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Subject: Premium Car Sales Trend in US
Category: Sports and Recreation
Asked by: bbsaint-ga
List Price: $19.50
Posted: 16 Dec 2003 22:26 PST
Expires: 15 Jan 2004 22:26 PST
Question ID: 287916
How many premium (luxury & sports) cars are being sold in US?  What is
5-year outlook?  I am looking for a percentage increase number that
can be backed up by some article or industry source.

Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Premium Car Sales Trend in US
Answered By: belindalevez-ga on 18 Dec 2003 04:37 PST
 
<According to the Wall Street Organisation Inc., in 2002, sales of
Exotic/Super-Luxury cars were approximately 7,000 units or $1.5
billion annually. Sales of  Ultra-Luxury/Prestige Sports Coupe were
approximately 30,000 units per year or $3 billion annually. U.S. sales
are predicted to almost double over the next five years.
According to the German Institute for Automotive Business, the global
demand for luxury cars will increase 20% by 2008.
http://www.wallstreetorganization.com/html/dealoftheyar.html

Super luxury cars.
According to R.L. Polk & Co., luxury cars are experiencing strong sales.
Registration totalled 6,187 in the first 10 months of 2002.
Registrations in 2001 were 9,516.
The number of super luxury cars registered through October 2002 is
nearly equal to registrations in 1999 and 2000 combined.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/030116-2.htm

<Additional links:>

<Luxury car sales have exploded.>
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_14/b3777003.htm>

<SUV?s, Luxury Cars Lead U.S. Survey.>
<http://www.fleet-central.com/bf/bn_srch_c.cfm?rank=965>

<Sales of luxury sport utility vehicles surged by 50 percent in
January to September compared to a year ago.>
<http://www.td.com/economics/topic/ca1103_auto.html>


<Growth predicted by car makers>
<http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/Business/Riding_high.shtml>

<Study predicts light truck segment to remain strong.>
<http://www.polk.com/news/releases/2001_0119.asp>

<Report ? sports and luxury cars.>
<http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/mt16431_sports_luxury_car_toc.html>


<Search strategy:>

<luxury car sales>
<://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=luxury+car+sales&as_oq=&as_eq=australia&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>

<"luxury cars" 2008>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22luxury+cars%22+2008>
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