Luxury cars

The Czech-made car Škoda has the largest share of the overall car market in Slovakia, with 20% of the market and everybody else in single digits, according to the Slovak Spectator. According to my utterly unscientific observations in Bratislava, the most popular luxury car is Mercedes, both private vehicles and taxis, which seem to favor the smaller C-class car.

Plenty of BMWs and Audi luxury cars can be seen in Bratislava, too. These Audis are parked permanently in front of the Radisson, to whisk away guests of this 5-star hotel.

In the priority reserved parking at the Ministry for the Environment, Audi and BMW seem to be favored. This very elegant building is in a prime location at the edge of Old Town, a block from the Danube. Too bad that nobody is setting a good example with an ultra-small gas-saving car here.

Mercedes has an all-purpose store next to the German Embassy, with Mercedes jackets, souvenirs, motorcycles, and a cafe and sushi bar. I took this in October, when it was still warm enough to sit outside. (I noticed a store like this in Vienna, too, but didn't get a picture.)

I have seen some advertising for Lexus, but don't remember ever seeing one on the streets here. And if anybody here drives the famous American luxury cars (Cadillac, Lincoln), I have never seen one.

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