News From the Auto Industry

Also unveiled in LA, the world capital of illusion, were plans for a hybrid-fuel GMC Yukon - another behemoth even by the standards of the average Chelsea Tractor - and a fuel-cell Chevrolet Equinox. However, Wagoner did not specifically mention whether the biofuel option would be available for Humvee stretch limos - a ghastly sight.

At the launch of BT Vision last week, he started his presentation with a rhyming couplet: “Broadband together with TV, Entertained we all shall be.”

Nor did he name a price for another eye-popping GM model, a more futuristic design for a Humvee, the O2, with side panels stuffed with carbon-eating algae, which open up like a flower to catch sunlight when parked.

This is all speculation on the Diary’s part but how did they come up with that name? Do they think anybody in common parlance is ever going to say Bank of New York Mellon Corporation?

I suppose they did want to keep both names for branding reaons but what a moniker.

POETIC VISION Is Ian Livingston, the Scottish chief executive of BT Retail, seeking recognition as the new Robert Burns?