Brown Car Guy

Today September 9 is World EV Day so here are my best 20+ Electric Cars that you should put on your buying shortlist today. Confused about which electric car you should get? Watch this! #WorldEVDay   Please subscribe/follow YouTube: h ttps://www.youtube.com/browncarguy?sub_confirmation=1 And follow all my channels https://linktr.ee/browncarguy #car #cars #carblogger #carjournalism #motor...

I meet with third-generation car industry executive, Murtaza Mandviwalla, Chairman of Mandviwalla Motors and author of a new book, 'Steering the Pakistani Wheel' which chronicles the first 100 years of cars and motoring in Pakistan, the extraordinary but failed attempts at a home-grown car industry, the present trends and the future. This fascinating podcast/interview provides an in-depth look at...

Check out my interview with classic car collector, Shoaib Qureshi, founder of the Online Antique Car Museum, launched earlier this year, while we were out in his little Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster.  #BCGPakistan #BrownCarGuyTravels https://antiquecars.com.pk https://www.instagram.com/antiquecarspakistan/ Please subscribe/follow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/browncarguy?sub_confirmation=1 And...

At the recent London EV Show, I got to catch up with Automotive legend, and TV celeb, Quentin Wilson (automotive expert and broadcaster) for a brief but fascinating interview. He talks about his top tips for 2022, the state of motoring media, his campaigns to save the motorist money, why he champions electric cars and Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned too.   Please subscribe/follow YouTube: h...

Peter Cavallo of Classic American Car Sales specialises in selling 1965-68 Ford Mustang Fastbacks in Essex in England. We're also joined by Simeon Cattle of the Classic Project Shop and these experts in the field reveal the secrets of how to buy, own and run a classic American car in the UK. What should you buy, where should you buy it, what to watch out for, how much will it cost, can you afford...

Check out my latest video podcast, this time with veteran motoring journalist, Martin Gurdon and in association with GoClassics magazine. He writes about cars for the London Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph and Spectator Online website  as well as other titles. He’s also a judge for the Motor Trader Awards.  He’s also an author with nine books to his credit including the Bluffer’s Guide...

Tragically over 20 people died last week while caught in a snowstorm in a holiday mountain resort of Murree in Pakistan last week. Our condolences and thoughts with the loved ones of those lost. My good friend Reza Adil, is holidaying in Islamabad, and actually tried to reach Murree shortly before the worst happened, not realising the disaster that was to unfold. Thankfully he never made it, but n...

It's the great debate - to convert classic cars to electric or not. Two special guests include GoClassics Magazine columnist and podcast regular Simeon Cattle of the Classic Project Shop, and Steve Drummond of Electrogenic, one of the pioneers in the field. Who's right? Who wins? Would you convert a classic car to electric? Watch and leave your comments below! https://www.electrogenic.co.uk/ https...

Possibly the most contentious subject in the world of cars - should you convert classic cars to electric power? I visit Matthew Quitter at London Electric Cars, and we tackle the question, and also find out, how it's down, what are the advantages of doing so, how is it better than an original car, should it not be done to some cars, and also will we all be converting all our current modern used ca...

In our third podcast we meet Mathias Doutreleau who is  Founder and Chairman of the Concours d’Elegance Suisse and has created automotive events around the world including the Middle East, Far East and The Quail in California. We talk about his classic ex-Royal Range Rover and he recalls his father's humungous station wagon they used to cruise around France in and the extremely rare and uniqu...

Deep-dive interview and podcast by Behind The Wheel charting the highs and lows of my career and experiences. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1606168 Here's what they wrote in the description to this video: This is the Behind the Wheel Podcast. My name is Muhammad Ali Haji, and I am so, so delighted to welcome a man, who is the definition of brain plasticity! His ability to adapt, change and learn new...

It appears as if the UK fuel crisis has finally ended. So what caused it? Just an overblown minor news story, or was there a deeper conspiracy behind it. Was it intended to create a high demand for surplus fuel that had accumulated during the lockdown, or was it to accelerate a shift to electric cars as drivers are put off by longer queues for fuel. I break it down and explain the real reason behi...

