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Lamborghini opens car dealership in Shanghai

Auto icon Lamborghini opened a dealership Tuesday in China's commercial capital of Shanghai, looking to the country's newly affluent to weather slowdowns elsewhere.

Lamborghini, owned by Germany's Volkswagen AG, says market research showed Shanghai, the country's biggest city and a virtual citadel to conspicuous consumption, to be the most promising market for its vehicles, which cost $330,000 and more.

The dealership, which is along the city's main east-west thoroughfare, will carry the company's complete model lineup, the company said in a statement.

Luxury sports cars are still way outnumbered by standard Volkswagen and Buick sedans on China's jammed city streets, but foreign luxury carmakers are still racing to boost sales. General Motors Corp. makes Cadillacs in Shanghai and European brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz also operate assembly lines in the country.

Fiat-owned Ferrari, VW-owned Bentley and others have set up nationwide sales networks.

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Alx

I think its great for Lamborghini. Nice to see them hitting more markets.

Centurion

Expansion = More expoisure and more sales

Alx

And Lambo is on the up and up, it deserves what its getting.

BMW_Dude

Good to see Lamborghini are selling in, what will be the biggest market in the world!

Just to ask, I thought that to sell cars in China, you had to produce them there, with a chinese company, or is that only if you sell over a certain amount of cars a year?

notic

na, i'm not a hundred percent sure on this, but i think if want to sell cars there you just have to partner your dealership with a local company (kind of like how dealerships are franchised around the rest of the world).