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Leading the parade; Buyers' drive for exclusivity will power ultra-luxury class.
If you're tired of driving your sports car in the shadows of two-ton trucks and sport/utility vehicles, the future may not appear too sunny. As the average age of car buyers creeps ever upward, more and more of those aging boomers are moving away from traditional sedans and coupes and into trucks and SUVs.
But there is one silver lining for car enthusiasts: ultra-luxury cars.
According to research by AutoPacific, a California-based automotive consulting and forecasting concern, the pool of potential luxury car buyers will grow significantly between now and 2010 as the boomer and Generation X populations continue to age, become wealthier and demand more comfort and ever-more exclusivity from vehicles. Manufacturers are responding with plans for a range of luxury and ultra-luxury cars and trucks to feed that demand. And while the lux-truck market is expected to flatten in the latter stages of the decade, sales of ultra-luxury cars will continue to climb, AutoPacific predicts.
``The upmarket potential for the ultra-luxury car segment is great,'' says Jim Hall, AutoPacific's Detroit-based consultant.
Included in that growing list of ultra-luxury cars- defined as those costing in excess of $125,000-are the likes of ...
- Ultra Luxury Cars on Display at North American International Auto Show.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 7, 2003 700+ words
...Detroit is hardly the center of ultra luxury car business, but the...Royce offered its new Phantom ultra luxury, $330,000 sedan...is the egalitarian American ultra luxury car, in that it's...The makers of ordinary luxury cars expect continued growth of...
- Economic climate cools sales of ultra-luxury cars conceived in '90s.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 14, 2005 700+ words
...can't get enough of the giant German ultra-luxury sedans. He and his wife, Christine...as expected. Maybach _ in effect, the ultra-luxury division at Mercedes-Benz...proposed a half-dozen sports sedans and luxury cars that cost $300,000 or more, noted...
- A fast start for the new ultra-luxury cars.(News)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe February 24, 2003 700+ words
...Bentley Motors in Crewe, England. Bentley will start delivering cars in the fourth quarter. Among the three new super-luxury cars, only the Rolls-Royce Phantom is currently available. Rolls expects to produce approximately 1,000 Phantoms a year...
- Ultra-Luxury Cars Seek Success with New Owners.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 12, 2002 700+ words
...economy has done nothing to stem a wave of ultra-luxury sedans and extravagant sporting...to 12,000 vehicles a year, today's ultra-lux models never will compete in the...More than anything, the purchase of an ultra-luxury vehicle is a vote of confidence...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) October 22, 1996 700+ words
You know the holiday shopping season has begun when the catalogs start arriving. More than two-thirds of U.S. residents have let their fingers do the walking sometime this year. More than 10,000 specialty catalog titles are in print, and 132 million people - largely Generation Xers and baby boomers
- Top 5 Luxury Cars for 2009 Just Announced by NADAguides.com.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter December 2, 2008 700+ words
...selection of 2009 luxury cars available to buyers...NADAguides.com top 5 luxury cars for 2009. 1. 2009...car list due to its ultra-luxurious cabin...When it comes to luxury cars, Bentley coined...creme company of the ultra-luxury car world...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 8, 2005 700+ words
...For years, the market for ultra-luxury cars--those costing upwards of...abandon its planned entry into ultra-luxury. The Cadillac Sixteen...rich boy who likes toys to do? Ultra-luxury cars can be seen in the street or...
- 'Near-Luxury' Cars Rev Up Sales.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 21, 2002 700+ words
...the sales of entry-level "near-luxury" cars that cost around $30,000. In fact...But in reality, with these [near-luxury] cars, I think there is a disconnect between...worth watching: For one, lower-end luxury cars are generally not as profitable as the...