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Dive into the future of motoring in this exclusive podcast with Neil Kennett, founder of CarsofTheFuture.co.uk. Celebrating Doctor Who's 60th …

Join us in our latest video podcast as we delve deep into the world of insurance with The Motor Claim Guru, Tim Kelly. With his extensive experience and insider knowledge, Tim uncovers 20 secrets insurance companies …

Here are the Final Fun Manual Cars You Can Still Buy New in 2024 - Just About! Does this mean the three-pedal stickshift set-up is finally going extinct? Well, it's not quite over just yet. So if you’re a …

Here's a chat with Noel Willcox, a business owner who successfully challenged TFL (Transport for London) over fines received for entering the Low …

In this deep-dive, we explore the latest twists and turns in the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry, unraveling why giants like Tesla, Toyota, Ford, and GM are facing unexpected hurdles. Are EVs still the future or just a …

Are the anti-ULEZ protests fizzling out? Have we still got gas in the tank? ULEZ has happened. Is all lost? Has this demotivated resistance? Do we need to think beyond ULEZ and look at the wider, global war on cars and …

In this critical analysis, we delve into the UK Labour Party's groundbreaking strategies for reshaping the transportation and automotive sectors. …

In this very special podcast, I talk to The Motor Claim Guru, Tim Kelly, who brings an extraordinary wealth of experience and inside knowledge of the Insurance Industry. We discuss the big fire at the Luton Airport car …

Two days ago, Rishi Sunak's government put out The Plan for Drivers, its manifesto for cars and motoring going forward, with a foreword by Mark Harper. What does it say, is it really an end to the 'War on Motorists' …

In this podcast video, I speak to Simon Fawthrop, Conservative Councillor for Petts Wood & Knoll, Orpington, about where the situation with ULEZ …

In this podcast I discover why ULEZ and the Scrappage Scheme is actually making things worse when it comes to public health and the environment. I chat with Duncan Buchanan, a freight transport specialist who has worked …

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pushed the ICE New Car Sales Ban from 2030 to 2035. What does it mean for you and the car industry, and what else was …

How has ULEZ, rising interest rates and the cost of living crisis impacted the Classic Car Market, if at all? And what are the top tips to buy? I'm …

Why does any discussion involving EVs vs ICE become so polarising? Why are EV Proponents so defensive and why to EV haters believe all the myths? If …

On World EV Day I look at the state of Electric Cars in the UK: Production and Supply are up, Prices are Down, but Buyers are Lukewarm, and what about ULEZ Conspiracy Theory that Car Manufacturers are in cahoots with …

Mark Wilsmore of the Ace Cafe and Lembit Öpik of MAG (Motorcycle Action Group) join me to discuss how ULEZ will impact Bikers and the Motorbike Community covering everything from bike's impact on the air quality of …

Welcome to my ULEZ Podcast in the Ultimate Podcast Machine (my 1989 BMW 325i E30) with Harrow Councillor, Matthew Goodwin-Freeman, the famous young man that grilled Sadiq Khan over ULEZ at a Mayor's Question Time event. …

Colin Denton is the star of new TV Show, Classic Car Garage, on Yesterday Channel (catch up on UK TV Play) - on Thursdays at 9pm. DO NOT MISS …

I catch up with my old Dubai buddy, PR professional, Tom Conway-Gordon in the Ultimate Podcast Machine - which of course is my 1989 BMW 325i E30. …

What's happening with the EV (electric vehicle) Revolution? Has it stalled? Do we still want EVs, do they make sense, can manufacturers even.make …

New 2023 Series 11 of Car S.O.S (the car show with a heart!) begins on Thursday 10th March on the National Geographic Channel. See my exclusive interview with TV presenters Tim Shaw & Fuzz Townshend 🤩 

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Today I was invited on Ridge Radio to talk about ULEZ. This is a recording of the Amanda Weston show from this morning. Lots of discussion on the problems with ULEZ expansion in this one! 

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Car Journalism is Doomed - watch this before you consider becoming a Motoring Journo or Content Creator. The clock is ticking on how long before car …

ULEZ Expansion - which will cost London 100s of millions in infrastructure and scrappage schemes, will have a virtually negligible impact benefitting …

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, is going ahead with plans to expand the ULEZ - Ultra Low Emission Zone - to cover the whole of Greater London right up to …

2 Guys, a 1989 BMW E30, and Controversy in Conversation - are we going back to the 70s, is it all doom and gloom, why don't supercars stand out …

2 Guys, a 1989 BMW E30, and Controversy in Conversation - this is the Ulimate Podcast Machine (and the Ultimate Driving Machine). Why has Reza gone off Mercedes after a lifetime of loyalty, and has Shahzad left his …

