Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (43893)	12/14/2008 8:56:53 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217812

diesel-powered Mini, made by BMW, tops the list of Britain’s slowest-depreciating cars, retaining 63.2% of its value after three years, says EurotaxGlass’s. ... At the Blackbushe sale a Maybach 57, an executive barge produced by a division of Daimler, fetched £66,000—which meant it had lost an average of more than £4,800 a month for 40 months. A two-year-old Mercedes-Benz R320 Sport and a year-old Land Rover Discovery 3 both sold for less than half their new prices. The trade-in value of a Porsche Cayenne, the epitome of a boom-time gas-guzzler, hovers around £20,000 for vehicles that cost £56,000 two years earlier, according to Autocar. Luxury cars Crash Dec 11th 2008 \| BLACKBUSHE From The Economist print edition Second-hand prices are plummeting as demand declines economist.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (43893)	12/14/2008 10:57:22 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217812

I do seem to recall mentioning a few times that I thought China would end up surprising to the upside in 'green-ness' :O)