Bentley has revealed that China has now overtaken the US as its biggest market with 578 sales in the first quarter of 2012 – up 84.9 per cent. This time last year we reported that Bentley sales were flying in China and closing in on the US as the most important market for Crewe’s products. A year […]
Bentley: Best sales since 2008
Bentley are reporting their best start to sales since 2008, with sales up 20% in the first six months of 2011 to 2978 cars. With all the gloom and doom around, from the Greek economy to public sector strikes to Libya, you’d be forgiven for expecting sales of luxury goods to be terrible. But you’d be wrong. The rich of […]
Bentley sells like Hong Shao Rou in China
Bentley has revealed that it sold 396 cars in China in the first four months of 2011 – a quarter of all Bentleys sold worldwide. In case you’re wondering, Hong Shao Rou is a Chinese dish of cubes of braised pork belly glazed with caramelised sugar and Shaoxing rice wine. It was Chairman Mao’s favourite dish and so, […]
Bentley sales improving – buyers are back
Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen feels that the sales dip at Bentley is over and that buyers are starting to return to the showroom. The world recession in the motor industry has affected Bentley badly. Very badly. Their sales have dropped to half what they were at the peak a couple of years ago (down to 5,000 cars […]