Full Review: Jeep Wrangler 2.0-litre two-door

We know it overlands and adventures, but does it work as an urban warrior?

An all-new version of the Jeep Wrangler, the JL, was launched in 2018 – I attended the European launch of the car in Spielberg, Austria, where I drove Middle East spec versions (I was reporting for Motoring Middle East at the time) and you can see that video below. Unlike the Middle East, however, the UK gets a choice of the 2.0-litre petrol or the 2.2 diesel and the highly regarded V6 Pentastar engine is not offered.

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25/08/2020 3

6 Best Sleeper Cars in collaboration with MotorOverload!

Check out this video produced in collaboration with Kevin Haggarthy and MotorOverload.com

Here are our Top Six best Q-Cars / Sleeper Cars to buy for under £10k, £10k-40k and £40k plus. These are the ultimate wolf-in-sheep’s clothing automobiles that make practical and performance sense! Let us know which of us had the best selection and tell us your top Q-Car choices.

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25/08/2020 0

Full Review: BMW 330e

It’s not electric, it’s a Plug-In Hybrid

Parking a BMW 330 on one’s driveway would be a point of pride for any motorist, but what about that ‘e’ tagged onto the end? At first glance you’d think it was a fully electric version of the fabled 3 Series – a popular choice in the BMW range particularly among UK motorists.

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19/08/2020 3

Post-Lockdown Demand: Bring Back Small Coupes!

What kind of cars do people want post-pandemic?

Post-pandemic, post-lockdown, used car sales and values are surging and car ownership increasing. What kind of cars do we want now? Smaller to beat congestion, cheaper as we’re all broke, and cars with style and character, because we’re not quite dead yet! Bring back small coupes – like we had in the 1980s. Bring back the Toyota MR2, maybe even the Sera, and the Fiat X1/9, oh and the Suzuki Cappucino, and the both the Honda CRX and Beat – what else? Tell me in the comments below!

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08/08/2020 0

Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport – #TBT Review

ThrowBackThursday to my review of the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport back in 2016

Read what I wrote in the original review below – originally posted on Motoring Middle East:

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06/08/2020 0

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

Check out my latest edition of BrownCarGuy & Buddies!

‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Abdulla Jaafari has gone from covering illegal street racing / drifting on the strees of Amman, Jordan, to shooting the Pininfarina Battista in Dubai. Plus dune drag with the Mercedes AMG G-Class 4×4 Squared – a video that’s got him nearly 8 million views on YouTube, and of course drifting… lots and lots of drifting. In fact I first met him at a drift event at Umm Al Quwain, where he was coverinng Jordan’s drift king, Ahmad Daham. https://www.instagram.com/abdullajaafari

01/08/2020 0

Ford Road Trip – Tracking Lawrence Across Arabia

(plus we raid a train & take Aqaba & Petra!) #FBF

#FlashBackFriday to Vlog and review of Ford vehicles during a road trip across Jordan in 2016 for Motoring Middle East. Tracing Lawrence of Arabia’s route, we saw the Dead Sea, Wadi Rum, raided a train, ate food cooked in the ground, stormed Aqaba and finally got to the wonders of Petra!

What an absolutely epic trip that was! This is a must-watch. Read the full text of the original feature below:

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31/07/2020 0

My latest motoring spread in Asian Leader – 22 July 2020

NEWSPAPER OUT IN MANCHESTER TODAY!

Click here to read this issue now – Previous issues here Contact me if you require car reviews, news and other features! See my full review of the Ford Kuga here

22/07/2020 0

Mitch Perera: Dubai Custom Car Legend talks…. EVs?!!

In the latest episode of BrownCarGuy & Buddies I talk to the UAE’s leading custom car guy

Muscle Car Mitch Perera, is known for V8 muscle cars, feasome off-road trucks, building cool custom cars, being a SEMA veteran and his love of the great outdoors. But after all these decades in the UAE, has the sun finally got to him as he talks Electric Vehicles?! Plus is he the only person on the planet that doesn’t like the new Ford Bronco?

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18/07/2020 0

Neville Darukhanawalla – from Scooter Boy to Ram Head

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 self-confessed automotive buff, Neville Jal Darukhanawalla has been associated with cars and bikes since his school days in the late 1980s. A two-time national champion, racing scooters in his native India, he has raced in different forms of motorcycle sport – road racing, motocross, rallies, flat track, trials and what have you. A massive fan of Formula One and MotoGP – in fact, of all forms on motor racing, he believes that racing improves the breed.

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