BusinessWeek - Luxury Car Sales Downshift to First Gear

[SDNR]

^ It sure is. The art market has also been very distorted by extremely wealthy buyers paying ridiculous sums for paintings and sculptures -- in several instances, the prices paid have eclipsed the real historical significance of certain artworks.

 

[Merc1]

Some interesting numbers from 2007

Sales of the Ultra-luxury brands in all of 2007:

Maybach - 156
Rolls-Royce - 410
Lamborghini - 984
Ferrari - 1584
Aston-Martin - 1752


They didn't list Bentley.


Source: October issue of Automobile Magazine via Automotive News


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[Mr. Mercedes]

The 'industrialised/western' world finally paying what it should be for gross materialism realised at the expense of the exploited '3rd world'?