Tag: motoring journalist

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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Speeding During Lockdown & Classic Car Heros Win Lego Models

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 15042020 #BCGDaily

Following up from yesterday’s conversation with Imthishan about the Cannonball Run record being broken during this lockdown, I try to balance the ethical and moral dillemma of doing what all us petrolheads would love to do, against doing the right and responsible thing – which is to stay home, protect the medical services and save lives. There’s reports of nutters behaving badly on British roads from GEM Motoring Assist.

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Cannonball Run Record Broken & Bargain Shelbys in Lockdown Dubai

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 14042020 #BCGDaily

Catching up with my dear friend and founding partner on Motoring Middle East (which he still runs) we extensively cover the Cannonball Run and the latest effort to beat the coast-to-coast record; explain why trucks are cool, as is the Civic Type R, but supercars are not; reveal our least and most favourite BMW SUVs; where in the world to bag a bargain 760bhp Shelby GT 500 Ford Mustang; and I inadvertantly leave instructions for my own funeral arrangements in particular with regards to donuts – of both kind!

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Coronavirus could cut Car-related Deaths

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 02042020 #BCGDaily

In this video I try to work out how many lives could be saved by the reduction in car use around the world due to the lockdown. It’s pretty staggering, but potentially there are lot more lives that will be saved due to another side-effect of the lockdown. Could they actually outweigh the tragic loss of lives the pandemic is causing? It might need better mathmaticians / statisticians / research analysts than me to figure it out though.

StayHome #StayAtHome #Lockdown #Coronavirus #Covid19

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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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Lockdown! What can a motoring journalist do?

Latest Brown Car Guy Update 24032020 #BCGDaily

Help! It’s lockdown in the UK – what does it mean for a motoring journalist? What can I do now? I have some ideas, but maybe you can help? More quizzes? More Q&A?

#StayHome #StayAtHome #Lockdown

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