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...From cheap urban microcars such as the new Citroën Ami (from £7,695) to multimillion-pound, record-breaking all-electric hypercars such as the Rimac Nevera and equally bonkers Automobili Pininfarina Battista...
...A suit would be bonkers....
...Google’s model is more like the Bluebird than a saloon car: capable of achieving a single goal but impractical for daily life....
...One art dealer called Drahi “bonkers” for the offer before adding that “Sotheby’s shareholders will be jumping up and down for joy”. Some shareholders, however, have both their feet on the ground....
...encouraging for the Indian business as well, citing a rapid recovery in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle sector on the back of an improving economy, and a good critical reception for Tata’s Zest saloon...
...“The headphones are going bonkers, despite every audiophile in the world castigating them for their bass-heavy frequency response – turns out music is a fashion item and everybody wants to be fashionable...
...It was co-founded by 26-year-old Kane Sarhan, who was inspired by his time as an apprentice to one of the owners of the Coyote Ugly Saloon bar chain....
...Just one vehicle – the Fluence saloon – was therefore compatible with the company’s networks in Denmark and Israel. “Other manufacturers did not follow as we had expected,” says Mr Cohen....
...The French carmaker had produced a special electric version of its Fluence saloon to supply Better Place, a $1bn venture majority-owned by Idan Ofer’s Israel Corp that based its business model on swapping...
...Renault, the French carmaker, promised to supply 100,000 electric versions of its Fluence saloons by 2016 to run on Better Place’s automatised battery switching networks in Israel and Denmark, the company...
...France’s Renault is supplying its Fluence electric saloon equipped with swappable batteries to Better Place in Israel and Denmark....
...This moggie, handsome and debonair, dares to order milk in a roughneck-macho saloon, retires with it suavely to a table, then – head down for avid tongue-flicks when no one looks – laps it straight from...
...of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars reaffirmed its 2011 and 2012 targets and beat consensus profit forecasts in the third quarter thanks to continued strong demand in China and brisk sales of its 5 Series saloon...
...Sales of the X3 compact sport utility vehicle more than doubled, while sales of its new BMW 5 series mid-sized saloon rose by 80 per cent....
...JLR, which specialises in high-end executive saloons and four-by-fours, had in the past spoken of building engines in the UK or India, but this is the first time Tata Motors has spoken of combining the two...
...Between January and March, the Bavarian carmaker more than doubled sales of its revamped 5er saloon to 85,423 cars, making the model market leader in its segment....
...In the past year, BMW’s strongest-performing model was the flagship 7 series saloon, which saw sales increase by a quarter to 65,800 units....
...PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to expand into India and build a mid-size saloon car as part of a broader plan to build its business overseas and reduce its reliance on Europe’s anaemic car market....
...Alright, so it’s not entirely bonkers. Quantitative easing has played a role in pushing up equity prices, but it is, since it comes from a banking analyst, pretty much entirely self-serving....
...Mercedes-Benz Cars, which combines the Mercedes premium car, Smart small car and Maybach luxury saloon brands, accounted for the lion’s share of Daimler’s results with an operating profit of €806m....
...Hyundai reported record sales in the US last month thanks in part to the launch of the revamped Sonata saloon and Tucson sports-utility vehicle....
...The rest of Bonkers Bove in the Long Room. Related links: Bove hates new ‘socialism’ for making Citi sell Phibro - FT Alphaville Bankers vs ballers, by Bove – FT Alphaville...
...Audi, which last year touted its $114,000 R8 sports car, has bought a 60-second spot to advertise the A6 saloon car that costs about half the price....
...The company is seeking a US Department of Energy loan guarantee to build a manufacturing line in New Mexico or California to produce a lower-priced mass-market saloon....
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