Rolls-Royce strikes gold with Kazakhstan's wealthiest

Almaty, Kazakhstan

ROLLS-ROYCE'S search for buyers of cars like the US$294,000 Wraith coupe has landed it in Kazakhstan, where the average person lives on about US$330 a month.

Thanks to an abundance of oil and metals riches, the former Soviet republic has a big enough wealthy class to lure the likes of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Maserati to the pot-holed streets of Almaty, Kazakhstan's biggest city.