a number of the rappers about that. Organizer Kid Lucky says he doesn’t advocate censoring rappers. KID LUCKY: It’s freedom of speech. You know what I mean? And I don’t make those kinds of decisions. I let off on a tirade myself,, if I feel like it,, you know. So. JON KALISH: In addition to letting loose with the occasional expletive,, these young rappers are something of a shock when their subway car pulls into a station. There are times when the doors open and subway riders expecting another humdrum ride are confronted with a few dozen 20 somethings rocking the house,, dancing on the seats. When this rolling hip hop car pulled into the South Ferry stop on a recent Sunday evening,, I approached a woman and her young son who were exiting the car and asked her what she made of all this. Unidentified Woman 1: It’s interesting. It makes New York New York. KALISH: I told her that the rappers were going to continue the show on the ferry. Unidentified Woman 1: We might not sit too close. Unidentified Man 1: But it’s cool
double digit growth around the world. "If you look at it relative to two other premium manufacturers [BMW and Audi],, it’s really a tale of two races,," he says. "It’s a race in China and it’s a race everywhere else in the world except for China. 1. And year to date we’re No. 1 here,, so we can add Canada to that list in 2014. But in China,, there’s a very big gap,, particularly with respect to Audi because our starting positions were different." Canada? Mercedes was No. 1 last year,, with sales up 5 per cent to ,, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. BMW was No. 2 with sales of (up 1 per cent),, while Canadians bought Audis,, an increase of 2.5 per cent. With volume models such as the C Class and GLA,, Mercedes is almost a lock to finish 2014 in the No. 1 spot. "No. 1,, that’s where we want to be,, but it’s not what we’re looking at every day we’re not saying,, ‘Okay,, let’s beat these guys on sales,’" says Tim Reuss,, Canada president and chief executive officer. "Let’s do all