Exclusive interview with Dr Khurshid Qureshi, Chairman of the Dice Foundation on Pakistan's new all-new first ever indigenous electric car EV - Jaxeri Nur-E. Having worked in the automotive arena for around three …

Check out this amazing chat with one of the few Pakistani engineers to work at one of the world's most exciting and cutting-edge supercar maker, Koenigsegg - Farrukh Kamran from Lahore. In this discussion he explains …

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 …

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 …

Check out my interview with classic car collector, Shoaib Qureshi, founder of the Online Antique Car Museum, launched earlier this year, while we …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

It's the great debate - to convert classic cars to electric or not. Two special guests include GoClassics Magazine columnist and podcast regular …

Possibly the most contentious subject in the world of cars - should you convert classic cars to electric power? I visit Matthew Quitter at London …

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 …

Deep-dive interview and podcast by Behind The Wheel charting the highs and lows of my career and experiences. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1606168

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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 …

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 …

Check out my podcast with Dervish Dervish of Full Throttle with Dervish (link below) an automotive, aeronautical and aerospace engineer as we talk …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

'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 …

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Meet Sudhir 'Banzai' Matai founder of Double Apex Auto, which is not only a motoring media outlet, but also a …

'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 …

'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 …

'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 …

'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 …

'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, …

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Catching up with Chandan Basu Mallik in Calcutta, India - 

I knew him in Dubai where he headed up and/or wrote for several major automotive publications during his near two decades in the …

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Automotive media started to embrace digital platforms in the UK in the 90s, Jim Murray Jones has been at the centre of it since day one - AutoTrader, Exchange & Mart, SunMotors, …

How to beat the odds! Here's my story - going from the late great legendary motoring journalist, LJK Setright, to BrownCarGuy, via Car Magazine, Motoring Middle East, Parkers Price Guide website and more, including …

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Jorge Ferrari is one of the leading photographers in the UAE, but he's been based in the region as far back at 1986 in Kuwait, where he found himself caught up in the invasion by Iraq. …

Abdulla Jaafari: from Illegal Street Racing in Amman to Shooting Supercars in Dubai (+Drifting)  

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Abdulla Jaafari has …

Exclusive interview with car design legend Gordon Murray on his new supercar, the amazing T.50 from Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), the true successor to the iconic McLaren F1. 

Lamenting that no one had appeared to …

25072020 'Brown Car Guy & Buddies' - Tim Ansell talks about working on Syriana, Fast  & Furious 7 and Mission Impossible 4 during which he got to talk to Tom Cruise about AC Cobras.   

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Muscle Car Mitch Perera, is known for V8 muscle cars, feasome off-road trucks, building cool custom cars, …

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From deck hand to car journalist to Rolls-Royce PR to a career with GM - but not a Lebanese rally driver, …

The Amazing Journey from selling old mags in India to PR for FCA in Dubai  

In this episode I chat to my good buddy, Neville Darukhanawalla. A …

In this episode I chat to one of America's most well-know senior motoring journalists/car content creators, MotorTrend's Jonny Lieberman - you'll know him from his work on the mag but also videos like Ignition, Head 2 …

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies'  - Meet Filippa Guarna, who at one point was directing and producing all our commercial videos at Motoring Middle East in Dubai (links to some of those below).   In fact she's also been a …

Meet Bakur Azher of Saudi Auto, he is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's most senior and established motoring journalist. His journey started through a love affair with a Jaguar E-Type and subsequently starting the country's …

John (Yahya) Gardiner, Ford Comms Director: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations 

'Brown Car Guy & Buddies'  In this episode I speak to John Gardiner who has been at Ford Motor Company for 30 years and …

Kicking off a new series with Imthishan Giado of Motoring Middle East, in which we decide if you should buy a certain car. If the two of us both …

When I moved to Dubai in 2006 as editor of Car Middle East, Damien Reid was editor of Autocar Middle East, but from fierce professional rivalry emerged a fast personal friendship. It's great to catch up with one of the …

Great to catch up with the all-action Wonder Woman of motoring in the UAE - Alix Capper Murdoch Atkinson. She's in the military, she does stunt driving, she races cars and bikes, she's a radio DJ, has done TV and live …

Hilarious chat with former Dubai Eye radio host, Podcaster/YouTuber and full-time university lecturer - the Jeep-driving, Hawaiian-shirt wearing, …

In this episode I answer questions you've asked about the air suspensionn on a Porsche Macan, the quality of Japanese cars, whether to get an Abarth 595, choosing between an Audi S3 and BMW 4 Series, the best car for a …

