High Gas Prices Lead to U.S. Scooter Boom
MSN Money / AP Business News, May 12, 2006
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A few excerpts:
"Sales at the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company, one of the country's larger scooter dealers, which owns the popular Stella brand, have been doubling annually for the last three years, with even faster growth projected for this year, according to owner Philip McCaleb."
"I'm seeing a lot of people from blue-collar businesses, who are paying $100 to fill up their vans," said Nick Mendizabal, owner of Brooklynbretta, a scooter dealership. "A lot of people who thought scooters were not so masculine are now asking, 'How fast do they go?' and `What's the mileage?'"
Read it and weep, if you're a GM shareholder. Read it and rejoice, if you're anybody else. Here in Lithuania, meanwhile, the police are considering ways to crack down / restrict / make life less pleasant for scooter drivers. But that's another topic altogether... |
