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Are 2011 Luxury Car Brand Record Sales a Good Sign for the U.S. Economy?
Bentley saw its global sales increase by a whopping 30 percent worldwide last year. while Rolls-Royce, helped by the launch of the Ghost, sold 3,500 cars in North America, smashing its 2010 record of 2,711 deliveries. The first thing that comes to mind is that, in the midst of a recession, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
Bentley’s North American president Christopher Georges, however, sees things from a different perspective, in that booming sales of uber-luxurious cars are reflecting a confidence in the economy.
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Rolls-royce Sold More Than 4,000 Cars In A Year For The First Time Ever
2014 was the fifth consecutive year of record sales for Rolls-Royce, with the British brand delivering 4,063 cars worldwide, 12 percent more than in 2013. Compared to 2009, last year's sales have more than quadrupled, which is an exceptional result...
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New Ghost And China Boost Rolls-royce Sales
Despite the turmoil in global markets, Rolls-Royce is doing extraordinarily well. In fact, the above sentence is an understatement: while the recession seemed to hit the company in 2009, when it sold a little over 1,000 cars representing a 17.3% drop...
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Chevrolet Records Best-ever First Half With 2.35 Million Global Sales
Chevrolet sold 2.35 million cars worldwide in the first six months of 2011, which is a record number in the company’s 100-year history. The GM brand sold 286,499 more vehicles than in the same period of 2010, which represents a 14% increase. ...
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Lamborghini's Profits Surge 27.4% In 2008, Cautious On 2009 Outlook
Helped by its drive to cut costs, VW Group owned Italian supercar Lamborghini managed to report a 27.4 percent increase in pretax profits in 2008 over 2007 despite the fact that its sales remained virtually the same. More specifically, turnover increased...
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Vw Sales Record: 2.11 Million Vehicles From January To July 2007
Volkswagen came out with a “busty†press release today announcing that the VW brand managed to achieve a sales record the first seven months of the year. Between January and July 2007, the German automaker delivered a total of 2.11 million...
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