Wheeler Dealers host Mike Brewer has pledged his number one goal was to keep "classic cars alive" and on the road ahead of his new TV series, which launches this evening, in a boost to historic vehicle owners. The host of the classic car restoration show stressed he wasn’t "in it for the money" with restoring classics and keeping them on the road now top of the priority list.
Mike made the admission ahead of his new series 'Mike Brewer: Born Dealer', airing on Quest this evening. The new series takes viewers behind the scenes of his life as a used car seller at his One Automotive dealership in Leamington Spa. As well as showing viewers how Mike turns a profit, there are many non-profitable projects and charity work shown in the series.
Richard Hammond’s mother's Mazda MX5 is fully restored by his team and sold for charity. His team also got to work on fixing up a classic Golf GTI - despite hefty restoration costs.
Mike said:"I’m not in it for the money. I’m never in it for the money. I’m just in it to save the car, rescue the car, keep interesting classic cars alive, help achieve people’s dreams.
"If you can make a small little profit off it at the end of it, brilliant! If you don’t, it doesn’t matter. You had fun along the way, and you got to experience an amazing car."
The new series is just one of Mike’s TV projects, with two new series of Wheeler Dealers expected in 2025.
Production crews are already underway on the second series of Wheeler Dealers: World Tour with a UK-based show also set to be developed later this year.
Mike added he still gets a massive buzz out of restoring a vehicle even if he doesn’t make much money.
He said: "The car game has been really good to me over the years. One Automotive needs to make money because it’s got to pay staff, but fun cars like the Golf GTI, James’s DS, Richard Hammond’s mum’s car… all of those cars."
Weekly episodes on Quest (9pm) and discovery+, from Monday 4th August 2025.
