Luxury Cars and the Recession: What Gives?

Toyota's recalls and the global recession may be casting a shadow over the Geneva Motor Show, but the high end market is helping to keep up the glitz and glamour. (March 4)

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[BabybooR33]

yea the rich become richer while the poor become poorer...

[Marduk616]

@ZMorpheus

If people can afford it, they may buy it. Simple as that. I couldn't care about what people do with their money... Neither should you.

[V0b49e]

The Superleggera, at least, is a very impressive piece of engineering. Well worth the money imo, luxury or not. But as for the middle class, well, envy isn't going to get us anywhere.

[dehBix]

@jetliigor Mid+

[jetliigor]

Define Rich. Making $250,000 living in NYC is NOT rich. Trust me i know. It's barely middle class. Maybe making $250,000 in Kansas is rich.

[jetliigor]

why would you wish that on people? That's messed up. Why would you do that? It's not like the guy won a lottery. It's likely he's worked a lot over the years to make himself a multi-million or multi-billion dollar company. Self made man probably. All it takes is a dream and going after it. The guy who bought the Bugatti probably made his dreams into reality. What you may never do. Don't be jelous. Be smart.

[jetliigor]

the luxury car market is actually NOT suffering it's doing quite well. For example Mercedes Benz's S class in the starting price of $90,000 range is doing very well. Selling like hot cakes. It's currently their best seller. From 2008-2010 models. Imagine that. The least expensive Mercedes is $34,000 yet their most expensive $90,000+ starter price model is their best seller.

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

the girl at the end is hot

[julianbinder123]

@Pvtjamesryan2 these shows r soooo fun

the toronto auto show

like 5 bucks to go, oohhh ferrari maserati maybach

[BertGriffin88]

Oh, to be in the top 1% of the Americans in the upper class, that is, the upper 33Millions of Americans that really matter.BigBankers/BigInsurers/­BigPoliticians/BigDoctors/BigO­ilmen/BigActors/BigMusicians/B­igPigs everyone.But unfortunately, I'm in the 300Million Irrelevant Americans that make up the Middle Class.We have no voices, no jobs, no futures, no dreams, & no reasons to believe that the Republicans will any of this to change. So the rich rub our faces in their crotches & laugh mockingly.

[mapmanic]

$2.4 million.... one can only hope that the rich bastard who buys one will crash driving it off the lot.