What Really Happened to Mike Brewer From Wheeler Dealers

What Really Happened to Mike Brewer From Wheeler Dealers
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Wheeler Dealers defied all odds to become one of the few automobile-themed shows popular outside of the United States; the British car show airs on The Motor Trend Channel, and its cast members’ mission is to salvage cars by repairing them, improving the quality and selling them off to make a profit. Although the show was based in the United States for the first 6 years, it has now been moved to the United Kingdom to film at a workshop near Bicester Heritage.
Over the years, the show has seen mechanics and hosts come and go, but the show remains solid, all thanks to Mike Brewer, who always makes sure to get a perfect replacement for any cast member that leaves. So, what really happened to Mike Brewer? Let’s find out.
#WheelerDealers #MikeBrewer

[@dinger40]

Frist 6 years in the US? It started in the UK in 2003 and only moved to the States in 2013.

[@Mercury888]

this guy narrating in the video doesnt know what he's talking about.

[@Gordon669]

There's nothing outside the US borders. You simply fall off into space at the borders. Copyright a lot of American folk🙃

[@sydsnott5042]

@@Mercury888 he actually has mentioned it started in 2003 if you listen

[@paulchandler5004]

Here we go. The US claiming they did everything first. Wrong. Do you research Quick Shift

[@rob_in_stowmarket_uk]

Yup! Precisely the reason I skipped from the TV to my iPad - to make the same statement. Bleeding Yanks… think they invented everything! 🙄

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

I quit watching WD when Edd China left. Really enjoyed Edd's explanations. He is a brilliant mechanic.

[@philldavies7940]

Still good with the new guy, Elvis.

[@time4change878]

There is a guy works down the workshop swears he's Elvis

[@krusher74]

basic bitchs love simping for Ed china.

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

@@krusher74 you spelled Edd wrong dummy...

[@ifonlyful]

I TOO STOPPED WATCHING IT WHEN ED LEFT

[@simonjones7727]

My Dad went through a severe depressive episode after a period of critical illness, he lost all interest in things and he became fretful and obsessive. In that dark period the only thing that held his attention was Wheeler Dealers and Mike and Edd China's chat. Gradually his mood lifted and he went back to normal but i remember the relief of another box of DVDs arriving knowing that would get us through another few difficult evenings. Will always be grateful to this show and its presenters.

[@trailerpark948]

🙏♥️

[@boris9331]

Same happened to me Wheeler Dealers got me through

[@aceofspades5786]

The best of the show was Ed China's knowledge to fix everything and explain it is simple terms we all could understand

[@kl9518]

I always liked watching Edd China work on cars. He explained things well and made it interesting.

[@sikaerkki666]

big edd was the show,i always ff part of fatmike

[@daveseale6349]

Made it look easy .encouraged people to try to fix stuff themselves.

[@superloopy24v]

@@sikaerkki666 'FatMike'🤣

[@stevenclarke5606]

It was the only reason that I watched the show!

[@Genghis-Jan]

Edd China talked faster and faster. I grew tired listening to him. But he is very good mechanic

[@barrycrosby8602]

Mike always reminded me of the dodgy 2nd hand car dealer from the tv series minder

[@time2kickarse]

I would rather buy a car from Terry from minder than Mike any day.

[@coldennis6089]

Ed was a really interesting person. Explained things in detail. He was let down by Mike Brewer. He wasnt even a good used car sales person

[@martin54123]

Factual error I think. It didn't start in the U.S. it was originally a British show, that moved to the U.S. then has returned to the U.K.

[@steven.ghodgson765]

When Edd went I never looked at the series again nothing against Mike but he was just "Jack the Lad".

[@leeloopy5850]

I think you'll find that Wheeler Dealers was actually started in the u.k. it was originally co hosted by Mike brewer and mechanic Edd China. Edd left the show due to differences with the show makers with the directions they were taking the show.

[@philtucker1224]

Mike has been very lucky to be able to work with such charismatic characters as Edd and Elvis, something that Mike himself has never had…

[@dinger40]

Every time you shake hand with a secand hand car salesman you can feel the money draining from your pocket.

