New Book on the History of the Automobile in Pakistan

Extraordinary first book that chronicles car culture and history in the 75-year-old country

There’s a new book out, authored by Murtaza Y Mandviwalla, that charts the history of the car and motoring in Pakistan. Titled ‘Steering the Pakistan Wheel’ it chronicles the 100 plus years of the car industry but particularly its impact on Pakistan and its own 75-year history. The book is said to be full of exciting stories, honest reflections and current challenges.

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22/05/2022 0

My latest motoring spread in Asian Leader – 27 April 2022

Newspaper out in Manchester!

Click here to read this issue now – Previous issues here Contact me if you require car reviews, news and other features!

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27/04/2022 0

How Much Per Month to Lease a Movie Car?

Leasing.com has been working out how much it would cost to lease movie cars

Most expensive on the list was James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 costing £28,787 per month – because to buy one today would cost about £3.45m. Although if you found the actual Connery Car, it’d be worth about £25m!

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10/03/2022 0

Kevin Hart’s 1000bhp muscle car

Plus Who’s at Fault if a Driverless Car Crashes, EVs & Bronco Raptor

When it comes to car news, it’s been relatively quiet recently. But suddenly – the car world has gone crazy! Lots going on in the automotive world at the moment so I thought in this video, I’d bring you guys an essential round-up of car stuff you really need to know. We’ll look at why there aren’t enough new cars to go around, new – and old – electric cars that are in the pipeline – or should I say cable – and a bunch of dirty old-school motors, including the Bronco Raptor and Hollywood star, Kevin Hart’s latest muscle car!

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28/01/2022 0

Car Buying Advice – Brown Car Guy

Car Buying Advice from the Brown Car Guy – just a fun bit of animation

Just a bit of fun. Hope you enjoy it. Car buying advice and guidance, motoring news, industry expert, automotive guru – I try to answer as many messages as possible, feel free to get in touch if I can help.

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26/01/2022 0

McLaren 720S Spider Review

Is it finally time to forget Ferrari and Lamborghini?

Right at the top of this review let’s state something that maybe obvious to you, the 720S, launched about four years ago, is pretty awesome. It marks the point at which McLaren got good at making this genre of automobile. Really good. And it still shows today. Though that wasn’t necessarily obvious to me.

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17/01/2022 0

DriveTribe to Close

Really sad news!

I’m really sad and sorry to see DriveTribe go. Not least because they were among the first major outlets to give me freelance work when I returned to the UK at the beginning of 2019 (thank you Jim Murray Jones & Tim Rodie) although that stopped with the advent of Covid. Nonetheless I continued to put my own content on DriveTribe because of the extensive automotive audience the channel reached. Additionally I know it provided an outlet for a lot of young new content creators that found an audience through this platform that they could not otherwise have got – I feel saddest for them.

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10/01/2022 0

Best Car of the Year Announced

And I’m one of the judges for these awards!

The Best Car of the Year 2021-2022 have been announced by a panel of world-renowned car designers, engineers, auto industry titans, motorsport legends, specialist journalists, broadcasters and media professionals (including your’s truly!).

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02/01/2022 0

Pakistan Car Facts

BCG is in Karachi – here’s a few bit of info about the car world there

I’m in Pakistan for my holidays. But I’m never not thinking about cars and the motor industry. Here’s some Pakistan Car Facts. Anything you want me to check out while I’m here, let me know in the comments! #BCGPakistan

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21/12/2021 0

Is the Traditional Handbrake Dead?

The manual pull-up handbrake is being fast replaced by electronic systems

The number of new cars featuring the traditional racketed handbrake are diminishing fast, replaced by e-brakes or parking brake buttons. Do you mourn their passing as I do? Watch this video now.

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25/11/2021 0