TERROR PROOF - Terrorism is rife and you're a head of state. What to do? Get on the phone and order a suitable cool bullet-proof car

摘要

YOU'VE DONE IT! You're new President of the People's Republic of Banana. Your opponent's plane crashed after a mysterious technical 'glitch' but you went ahead and rigged the election anyway, and now you've got your hands on all that oil-and-opium revenue. What's the first thing you do? Get on the phone to Mercedes and order yourself a fleet of long black S-Classes. For years the stretched, armoured S600 has been the automatic ride of choice for paranoid despots worldwide. If you're the leader of a more democratic nation (like ours, allegedly) or one with a car industry you have other factors to consider You have to pick from the home team, and you can't be seen to be too profligate with the voters' tax dollar. But you still have a monstrous ego and don't want to be upstaged by the other world leaders' longer, glossier rides at the next global summit.