More Affluent Women Buying High-End Performance Cars

[Moxie]

From the August 27 issue of the Singapore News --

Forget designer shoes and handbags. More affluent women in the Asia Pacific region are splurging instead on high-end performance cars. The world of hot wheels is no longer just for the men.
Meet business consultant Nguyen Tuyet, who drives a Porsche 911-GT3, a street legal race car. She has even beaten men with her super fast timings on the Formula One Spa Track in Belgium. Nguyen said: "I was always interested in driving fast. I would prefer to go for a driver training or go for a tracking in Europe than buy a handbag."
She also disclosed how fast a motorist can easily chalks up. Nguyen said: "Rich women buying luxury fast cars is the latest trend throughout the Asia Pacific, especially China, where women make up one-third of Maserati sales." And two in 10 Ferrari buyers are female. In Singapore, women bought nearly 30 percent of the 300 Porsches sold in the first half of 2011.

Christer Ekberg, Managing Director of Porsche Asia Pacific, said: "Female drivers appreciate different things. We do a lot of collaborations and joint venture activities with other companies that cater to female customers.
"We even have customers who want their car, the interior leather of the car, in the same colour as their favourite lipstick or their favourite handbag."

[dalyduo]

Last week it was an earthquake and hurricane. Now, this weeks sign of the apocalypse...

[cdh]

One reason Singapore is spotlessly clean and well run (aside from the draconian punishments for breaking any law) is their draconian personal property tax....100%.
So that $100,000 Porsche actually costs you $200K. Need to be quite wealthy to be a resident there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl6ecmvBy4U

[dalyduo]

And the current application of his classic work...