Why This Car Engineer Loves Her Suzuki Cappuccino More Than Her M3 

Finally a calm and down to earth car person who doesn't start by shouting "hey guys!!" - The calm zen of watching this... Would enjoy all and any content like this. Imagine having a youtuber with actual car industry knowledge and education. She represents the real car people you meet at car meets. Quite understated encyclopedias with real passion.

Joanna is a top petrolhead, great engineer with fabulous taste in cars.. happy to know her

A Cappuccino forever car and saying that the Sera is perfect for a rainy day when you can hear the rain hit the glass roof… it’s just cool seeing other people who are the same kind of weird as you… Good job, this was a great interview

The fact she started her passion from motorcycles made her 110% cool

CT - hire this woman. She'll save your channel.

That M3 is absolute daily-driver goals, great colour, perfect wheels, MANUAL.. love it

This will save your channel, focused interviews with Women in Automobile Industry. It's something we need. So glad she has her chance to tell her story, Joana is amazing, a gem.

A breath of fresh air. I could happily sit over a cuppa with this gal and chat motors for a good few hours. Good choice in motors. I’d happily entertain both of her current rides. Very different but equally engaging in their own way. Would be nice to see more content like this.

Proper gear head who knows her stuff. Respect.

She was watching Initial D... it's enough, she's in, she's one of us!

Great taste!!! I had a red Cappuccino in the 1990s as my everyday car - it would do 250 mile motorway trips for my job, no problem. Love that you've rescued this one from the tin worm!

Best CT video since you F’ed it all up. I’ll remain subbed for now, more of this.

I have had multiple Skylines, mitsubishi VR4 galant, VL turbo with forged motor and more, and now have a 1996 Cappuccino and i can honestly say this is my favourite car EVER, the most enjoyable car to drive. Have doubled the power output and done a tone of interior, suspension and exterior mods and its awesome. Am yet to find someone keep up with my through the hills, im sure there are lots that can but yeah, its heaps quick in the twisties.

As a ex cappuccino owner myself i can confirm, she has got an awesome taste!!! What a dream women

I like her passion and knowledge for cars and bikes. Shes beautiful too.

Instant crush, this girl is sooo cool!

Receipe for success: beautiful, knowledgable and passionate. I can watch her talk about cars all day long.

Those are theabsolute baddest ass rims I have ever seen on a Cappucino. Can relate - I've been through a whole ton of cars but the biggest smile I ever had on my face behind the wheel was my humble red 1991 MXx5. Which was, of course, restored and tastefully modified with a bit of a 1960s vibe on custom offset gold Enkei RPF1s. Nobody ever got mad at that car, ever.

What an incredibly lovely and charming young lady. No doubt she will go great places by following her passion. Well done.

Absolutely love your attitude. It's about you first, not anyone else. Actually the Cappucino makes a lot of sense, even with the funny roof. I also like to feel the drive more than anything, prefering some perfect corners over too much car for the road.

Parabéns Joana!! I share the same love for E46M3 and small cars, and you share your name with my young daughter!!

Great interview. Loved to hear Joanna her story.

Senna was the man!

Great video, more like this please!

I get the fascination for a car like the Suzuki Cappuccino. The Japanese car makers have had this ability to create cars that capture our hearts, even in small capacity and small foot print packages. I have a forever car and its a 1983 Daihastu Handi (L60), an Australian delivered commercial version of the L55 Daihatsu Mira. There is nothing special about the car to make it stand out in an engineering way but they way it sounds as you drive and the way it has made me feel when I'm driving, makes it a car I don't want to stop driving, owning, modifying and hot rodding.

A true petrolhead.... The wheels on the Cap are perfect!!

My wife is terrified of driving my turbo’d Miata and she has a pilots license for ultralights. This lovely woman needs a permanent place on the channel. So cool, composed and knowledgeable!

Very interesting lady from my country, but clueless about the portuguese car scene apparently, I belong to several classic car clubs, do a lot of track days where "Max tunning" cars never ever get close to and that are super chill with great nice older blokes, true gentlemen drivers, there is a huge offroading scene as well for both 4x4 and bike enthusiasts and lets not forget that 800 thousand people, mostly portuguese and spanish came to watch the WRC rally of Portugal this year, I doubt we have that many Max tunning "chavs" over here... Interesting interview and would love to see her presenting more stuff tho. Wish her great luck on her endeavours.

The way she is talking about the cappuccino very well describes my thoughts on it as well. I have a 1997 cappuccino. Like there are faster cars or ones that have better options… but NOTHING comes close the smile on my face in the cappuccino. It’s just that good to drive and throw into a corner.

Og car throttle fans remember readers rides thanks for bringing it back

Excellent taste, great presentation. Very interesting person. Really enjoyed watching her walk us through this.

Love Joana's passion! nice video!

Awesome interview! Fantastic follow on X too. Saving and restoring that Cappuccino is next level love for cars.

Awesome video 👏🏽 a real car enthusiast

Really interesting interview. All the best petrolheads start with Minis. I can totally relate to getting more expensive or more refined machinery, but always going back to the small and quirky cars.

This was a good interview

What a good story, an inspirational lady. Love the cappuccino as a JDM fan. Would like to see the next journey of what she'll replace the BM with. Hopefully something cool and JDM

The wheels are awesome!

Thought I watched Gears and Gazoline. Good job!

Those wheels are just so right! Lovely owner, would make for a good presenter on here as others pointed out ❤

Fantastic video, really good interview with @joanafidalgo!! She lives and breathes automotive and you couldn't meet a nicer person, and I'm proud to call her a mentor and friend! Well done Joana!! 🎉🎉❤

The e46 M3 has one of the best ever naturally aspirated engines.

