Cars of Bentley in China, a Market Analysis
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Bentley motors was founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919 when the first Bentley engine burst into life at new street mews, London. Then W.O’s company went from strength to strength through the 1920s, with an evolving series of acclaimed motor cars and a parade of racing triumphs to prove their outstanding performance. Located in Crewe, England since 1946 and owned since 1998 by Volkswagen AG, Bentley Motors is dedicated to making responsive and powerful Grand Tourers with the stamina to cross continents at pace, and drive in refined comfort and style.
Market Analysis of the Chinese market of Bentley
Bentley entered China market in 2002. With a rapid developing speed, it has established stores and museums in over 20 cities in China inclusing Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen and so forth. With soprt cars GT, GTC and cars CFS, pricing from 3 to 18 million, Bentley has become one of the most expensive cars on the luxury car market in China. In 2011, Bentley has kept over thousands of cars in China, making China to be one of its most important markets in the world. As is indicated by a recent China market analysis, the sales is 815 in China in the year 2010, which takes the third place of Bentley’s market. In 2011, Bentley finished its objective of selling 1000 cars just in September. Now, Chinese market has become the second largest selling market of Bentley, only after the United States.
Bentley’s Main Competitors in China: Maybach, Bugatti, Aston Martin
Bentley faces greatest threat from other world-renowned manufacturers of cars and SUVs, especially from Maybach, Bugatti and Aston Martin, who also own great popularity and reputation all over the world. Bentley is now world famous and has its own market share inChinahigh-end car consumers, but its competitors are also vey powerful and it seems that Bentley is still striving hard to rival all these competitors.
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Edited by Amy Wang from Daxue China consulting.
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