Another episode in which I catch up with a friend - but this one is different. Farrukh Ahmed, based in the UAE, is himself a podcaster - check out FarrukhTalks! So he took the lead on this one, and turned the spotlight …

In the latest in my series where I catch up with friends and colleagues from around the world, I chat to Ian Cox who's been in the United Arab …

In this video I catch up with PR professional, good friend and supporter Tom Conway-Gordon. Having worked both in the UK and Dubai, I got to know Tom …

Kevin Haggarthy is a pioneer of motoring journalism in the UK: the first black motoring journalist, a motor industry consultant, race and high …

This is the time to buy your dream car says James Ruppert! He is the man that created the term Bangernomics - and comic book series about a 70s action hero (Spencer Haze) transporter to present day (which was allegedly …

Continuing the series - 'BrownCarGuy & Buddies' in this episode I chat with Fraser Martin - a Scotsman who's lived in the Gulf for over four …

I chat with founder of Automotive Affairs https://www.youtube.com/automotiveaffairs and freelance motoring journalist, Nauman Farooq. Originally from Pakistan he's lived in the Middle East and Far East and has actually …

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Catching up with my dear friend and founding partner on Motoring Middle East  (which he still runs) we extensively cover the Cannonball Run and the latest effort to beat the coast-to-coast …

In a new series semi-formally titled 'Brown Car Guy and Buddies' I try to catch up with people online during this virtually global lockdown and talk cars and stuff.   

Adil Jal Darukhanawala is India's pioneering and …

In a new series semi-formally titled 'Brown Car Guy and Buddies' I try to catch up with people online during this virtually global lockdown and talk cars and stuff.   In this first one I catch up with Pakistan's Jay …

Testing the 225bhp Peugeot 508 GT | Brown Car Guy 12022020

This week I'm testing this Peugeot 508 GT - it's the 1.6 petrol with 225bhp. Love the …

Mad Murray's future pod succeeds McLaren F1 plus Nissan's EV lullaby
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The father of the McLaren F1, Gordan Murray's …

Cadillac Escalade 2021 & secret million deal | Brown Car Guy Update 10022020

I've been checking the magnificent beast that is the new 2021 Cadillac Escalade online - it's gargantuan, futuristic and pretty awesome. I …

What's it like to organise Dubai's biggest car meet, and why I stopped. Put up an article on when car meets go bad on DriveTribe (link below), in …

What's it like to completely lose it at the wheel of a BMW M2 Competition at Yas Marina Circuit. Well lose it in one sense. I have spun on track - I confess. Plus we must be wary of and stop demonising the car.

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If you drive a performance or luxury German car such as a BMW, Mercedes or Audi, you're an asshole - according to an actual study! Do you agree? Let …

Are electric cars really the only answer, or are there alternatives we should also be considering? Could goverments be making a costly mistake with …

From 2035 petrol and diesel car sales will be banned in the U.K. I have a PHEV BMW on test - should I plug it in?  

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Update from Shahzad Sheikh AKA Brown Car Guy Suzuki Jimny video review Bafta for Ford v Ferrari Influencer parody review  

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Looking back through all the multitude of many motors I’ve tested, reviewed and written about in the last decade, here the cars that stood out for me …

You’d better hope these don’t happen! Here are my Seven Least Likely Predictions for 2020 - not for the nervous of disposition or the downright dour! Read the text on #BrownCarGuy.com  & don’t forget to …

The sensational SEMA custom car show is all about outlandish customisation and yeehaw V8s - so why the electric interlopers? Sign of the times or …

Continuation cars are replicas of beloved classics built anew by the original manufacturer. For example Aston Martin just started deliveries of new version of its 1960s DB4 Zagato GT. Gorgeous, hallowed and expensive - …

• What do I really think of the Suzuki Vitara with a 3-cylinder engine. 


• First thoughts on Subaru Forester, Toyota Aygo and Fiat Abarth 595. 


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Shahzad Sheikh AKA Brown Car Guy and Ben from Planet Auto discuss what they been upto, cars they've tested and car news in general. We talk about Mercedes Vans, BMW cars, Silverstone classic. This was originally …

Ant Anstead really doesn't know what car Mike Brewer has bought until he steps out the door of the Wheeler Dealers garage. I interviewed Ant Anstead …

 Lots of discussion on the new Lotus Evija, the MG ZS EV, riding in rally and drift cars and all kinds of motoring madness. Follow me on Instagram @…

Shahzad Sheikh AKA Brown Car Guy and Ben from Planet Auto discuss what they been up to, cars they've tested and car news in general. Lots of discussion on Goodwood Festival of Speed, Camp Jeep, and the Nissan Navara. …

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