Luxurious automobile maker Bentley Motors has produced its 200,000th automobile for the reason that beginning of the marque in 1919.
The Bentayga Hybrid, destined for a Chinese language buyer, met the oldest surviving Bentley, EXP 2 because it rolled off the manufacturing line on the house of Bentley in Crewe.
The manufacturing milestone is much more outstanding when it’s thought-about that the 200,000th automobile is the newest of 155,582 autos constructed at Crewe since 2003.
Right now, Bentley is constructing 85 automobiles per day. Twenty years in the past it took a month to construct the identical variety of autos.
Compared to Bentley’s trendy period, within the 12 months of Bentley’s first existence (1919-2002), the corporate constructed 44,418 luxurious automobiles – 38,933 of them in Crewe.
Amongst that complete have been many iconic fashions of their time, together with the Bentley Blower, the R-Sort Continental, Mulsanne, Arnage and Azure. Extremely, data present that 84 per cent of all automobiles constructed for the UK market are nonetheless on the street immediately.
A significant funding programme on the Crewe manufacturing unit since 2003 has gone hand-in-hand with the success of the Bentley Continental GT, the definitive luxurious Grand Tourer. The 80,000th particular person, made-to-order instance was inbuilt January this 12 months.
“This manufacturing of the 200,000th automobile is simply the newest landmark on the extraordinary journey that Bentley has been travelling since its basis in 1919,” mentioned Bentley’s Chairman and Chief Govt, Adrian Hallmark.
“In 2003 the introduction of the Continental GT represented a transformative second for the model, and this Bentley alone, has represented 80,000 gross sales of our complete 200,000, and created each a brand new section, and a up to date picture basis for the Bentley enterprise.
“The tempo of progress has accelerated considerably since 2003 and we are actually getting into the following interval of transformation as we pursue our Beyond100 technique, with the purpose of positioning Bentley as the worldwide chief in sustainable luxurious mobility.”
Trying to the longer term, Bentley Motors goals to be end-to-end carbon impartial by 2030, with the Crewe manufacturing unit local weather optimistic thereafter.
Bentley will transfer to full electrification – PHEV or BEV solely – by 2026, then swap your entire mannequin vary to battery electrical autos by 2030.
