Tech, green features, power mix to boost luxury car sales


  • TECH
  • Monday, 22 Apr 2019

A Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe sports utility vehicle (SUV) is displayed during the 2019 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The NYIAS, North America's first and largest-attended auto show dating back to 1900, showcases an incredible collection of cutting-edge design and extraordinary innovation. Photographer: Natan Dvir/Bloomberg

NEW YORK: US auto sales may be slowing, but carmakers have high hopes for luxury vehicles, which are imbued with increasingly sophisticated gadgetry and sex appeal to seduce a new generation of millionaires. 

Luxury car companies brought their “A” game to the New York International Auto Show, which opened Friday with a mix of new models, some featuring envelope-pushing technology and others pitched as green vehicles, to grab attention of new customers who grew up with technology and are sensitive to climate change.  

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