A Rolls-Royce for the recession

Things are bad when oversized-luxury car maker Rolls-Royce starts to scale back. At the Geneva International Motor Show this week the company will introduce the new 200EX sedan (smaller than its Phantom crown jewel, but $100,000 cheaper). Insiders say the model, nicknamed the Baby Rolls, is a concept car, but that its twin to the production vehicle that will begin selling next year (which will likely be re-named the Silver Ghost).

The New York Times