As Arabs descend on London with their eccentric convoys of cars, we select a new arrival; such things delight some and infuriate others

The time of year is upon Knightsbridge when Arabs and their supercars descend. Amongst them come exotically coloured Bentleys, Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces, but one new arrival this season is a car we’ll henceforth just called ‘Limited’.

 

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Featuring the number ‘LMIITED’ on a British plate, the gunmetal grey Rolls-Royce Ghost concerned features scuffed black wheels and plainly gets lackadaisically parked wherever its driver chooses. The car’s owner, maybe concerned not to lose it, even shows a picture of what we can only be himself on the vehicle’s rear window.

 

No doubt it’ll be the first of many eccentric machines to plague the locality in the coming months but as one regular reader remarked: “We do hope they’ll limit the noise.”

 

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