BLUE-BLOODED BARGAINS

摘要

Cheap second-hand Bentleys have long appealed, but the firm's Volkswagen Group backing makes the prospect more tempting than ever, as Richard Webber finds out With stereotypical German frankness, the Volkswagen Group's 1999 report attributed the losses made by Bentley, its recent acquisition, to "unsatisfactory sales volumes". Back then, the Crewe firm struggled to sell 1000 cars annually. Yet last year, Bentley cleared ￡100 million and built a record 11,817 vehicles, almost half of which were Bentayga SUVs - a model unimaginable 18 years ago.