But the coming glut threatens to undo the prosperity of recent years, particularly for the mid-size wineries who have no quality name like Coppola, or Rubicon, to carry them.
He worries that the redesigned version of the mid-size Passat, due next year, will also be expensive.
Ten years ago, when he was executive director of the mid-size Pasadena Playhouse, he would hold auditions in New York to cast particular roles.
The $10 billion revamp of the mid-size aeroplane, which Airbus hopes will win it more customers than Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, comes in response to a demand for more cabin space and greater fuel efficiency.
Whereas BMWs, Audis and Mercedes opt for a cerebral coolness, he thinks that what makes Jaguars and Range Rovers special is their "richer personality .After the success of the mid-size XF and with heavily revised Range Rovers and the radical new XJ saloon just launched, JLR's product line-up has never looked in better shape.
Most of the mid-size and smaller companies reviewed are Canadian based.
"We wanted to expand the definition of the mid-size sedan at an attainable price," he added.
The design of the focal plane of the mid-size Schwarzschild Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is described.
So the 200 is back and swinging in the thick of the mid-size division, not quite a benchmarker but nowhere near a benchwarmer.
For ease of parking, we looked at the overall length of the vehicles remaining and weeded out the ones that were longer than 186 inches (15.5 feet), which is at the short end of the mid-size sedan pack.
Sales of the Lexus RX300, the darling of all luxury cars last year (nearly one-half of all Lexus vehicles sold in 2000 were of the mid-size SUV), have been cut by 10,000 vehicles so far this year.
