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We’ll all be driving Geelys Soon! Here’s why

Geely means lucky and it is for Volvo, LEVC and Lotus – #BCGDaily 31032020

March 28th this year (2020) saw the 10th anniversary of Geely’s acquisition of storied Swedish car maker, Volvo. It bought the brand from Ford in 2010 for $1.8bn. The Chinese firm Geely, which itself was established in 1986 and only got into Automotive towards the end of the last century in 1997, then left Volvo to get on and do what it does best – build amazingly practical, solid and safe automobiles.

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Vauxhall made ‘The World’s First Sports Car’

Watch this Vauxhall heritage video from 20 years ago

Here’s a Vauxhall film made around 20 years ago which shows the breadth of Vauxhall’s heritage and its sporting endeavour. It was resent out today with a press release series remembering the manufacturer’s past iconic cars. Today was the turn of the Vauxhall C-10 ‘Prince Henry’ dubbed ‘The World’s First Sports Car’.

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Car Industry’s Fight for Survival in War against COVID-19

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 27032020 #BCGDaily

Latest updated on how the car industry is faring during the shut-downs and lock downs brought on by COVID-19 Coronavirus and how it’s starting its fight back against the disease – plus how some have even tweaked their logos and a fantastic initiative from MG Motor UK.

Previous videos related to the impact of Coronavirus on the car industry below.

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Review: Kia Soul EV – but has it got SOUL?!!

This is the grooviest car review on the internet right now!

Kia call this car the Soul, and music has always been an integral theme with this model range – even in this latest third generation edition. You can see that from the acoustically-themed stylised interior design elements, and the fact that it’s got a banging 10-speaker Harmon/Kardon sound system. Whilst on the UK launch of the latest version, the most pertinent comment of the day came from my colleague, former-TV motoring journalist, Kevin Haggarthy: “I know why this car doesn’t have any engine noise, it’s so we can hear the music better!”

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Live Car Quiz!

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 22032020 #BCGDaily

Since were all stuck at home now I thought it would be fun to run a live car quiz on Instagram Live – follow Instagram.com/ShahzadSheikh – here’s the full video.
How many of these questions did you know the answer to?

#StayHome #StayAtHome

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Using in-car screens more dangerous than using cannabis!

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 18032020 #BCGDaily

Research by IAM Roadsmart presents some alarming revelations about the dangers of using in-car infotainment systems – apparently your reaction times are significantly slower than someone who had used cannabis and five times worse than someone driving at the legal limit of alcohol consumption. Interestingly this relates a little to my recent article on DriveTribe

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