car industry analysis – Brown Car Guy

From design shake ups to tariff wars, 2025 delivered one of the most chaotic and transformative years the motoring world has seen in decades

Some years quietly tick along. 2025 did not. 2025 threw its toys out of the pram, snapped a gear lever, set off the traction control light and still expected us to carry on like nothing happened. This was the year motoring veered off the planned EV motorway and tore down a bumpy B road instead. A year of handbrake U turns, big surprises, global chaos and a few moments of outright comedy. If you felt like the car world was changing faster than you could refresh a news feed, you were not imagining it.

So here are the Top 10 biggest automotive shockwaves of 2025.

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JLR has escorted long-standing design boss Gerry McGovern out of the building. Could this be the right time for Jaguar to Stop Being Weird and Start Being Good again?

If you felt a disturbance in the British automotive force this week, you weren’t imagining it. Gerry McGovern – the man who shaped the modern Range Rover empire and one of the most powerful design figures in the global car industry – has reportedly been fired from Jaguar Land Rover.

Multiple reports (Autocar, Top Gear, Financial Times) confirm that McGovern was removed suddenly, with some sources claiming he was escorted out of JLR headquarters in Gaydon. That alone tells you this wasn’t a polite reshuffle. This was decisive. Swift. Brutal. And historic.

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2025 Rewired the Car World. These Were the Biggest Shockwaves of the Year

From design shake ups to tariff wars, 2025 delivered one of the most chaotic and transformative years the motoring world has seen in decades

JLR Just Fired Its Design King. What Could This Mean For Jaguar’s Brand Direction?

JLR has escorted long-standing design boss Gerry McGovern out of the building. Could this be the right time for Jaguar to Stop Being Weird and Start Being Good again?