Chris Harris Talks Cars With Iain Litchfield 

I agree, Sam and Harry seem like great honest guys. Harry for straight forward reviews and Sam for being creative with his content and not relying on the newest HyperCars for his content.

Truth be told Shmee as well. Guy deserves whatever he charges. Guy works like a mf, more than anyone on the car press industry and if he charges something is because they will make money out of it.

@@cutdepiefails6596 Nah, that man get's a new car more often than I change my undies. Have a hard time following that logic, but that just me. I'm sure he works hard and all, but it all seems superficial when he gets a new car every week or so.

agree even tge is annoying now with crep chief notify

same here

"complete asshole " they need to be called

Influencer 😂😂😂 More like twat

If they influence they are an influencer. Therefore Harris is also one.

James Whata Wanker

How do you know it is JWW? Lots of RU-vidrs in UK that have added the GR Yaris.

Yeah its definitely Mr JWW, but he isnt a bad guy. I can only hope we can write this off as a MASSIVE miscalculation by his management team.

@@velvetjones1856 his instagram post apologized for it

@@alexlam24 I don't follow Instagram. He needs to do it on RU-vid too where he has 609k subs.

And this is exactly why we buy your pedals too, the sound is sorted (which it is on other deals to be fair) but the engineerings is just on another level. How engineering makes me smile is a deeper problem(!) but it does.

that and for the ordinary user, self-congruation and showing off

How else do you think they’ll pay for their content? It’s a full time job for some of these people.

@@TheHBW44 it isn't the advertising. It is people giving glowing reviews to things they've been paid to say that for. So not genuine

Why should anybody be called out? It was an endorsement offer made in confidence. Business deals are turned down every day. Not everybody goes whinging about them on Twitter because they got their feelings hurt. Turning down the offer by saying no is all that needed to happen.

@@yetidh9 that's not a business deal lol chdist.

@C J B Firstly, you don't know if that's what happened. Secondly, there aren't many 'favours' in business. It has to be beneficial for both sides. Litchfield wouldn't give product to a RU-vidr with no followers would they? I'm sure they were expecting to sell some kits thanks to the exposure.

1 + 2 doesn’t = 4

He says it was someone working for his management, don't believe a word of it, Rj in Oz

"His management team" hahaha. It was him, he did it himself and now he hasn't got the balls to own it, it's pathetic. If he'd just put his hands up and admitted he was wrong everyone would have a lot more respect for him.

These comments haven’t aged well 😂 it WAS one of his agents. There was never a deal for £25k plus all the rest mentioned here.

@@LCOF no one said there was a deal. The “management team” tried to broker a deal but litchfield said no. And your management team don’t ack without your approval so either way he would have known about what was happening if not all the details

And that's a Doug score

Sams content is top and its great to hear he is sound. Always seemed more genuine than the rest

@@SWatchik Initial impression is he's just another posh boi like Shmee but then you watch his content and realize how humble and down to earth he actually is

Yes, should but his hand up and take it on the chin

Not really surprising it's the most convenient excuse for him to get out of this hot water “oooh it wasn't me I swear I'm an honest businessman it was the ad agency I honestly didn't know any better....” uuuhuh ok buddy we believe you.....

That is the issue these days though isn't it. People don't take responsibility for their decisions or mistakes. It's always someone else's fault.

Yep agree. Many many chief executives have resigned over issues that their employees have done. When you look at how anal he is over everything he shows. MVN, the bunker it is clear that he was behind the proposition. I cannot believe Lichfield was the only one and I hope others step forward as well. Times are tough industries don't need leeches like these.

@@philipwalker1243 with that beard it’s clear he has no chin or class for that matter.

Schraderbräu

Yes he still is the key car influencer!

He’s the original, but he earnt his right with car skills we all aspire to have

That's exactly what I find most unpalatable to be honest. Chris claims to hate influencers, yet he posts the story on an influencer platform in order to influence people. He claims cars are not important and just a bit of fun, yet its his career and livelihood. Doesn't sit right with me. "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...."

