One thing that really surprised me was the number of luxury sedans and SUVs, brands like BMWs and Mercedes, on the city streets.

有件事让我感到非常意外，那就是在街道上看到了一定数量的豪华小车和SUV，比如宝马和奔驰。

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The country also has high taxes on luxury cars like BMWs and Mercedes, and even watches and pens.

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There are some readers who have written us to say we shouldn't like BMWs because all but the 7 series are too small.

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So we see boring names like CTS, EXT, LS, XLR and 3.2TL. It's an effort to copy Mercedes with its C and CLK and SLK. Letters are also big for super high-powered jobs, like M (on BMWs) or V (on the Cadillac CTS) or R (on Volvo).

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