趣談英國:老爺車掀收藏?zé)岢?/h1>
來源:滬江英語整合
2015-05-01 17:00
vintage car
A vintage car is commonly defined as a car built between the start of 1919 and the end of 1930 known as the "Vintage era".
老爺車通常被定義為制造于1919初至1930年末“復(fù)古年代”的汽車。
1926 Bentley
There is little debate about the start date of the vintage period—the end of World War I is a nicely defined marker there—but the end date is a matter of a little more debate.
復(fù)古時期的起始時間鮮有爭議:一戰(zhàn)的結(jié)束是一個清晰的標(biāo)志;然而截止日期卻略有爭議。
1925 Flint
A look at some of the prices now being achieved for cars that could have been bought for remarkably little money as recently as a decade ago, shows that the market is at a record high.
只要看看一些本可在10年前以極低價格購入的老爺車目前的價格就知道,老爺車市場目前正處于創(chuàng)紀錄高點。
Vintage era
The stellar prices can partly be accounted for by the fact that more people with more money are now in the market for a classic car than ever before, and that previously overlooked marques, models and types have now acquired collectable status.
創(chuàng)下如此驚人成交價格的部分原因在于這樣一個事實:目前那些資金更加充沛、進入老爺車市場的人比從前更多,而以往一些被忽視的品牌型號目前已具有收藏價值。
similar to MINI CLUBMAN
Another factor responsible for the soaring prices of classics in the US is that, following 9/11, Americans have re-evaluated their heritage.
老爺車價格在美國飆升的另一個因素是,911之后,美國人自己的遺產(chǎn)有了重新認識。
modern vintage car
One of the key trends is that the number of new bidders is still increasing and many of them are not afraid to buy something that, a few years ago, would have been considered a little off-beat.
如今重要的趨勢之一,是新參與競拍的人數(shù)仍在增加,其中許多人都不怕購買一些幾年前還被認為有點土的汽車。?