Bentley 2022 sales top 15,000 in another record year

Bentley saw sales rise above 15,000 cars for the first time in 2022 as four percent growth set another new record.

Bentley delivered 15,174 cars in 2022 – a 4 percent increase on 2021 and the first time Bentley has ever sold more than 15,000 cars in a single year.

Demand for the Bentley Bentayga drove the sales growth; it accounted for more than 4 in 10 Bentley sales, with order take higher than ever despite it being in its sixth year.

Bentley says it is the best-selling luxury SUV in the world.

The Bentley Continental GT and GT Convertible accounted for 30 percent of sales – with the high-performance Bentley Continental GT Speed accounting for 31 percent of the mix.

The Bentley Flying Spur made up the remaining 28 percent of sales. The launch of the new Flying Spur Hybrid helped here: almost 1 in 3 cars sold globally are now electrified (and 2 in 3 of UK Flying Spur are hybrid – more than anywhere else in the world).

Third consecutive record

“The business overcame significant headwinds,” said chairman and CEO Adrian Hallmark, “and demonstrated great resilience to deliver the third consecutive record sales year.”

The launch of electrified hybrid models “demonstrates the path the luxury sector is heading, and we are positioned firmly at the forefront.

“These numbers are validation that we not only lead the sector in sales and market share, but also investment in electric technologies and commitment to being net carbon neutral in 2030.”

The Americas was Bentley’s largest market in 2022, comprising 28 percent of sales.

China took 24 percent of its Crewe-built cars, with Europe taking 19 percent and the UK buying 1 in 10 of all new Bentleys built.

Indeed, Bentley UK sales actually grew 12 percent last year, to almost 1,500 cars.

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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