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Bentley CEO: Rich People Felt Bad About Showing Off, Causing Drop in Sales

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People who buy cars from brands like Bentley aren’t generally concerned with things like recessions and the opinions of the masses, but the automaker thinks its customers are buying fewer expensive cars because they feel bad about showing off. Image: Bentley] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Bentley Invests Big in UK-Made BEVs With ‘Beyond100’

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Bentley’s first-ever Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) will be available to buy in 2025. There will also be a new electric Bentley launched every year for five years from 2025. Bentley says that its first EV will be developed and built in the UK. Can’t wait three years for a luxury Bentley EV?

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Bentley Commits to Five New EVs by 2030, Adding a New Model in 2025

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The British luxury car manufacturer Bentley has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030 and planning to release their first electric vehicle in 2025. Bentley’s historic Crewe facility, which produced its first vehicle over 75 years ago, will now be used to produce electric vehicles. The Dream Factory. Actions Speak Louder.

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Volkswagen Group adds board-level post for China as part of major management restructuring

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As part of an extensive structural and management realignment, the Volkswagen Group is adding a new Board of Management function for China, emphasizing the significance of the largest sales market in the world. The Volkswagen Group delivered some 2.3 billion (US$3.23

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Total new car sales in Europe drop 2% in July; SUV sales up 12.5%

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As Europe’s largest carmaker, the double-digit fall in VW Group’s monthly sales also had an impact. Sales in Germany, Europe’s largest market, fell 3.9%, taking its total registrations down to 278,878 compared to 290,196 last year. to 108,769 units and sales in Italy were up 2.6% Spain grew 4.4% to 137,368 units. in July 2016.

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Aston Martin to make petrol cars ‘for as long as allowed’

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The delay came after Britain last year pushed back its planned ban on the sale of high-polluting petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. The remarks came one month after Aston Martin Lagonda appointed Adrian Hallmark as its new chief executive, poaching him from German-owned peer Bentley where he stepped down as CEO.

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Hyundai Motor launches new global luxury brand Genesis

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Continuing the customer-oriented approach that flows through every Genesis model, sales and service staff will provide rapid and attentive service to customer’s requests. To develop a distinctive and differentiated design for the new Genesis brand vehicles, Hyundai Motor has created a Prestige Design Division.

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