: " With its love of luxury and passion for colour, the art of this age delighted in the production of masterpieces that spread the fame of Byzantium throughout the whole of the Christian world.

Local timber merchants are harvesting scarce species of rosewood trees from protected rainforests within Marojejy National Park and exporting the wood to China for the production of luxury furniture and musical instruments.

In 1967, NSU began production of a Wankel-engined luxury car, the Ro 80.

In 2008, at the North American International Auto Show, the production version of the luxury & performance-oriented Hyundai Genesis sedan made its debut, dealerships will have the Genesis as soon as summer 2008.

The purpose for which advanced capitalism is organized isn't luxury, happiness, or freedom, but production.

General Motors purchased the company in 1909 and within six years, Cadillac had laid the foundation for the modern mass production of automobiles by demonstrating the complete interchangeability of its precision parts while simultaneously establishing itself as America's premier luxury car.

The elite class created the demand for the production of the symbolic and sophisticated luxury artifacts that define Olmec culture.

From the 12th century the industry in Persia and Mesopotamia appears to decline, and the main production of luxury glass shifts to Egypt and Syria, and decorative effects of colour on smooth surfaced glass.

The new model offered a sportier, high performance, somewhat smaller and lower-priced alternative to the other personal luxury cars then on the market such as Ford Thunderbird, Buick Riviera, Lincoln Continental Mark III and Oldsmobile Toronado, The 1969 Grand Prix production ending up at over 112, 000 units, far higher than the 32, 000 1968 Grand Prix built from the full-sized Pontiac body.

The production of linen, cloth, hide, and luxury items such as gold ware, cabinets, and sculptures was growing fast.

Packard also had one other advantage that some other luxury automakers did not: a single production line.

Despite the low demand for luxury motorcycles during the Great Depression, Indian not only continued production of the Four, but continued to develop the motorcycle.

Within Formula One, two teams have had their base of operations in Banbury, the former Simtek team which competed in the 1994 and 1995 F1 World Championships was based on the Wildmere Industrial Estate, whilst the current Virgin Racing team has it's manufacturing and production facility sited on Thorpe Way Industrial Estate, utilising the building formerly owned by Ascari Cars, a luxury sports car manufacturer.

Chrysler Corporation ended production of their full-sized luxury sedans at the end of the 1981 model year, moving instead to a full front wheel drive lineup for 1982 ( except for the M-body Dodge Diplomat / Plymouth Gran Fury and Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue sedans ).

The company manufactured affordable, small steam cars until 1903, then production switched entirely to internal combustion-powered luxury automobiles.

The vast majority of personal luxury cars are mass produced rather than coach built, and typically share many mechanical components with high volume sedans to reduce production costs.

Hyūga is known for the production of luxury Go stones and for a very fine surfing beach nearby.

Like The Persuaders !, a similar series also produced by ITC that aired around the same time, The Protectors was shot on location at numerous " exotic " locations throughout Europe, such as Salzburg, Rome, Malta and Paris, giving the series a sixties " jet set " feel ( it was also the first Anderson production to have such a luxury ).

As a result of the reorganisation and restructuring of the Bus Division, NEOPLAN will concentrate on production at its Plauen and Pilsting sites, with Plauen being used for luxury coaches, whilst Pilsting will concentrate on customisations.

All production Buick Skylarks were built as two-door convertibles and had the same luxury equipment as the 1953 Buick Skylarks.

The 164 was Volvo's first venture into the luxury segment since the end of PV 60 production in 1950, and was the first six-cylinder Volvo since the PV800 last produced in 1958.

Rather than being viewed as a mass market to be served by mass production, the consumers began to be viewed as different groups pursuing different goals who could be better served with small batches of specialized goods Mass markets became less important while markets for luxury, custom, or positional good became more significant.

Of course, the paper was transported many kilometers as a Chinese luxury product, and as it was traded, the finding of paper in several places is not proof of production, but of use.

While all three ultra-luxury marques share platforms and engines with other luxury brands from their parent auto company, Maybachs are built alongside the Mercedes-Benz S-Class flagship sedan, whereas Rolls-Royce and Bentley are assembled in England ( separate from the rest of BMW and Volkswagen Group's production plants ) and thus are regarded as being more " exclusive ".

He thought the financing, the advertising, the production of new models, the founding of a nationwide chain of dealerships was simply too difficult.

In 1998 the 2, 000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6, 000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models.

Currently Cessna has the following models in production:

Over 400 PDP-15's were ordered in the first eight months of production, and production eventually amounted to 790 examples in 12 basic models.

This is reflected in total factor productivity and the Solow residual used in economic models called production functions that account for the contributions of capital and labor, yet have some unexplained contributor which is commonly called technological progress.

Early prototypes were powered by 4. 2 litre ( 255 cu. in ) alloy V8 engines and production models were powered by 4. 7 litre ( 289 cu. in ) engines as used in the Ford Mustang.

After their success in the first month of the war, mass production was ordered and the development of other models proceeded.

The 2108-2109 models were in production until 2001, when they were restyled with new side panels, interiors and 1. 5 L fuel injection engines ( though fuel injection was available as early as 1995 ).

AvtoVAZ however began to move production of the Classic models ( which were still selling strongly in Russia ) out of Togliatti at the end of 2010-fuelling further speculation that this is to free up production capacity for the 2116.

In many countries they shared a common sales and distribution network ( including shared dealerships ), and some models shared components and production facilities.

With Quake II filming now feasible, Strange Company's 1999 production Eschaton: Nightfall was the first work to feature entirely custom-made character models.

These kits produce models that are not covered by the major manufacturers or in scales that are not in mass production.

However the Auto-Europa production was not dissolved as VW and SEAT continued with their own models.

In the first production runs of the Magnavox Odyssey and the Philips 7000, these were permanently attached to the console ; in later models, they were removable and replaceable.

** Two airbags as standard in LHD models during model year production for most markets.

The early 356 automobile bodies produced at Gmünd were handcrafted in aluminum, but when production moved to Zuffenhausen, Germany in 1950, models produced there were steel-bodied.

The pressure placed on factories and military planners to show production numbers also led to a situation where the majority of armored vehicles were obsolescent models, critically lacking in spare parts and support equipment, and nearly three quarters were overdue for major maintenance.

The desire from fans and manufacturers alike for higher performance cars within the restrictions of homologation meant that carmakers began producing limited production " special edition " cars based on high production base models.

Super Saloons are similar to dirt late models with the main differences being the bodies closer resemble production cars, use iron engines up to 434 cubic inch with no rear offset and run much larger sprintcar tyres on the rear.

This model stayed practically unchanged up to its production end, with the most major changes being 12v electrics, coil springs for the rear and a different dash for the latest models.

Although production of pre-war models continued, a new model, the Tatra T600 Tatraplan was designed in 1946-47 by Josef Chalupa, Vladimír Popelář and Hans Ledwinka.

The Microsoft Trackball Explorer continues to be extremely popular ( it has no analogous design in production by another company ), with used models selling for ~$ 300 on ebay.