Outside of the UK Chris Harris is seen as a hack 🤷🏻‍♂️ sorry to burst your bubble

@@bneexotics2120 are you THE BNE Exotics.... the chosen speaker for the non-U.K. global car community??? Oh sir it’s an honour!! 🙄🤣

I’ve given some thought to this and I’m afraid my conclusion is indeed James. aka Mr JWW

Because Chris would/will get sued for defamation. The problem Chris has now is if he causes a tangible financial loss and measurable costs to the Influencer he is digging a hole. Chris can't say he has suffered a financial loss himself due to the influecers agent quoting for work from a 3rd party. No one has lost any money at either Litchfield or Harris. The influencer would have phoned his lawyer and they would have said shut up and let us deal with it. Not post on Twitter then go on RU-vid to thrash it out with your mates. As much of a gaff the £25k Yaris will be for the Influencer. This could prove VERY expensive for Chris Harris.

Let's be honest and realistic here. With the details Chris gave there were only 2 UK people it realistically might have been - Tim (shmee) or James (jww) Every other UK youtuber/influencer with a GR Yaris is either too small, it doesn't fit their profile or have it on loan. Tim's gobby manager instantly said it wasn't Shmee and slated James. However it turns out that the Shmee lots only issue was the amount asked, not that something was asked. Chris knew EXACTLY what he was doing doing when he broadcast this. Things in the motoring journalism type business have moved on. You might or might not like the way it's moved, but it's a fact that it has. Oh and let's not forget Chris himself has tried to make changes to the automotive journalist way of life over the years. £25k was a silly amount to ask for But did jww (or whoever) think they would get that, or was it merely a somewhat cheeky starting point ?

@@fraserwright9482 - You've absolutely no understanding of libel so quit being the barrack-room lawyer . I say this as someone with an LL.B, an LL.M, and an M.Phil. I also run a respected legal consultancy for clients in the creative industry. JWW isn't going to sue Chris Harris for defamation of character. It's not possible because Chris didn't name him and nor could JWW be clearly identified from the Twitter post itself. The only person who did this is Shmee's manager. Chris Harris has nothing to worry about.

@@th3b0untyhunter but they can reasonably say that it was in fact Shmee's manager that specifically named the influencer, not Chris. He's just acted as the catalyst and has been careful not to say any names. My view is he's in the clear. Dodgy work on the part of the 'influencer' to (essentially) threaten legal action, which looks like leverage to get Litchfield over a barrel as part of damage control. This is in reference to an influencer's post where he says he wants to do an interview with Litchfield, while discussing 'legal' actions.

So it should. Bought reviews leads to everything turning to shit.

I hope subscribers ditch the culprit, it’s the only way that parasites like that learn their lesson. Good on Chris for.exposing this as it shows the World what some of these “influencers” are really all about.

did you see jww insta? robert was kissing jww's back side in the comments. these people are different on and off cam

Those 2 are clowns

He's up to 41 now

ah your comment is pure gold, those rich kids got spoiled so much it's starting to ruin the car journalism but at least we got chris and harry's garage for quality mature content

Nailed mr Jww there

And then who is going to be influenced by them? How many people can afford the cars they have? To me they aren't influencers, they are just people who show off their wealth

@@christiantava442 seen through glass summed it up. All of the uk car influencers are privately educated so can afford to do this and if it failed just go back to mum and dad

@@christiantava442 well thats the whole thing, the majority of "influencers" are actually smart, they use their wealth and platform to show off the cool shit they get and appeal to a young and impressionable audience and leech off of them for insane views

Actually a lot of vloggers get gifted cars by the manufacturers marketing department to create exposure for the brand across a reach of consumers in a day all the legacy magazines couldn’t reach in a year. When the time is over, they conveniently have to sell them, and move onto next freebie

I honestly can't name someone of higher rank on the entire planet.

@@XunoHa Harry Metcalf is the only one I can think of

Had my T25 nearly 16 years now 😀

Love a B5 RS4 🙌🏼

Don’t reply, I have answered my own question by looking at the website. Also, more pod casts please.

@@carlb123 jeez why not live and let live - they are only trying to make a living. What’s the difference between an old school motoring industry journalist and those treading the boards of new media...

