Mike Brewer shares new 2026 update on stolen | Tech News

Wheeler Dealers star Mike Brewer has shared a new update years after a traditional Ford Fiesta was stolen during filming. In the summer season of 2023, thieves stole the long-lasting 1979 Ford Fiesta Mk1 from beneath the producers’ noses simply hours after restoration work had been accomplished. 

Mike and co-host Marc Priestley had deliberate to show off their repairs at a car show when producers realised the vehicle and its trailer had been snatched. Mike and Marc had been surprised once they discovered the model had been taken from a resort car park in Knottingley, West Yorkshire. 

Fans have spent years speculating on the vehicle’s whereabouts, however the model has by no means turned up. Earlier in January, X person @zwollenaar1987 requested the TV host: “Mr Brewer has that stolen Ford Fiesta  from Wheeler Dealers ever been found and recovered again?”

However, Mike shortly responded that there was nonetheless no update, including: “If it had, I think you’d know about it.” Mike and Marc had beforehand claimed they spent round 100 hours working on the model to completely restore the Mk1. 

The model was chosen as a particular tribute to the Fiesta as soon as Ford introduced the model could be discontinued. The rebuild stood out due to the rarity of the Mk1 model, with estimates suggesting that solely a few hundred stay on the street.

Last summer season, Mike revealed the stolen Ford was nonetheless being talked about by followers regardless of going lacking effectively over 24 months in the past. He careworn the path to seek out the car was “dead” and predicted the traditional vehicle would doubtless “never” be found. 

He beforehand instructed Express.co.uk: “The trail is dead. It was dead over maybe two years ago now. The Fiesta’s never coming back. I wish people would stop mentioning it. 

“The only reason they keep mentioning it is because the lovely Discovery channel keeps showing it. They repeat the show over and over again and every time it gets repeated somebody is watching it for the first time and for them it’s new news.

“They contact me and go ‘oh it’s a shame you had the Fiesta nicked, have you found it yet?’ I keep saying to people ‘no, it’s gone’. If it was found, I’d shout it from the rooftops but I don’t want it back now it’s too late.”