[@andrewsmith9933]

@@dinger40 Personally I would count my fingers after shaking hands with one!

[@jayjay378378]

Started in 2003 in the uk before it CAME to the USA

[@dogphlap6749]

I never liked Mike Brewer, as far as I'm concerned Edd China was the reason I watched and the loss of his input meant I no longer watched. To me Mike came across as a typical car salesman, if you like car salesmen you might like Mike.

[@padymac1]

Well said that man the show was edd china

[@gavinthomas7375]

He's a smug fatty.

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Agreed. Nobody likes car salesmen. Brewer is full of it. When he buys a car, he always hacks the price down- as though he is entitled to do so. Reverse the position, when he comes to sell, he has a completely different attitude. Bottom line- car sales people are shysters.

[@alexski007]

I was the same enjoyed Ed China when he was pumped never watched it again, bad mouthing Ed was wrong, so stopped watching wee fatty muppet

[@alexski007]

Car sos is a lot better

[@stephenjones1861]

Factually incorrect, started in U.K. and ‘Bicester ‘ is pronounced ‘Bis-ter’ 🙄

[@Barbarapape]

The show continued but without Edd, the magic had gone, and the main reason to watch it. RIP Wheeler Dealers.

[@sofoclesconfucius8277]

The show first started in England before it went to United States!

[@davefish8107]

I liked it when it first started with the cheap cars but when it started chasing the expensive stuff not so much . Always made me laugh about how much money they made, while never saying anything about the labour/ time spent on the cars. My father has his own car business in east London and there was 100s of Mikes in the trade I the early 70s

[@heartobefelt]

It wouldnt matter if they lost $ 6000 labour on a car if they made $ 870,000 selling the episode

[@davidashton2361]

@@heartobefelt A very good point and I'd forgotten about that aspect but still to make a pittance is a con to the people who watch this series. I stopped watching it after a bit because of that.

[@westsussexbikers]

Why don't these channels check their fact before airing them?. Roger is his stepfather. I grew up with Micky in Putney South London. He lost a lot of mates when we were around 18 as he got way too big for his head. Always trying to act better than anyone else. He only got his chance to be on TV because his sister was with the production company

[@himthatis6698]

The thing is in every comment either has made, Mike seems to give false praise to Edd and there is always a sly dig somewhere. He seems to say something professional and then can't help himself and some venom comes out. Edd seems to accept the situation and there doesn't appear animosity from his side. Of course, Edd could be a master troll and know what buttons to press, knowing Mike isn't smart enough not to take the bait. Either way, the public definitely know which one of this pair they prefer.

[@marshduncanson4150]

Mike Brewer is a deeply insecure and unhappy man.

[@billienomates1606]

Ed was an amazing mechanic and he worked magic on so many vehicles. As far as Mike well enough said.

[@stevenclarke5606]

I totally agree with you, Brewer was your typical parasitic used car salesman

[@cloudmaker]

Having watched Wheeler Dealers from it's very beginning I have to say the show's quality started to drop as soon as it went to America, although it was then more popular as it was available to a wider audience. Mike also has a large used car dealership company in the UK one of his showrooms is quite near here in Sheffield and it takes up a massive building at an old steel works. Edds youtube channel has been phenomenally successful but it's taken a bit of a hit after some family grief. Much respect for both of them although I warm to Edd more as he is a marvelous mechanic and can explain things clearly. His recent trip to drive one of the trucks taking aid to war torn Ukraine with his mate Paul won him even wider public respect.

[@carlarthur4442]

Liked the program with both Mike & Edd , things move on and I think sometimes it pays to have a change and its nice to know Edd & Mike stayed Buddies , I like the following series as well , good luck to all of them who entertained us throughout the series always informative and entertaining 😀 Thank you . 😊

[@johndesmond1987]

It was in the UK for about ten years before coming to the US.

