The U. s. and Western recession is driving consumers away from luxury, premium, and performance brands, towards standard brands, value brands and price only goods.

整个西方，包括美国的经济衰退正在推动消费者远离奢侈、优质、高性能的品牌转向标准品牌，经济品牌和廉价货物。

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Raikkonen took the lead for good on lap 43 of 58 in a race that had seven different leaders, and had the luxury of driving conservatively in the closing laps while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel scrambled in vain to keep up.

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As a company director, Stephen Seddon had enjoyed a luxury lifestyle, driving a Bentley, owning a boat in the Lakes and taking exotic holidays.

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Driving the Cayenne S Hybrid is less like driving another Porsche than like driving other luxury crossovers.

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