As far as I am aware the increased sales of both Rolls and Bentleys have been due to higher exports to China... hmmm, if that's true then that'll going go down really well with the locals if the bubble pops over there.

Yes some of us haven’t been affected by this recession as most. I have a neighbor who bought one of these beautiful cars last May. He bought the Rolls-Royce Drophead (convertible) coupe. I must admit that it’s quite stunning, but not stunning enough to spend the $500k he paid for it. I’ll stick with my 2003 GMC Sierra and spend the rest more wisely.

I live fairly close to a Rolls Royce plant and they have just built a new £20 million extension to the site purely to deal with the increased demand for bespoke customisations !!

I'm happy at the local job creation / expansion, but it is quite a good indicator of exactly what happens when a recession hits us minions.

You didn't provide the link to the original article but I bet that most were sold to Asia. I have lived in both Vietnam and Cambodia and I have seen many rolls!

Don't see anything wrong with it. Not all people are poor, not all people can't afford anything and if the people, who actually have money, spend it to buy such cars, in the end it creates more jobs. Which means that at least a few of the poor losers will get a bit out of the dump they're in.

I still don't understand all the crying about money and recession and being poor. Everybody could make money, if they wouldn't sit on their fat asses, thinking their 9 to 5 job is enough and crying about it on ATS is more fun than using their creative minds to make something out of their lives.
There are so many possibilities to make money, not even the Internet has reached it's full potential and you just need a stupid idea like Facebook to get rich.
Besides i still think that the recession thing gets a bit overblown. If the people were that poor, how come that for example Wikipedia made a #load of money through donations in the past couple of weeks? Even their "We still need 100.000$!!!" cry was heard and after a few days said banner was gone, so people obviously have enough money to donate it to a crappy website. If people were really that poor, how are they still able to afford PCs and Internet connections, cars and other luxuries? I think some of those cryers should visit a real poor country, meet really poor people and see how they live (and even though we think they're poor and have a miserable life, some of them are actually quite happy with what they have)

This post sure validates my thoughts about how desire for goods is paramount to crisis. I truly believe that given the opportunity the so called useless eaters of the world would have no problem insuring a neighbors slavery for the completion of their dreams.

You can buy a REALLY nice car for $40k. Why won't they do that, and donate the rest in food and supplies for the needy or homeless etc. Some people just have no concience.

Im not sure there is a recession where I live.....
Everytime im out and about, I see restaurants packed - lunch, dinner....doesnt matter.
I see the malls packed and people walking around with lots of packages....not just around Christmas....
I also see no old cars on the road...seems everyone has a new one, or relatively new one....

Must be regional, because it is not a recession where I live....

...Meanwhile in africa....

Originally posted by ShadowAngel85
Don't see anything wrong with it. Not all people are poor, not all people can't afford anything and if the people, who actually have money, spend it to buy such cars, in the end it creates more jobs. Which means that at least a few of the poor losers will get a bit out of the dump they're in.

I still don't understand all the crying about money and recession and being poor. Everybody could make money, if they wouldn't sit on their fat asses, thinking their 9 to 5 job is enough and crying about it on ATS is more fun than using their creative minds to make something out of their lives.

I think some of those cryers should visit a real poor country, meet really poor people and see how they live (and even though we think they're poor and have a miserable life, some of them are actually quite happy with what they have)

It also depends on how one defines poor. Having a happy fruitful life and some simple items that make me happy, is rich to me. And working one job provides me with plenty. I work to live, not live to work. Now if some folks want to work 7 days a week to have such luxuries, they are more than welcome to. They just need to remember that they can't take it all with them to an early grave.