[@thomaswilga735]

My district impression of Brewster gained from people that had interacted with him is that he is far from the character he portrays on screen and is a rather obnoxious individual, some people are just too sweet to be wholesome, I think if you were tempted to shake hans with him you would be well advised to count your fingers afterwards I personally can’t bear to watch anything he presents

[@heartobefelt]

It was clear Ed wouldnt stay long while Mike belittled him on nearly every episode. Who do i trust between a sleazy used car salesman and a guy who fixes things ? ;) I hope Ed makes carloads of money on his own show somewhere. Good luck Ed :)

[@tonyperry4392]

Be good to see Mike & Edd be mates again but egos get in the way but maybe in time

[@ProctoLogic]

First 10 years was from UK

[@tormid100]

Mike and Edd were the best to watch in my opinion.

[@Tuckaway]

Once Ed left I stopped watching it.

[@edwardedwards5402]

@@Tuckaway Me to !

[@chrisaskin6144]

With reference to the incident in Afghanistan with the helicopter: Brewer and his cameraman hitched a ride aboard an RAF Chinook called out on a genuine casevac (casualty evacuation) flight. Whilst the helicopter was on the ground picking up the wounded soldier the pilot was hit by a round fired by the Taliban, taking a wound to the head. The Chinook wasn't forced to land - indeed the injured pilot flew the helicopter all the way back to base to give the casualty the best chance of survival. The pilot was subsequently treated for his wound back at base. If I remember correctly, the injured soldier sadly died from his wounds.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

I never missed an episode with edd in it, I never watched an episode after edd left, without edd the show was useless in my opinion

[@tjroelsma]

I watched the first episodes with Ant Anstead and everything Mike said turned out to be a lie and everything Edd said turned out to be true. Pretty much all Ant did was change wheels, do an oil change and occasionally do a simple repair job like changing brake pads, but the more complicated repairs that Edd did were immediately gone. Funny enough that was also how the show started: Mike buying a car, Edd doing some simple repairs and Mike selling the car. Over time the repairs became the more important part, ironically enough partly driven by Mike's ambition to buy and sell higher class cars, yet somehow that didn't seem to sit too well with Mike. Instead of focussing on him, the "Wheeler Dealer", the show's focus shifted more on Edd. In later episodes Mike made somewhat of a comeback by not only doing the buying and selling, but also hunting for hard-to-find spare parts or specialists who could repair expensive parts cheaper than buying new parts. I'd say that before Mike sold out the rights of the show to a US production company, the focus of the show was pretty much balanced between him and Edd, due to Mike taking on these extra tasks. But it quickly became clear that the US company wanted to make the show more low budget to increase the profit, so the expensive part, being the complicated repairs, had to go. Edd refused to be downgraded from being a master technician to just another quick service type mechanic and he left the show.

[@andyluamarta]

Absolutely

[@cecilsabourin9462]

there realy is One Ed ,plus u don,t have to re-wind to understand what he,s saying and enjoy the tecnhical aspects , and he had to work with obsolete tools .

[@davidashton2361]

Mike Brewer seems to me to be a typical 'wide boy'. All mouth and no trousers. Granted, he does seem to me (and I have very little knowledge of car mechanics) to have a lot of experience of suspected problems when he test drives them before making a decision to buy or not but I think he's been very lucky on occasion. Frankly, I would expect him to have or he shouldn't be in the car trade.

[@adrianpoole9201]

@@cecilsabourin9462 the only obsolete tool was Mike brewer.

[@andyluamarta]

It's easy to distinguish between the two characters. Mike, a man most people wouldn't buy a second hand car from and Ed a man you would. Ed was the show, Mike just a bad showman.

[@MrPlownds26]

When he says "old aht yer 'and" I think count your fingers afterwards and check to see if your jewelery is still there.

[@gb5uq]

Brewers contribution to the show was minimal to say the least. He always came across as the typical cockney chancer out to chisel a buck, where as Ed China had real charisma as well as being a superb and highly knowledgeable mechanic that spoke in layman's terms which drew the audience into the show.

[@chrisjarvis4449]

edd was the best ! mike was and is just a big I .as in i did this. i did that ! someone that dose not give credit were it is due . hey mike there's no I in team ..............................................................!

