Ssangyong to Launch W100 Mil. Sedan

Korea's first W100-million car is coming this spring (US$1=W933). Ssangyong Motor said Wednesday that it will price its 5,000-cc Chairman W full-size luxury sedan at W100 million. The car is scheduled to be released in March.

As their customers prepare to toast the new year, owners of limousine services look soberly to 2008 prospects.

O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.

Music blared through speakers as Pat Mifsud walked slowly through the Salvation Army gymnasium in Dearborn Heights. About 300 people sat at tables decorated with red and green balloons. Children ran around, eating popcorn or dipping pretzels into a chocolate fountain. Along the wall, hundreds of presents were waiting to be opened.

Whenever you see that long, black, tinted stretch limo roar past your neighborhood, you may want to deny it, but at some point you also wished you could ride in that, if only to be driven around town in luxury, have a little fun with friends and make people wonder who's behind the black-tinted windows.

Limousines Are Not Only For the Very Wealthy These Days