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nthfinity 11-01-2008 04:49 PM

Ferrari pulls out of NAIAS 2009
 
Just received word.

The times we are in.... :angry:

HeilSvenska 11-01-2008 05:05 PM

Hmmm. That's a shame. Although, there aren't that many Ferrari customers in Michigan, are there?

nthfinity 11-01-2008 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska (Post 857559)
Hmmm. That's a shame. Although, there aren't that many Ferrari customers in Michigan, are there?

over 700 known Ferraris in Michigan

Every new Ferrari is sold out on the local dealer's allocation

nthfinity 11-01-2008 06:00 PM

seems Rolls Royce is out too

RC45 11-01-2008 06:25 PM

Car makers are not stupid... they know what is coming - the 1970's all over again - 70% tax rates, inflation and lower incomes. The super wealthy already own 1 of everything hehe

Mattk 11-01-2008 08:26 PM

These shows are mainly for press benefit. I'm surprised they would pull out.

RC45 11-02-2008 01:20 AM

Their buyers dont need press to make choices, and their dealers dont need press to make sales... attending shows seems more like a way for them to show the proletariat what they cant afford than anything else ;)

pagani 11-02-2008 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RC45 (Post 857589)
Their buyers dont need press to make choices, and their dealers dont need press to make sales... attending shows seems more like a way for them to show the proletariat what they cant afford than anything else ;)

I do that all the time whan i at such a car show

5vz-fe 11-02-2008 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by RC45 (Post 857589)
Their buyers dont need press to make choices, and their dealers dont need press to make sales... attending shows seems more like a way for them to show the proletariat what they cant afford than anything else ;)

That pretty much saids it all.

ae86_16v 11-02-2008 02:58 PM

Wonder if they will do the same with the other car shows like LA? I noticed that LA's show is a pretty big deal now in North America.

The Stig 11-04-2008 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ae86_16v (Post 857639)
Wonder if they will do the same with the other car shows like LA? I noticed that LA's show is a pretty big deal now in North America.

I agree, the L.A's show is getting more and more important.
Look at the one of Paris few weeks ago, the 370Z not there they kept it for L.A, Porsche was really disappointing, just the restyling of the 911. The Hyperion was announced but never showed-up, the one-77, we saw the headlight and the wheels, during the press day. Bugatti, Pagani, Brabus, Alpina, Ruf were not there...
Ferrari had the California but it was not the first appearance.

nthfinity 11-04-2008 10:08 PM

One problem; the auto manufacturers are having less and less to spend on the opulence of an Auto show. I don't see a US auto show being as good as what NAIAS was from the late 1990's through to the first 3-4 years of the 2000's. I think Domestic auto shows peaked in 2002/3.

79TA 11-05-2008 01:28 AM

I thought I had a post in this thread . . .

nthfinity 11-05-2008 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 79TA (Post 857900)
I thought I had a post in this thread . . .

the thread was starting to get a bit heated with stupid comments quickly. yours wasn't bad ... just the slippery slope ... but mine, yours, and a third one were yanked.

79TA 11-05-2008 02:14 AM

aww, sorry for opening the gates or whatever happened there. : /


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