Luxury cars sell quickly at Shanghai Auto Show

时间：2007-04-27 00:27:59

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Apr. 26 – In only three days after the Shanghai Auto1 Show opened to the public, all the luxury cars were sold out. Most of them were sold at 2-10 million yuan, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.

 

At the Bentley exhibition booth, three Bentley cars were marked by a sign that read “sold out”. The manufacturer made the three models especially for the Shanghai Auto Show and all of them were sold in half a day during the first public open day.

 

The most expensive Bentley model was an Arnage RL sold at a price of 6.48 million yuan. It was bought by a businessman from Zhejiang. The other two models, a Continental2 GTC convertible3 race car and a four-seat Continental GTC, were bought by two Shanghainese at a price of 3.58 million yuan and 3.38 million yuan, respectively.

 

Among the rest of the luxury cars available for sale, a Maybach was marked with a selling price of 9,000,000 yuan. A staff member from Mercedes-Benz’s China company said that during the Shanghai Auto Show, many Chinese people came to ask them about the configuration4 information and the selling price of the car. In three days, they had sold two units of such Maybach cars. One of them was bought by money pooled by several members of one family, who intended to give the car to their father as a gift.

 

Ferrari and Maserati brought six models of their cars to the Shanghai Auto Show this year. Two models were placed only for exhibition and one was sold even before the auto show began. The other three models, a Ferrari 430, a Ferrari 599, and a Maserati President, were sold at the auto show at a price of 2.84 million yuan, 3.76 million yuan and 1.92 million yuan, respectively.

 

Porsche took nine model cars to attend the show this time. Apart from one concept model, all the rest of the models were sold out now.

 

Lamborghini brought two models to the show this time, one being a MURCIELAGOLP640 marked with a price of 4.38 million yuan and the other a GALLARDOSPYDER of 3.38 million yuan. Both cars have been ordered.

 

Spyker displayed three models at the exhibition. One was a SSUV—D12 marked with at a price of 5.88 million yuan and the other was a C8D12 model with a selling price of 6.68 million yuan. Both models have been purchased.

 

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1 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的
参考例句：
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
3 convertible aZUyK     
adj.可改变的，可交换，同意义的；n.有活动摺篷的汽车
参考例句：
  • The convertible sofa means that the apartment can sleep four.有了这张折叠沙发，公寓里可以睡下4个人。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了。
4 configuration nYpyb     
n.结构，布局，形态，(计算机)配置
参考例句：
  • Geographers study the configuration of the mountains.地理学家研究山脉的地形轮廓。
  • Prices range from $119 to $199,depending on the particular configuration.价格因具体配置而异，从119美元至199美元不等。

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