Bentley Sales (Nation) : 2017

I gathered from around the world from different sources sales for the venerable Bentley marque. This isn't a list from the company, which would differ I am sure in detail. Overall, it is a reflection of where they are sold. The only guess is China. The fact that the data isn't readily available would reflect a fall in sales. I, therefore, had sales going down.

The issue the company has is having reached the 10-11,000 mark, pushing on to say the 15,000 level. The Bentayga was surely supposed to do that. Which goes to show that although there are plenty of people around to afford such cars, there is stiff competition from other brands and also transport such as superyachts and private jets. Total sales were down 8.2% and production minus 10.7%.

The US remains the strongest market for Bentley, with the UK, Germany and China making up a distinct top four. The colours below represent regions. Dark blue Americas, pale blue Europe, yellow Asia/Pacific and mustard Africa/Middle East. The figures are indicative rather than absolute, depending on the reliability of the source.

		Rk	Brand	2017	%	+/-
		1	USA	3,557	32.1	2.7
		2	UK	1,753	15.8%	-10.0%
		3	Germany	1,329	12.0%	46.2%
		4	China	1,200	10.8%	-24.8%
		5	Japan	418	3.8%	-3.7%
		6	Switzerland	261	2.4%	19.2%
		7	Korea	259	2.3%	52.4%
		8	Russia	235	2.1%	-26.1%
		9	UAE	229	2.1%	-73.6%
		10	Australia	219	2.0%	15.3%
		11	Canada	203	1.8%	26.9%
		12	Saudi Arabia	143	1.3%	-76.7%
		13	Taiwan	100	0.9%	-11.5%
		14	France	82	0.7%	0.0%
		15	Kuwait	80	0.7%	n/a
		16	Austria	73	0.7%	15.9%
		17	Belgium	71	0.6%	4.4%
		18	Singapore	70	0.6%	32.1%
		19	Spain	63	0.6%	21.2%
		20	Sweden	62	0.6%	26.5%
		21	RSA	59	0.5%	n/a
		22	Netherlands	52	0.5%	36.8%
		23	India	51	0.5%	-46.9%
		24	NZ	44	0.4%	18.9%
		25	Luxembourg	38	0.3%	26.7%
		26	Poland	29	0.3%	38.1%
		26	Czec Rep	29	0.3%	-23.7%
		26	Italy	29	0.3%	-3.3%
		29	Romania	21	0.2%	31.3%
		29	Philippines	21	0.2%	-12.5%
		29	Oman	21	0.2%	n/a
		32	Turkey	16	0.1%	77.8%
		32	Lebanon	16	0.1%	6.7%
		34	Portugal	10	0.1%	150.0%
		35	Liechtenstein	5		66.7%
		35	Serbia	5
		37	Estonia	4		-42.9%
		37	Denmark	4
		39	Greece	3
		40	Finland	1
		40	Norway	1
		40	Cyprus	1
			Others	222	2.0%
			Listed Sales	10,867		-8.2%
			Actual Sales	11,089		0.6%
			Production	10,552		-10.7%
			Prod Diff	-537