]

Is he related to Johnathan Ross? Hes got that R problem so fawwawi not Ferrari

[@erikperik1000]

The 1980's Volvo 740 and 760 looks a bit like Lagonda

[@dvdfll]

Your palm print on the car at the start of the video made me cringe

[@aguerra1381]

What if you want to drive one! How do you you get it out of there???

[@EbrahimSaadawii]

These are treated and admired as meseum-grade art not daily drivers and that's OK.

[@peterward9370]

@@EbrahimSaadawii Not true. A great number of the cars are on trickle chargers and are immediately drivable; many of them daily. You will see many of Rodger's cars starring in films/movies.

[@danieljames2015]

Why have just one Aston Martin Lagonda when you can have 22?.

[@Ned47628]

That's the number you need to own in order to have at least one that's functioning correctly.

[@martinallenuk]

"Foowahwee"

[@ViewsFromAbove]

10:02 Camera man phone goes off! 😂

[@erepsekahs]

It is not a Rolls Royce Race - it is a Rolls Royce Wraith. How on earth the owner and JB both got it wrong I do not know, however it IS Wraith.

[@alfamonk]

but...they never move! stacked in like peanuts. amazing collection though.

[@jackh5489]

Such a collection, but too cheap to install an automated fire suppression system on all floors, so typical British.

[@triv7252]

I can't believe a motoring journalist has not heard of Clyno!

[@ianhamilton396]

If this gentleman and Jay Leno had a baby.......

[@mikeydempsey]

Mercedes Greengrocer, is my choice..

[@yavin99]

Hes just missing a couple classic American muscle cars to complete his collection.

[@tedyshor]

What is the use of keeping a lot of machines like that? They were built to be driven, not stared at. Sad

[@phmwu7368]

BTW not the largest private car collection but surely a preview of things to come, fossil fuel cars on static display as these will no longer be allowed on public roads within 15 years time !!!

[@krisraps]

He asked if its a crime to keep cars like this in a huge wearhouse, i say NO,l perople after hundrends of hundreds of Years will apriciate the old ferraris and all these prestime condition cars because a LOT Of them are Really rare and they will be rare as a Raf Latvija Car Vagoon in California, there is NAN ! Soo jeah.

[@pip1855]

I had to stop the video. Sounded like there was a washing machine constantly doing a spin cycle in the background

[@NaeMuckle]

Seems a bit pointless if they just sit there.

[@PaulGappyNorris]

NaeMuckle - apparently any car in any garage is just 'sitting there'...until someone decides to drive it. Amazing, that! 😜

[@NaeMuckle]

@@PaulGappyNorris but they don't get driven just stored

[@deborahdiperna2451]

No Lancia or Alfa or air cooled 911s. Lame.