{"id":49132,"date":"2023-08-27T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highwaynewspro.com\/?p=49132"},"modified":"2023-08-27T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:49:47","slug":"at-the-british-motor-show-the-people-are-as-important-as-the-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highwaynewspro.com\/car-reviews\/at-the-british-motor-show-the-people-are-as-important-as-the-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAt the British Motor Show, the people are as important as the cars\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mike Rutherford thinks the people involved in running the British Motor Show at Farnborough are inspiring<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.autoexpress.co.uk\/image\/private\/s--5T1Xxlrn--\/f_auto,t_author-mobile@1\/v1570211854\/autoexpress\/img_0592-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.autoexpress.co.uk\/image\/private\/s--OSM95k7q--\/f_auto,t_primary-image-mobile@1\/v1692960014\/autoexpress\/2023\/08\/Opinion%20-%20British%20Motor%20Show.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been to a few motor shows in my time. And I can sum most of them up with one-word descriptions. Tokyo is bonkers, Frankfurt knackering, Seoul lackadaisical, Detroit perilous, London toast, Munich unproven, Shanghai scary, New York edgy, Paris aloof, Geneva ruined and LA groovy (man).<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Farnborough \u2013 home to the British Motor Show for the last three years and, with a bit of luck and a tad more interest from car makers, should be around for many more. My one-word description for this, our national car exhibition? Inspiring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.autoexpress.co.uk\/image\/private\/s--Y-kuY7OL--\/f_auto,t_related-embed-mobile@1\/v1691506981\/autoexpress\/2023\/08\/Munich%20Motor%20Show%202023%20guide%20-%20header%20image.jpg\">Munich Motor Show 2023 preview: new cars from BMW, Mercedes, Tesla and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this event, the people are as important as the cars. I can\u2019t fail to be inspired by Andy Entwistle, who cleverly spotted that a lethargic Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders could no longer be bothered to stage the British Motor Show. So he simply purchased the britishmotorshow.live domain and has owned and run the event himself since 2021. Brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Show stalwart and stunt driving god Paul Swift was his usual fast, furious, tyre-shredding self at Farnborough last week. On the main stage, Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend of Car SOS fame gave up their time, offered advice, told bad jokes and denied none of the scores of thousands of Brit Show ticket holders the opportunity to grab a selfie or a quick chat.<\/p>\n<p>A different kind of car guy, Dr Andy Palmer \u2013 daddy of Nissan\u2019s EV movement and former Aston Martin CEO \u2013 also attended the 2023 show as special guest and speech maker. And he was proudly inducted into the Motoring Hall of Fame (motoringhalloffame.com) too. As was Steve Nash, formerly of BMW, now CEO of the Institute of the Motor Industry. Like Dr P he\u2019s an advocate for more people (youngsters in particular) entering the automotive industry. He believes there\u2019s a place for every type of person, young or old, regardless of education or social background. And I agree.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s not forget two other world-class auto industry big shots inducted into The Motoring Hall of Fame on the same day. Linda Jackson, Coventry-born, a former accounts clerk, latterly the CEO at Citroen\u2019s world HQ in Paris, before her promotion in 2021 to Peugeot CEO \u2013 it\u2019s hard to think of a more deserving inductee. And how\u2019s this, for the final Hall of Famer to be inducted in 2023? Vera Park is an art school kid from Seoul, Korea, so talented she was invited to study at London\u2019s Royal College of Art before Infiniti, Renault and Nissan spotted her and made the most of her astonishing design skills. Now she has been appointed Lead Exterior Designer at JLR. Enough said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their modest, unprivileged backgrounds, all have punched above their weight in terms of what they\u2019ve achieved in and around the car business at home or abroad. I know each one of\u00a0 \u2019em. They have unrivalled talents, they work hard and they care about what they do. Equally important, they inspire. The world needs more inspirational people like Entwistle, Swift, Shaw and Townshend, Palmer, Nash, Jackson and Park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.autoexpress.co.uk\/image\/private\/s--2ndlamRb--\/v1683626472\/assets\/partners\/powered-by-motorway_150x70.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" class=\"imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_eexbs16lltd5byq polaris__image\" height=\"20\" src=\"\/public\/trustpilot-icon.png\"><\/p>\n<p>One last thing. RIP Michael Parkinson \u2013 my mentor (and hero) at LBC Radio in the nineties and something of a second dad to me, I\u2019m proud to admit.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click here to read more from Mike&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/opinion\/360816\/british-motor-show-people-are-important-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Rutherford thinks the people involved in running the British Motor Show at Farnborough are inspiring I\u2019ve been to a few motor shows in my time. And I can sum most of them up with one-word descriptions. 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