#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
In just his first 100 days back in the White House, Trump has managed to detonate a 25% tariff bomb on all foreign-built cars entering the United States – and the shockwaves are being felt from Crewe to Kyoto.
Plug in your phone and they’ll know everything about you! Apparently it’s that simple. According to a growing chorus of British defence insiders, Chinese-built electric vehicles could be rolling surveillance machines, gathering personal data the moment you plug your phone into the USB port.
It’s official: the British car industry – what’s left of it – is on its knees. And now, thanks to Trump’s fresh round of protectionist punishment, it might finally be flatlined. According to a blistering Financial Times report, UK luxury carmakers – including Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, and McLaren – are staring down the barrel of a 25% US import tariff. The fallout? A potential 25,000 job losses right here in Blighty.
Somebody pinch me – or just whack me with a wrench – am I imagining this? Or is it just wishful thinking? Could the HEMI V8, yes, that glorious, thunderous, petrol-drinking, tyre-shredding beast of an engine, which only last year was laid to rest with full honours and a 21-gun salute… could it actually be coming back to life? And I don’t just mean in slammed into a Restomod in a dodgy backstreet garage, but reportedly, potentially (and quite likely) from Stellantis themselves?!
I’ve got all the rates for cars, EVs, vans and bikes
The cost of motoring in Britain just took a major hit. From the beginning of this month, 1st April 2025, road tax – or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) to use the proper term – has undergone a serious shake-up, and it’s affecting everyone: petrol and diesel drivers, EV owners, motorcyclists, and van users alike. Basically you will ALL PAY MORE! But how much more?
Apparently, I’ve sold my soul to the Shaitan of the socket, the Devil of DC current, the archdemon of amperes! That’s what some people in the comments section of my YouTube channel have taken to ranting about.
Why? Because I’ve committed blasphemy, done the unthinkable, driven the undrivable… yes… I’ve reviewed electric cars. Shock, horror… and more SHOCK! Like, put me in the electric chair level SHOCK!
LONDON, 01 04 2025 – It might just be the most anti-car policy to ever hit the streets of London — and yes, you read that right. Supercars. Banned. In Central London.
Well, that escalated quickly.
Never a dull moment when Donald Trump is back in the big chair, eh? Just when we thought the UK motor industry might be clawing its way back from the brink – along comes a good old-fashioned trade shocker from across the pond.
Have you heard the news? London’s air pollution has plummeted since the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion in 2023. A victory for public health? A triumph for the Mayor of London? That’s what they’d have you believe. But let’s take a closer look—because once we break it down, things aren’t quite as they seem.
Tesla, once the rockstar of the electric vehicle (EV) world, is now facing a spectacular nosedive in sales. From being the cool kid that made EVs sexy, to becoming the awkward uncle at the family barbecue who won’t stop ranting about MAGA — January 2025 has been a brutal wake-up call. In just a month, Tesla has gone from the top two spots of the UK sales charts in December 2024 to completely vanishing from the top ten in January. The question: is this a natural shift towards better alternatives, or has Elon Musk’s twitchy Twitter fingers tanked his own empire?
