Sales of luxury brands of the Volkswagen Group, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche reached 382 units in 2019, 24% higher than in 2018.
Porsche posted the highest sales volume, 331 units, an increase of 19% on the previous year, while Lamborghini recorded almost 300% rise in sales to 27 units thanks to the Urus SUV, beating Bentley, flat at 24 units delivered, for the first time.
Lamborghini had availability issues in 2019, so customers had to wait as long as one year to get their cars, considering the high demand for the Urus SUV worldwide. The company hopes to cut delivery times to six months in 2020.
“Customers waited as long as one year to get their cars, we hope to cut this waiting time to six months in 2020,” said Adrian Pascu, manager of Luxury Brand Division of Porsche Inter Auto, on ZF Live.
The segment of cars with a price tag of over EUR200,000 registered in Romania increased by 55% in 2019 over 2018. This category includes five exclusive brands – Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley and Rolls-Royce. Out of the five, only Aston Martin saw 40% decline year-on-year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)