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| The Bentayga SUV |
Production was up 12% in 2018 and a massive 58% in 2019. After a few challenging years, Bentley is on the way back to healthy profitability. The Mulsanne had its last full year of production, as it will be replaced by a new Flying Spur which is moving up market to fill the space. A suitable result for the marque's 100th anniversary year.
The SUV is taking over from the car as the preferred mode of transport, even for prestigious marques. The Bentayga took 51% of production volume in 2018 but was overtaken by a rampant Continental model in 2019, despite registering a 28% rise in output. It was the victim of a new Conti model that soared like an eagle taken up by a thermal updraft.
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Models | 2019 | % | +/- | 2018 | % | +/- | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Continental | 6,653 | 53.5% | 132% | 2,869 | 36.4% | 2% | |
| Coupé | 3,903 | 37% | 2,841 | 111% | |||||||
| Convertible | 2,750 | 28 | -98% | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Bentayga | 5,232 | 42.1% | 28% | 4,072 | 51.6% | -16% | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Mulsanne | 443 | 3.6% | -19% | 547 | 6.9% | -8% | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Flying Spur | 102 | 0.8% | -94% | 1,627 | 20.6% | -29% | |
| Total | 12,430 | 58% | 7,884 | 12% | |||||||
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| The Flying Spur |
Regional Sales. The figures below are very different from above, with 2018 production numbers well down on sales. I assume it was to realign supply until the new Continental came on stream. Sales were 11,600 and deliveries - as shown below - 11.000.
| Region | 2019 | % | +/- | 2018 | % | +/- | |
| Europe/Other | 4,983 | 45.3% | 3% | 4,841 | 46.1% | -10% | |
| Asia Pacific | 3,102 | 28.2% | -9% | 3,423 | 32.6% | 11% | |
| Nth America | 2,893 | 26.3% | 30% | 2,226 | 21.2% | -15% | |
| Sth America | 22 | 0.2% | -79% | 105 | 1.0% | 855% | |
| Total | 11,000 | 5% | 10,500 | -5% |
Data source: VW.
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| The Continental GT |
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