Friday 6 February 2009

Two tales of a city — and Dubai’s luxury car giveaway

Could this be the city of uber-luxury hotels, the place with a reputation for huge salaries and extravagant living?

As highlighted in a (much-emailed) report in The Times on Friday about abandoned luxury cars in Dubai, the gold-plated gloss is peeling off this high-rolling expat oasis very quickly.

For many expatriate workers in Dubai it was the ultimate symbol of their tax-free wealth: a luxurious car that few could have afforded on the money they earned at home.

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