Ive also had some cool and fun cars and thought my cappuccino was perhaps the most fun car ive owned. I often tracked my lotus exige daily driver, owned an R32 GTR at the same time, initial D garage :) and a 73 2002tii. All are fun in different ways. But the Cappo was the most fun. It even got 40mpg full throttle everyday. Fill ups were less than $20 (USD). Top down, 8000+ rpm, RWD manual, turbo noises. Took it on a 10hr trip each way to Miami. Baby S2000.

The story of how she bought the Cappucino and the place she was in... So encouraging to hear it.

This might just be my perfect woman ;) "I just sat down watching Initial-D that morning ..." confirmed

great interview

You go girl! What great taste in cars!

Looks like a miniature '84 Corvette C4 with those wheels. Love it.

More of her & the cappuccino please 👍

Wakes up and watches an episode of initial D before going to her big girl job of automotive engineering and has a nardi steering wheel in her cappuccino. I hope she finds true love and wish her all the best because she’s awesome. 👏🏽 🎉

Being an engineer for OEMs must pay really well. Even with an average engineering salary you can't afford such an extensive car collection.

She is actual gem💎❤

What a list of cars, excellent taste

she seems like my ideal car girl, so cool and cute!

More content like this please!

She looks beautiful

Great video. It only leaves me with one question: How can I marry her?

“I remember sitting down one morning and watching initial D and it was the episode with the Suzuki cappuccino…” ummm, did we just become best friends? YUP!

Seen her on Becky Evans channel where she picked the m3 up after some work

She seems so cool!

Great to hear more of your story Jo, keep up the good work 👍😎

The title checks out, I would love to have her M3. thats my poster car. :(

I think i'm in love !

I suspect she is the result of a lab experience where they mixed Vicky Butler Henderson genes with a little bit of chris harris. Definitely the type of woman that car enthusiasts really are hoping to see on the screen!

This woman has got great taste in cars !

I'm 6'4" and I love little cars, currently have a fiat 500e, would love to have an AZ-1 but I think I'm just too big for it since it's not a convertible... 😢something like a honda beat or cappuccino is on my radar for sure, though.

Facts guys listen to comments 😢

Where is the m3 advertised? ...interested to buy

With the only exception of the Audi, we got the same taste for cars. Got an e46 m3, consider the NSX my poster car (together with the S2000) and as a missed opportunity (kick myself for it), not so much into minis, though. My favourites forever keeper cars are my RX7s (both FC and FD) and my ultimate keeper will always be my SW20 (MR2). I also hold close to my heart my Alfas, I really think you should consider them as driving an Alfa is definitely a me moment, with so much emotion and character, with the alfa querkiness they have a nostalgic, drivercentric x factor, that no other car brand has and puts a smile on your face every time, in a sense it is as Italian as a pasta. Inital D, yeah I agree, my favourite manga of all time.

Great taste in cars

A great video and a great outlook on life.

I’m in love 😅😅

Cappuccino, S660, Copen L880K and LA400K, Beat, they are all great cars. I own L880K.

Tuga Power🇵🇹

She must be ai created.. 😍

Great interview and superb taste

She's awesome looking and petrolhead - her man is happiest person.

What a great Girl you are Joanne, so ture to yourself. the world needs more people like you. Love and happens from Ireland 😎

Lol the comments!

*Why haven't we seen Joana before now? Why isn't she my wife to be? Seriously though, I could listen to her for hours!*

No need to be shy or introverted, Very pretty woman , Who would be most guys dream wife

Milkers are on point too.

Great video. Great subject. Her enthusiasm for cars is wonderful.

Could have traded on her looks as a model or actor, instead followed her passion and became a down to earth motorhead, to the point she's had a Manual Conversion done on the M3. This is what the world really needs, less money chasers, more Dream Chasers.

Nice to see people liking cars for other things other than performance and cult following

Cappuccino with a nose lift😮

Similarly I enjoy driving my e30 318is > e46M.

Remember it’s just her opinion😊 There are many other experts that have other favourite cars 🚗 for me personally it’s the Miata ❤!!! P.S.: Senna Sempre 💪

Absolutely beautiful woman. For all E46 M3 owners out there, my advice as former owner before doing any stupid teenager mod to the car, do the con rod bearings, then after that you can enjoy the car….I didn’t do that when I bought mine and I nearly lost the engine…

Wow, what a lady ❤️‍🔥🤯

You might like "Sarah -n- Tuned"'s RU-vid channel. She does reviews, but also her own rebuilds / restorations... she's an ex USAF tech with OCD that loves doing her own work on her cars. Enjoy.

She brought up initial D ❤.

I firmly agree that if you're worried about reducing the value of the car simply by driving it, it's not a good car. A work of art, yes, but a useful and fun car, no.

It's not always about power and speed.

Um Mulher Bonita e com Bom Gosto!😃 Tudo o que um homem Deseja!😉 E com uma garagem de sonho!😌

M3 - 9,000 RPM gauge Suzuki - 12,000 RPM gauge

❤❤❤ so 🔥🔥

Can I put a ring on it???

i guess you forgot the ND filter for your B cam 😆

Did not like AUDI? Well.. OK, mine isn't an A3 and not a diesel either, besides I do remember not liking driving AUDI 80 - it just felt wrong, something was off about it, not as comfy as BMW 316 and even Opel Meriva I drove around the same time. I just really like the AUDI I got now, so I was a bit surprised.