[@tedbagshaw6624]

Having grown up in the car trade & working in it full time for five years back in the 1970's I met lots of characters like Mike so I instantly liked him - I like the balance with Ed on the technical side plus he likes to repair things properly - a great pairing.

[@davidbowie2046]

Loved it, till the show went to America. Didn't know half the cars then :(

[@robertlesliewallis279]

Edd was the attraction,Mike was just the gofer,but obviously being the gaffer,he tried so hard to make his input on equal terms to Edds genious,just never happened.

[@thepotterer3726]

Someone needs to do a 'fact check'. WD originated in the UK. Edd was shafted by Mike. Mike has two new and used car dealerships in the UK. If you want to ask Edd a question, you can. If you want to ask Mike a question, you will find 'Comments are Disabled' - that speaks volumes for the integrity of the man!!

[@fabianwylie8707]

More importantly he got to do something he enjoyed 👌

[@sydsnott5042]

What a good video. The editing was a bit here and there and enough to confuse a lot of folk.

[@trailerpark948]

the makeovers made the show for me. Best version of show was the original.

[@Algarcas]

Pity they split in such a bad mood. The Beatles did so and they were never the same again. Time will say the last word.

[@zodiacforest3004]

Well to be honest edd wasn't wrong was he when he left the show people stopped watching it he was the show :)

[@sopissedoff]

Couldn't really warm to Mike ,to sweet to be wholesome,sums it up

[@marshduncanson4150]

"one of the first car-themed shows to become popular outside of the United States"? "Based for the first six years in the U.S."?? It was a British show from the start!

[@berniesinclair1351]

Yes Dinger40 I agree, tipical American misinformation claiming yet another UK invention, Wheeler Dealers started in UK before going to the US and what a shame that was

[@lostbutfound]

I like Mike and Elvis best. Mike does a great ! Job. Its the best car repair show on TV. No gangster talk very respectful and funny. I hope they come back with more shows soon.

[@bluesoap9199]

There’s an error in your narration at the beginning - Wheeler Dealers actually originated in the UK before going to the US and then back home again.

[@t333rbo]

You forgot 'Deals on Wheels' which was actually prior to 'Wheeler Dealers'..

[@briansowden9355]

The show originally started in the UK before it moved to the US. It has moved back to the UK

[@SunriseSuperThruster]

I met Mike in the press room at the annual NEC Classic Car Show. I was the CarAndClassic boss, certainly the best and the largest classic car web site the UK had ever known, at that time. Classic cars had been a hobby of mine that, along with an old school friend who was a computer programmer, we turned into a multi £m business. So what about Mike? Remember we had never previously spoken? He asked me a question and before I had time to reply he got angry with me took a negative attitude and had a go.

[@grahamwood9428]

Always thought Mike was a very poor salesman/buyer. Only seemed to made a very small profit as Eds time was never included as a cost. Have a feeling the split was because what Ed did was the interesting bit. Frankly I could have stepped in for Mike!

[@alexandrosfotiou3589]

Possibly the real profit was from the show,not the cars.

[@ibbi50]

Mike is no more than a second hand car salesman end of

[@IBMara]

CLICKBAIT! The title does not describe the video accurately.

[@brianfretwell3886]

When Ant started on the show it seemed to me that either they were trying to make it sound like Mike and Edd, or they had already scripted the show for Edd and didn't bother to re-write the dialogue for Ant.

[@edeledeledel5490]

Ant never seemed as enthusiastic, or as interested in educating and explaining to the audience how and why he was doing it. Of course, that might just be that I like Edd about 10 times as much. Never bothered to watch Elvis, because Mike gets on my t*ts nowadays.

[@keithswaddling2370]

I think Ant fitted in pretty well though, and he is a very talented mechanic, as is Ed of course.

[@brianfretwell3886]

@@keithswaddling2370 I also think the show lost something when they ceased to have "our friend Paul", Paul Brackley, who, I am sure from what he has said in videos from Edd, did more than was shown on-air.

