Firstly, we need to name our national car. Let’s hire a global branding company to do this, or run a “Name the Car” contest for Singaporeans, like what we did to give Changi Airport’s low-cost terminal the title of Budget Terminal.
Next, we must find a way to design and build the thing. Naturally, let’s employ foreign talent for this. We could bring in well-dressed automotive designers from Italy, well-educated engineers from Germany and countless workers from China. And we could import a production line lock, stock and barrel from Japan – bought on the cheap, because we don’t need the high-tech Japanese robots, whose tasks could be performed by the high-sweat Chinese workers.
What features should Singapore’s national car have? Before that, let me tell you what it should not have – indicator stalks, indicator lights, rear and side view mirrors. Because most Singaporean motorists wouldn’t want to use them anyway.
