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From deck hand to car journalist to Rolls-Royce PR to a career with GM – but not a Lebanese rally driver, definitely NOT a Lebanese rally driver – meet Ronald Balit!
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What is an MG HS? Well it’s the third model to join the current MG line-up in the UK, a medium-sized SUV, and sits at the top as the flagship model – think of it as a rival to the Nissan Qashqai or Kia Sportage. At 4.5 metres long and two metres wide it has a large presence made more substantial by that grille, with its concave, rather trippy mesh design and the biggest MG logo badge ever seen on a car to sit at the centre of it.
Continue reading “MG HS Review”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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27062020 ‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – In this episode I chat to one of America’s most well-know senior motoring journalists/car content creators, Motor Trend’s Jonny Lieberman – you’ll know him from his work on the mag but also videos like Ignition, Head 2 Head, Best Driver’s Car, and the World’s Greatest Drag Race videos on YouTube and MotorTrend on Demand (links below).
Continue reading “Jonny Lieberman: ‘Reviewing Cars is Like Comparative Religion’”
Here’s a detailed video review of the great looking new Peugeot 508 GT with the amazingly futuristic interior – does it drive as well as it looks? Is it practical? Watch now! Follow #BCGPeugeot508 & #BrownCarGuy (on all all social media). Please subscribe to my channel for more videos like this – and make sure you hit the bell icon to switch on notifications.
The new X6 arrived this year in the wake of the all-new X5 introduced in 2019. Now in its third generation, this is the ‘coupe’ version of its more traditionally upright and uptight SUV sibling – the so-serious X5. However the X6 eschews the much-trodden path of merely taking a grinder to the upper rear of a boxy SUV, and not stepping back until the rear roof has been squashed and reshaped into a more flowing profile – AKA the fastback boot.
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22062020 ‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’
Meet Filippa Guarna, who at one point was directing and producing all our commercial videos at Motoring Middle East in Dubai (links to some of those below).
Continue reading “Filippa Guarna – Directing Success”This is an excerpt from the original review I wrote for Motoring Middle East:
Continue reading “#FBF Review: Cadillac ATS-V”This is an excerpt from the original review I wrote for Motoring Middle East:
Continue reading “#TBT Review: Dodge Challenger Hellcat”Quick roundup of the latest new car news including the awesome Ford Mustang Mach 1, the all-new Lexus IS and the new Citroen C4, which will also get a full electric version – the E-C4. Plus a bonus car – updates to the BMW M5 Competition for 2021.
