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Confidence is returning to the luxury car sector
According to Clive Sutton's second Market Report into the world of luxury cars, a surge in Supercar values is a sure sign of confidence returning to the luxury car sector. Some of the ground covered within the report includes: • Why cars from 2008 and 2009 are now worth more than they were a year ago • The effect on values through people hanging onto their cars for longer as a result of the recession • How servicing and repairs might ... [more]
Used luxury cars not impacted by surge in UK petrol prices
Current pump prices are at record highs. British motorists paid a then-record 120 pence per litre for unleaded petrol in July 2008, and the price is now exceeding this figure. However, unlike in 2008, this time around there have not been any notable repercussions for the upper echelons of the used car market. According to Glass’s, the recent sustained surge in UK petrol prices is not having a detrimental effect on the market for used luxury... [more]
Bentley's Mulsanne enters full production this summer
Bentley’s new Mulsanne enters full production this summer. The 98-strong team of Bentley manufacturing specialists responsible for bringing together the painted body, hand crafted leather hides and wood veneers, the 6 3/4 litre V8 engine and myriad electrical components, employ skills passed down through generations of Crewe car makers. They’re also masters of new techniques such as the handling of the extremely delicate fibre optic cables and a ... [more]
Any colour for your car as long as it is not pink
In a poll of over a thousand motorists by Carsite.co.uk, pink topped the list of unusual shades with over 29 percent of the vote – almost one in three respondents. Second place in the unpopularity stakes was brown with 16 percent closely followed by gold with 13.7 percent. Even though retro white is enjoying a recent surge in popularity, accounting for around 1 in 12 cars on the road today, it has just as many detractors according to Carsite.c... [more]
Infiniti announces plans to introduce a four-seat luxury electric vehicle with zero emissions
At the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, Infiniti has announced plans to introduce an electric vehicle, one that will be true to the Infiniti brand’s promise of “Inspired Performance”. Mr Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, stated that a concept is being developed for a stylish, compact, high performance, four-seat luxury Infiniti with zero emissions. With the addition of a high-performance V6 diesel to Infiniti’s Western Europe lin... [more]
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Luxury cars sell well in China
Chinese consumers are stingy savers and Americans are extravagant spenders. That is the prevailing consensus found in newspaper headlines these days. But a look at China's luxury car market tells a different story.
China's Luxury-Car Love Affair Goes On
Newly wealthy Chinese buyers are snapping up high-end luxury cars like the Bugatti Veyron. | July 30, 2010 | Bugatti SHANGHAI, China — Super-luxury cars are back in vogue in China, even though the nation's highway network and the disposable income of its citizens still fall far short of Western standards.
Diesel cars on luxury drive
Diesel cars on luxury driveDiesel cars on luxury drive
Diesel cars give a hard time to petrol counterparts in luxury segement
Diesel cars give a hard time to petrol counterparts in luxury segementDiesel cars give a hard time to petrol counterparts in luxury segement
Harrods' owners cars clamped
The new owners of Harrods in London returned to their luxury cars to find they had been clamped.
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Luxury imported cars costing 100 million won (84,000 U.S. dollars) or more each are seeing brisk sales in the Korean market. All 300 units of the latest model of the luxury Porsche SUV Cayenne allotted to Korea sold out in less than a month after debuting June 12.
Luxury car buyers in ‘cautious mood’ due to govt’s tax drive
Luxury car distributor Wellington Soong yesterday said the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) crackdown against tax evaders has dampened interest of buyers.
Luxury car sales soar in Russia despite overall car market lull
Sales of luxury cars in Russia increased by 30.5 percent in the first half of 2010, despite a rise of only 3 percent in the Russian car market as a whole, Russian business daily Kommersant said on Wednesday.
The raiding team seized 17 luxury cars parked at the Sunway Mentari business centre. — NST pictures by Amran Hamid
KUALA LUMPUR: Police rounded up 100 people at a gathering for a get-rich-quick scheme at the Sunway Mentari business centre on Tuesday night and seized 17 luxury cars.
Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in U.S., 16,000 here
Toyota is recalling 412,000 cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled in the U.S. range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the steering lock bar — a component for the steering system — causing cracks to develop on the surface.


