BMW and Audi then added V10s to their mid-range cars.
The response is more muted for mid-range cars but many dealers are confident of a future boom.
The lots were full of mid-range cars.
He will drive a well maintained mid-range car of unassuming appearance.
"What has happened is the mid-range cars - cars costing from $18,000 to $26,000 - have become so excellent," he said.
The 230S, became a flagship model of the Mercedes mid-range cars (predecessors to today's E-class).
The design team went against the wishes of Louis Renault who in 1940 believed that post-war Renault should concentrate on mid-range cars.
Cheap brown industrial carpet and a couple of fibres from a charcoal-grey carpet used by several vehicle manufacturers in their mid-range cars.
This was in contrast to Louis Renault himself who in 1940 believed that after the war Renault would need to concentrate on its traditional mid-range cars.
Engines of this type were popular before World War II in mid-range cars.