Other buyers were frightened by the price for a fully equipped top-of-the-line model.

The car's top-of-the-line model is expected to sell for more than $30,000.

To own Canon's top-of-the-line model instead was to take the road less travelled.

At least his horse was the Middle Country's top-of-the-line model.

With a top-of-the-line model, the 996, costing up to $15,000, they have quite an investment to protect.

The first of the Thinkpad line, a top-of-the-line model with a color screen and a $4,000 price tag, hit the market last fall.

The greatest increase is for the top-of-the-line model, the 12-cylinder 750iL, the price of which will rise 3 percent, to $69,000 from $67,000.

These computers, which are four times faster than the company's previous top-of-the-line model, will not be available until the end of the year.

Prices of the new sets will be at least 10 times higher than current top-of-the-line models.

Three models were available, ranging from 148,000 to 248,000; only the top-of-the-line model was supplied with a hard disk.