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Day Six: The rattling of the stick

Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog

shave.jpgI haven't checked whether it was another record breaker, but today was bloody hot. Feeling somewhat grubby when I arrived at the motor show, I decided to take a stroll over to the Galaxy First Class Lounge to pay a visit to my barber, Amir Dastgir.

Amir is a First Class barber, it's written all over his face in the shape of a beard designed by Euclid and laser sculpted by NASA. So precisely defined it's got a ten page entry in the OED, so sharp it cuts itself. I relax into the reclining chair, gazing up at the racing car nailed twenty feet up on the wall, and within minutes the only discernable difference between my head and a baby's bottom is a pair of eyebrows.

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Day Five: End of the road for SUVs

Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog

So, to round up the SUV rant, what's the overall picture here? Well it's more Bosch than Constable, I'm afraid.

Despite a few little green shoots coming up through the tarmac, the dominant impression is that 4x4s are set to continue grabbing market share for a bit longer. The reason why I think this, in flagrant contradiction to the motor show guide, is that just about every manufacturer is now producing them.




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