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Friday, December 25, 2009

Poland's first Ferrari dealership to open


Twenty years after Poland ditched the dowdy austerity of communism the country will welcome Ferrari's prancing horse with the opening of the glamorous sports car company's first showroom in the country.

The showroom, due to open next year on Warsaw's premiere shopping street, will offer Polish car enthusiasts a chance to tap into an Italian line of luxury once inconceivable for a country that became synonymous with poverty and shortages during the dark days of socialism.

But with the Polish economy, buoyed by foreign investment and EU membership, now rapidly catching up on those in the west, Ferrari feel that the time is ripe to set up shop.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6885310/Polands-first-Ferrari-dealership-to-open.html