@@Rosso456MGT - I wouldn't have issues with car influencers if they were just honest but the vast majority aren't. Most of them are born into extreme wealth and their lifestyle and cars are bought by the bank of Mummy and Daddy whilst they disingenuously pretend that it's all down to their hard work, ingenuity and entrepreneurial skills. This is just fundamentally dishonest because they're selling a RU-vid dream that's largely unachievable. I'd just respect them a lot more if they said "yes, my family is rich and I'm very lucky to drive all these cars and subsequently make good money via Google AdSense." Also, there's a massive difference between a traditional motoring journalist and an influencer who says "give me 25k, work on my car for free and pay me a slice of the future revenues" so you can have some promotion via my RU-vid channel. What's made worse is that the influencer in question knows his teenage subscribers aren't buying GR Yaris' or going to Litchfield so the sales pitch is fundamentally dishonest as well. He just wants free work that costs thousands and £25k in his back pocket for doing f*ck all. That's leech behaviour and should be called out. I've run a very successful business and have done so for 11 years. I loathe companies and people within business who oversell, sell fake products/services and/or purposely take advantage of other businesses because they think they can. It's like me promising a potential client that I can create a fuck load of value for them when I know I can't and still taking their money. It's unethical and you deserve to destroy your reputation if you do that and that's now what's happening to the influencer in question.

@@Jimbo8012 you are off the mark with statements around RU-vidrs being born being RICH! you could say some youtubers are born with a greater opportunity than others. that would be fair. The hard work, business ethic, personal challenge that all successful YT creators have been faced with is being disregarded in your statement. If you 'own a successful business' you should know the effort that takes to get there. You make a lot of ill informed assumptions in your rant above and I loathe people who do that rather than seek balance in judgement and know facts before slating people. Your final statement isnt justified either as you really don't know what's deals offers or options were on the table and you are basing you statements on the HOPE that Litchfield is telling the full truth which, he categorically isn't! You can see it on his face, he isn't sitting comfortably in this interview. What he is doing s simply selecting the suitable parts of a rich tapestry of context and framing a story which positivelymarkets him and his business - I believe that to be the truth. The fact he's gone out to the masses on the back of that makes him the one who is dishonest and unfair and no-ones hard earned reputation should be damaged as a result!

@@TheJonaire - In your case, a teeny tiny amount of knowledge is a very dangerous thing. You made a ranting and completely ill informed comment about Litchfield in the comments below without any understanding of basic accounting and how businesses file with Companies House. You accused Litchfield of being worth only £20k and yet you didn't realise that they've multiple companies offering different services and holding companies to minimise Corporation tax exposure. Just 1 of their companies has net assets of over 1 million. I've not personally taken a car to Litchfield but know many who have and loved the work they did. They've an exceptional reputation in the industry for a reason. JWW on the other hand... Quite frankly, I don't need condescension and lectures about how I should know how hard it is to get a business off the ground from a random RU-vid idiot who's prepared to die on a hill for JWW.

@@Jimbo8012 funnily you should mention a little bit of knowledge is dangerous, your guilty of it exercising you 25pence worth! I happen to work in a jurisdiction which doesn't pay Corporation tax where the wealthy really know how to be tax efficient and whilst I am not an accountant and don't have my own business I do have a slightly greater knowledge than you've assumed. Im prepared to be a good person and not spit out distain to someone they've never met, I've merely voiced the other side of it which has more validity than your limited one-sided view has to offer!

It's not a cool or not cool case. The problem is how they asked, like they are entitled to it. 25k and rev share is quite common in any industry, the thing is, you are not given these type of ammounts like this. 25k means you will bring a lot of business in, think +200k worth of sales, with rev share is even a bigger ammount. The problem is the disconnect between value and measurable objectives from said influencers and what they are asking. Business will pay as long as someone gets them results. Hell influencer could even asked 1M and if he was to bring 5M or more in sales, I'm sure Ian would gladly pay up.

@@cutdepiefails6596 25k and rev share is common? No. No it is not.

Jokers

Totally agree. For me the only issue was that £25k even as a starting point was way too high.

It's some guy called jww

Lots of them do put the commercial tags, although probably not as often as they should.

Haha thanks came to the comments for this

that’s why I’m here

Have a look at Robert Mitchell's channel, from Apex, he did one yesterday with Mischa