Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up
Mike Brewer is the ultimate motoring wheeler dealer and now he is travelling the globe to prove his credentials. With just $3,000 in used notes in his back pocket, Mike's mission is to trade his way across the globe from a cheap runabout to a super car. It's the car trade journey of a lifetime - but one that's not just about car trading. It's also about car culture, as Mike explores the strange and crazy things different nations get up to on their wheels, as well as using the tricks of the trade he's picked up along the way in his long career.
- 2013-2014
- 2 seasons
- Documentary
Mike Brewer is the ultimate motoring wheeler dealer and now he is travelling the globe to prove his credentials. With just $3,000 in used notes in his back pocket, Mike's mission is to trade his way across the globe from a cheap runabout to a super car. It's the car trade journey of a lifetime - but one that's not just about car trading. It's also about car culture, as Mike explores the strange and crazy things different nations get up to on their wheels, as well as using the tricks of the trade he's picked up along the way in his long career.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Australia
Wed, Aug 6, 2014
Mike heads to New South Wales and Sydney, a car trading hotspot. Mike goes 'dancing in the dust' with trick-driving Outbackers, treks to the Gold Coast to ride the wave of first generation Mazda RX-7 imports and stumbles across a mint Mark I Ford Escort.
Episode 2
UK
Wed, Aug 13, 2014
The UK's car market is worth around $50 billion. Movement is Mike's strategy for mining car markets on a road trip through the country. But not before showing off his Australian barn find at a Ford Escort event - can he seal the deal on a $10,000 profit?
Episode 3
Brazil
Wed, Aug 20, 2014
Sao Paulo is the heartland of the Brazilian car business, a mega-city bursting with people and cars. Mike makes a pilgrimage to the city which produces the legendary VW Kombi. In the jungle, Mike rumbles with off-roaders and searches for the Chevy Impala.
Episode 4
USA
Wed, Aug 27, 2014
Mike explores the car culture of Texas where one in every five vehicles sold is a truck - so what better than do a deal with a 1959 Chevy Apache. A '72 Corvette captivates Mike's power-cruise cravings. And Mike sits in a famous $3m Astro-Vette.
Episode 5
Poland
Wed, Sep 3, 2014
Mike knows that Poland is the 'workshop of Europe' with its relatively low costs and high standards of craftsmanship. Where better to ship your E-Type to make the big Zlotys? Mike considers tanks and missile-launchers as part of his plan to fund the Jag.
Episode 6
Italy
Wed, Sep 10, 2014
Mike will go to any lengths to do a deal, even to Cote D'Azur to bring a Lancia Delta Evoluzione through Italy into Milan. Mike relives his youth at the world's largest Vespa event, but can he do the deal that propels him towards a Ferrari supercar?