The need to leave behind echoes of one’s own existence
Recent events got me thinking… got me down… got me a little gloomy… and naturally led to thoughts of death and legacy.
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Supercars and Classics London Concours 2022
Rare supercars & Classic Cars Plus Interview with curator of Nizam’s cars and finder of Sheikh Zayed’s 1965 Rolls-Royce
Attended ‘Supercar Day’ at the amazing 2022 London Concours yesterday held as usual at the Honourable Artillery Company near Old Street in Central London. The Drivers Union, Supercar Owner’s Club, was there in full attendance. Plus some extraordinary new and classic cars.
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Honda Civic Type-R FN2 – #ThrowBackThursday April 2010
#ThrowBackThursday to a 2010 Honda Civic Type-R FN2 being driven on and around the E102 Sharjah Kalba road in the Wadi Al Helo area of the United Arab Emirates about an hour out of Dubai. This video is from April 2010. Sooooo many revs!
Continue reading “Wadi Al Helo, Sharjah-Kalba Road, UAE”Which Country has the Most Luxury Cars per Person?!
And no, it’s not the United Arab Emirates!
Which country has the most luxury cars relative to population?
Continue reading “Which Country has the Most Luxury Cars per Person?!”Karachi karting circuit inspired by the UAE opens after decade of delays
The realisation of one man’s long-held dream opens doors for Pakistan’s racing talent – read on The National!
Read this story now on The National – see my video of the track below
Continue reading “Karachi karting circuit inspired by the UAE opens after decade of delays”Mohamed Ali Humaid – UAE Car Culture, from V8 to EV
Latest in the BCG & Buddies – I catch up with someone who’s been following me since Car ME days
Emirati Mohamed Ali Humaid has been following my work since 2006 and I first met him when he won a model Ford GT in a Car Middle East magazine competition.
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Bob Lutz, Murray Walker, Horacio Pagani & the first British-Asian Car Journalist
‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Catching up with Chandan Basu Mallik in Calcutta, India – I knew him in Dubai where he headed up and/or wrote for several major automotive publications during his near two decades in the Middle East, including Autocar, F1 and Wheels. As a fellow British-Asian, he beat me to his first car review by a couple of years.
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See my latest BrownCarGuy & Buddies interview with UAE’s leading motoring and motorsports photographer
‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Jorge Ferrari is one of the leading photographers in the UAE, but he’s been based in the region as far back at 1986 in Kuwait, where he found himself caught up in the invasion by Iraq. Ever the professional, his pictures were the first seen by the world from inside occupied Kuwait as he was shooting for Reuters.
Continue reading “Reuters PhotoJourno Jorge Ferrari: Caught escaping Kuwait & how Maradona saved him!”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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See my latest ‘BrownCarGuy & Buddies’ video now!
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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