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Poland's first Ferrari dealership to open - Telegraph
Twenty years after Poland ditched the dowdy austerity of communism the country will welcome Ferrari's prancing horse with the opening of the glamorous sports car company's first showroom in the country.

The showroom, due to open next year on Warsaw's premiere shopping street, will offer Polish car enthusiasts a chance to tap into an Italian line of luxury once inconceivable for a country that became synonymous with poverty and shortages during the dark days of socialism.

But with the Polish economy, buoyed by foreign investment and EU membership, now rapidly catching up on those in the west, Ferrari feel that the time is ripe to set up shop.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 26th, 2009 at 12:49:49 AM EST
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Twenty years after Poland ditched the dowdy austerity of communism the country will welcome Ferrari's prancing horse

Ugh, what an intro. Nolw, let us guess how many Poles saw the even more dowdry austerity of austerity reforms, and how many will buy Ferraris...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sat Dec 26th, 2009 at 04:07:42 AM EST
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Just like the Big Mac Index was used as a stand-in for Purchasing Power Parity, maybe a "Ferrari Index" would be a good proxy for the Gini index...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 26th, 2009 at 04:28:26 AM EST
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