[@bobp3194]

EDD WAS GOOD MISS HIM some or the stuff mike is doing does not grab me as much .

[@nunya9034]

Edd is awesome and so is Ant, I'm still watching the show as I only come across it 5 years ago. What they don't put in the price is the man hours. Biggest cost of all. Mike comes across as the proper used car salesperson which ruins the ending every time. But.. still love the show and learnt heaps.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

A lot of errors in this commentary. Show started in UK , not USA and 'Bi-Chester'? Do you mean Bicester? (Pron: 'Bister'). 🙄

[@johnp8131]

Loved it in the early years but it went down rapidly when it moved to the US.

[@englishpassport6590]

Reality is a tale spinning proposition.. especially when it goes stateside

[@stewartw.9151]

Nonsense. The show was based in the UK for the first number of years.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Started in the US! Huh? All the early series are in the UK, surely?

[@timothylanders3189]

I understood it that it premiered in the UK, then moved to the US?

[@pifandrei5743]

I recognise this voice from tomo news, or at least it sounds like the narator from tomo

[@barryranicar6956]

I wonder who wrote the script for this piece ?

[@chrisyboy219]

ChatGPT?

[@gabrielna5968]

Please, consider changing the fake title "what happened to Mike Brewer" to the real one: "what happened to Edd China"

[@johnx9318]

It was incorrect to say that WD started in the USnA - it started in the UK.

[@margosdesarian]

Wheeler Dealers started in the UK and may have been aired in the US but is a british show up until series 12 when they moved to the US. Although they were sourcing cars in the US from series 8 they were not based there.

[@johnayres2303]

I don’t want to take sides, I hope Mike and Ed become friends again, they had great chemistry.

[@Adventures_with_Sog]

Where do you get your facts from? *Lol. Wheeler Dealers started in Britain.

[@AlfaGTA156]

Mike brewer always seemed to be festering in sweat together resembling a weeble once they moved to the US. Must be all those American fast food portions he’s eaten.

[@kalaharimine]

Wheel Dealers was great when Mike B and Ed China were a team, started to go downhill when it went to the US and was done when Ed left.

[@VanaConn]

12-17hr days ? F that !

[@daviddaniel7047]

This is incorrect. Wheelers dealers started in the UK. It was based in the UK for years before it went to the US.

[@strannostrannovasrr]

Is it about Mike or Ed?

[@johnwilson7052]

What happened to the Ferrari acquired on trading up which was to be awarded to a viewer who entered the telephone competition

[@francishughes2016]

Jeez, Wheeler Dealer,s needs Ed China, but it does,nt need Mike Brewer, who brings a lot less to the programme than Ed, who is a brilliant mechanic.

[@JackBlack-ii1ip]

You want to drop that "KPH" abbreviation, because it's gibberish. K doesn't stand for kilometer, it stands for kilo, namely 1,000. And H is not the abbreviation for hour. hr is the abbreviation you want. And as for "by chester," gimme a break. Illustrates the folly of using a US presenter for a UK situation. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@hemtet5500]

Brewer never stopped blowing his own trumpet did he, fuck me he only delivered parts.

[@davidwilkins683]

Wrong!! The first 6 years were filmed in the United Kingdom!

[@cheltenhamSpa]

I think Swiss Tony might have had the edge on Mike

[@signptr]

You are talking about Ed China more than Mike

[@chefjimmie1]

Mike and Ant always pretend to dislike any kind of aftermarket parts, cutting them down and calling them rubbish while they remove them and throw them “in the bin”. However, on episode 12 of season 21 called Mikes Pride and Joy, he had his Porsche 911 Carrera in the shop with the hood open and what did everyone see on Mike Brewers personal car but an aftermarket cold air intake! Hypocrite! The cold air intake was the most maligned “bit of kit” and the most criticized especially when the filter sat in the engine bay, which is where Mike’s filter was, sucking up hot air from the engine!

