- Despite the downturn in the car market in Europe, the luxury car manufacturer Bentley has registered a record sales volume in 2013: 10 120 units. The previous record was in 2006 with 10 034 sales.

- In North America, its biggest market, the Bentley brand sold 3 140 cars last year. Europe is its second largest market for Bentley, with 2 860 sales (including 1 380 in England). China is the third largest market (2 190 sales). All other regions totalled 1 930 sales.

- The luxury subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group has both the success of luxury cars on a growing Chinese market and a range of recently restyled models (2010-2011 for GT / GTC and 2013 for the Flying Spur sedan).

- Its direct competitor, Rolls-Royce (formerly linked to Bentley) has for its part been left behind in 2013 since it only sold 3 630 cars last year, which is certainly a respectable score, but does not exceed the record set in 2011 with 3 762 units.

- It is true that the price range goes from 180 000 to 300 000 euros for Bentley, while it goes from 250 000 to 450 000 euros for Rolls-Royce. A Mercedes S-Class is much cheaper (80 000 to 120 000 euros).

- The Bentley range now consists of two  styles (the average range Continental and Upper range Mulsanne) and will soon have a third range: SUV that is expected to be unveiled in 2016-2017.