Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought they were well on the way to getting bailed out by Merkel... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > Thanks Henning, > > there's a weird situation in the car industry in Germany at the moment - > people wanting to buy new cars can get a 2500 Euro grant from the > government > for scrapping their old car (over 9 years old). This means that the > production of lower price bracket cars is booming (even at Opel), but sales > of premium marques like BMW, Porsche and Mercedes have almost stagnated. > > I feel sorry for Opel , their Insignia saloon has just been voted car of > the year by European journalists. > > Best from Hannover > Douglas > > >> >> Thanks for showing these, Douglas. I remember some of these, but having a >> number in B&W and Colour together makes them even more interesting. As >> usual, sometimes I like one better one way and the next the other way. In >> any case a great series. It certainly makes me wish I had a day to go >> photographing there. >> >> I guess there's some money to be made manufacturing cars in good times :-) >> except not so much if you're Opel. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >