LONDON — Bentley started the 12 months with 50% extra orders than the beginning of final 12 months and constructed extra luxurious automobiles in January than the identical time in 2020 as China boosted demand regardless of challenges from the pandemic, its boss instructed Reuters on Wednesday.
The Volkswagen-owned model mentioned it had not confronted main disruption from Britain’s exit from the European Union nor from a scarcity of semi-conductor chips, which has compelled some automakers to halt or cut back manufacturing.
Primarily based in Crewe, northern England, the over century-old marque made a small revenue in 2020, when its manufacturing unit was compelled to shut as Britain entered its first nationwide lockdown, and hopes to construct on that this 12 months.
“The order financial institution in the beginning of this 12 months was 50% larger than it was in the beginning of final 12 months,” Chief Government Adrian Hallmark mentioned in an interview.
“China, by far, is essentially the most excellent efficiency on the earth in respect of degree of orders in contrast with regular expectations.”
The agency bought 11,206 automobiles in 2020.
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