#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
I’ve just returned from Brussels where I got an exclusive early look at the all-new 2026 Lexus ES, and let me tell you – it’s a quite a game-changer for the famed Toyota luxury marque. This isn’t just a facelift or mild refresh. No, this is a complete reinvention of the ES saloon. Sleeker, smarter, and now electrified; both hybrid and fully electric for the first time ever.
The world’s best-selling SUV has just had a serious upgrade. I was at an exclusive Toyota preview event in Brussels to get my hands (and camera) on the brand-new 2026 Toyota RAV4 GR Sport, and let me tell you, this is a whole new beast. Yes, the sixth-generation RAV4 has officially made its global debut, and it’s not holding back. Toyota’s taken everything that made the RAV4 a suburban legend – and added more power, more tech, and a whole lot more attitude.
There are many questions in life for which we have thus far failed to find a satisfactory answer. For example: why does toast always land butter-side down? Or what precisely is the purpose of a rubber chicken? And most pertinently on this occasion, what happens when you take a classic Fiat 500 – a car only marginally larger than a ripe melon – and stuff it full of EV batteries and magnets instead of a noisy two-pot and Italian expletives?
The 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTE is a plug-in hybrid that’s as much about efficiency as it is about delivering a fun drive. Think of it as a Golf GTI, that’s actually a hybrid, and that can drive over 80 miles on electric power alone! Finished in a pastel egg-shell (or Crystal Ice if you’re being official) Blue, this GTE looks the part with subtle blue accents on the grille and badging, setting it apart from its petrol-powered siblings. But is it just another Golf with a plug, or does it bring something special to the table? Let’s take it for a spin and find out.
