AUSTERITY?

We're supposedly all tightening our belts at the moment after the excesses of the noughties. Except that not everybody is. Luxury carmaker Porsche has announced that 2012 will be its best sales year ever, beating the previous record, which was 2011. Last year, the company sold 118,868 units; this year, it had already sold 128,978 units by the end of November. Weak demand in Europe was more than compensated by strong demand from emerging markets.

My model is on order ....

Walter Blotscher