Video podcast chat with Jay Williams of AutoExotica (in Perth, Australia) and AirTechnik in the UK. In this interview talks about his Dad's love of BMWs, he's decision to move to Australia from Slough and the diversity and evolution of car culture in Australia. A fantastic new episode in my BrownCarGuy & Buddies series, featuring BrownCarGuy Top Tier Sponsor.    https://autoexotica.c...

Check out my podcast with Dervish Dervish of Full Throttle with Dervish (link below) an automotive, aeronautical and aerospace engineer as we talk cars, helicopter gunships and spacecraft.   Yes, Brown Car Guy & Buddies is back - kicking off a new season of podcasts for 2021 with an incredible chat with a fellow podcaster who's gone from sliding around a kitchen to working on the Mars Rov...

It's the Big question in 2021 - ICE (internal combustion engine) vs Electric cars. Car buyers are confused. Should you bolt for an EV next or keep revving up petrol and diesel motors?    Is the technology ready? The market place? The infrastructure? Are YOU ready? Is it really going to make a difference to the environment and our health?   Listen in as I examine the evidence th...

It's the Big question in 2021 - ICE (internal combustion engine) vs Electric cars. Car buyers are confused. Should you bolt for an EV next or keep revving up petrol and diesel motors? Is the technology ready? The market place? The infrastructure? Are YOU ready? Is it really going to make a difference to the environment and our health? Listen in as I examine the evidence that's just come in to me -...

Ian Banu-Cook of PopBangColour draws me and my 1984 Celica Supra as I remember back to the early 90s when I had this car, and we talk Toyota past and present.   Watch the video https://youtu.be/V52yEv__NeA Legendary automotive artist Ian Banu-Cook of PopBangColour has been doing a series of automotive artworks dubbed #ContinuousCars. He recently drew this image of me with my old Supra fr...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Sue Baker was one of the original hosts of Top Gear, appearing on 100 programmes over 11 years from 1980 to 1991. She also raced, co-drove with Michele Mouton (in a short-wheelbase Audi Quattro Sport rally car), Derek Bell and others, as well as covering the legendary James Hunt vs Niki Lauda era in Formula 1.    She is an award-winning motoring writer, ed...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Emirati Mohamed Ali Humaid has been following my work since 2006 and I first met him when he won a model Ford GT in a Car Middle East magazine competition.    He has often contributed to my media outlets and channels with his knowledgeable, insightful and erudite. And this was a great chance to catchup and also get a little snapshot into UAE car culture as...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Meet Sudhir 'Banzai' Matai founder of Double Apex Auto, which is not only a motoring media outlet, but also a petrolhead gear clothes line which you can order directly from his website. Sudhir is from Cape Town in South Africa and has been a car journalist for over two decades, but also a racing driver of some significant success.    We catch on the last t...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Meet David Gittens, the first black supercar designer - he created and built the Ikenga GT supercar over half a century ago - that's after being a staff photographer on Car & Driver in 1958!  But that's not all he has done - he's designed small aircraft and boats, created an art and peace project for children (OnlyHearts.org, designed sets for the United Na...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - the multi-faceted Partha Srinivasan is not only a car and motorbike guy, but a PR and marketing professional as well as a tech-head, consultant and my personal digital media guru! It's thanks to his guidance and road map that I achieved 1000 subscribers on this very YouTube Channel in less than nine months.    Here he talks about his passions and professio...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Andy Entwistle is the CEO of The British Motor Show. With a massive reboot originally planned for this year, but now delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19, he promises to completely reinvent Motor Shows. And with over 20 years experience in the automotive industry, involved in all aspects from car sales, customer service, online retailing, media content, events and managi...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Arafaat Ali Khan is a happy chappy - always has been as you'll see from the advert he appeared in when he was less than three years old - aww... adorable! Still is, let's be honest!    A full on car guy, he's had a string of awesome metal including JDM greats, American muscle and now the latest Toyota Supra.    But he's best known for co-founding...

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Syeed Ali (known to some as Sy) has degrees in marketing and law, is a filmaker and content creator, but is best known for having created a succession of London's leading car clubs, including founding The Drivers Union, one of the biggest supercar clubs.    We go through his car history - learning to drive in a Transit van, owning his first car, a Ford Cap...