#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
The Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate is causing ripples across the UK automotive industry. In an exclusive interview, Guy Pigounakis, the Commercial Director of MG UK, shares crucial insights into how this legislation impacts manufacturers, dealerships, and consumers.
Maybe we should stop targeting the internal combustion engine (ICE) and focus on SUVs instead. SUVs account for 48% of global car sales but emit 20% more CO2 than average cars. The move should be back towards smaller cars with lighter carbon footprints.
Is the electric car revolution stalling? It’s a question on many minds as we see a surprising trend emerging: nearly 50% of EV owners in the US and Australia are considering switching back to petrol cars having owned and run an EV. 🚗💥
It has begun! Barely five days after the new Labour government took power, we’re already seeing the early signs of what many, including myself, have been warning about for years. The dreaded pay-per-mile road user charging system is no longer a distant threat but a looming reality. This development isn’t just a hypothesis from a fictional narrative in my book The ULEZ Files (which predicts PPM implementation in London in the year 2026) but this is a tangible shift happening right now – potentially turning my fiction into our fact!
Ford, the very company that phased out the likes of the Fiesta and Focus, is now making headlines with a bold announcement – it wants people to fall in love with small cars again. As such, there is a sub-$30,000 electric vehicle in Ford’s pipeline, set to hit the market by 2027.
Electric Vehicles (EVs), hybrids, the trusty petrols, diesels, and perhaps even hydrogen cars—which one deserves a spot in your life? Let’s dive deep into the what, why, and how of each powertrain as I help you navigate to your perfect automotive match for 2024.
Are there still any truly bad cars? That’s the question we tackled in a recent podcast with my former motoring Middle East buddy, who was in town. Catching up with him was an absolute joy, and naturally, we ended up doing a little podcast together. One of the topics we discussed was whether there are any car reviews anymore or if it’s all just fluff and advertorials.
In 35 years of covering the car industry, I’ve never seen such confusion and uncertainty as we’re experiencing now. Traditionally, when sitting down with car company executives, they’d be confident, thinking years ahead with clear plans. That’s no longer the case. Ask them about the future these days and you can see them struggling to resist an urge to shrug and fling their hands in the air in confusion. So what gives?
This is the new 2024 MG3 Hybrid, priced from just £18,500. The third generation of the compact city car from Chinese-owned MG, that takes inspiration from the big brother MG4 EV in terms of design but aims to add style to practical and affordable motoring.
Well, it’s looking more and more like Keir Starmer and the Labour Party will be taking the reins come the next election in July 2024. Even the Conservatives seem to have thrown in the towel, practically conceding defeat already. The Tories are doing so poorly that there’s chatter about them not even being the main opposition. Can you imagine? But let’s leave that circus aside and get down to what really matters: what does all this mean for us motorists?