[@arhipdaniel]

I started watching Wheeler Dealers on DTX tv channel. Mike is a good dealer, but too lazy to lend a hand in fixing cars, saying he is busy. Among the mechanics I preferred Ant the most, he was ingenious, resourceful, explicit and funny compared to Edd. I watch whatever episode I like, I'm not unhappy, but it's not like before... But compared to the first few episodes where the £500 car was brought in and Edd sat in the garage fixing the car without any honors it's better

[@michaeldavison9808]

What is this nonsense about the history of the show. Someone is smoking something illegal.

[@inkysteve]

It isn't illegal in free countries.

[@swaders]

@@inkysteve I s crack legal? Wow.

[@inkysteve]

@@swaders I was referring to hash, I made an assumption, crack hadn't occured to me.

[@barriewilliams4526]

Mike Brewer was always the sidekick to Edd China. Wheeler Dealers without Edd is like Top Gear without Clarkson & Co, mediocre!

[@BubbaSmurft]

It was never a U.S. show. It was a U.K. show for years before it moved thanks to Discovery to yankeeville for a few seasons.

[@bagdercat7432]

You need to get your facts straight. Wheeler dealers started in the UK and then did a short stint in the US. Also no such place a bichester it's Bicester. Never made a profit as they never took the many hours of labour into account.

[@stevehartley7504]

I liked Ed,. I also liked Ant and Elvis. Mike is good at what he does.

[@Mark-RD350]

Wheeler Dealers started in the UK in 2003 then after 10 years Mick started going out to the US to get American cars then they moved out there an the show became Americanised an people from the UK and Ireland didn't like where it was going, also Edd had other commitments in the UK an didn't like spending so much time away from his beautiful wife an home, an personally i an many people i have spoke to believe it should have stayed in the UK,

[@Ismaildadabhay]

Really like Edd China, thought they both worked well together and looked as though they were both having fun

[@VictorGate]

Not over bothered by the change from Edd to Ant, though I prefer the former. The real changer for me is that as a Brit I had no association with many of the cars they were restoring and the outcome was of little interest.

[@impkaps]

Mike back the wrong work horse and drove him to happier pastures

[@Thomas63r2]

This video was made because Mike was jealous of the love Edd received from the fans.

[@domatlan1911]

I spent 10 years working for a car dealer in Alperton. The show is really good. China was the best but Elvis and Ant were also good in a different way. Mike is just the salesman and we all know the standing of a Used Car Salesman in the UK…. know wot I mean? I got no problem with Mike he is the pitch man. The problem I always had with the show was the “nice tidy profit” that they made! Ummmm add the $10k labour bill to every project and you lost your ass mate! In later shows they started to figure that part out. Hope the show keeps going. Also I like the flipping bangers show too. All the mechanics were legit they weren’t just fitters.

[@steeviebops]

The "leaving out the labour" bit made sense back in the early days when the idea behind the show was to demonstrate repairs that you could do yourself on older, simpler cars. But once they set sights higher it lost that.

[@iansmith7929]

Mike Brewer seems a nice bloke, but he always comes over as 'jack the lad'. If you watch him talking on the TV , his favourite phrase is "ME and..." Edd would do 80% of the restoration, and Mike would say "I've done this, and I've done that" to the buyer, with little regard to the mechanics time & effort. If you watch Edds programme, it's somewhat different. Edd credits his principal assistant, which seems much more acceptable.

[@FunAllDayLong4353]

Mike Brewer's Net Worth of $2M??? Are you kidding me? You couldn't buy a decent house in London for that! More like $20M

[@gregorypalmer6979]

Wheeler Dealers started in the UK not the US

[@uweinhamburg]

Mike and Edd China had a perfect buddy chemistry. Before and after their cooperation, Mike has never done anything interesting..

[@jimwoods9551]

Very misleading for impressionable young men. Huge time, skill and expensive equipment is not realistically valued leading people to start projects without any hope of finishing. Talk about them putting their hands in your pockets! A lot of their projects look rushed and shoddy too.

[@mickduffy]

None of us are perfect. Easy to hop on the Mike did Edd wrong train. They both have done wonders for the automotive world.