Rolls-Royce and Bentley are prospering

Yesterday’s financial press rightly hailed the success of two of Britain’s finest brands: Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Their results during 2013 were frankly astounding.

Rolls-Royce and Bentley's sales rocketed during 2013
Rolls-Royce and Bentley’s sales rocketed during 2013
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Between them these automotive manufacturers built some 250 vehicles per week at an average sale price of £160,000 during 2013 and are thus achieved sales of some £40,000,000 per week.

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Bentley Grand Convertible
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A boat-like Bentley

Bentley unveil their new Grand Convertible British carmakers Bentley have taken their flagship Mulsanne model to another level in their adaptation of it into what they have named the ‘Bentley Grand Convertible’.

A Red Roller – 1995 Rolls-Royce Corniche IV drophead coupé by Mulliner Park Ward – £104,000 to £128,000 ($147,000 to $181,000 or €130,000 to €160,000) – RM Sotheby’s auction – Monaco – 14th May 2016
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A Red Roller

One of the finest of the last late-production Rolls-Royce Corniches to be auctioned

Chinese, Arabic and Russian purchasers undoubtedly account for a large percentage of these sales and the ownership of both brands rests in German hands but these distinctly British car companies are exactly the kind of icons that we must celebrate.

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