The manufacturing milestone is even more remarkable if one considers the 200,000 car to be the last of 155,582 vehicles manufactured in Crewe since 2003.
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From 1919 to 2002, the company built 44,418 luxury cars, of which 38,933 were manufactured in Crewe.
Bentley Motors has celebrated the 200,000th luxury car built in the company’s more than 100-year history. The Bentayga Hybrid, aimed at a Chinese customer, met the oldest surviving Bentley, EXP 2, and several longtime colleagues, as it left the production line at Bentley’s home in Crewe this week. This crowns an extraordinary 20-year period in which the success driven by modern models like the Continental GT and Bentayga has really changed the face of Bentley Motors.
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The Bentayga HybriD met the oldest surviving Bentley, EXP 2, and several longtime colleagues as it left the production line at Bentley’s home in Crewe.
The manufacturing milestone is even more remarkable when you consider that the 200,000 car is the latest in 155,582 vehicles built in Crewe since 2003, the year ahead that the Continental GT was originally launched as the first model of the modern era. of Bentley. Today, Bentley builds 85 cars a day, the same production in a month two decades ago.
Compared to the modern Bentley era, the year of Bentley’s first existence, in 1919 to 2002, the company built 44,418 luxury cars, 38,933 of them in Crewe. Among this total were many iconic models of his time, including the Bentley Blower, the R-Type Continental, Mulsanne, Arnage and Azure. Incredibly, records show that 84 per cent of all cars built for the UK market are still on the road today.
A major investment program at the Crewe factory since 2003 has gone hand in hand with the success of the Bentley Continental GT, the ultimate luxury Grand Tourer. The 80,000th custom-built example was built in January this year.
Bentley President and CEO Adrian Hallmark comments: “This 200,000 car production is just the latest in the extraordinary journey that Bentley has taken since its founding in 1919. In 2003, the introduction of the Continental GT it meant a momentous transformation of the brand, and this Bentley alone, has accounted for 80,000 sales out of a total of 200,000, and has created a new segment and a contemporary image base for Bentley’s business. “
Bentley will switch to full electrification (PHEV or BEV only) in 2026 and then switch the entire range of models to battery-powered electric vehicles in 2030.
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Looking to the future, Bentley Motors ’ambitious plans for vehicle production were outlined in November 2020, with its innovative Beyond100 strategy. The company’s goal is to be extremely carbon neutral by 2030, with the positive climate of the Crewe factory afterwards.
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Bentley will move to full electrification (PHEV or BEV only) in 2026 and then switch the full range of models to battery-powered electric vehicles by 2030. The industry-leading Beyond100 strategy will transform every aspect of the business as it Bentley accelerates its second century of luxury. car production.
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