Abdulla Jaafari: from Illegal Street Racing in Amman to Shooting Supercars in Dubai (+Drifting)

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‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Abdulla Jaafari has gone from covering illegal street racing / drifting on the strees of Amman, Jordan, to shooting the Pininfarina Battista in Dubai. Plus dune drag with the Mercedes AMG G-Class 4×4 Squared – a video that’s got him nearly 8 million views on YouTube, and of course drifting… lots and lots of drifting. In fact I first met him at a drift event at Umm Al Quwain, where he was coverinng Jordan’s drift king, Ahmad Daham. https://www.instagram.com/abdullajaafari

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Tim Ansell: I Talked Cobras with Tom Cruise & broke my back on the Desert Challenge

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Tim Ansell talks about working on Syriana, Fast & Furious 7 and Mission Impossible 4 during which he got to talk to Tom Cruise about AC Cobras.

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25/07/2020 0

Mitch Perera: Dubai Custom Car Legend talks…. EVs?!!

In the latest episode of BrownCarGuy & Buddies I talk to the UAE’s leading custom car guy

Muscle Car Mitch Perera, is known for V8 muscle cars, feasome off-road trucks, building cool custom cars, being a SEMA veteran and his love of the great outdoors. But after all these decades in the UAE, has the sun finally got to him as he talks Electric Vehicles?! Plus is he the only person on the planet that doesn’t like the new Ford Bronco?

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18/07/2020 0

Ronald Balit – NOT a Lebanese Rally Driver!

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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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11/07/2020 0

Neville Darukhanawalla – from Scooter Boy to Ram Head

The Amazing Journey from selling old mags in India to PR for FCA in Dubai

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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Jonny Lieberman: ‘Reviewing Cars is Like Comparative Religion’

Chatting with MotorTrend’s Jonny Lieberman about cars, plunging Unimogs into frozen lakes and racism!

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).

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27/06/2020 0

Filippa Guarna – Directing Success

The Aussie girl that directed many of the commercial videos we did at Motoring Middle East

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).

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22/06/2020 0

Origin Story of Motoring Media in Saudi Arabia

Bakur Azher’s journey started with a love affair with a Jaguar E-Type

Meet Bakur Azher of Saudi Auto, he is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most senior and established motoring journalist. His journey started through a love affair with a Jaguar E-Type and subsequently starting the country’s first dedicated automotive publication.

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13/06/2020 0

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

Conversation with John (Yahya) Gardiner, Ford Comms Director

11062020 ‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – In this episode I speak to John Gardiner who has been at Ford Motor Company for 30 years and currently has two jobs – Executive Director, Communications & Public Affairs, Ford of Britain & Ireland, and Corporate Communications, Ford of Europe.

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11/06/2020 0

Meet My Arch Rival!!

02062020 #BCGDaily ‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Damien Reid

When I moved to Dubai in 2006 as editor of Car Middle East, Damien Reid was editor of Autocar Middle East, but from fierce professional rivarly emerged a fast personal friendship. It’s great to catch up with one of the most respected and prolific car journalists in the Middle East, to hear some great behind-the-scenes stories of what really went on with PR, car manufacturers and magazine publishing in Dubai, and get his considered take on the state of motor racing during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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