DAVID FURLONGER: R950m for a used car? That’s rich!
Behind the high-rollers is an SA market based on caution and value for money
04 June 2021 - 06:00
Try not to be too jealous, but there are people out there for whom the word “recession” does not exist. They are the people who, while everyone else is scratching around for money to pay bills during our Covid-ravaged existence, are happy to splash out a few million rands on a lump of metal decorated with four bits of rubber at the corners and a few hundred horsepower under the bonnet.
Figures supplied by the Automotive Business Council show that in the first five months of this year, Ferrari sold 34 new cars in SA, Bentley 27, Lamborghini 24 and Maserati 15...
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