9. Exclusive and super-exclusive
9.獨有,再獨有
The old Stork Club invented the idea of a club-within-a-club when it opened the Cub Room for celebrities to hide out from the hoi polloi. A regular $47,000 5-series BMW not good enough for you? How about a specially equipped M5 for $90,695? Mercedes has made this an art form with its Black Series -- special seats and trim, less weight -- layered on top of its AMG performance upgrades that hike the price of a C-class coupe to around $125,000.
史托克俱樂部(Stork Club)發明了一個“俱樂部中的俱樂部”的點子。這個俱樂部會給明星大腕專門開一個房間,好讓他們躲開粉絲的圍追堵截。如果你覺得一輛4.7萬美元的寶馬5系不夠顯示身價?花90,695美元來一臺特殊配置的5系如何?奔馳的“黑色系列”(Black Series)把這種手法上升到了一個新的高度。它在奔馳AMG的基礎上對性能進行了升級,外觀、內飾和座椅均采用特殊設計,整車重量更輕了,但同時這樣一款C級轎跑的價格也飆升到了12.5萬美元左右。
v. 交付,分配,委托