My god how mundane the motorshow was this year! By and large every manufacturer felt a bit like they were offering reheated leftovers from last year. All the concepts of the past 5 years were here in the flesh as ready-to-order hotties. As one particular driver said “It wasn’t a motorshow, it was more like the Woolie’s [shopping centre] car park”.

One highlight was the absolute dregs of humanity, with barely a unique chromosome (or tooth) between them, gawking at the Maybach. You would not believe how much admiration for a fully reclining rear seat. It was almost as if the Maybach was only there as an idiot deterrent to the BMW stand. And by god was it effective.

Was lucky to have a sit in a Peugeot 206 GTI 180 and man what a snug fitting glove. It was good to get the chance to experience the French mark in the flesh. The 180 is the epitome of the drivers’ car rocket ship that you so rarely get these days. Nothing remarkable you couldn’t find at your dealer but meh.

Of all the prestige cars on display, it’s remarkable that even the biturbo V12 AMG CLK roadster and the Jaguar XJ have plastic door handles!? You’d think for $200K + you’d get chrome!

All that glittered that actually impressed me was the Range Rover stand. Their rides REALLY looked impressive with supercharged sports versions this year on big 19″ rims. Good to see the Brits getting with the times.

There was some interesting local product though. Some Perth company that make superchargers had an awesome Magna AWD package for around $50K. It looked like the ultimate sleeper.

Two concept cars that at least filled the bright, shiny object void were the Ford GT and the Honda pseudo NSX called the Honda Sports Concept (HSC). The big Ford really was a player and looked equally impressive on the rotisserie as it does on paper. ANd we can only hope and pray the Honda makes it into production, as it really stepped up to the plate in taking the more sedate NSX into exotic supercar territory. Not that the NSX looked bad but the doors on this thing and the cut of its jib have to be seen to be believed.

Toyota were so desperate, they send out monkami people movers from Japan, showing the latest concepts in invalid care. Surely there’s a more appropriate trade show for this . . .

Naturally there were Ferarri’s and Fords but sadly not a lot else worth mentioning. To make it really obvious this show was for the kids and not the ‘big boys’ was even the Victoria Police had a stand. It’s great to know that the speed camera money is going into even faster cars for the cops, and not something useful, like you know, hospitals or health care. You know useful stuff.

Sorry guys, this years show was a fizzer. If I wanna see invalid vans and human gene pool dregs, i’ll go to a chemist in Cranbourne. Thank god I didn’t have to pay to get in.