Mike Brewer has previously reacted to the upcoming petrol and diesel car ban (Image: X / @MikeBrewer)
TV presenter Mike Brewer has admitted it will be “painful” to say goodbye to and vehicles with a
The host of the popular motoring series said he would “miss” the sound and “feeling of pain” associated with a roaring V8 engine when no more are produced.
Mike made the admission in a previous episode of Wheeler Dealers where co-host Marc Priestley worked on updating a ‘53’ plate Mercedes SL55.
The episode was released back in the summer of 2022 but Mike’s comments are more relevant than ever before with Labour set to re-instate the 2030 ban.
V8 engines are already a thing of the past with the last unit installed in the Bentley Mulsanne which ended production in 2020.
Labour is keen to re-introduce the petrol and diesel car ban (Image: Getty)
Mike previously said: “I just love the fact it hurts, a V8. When you put your right foot down there’s this fist that appears beyond the steering column and punches you in the stomach. It’s that feeling of pain I love when driving a V8.
“Me and you have taken the plunge and we have both gone and bought electric cars but I think it’s fair to say we are really really going to miss this aren’t we? It’s going to be painful to say goodbye to noises like this.”
Behind the wheel of the Mercedes, after restoration work was completed, Marc added: “That sound we’re not going to be hearing it for very many more years.”
The petrol and diesel ban will not see restrictions introduced on the running of second-hand petrol and diesel models.
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However, manufacturers are now being slowly forced to before the end of the decade.
The current Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate rule currently rules that at least 28% of vehicles produced by firms produce no tailpipe emissions.
The Conservatives pushed the petrol and diesel ban back to 2035 to bring the UK in line with the EU.
Labour are keen to but Mike has previously
Last October, he said: “I’ve got a funny feeling they are not going to bring it earlier to 2030.
“I think they are going to kick it down the road even further. It will go to 2040 because we are just not ready.
“The infrastructure isn’t ready. Nobody is ready for it yet, we are just getting used to it.”