Rolls-Royce Breaks Sales Record in First Half of 2014
Luxury British car maker Rolls-Royce had a record first half this year thanks to a big sales jump in Europe.
Overall, Rolls has seen a 33 percent increase year-over-year in global sales from January up to July of 2014. With the European economy starting to turn around folks are finally buying cars again, and Rolls-Royce sales increased 60 percent on the continent. In Asia Pacific, sales grew by almost 40 percent while the Middle East bought 30 percent more cars than last year.
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The United States and China also doubled their sales compared to last year. Many of these sales are coming from the new Wraith model, and Rolls-Royce says record levels of Bespoke cars are leaving its dealerships.
Rolls-Royce also points out that it sells the most cars in the over 200,000 Euro segment.
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