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After acquiring the Company, Volkswagen spent £500 million to
modernize the Crewe factory and increase production capacity.[4] As
of early 2010, there are about 3,500 working at Crewe, compared with
about 1,500 in 1998 before being taken over by Volkswagen.[5] It was
reported that Volkswagen invested a total of nearly US$2 billion in
Bentley and its revival.[6]
In 2002, Bentley presented Queen Elizabeth II with an official State
Limousine to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. In 2003, Bentley's 2-door
convertible, the Bentley Azure, ceased production, and the company
introduced a second line, Bentley Continental GT, a large luxury
coupe powered by a W12 engine built in Crewe.
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Demand had been so great, that the factory at Crewe was unable to
meet orders despite an installed capacity of approximately 9500
vehicles per year; there was a waiting list of over a year for new
cars to be delivered. Consequently, part of the production of the new
Flying Spur, a four-door version of the Continental GT, was assigned
to the Transparent Factory (Germany), where the Volkswagen Phaeton
luxury car is also assembled. This arrangement ceased at the end of
2006 after around 1000 cars, with all car production reverting to the
Crewe plant.
In April 2005, Bentley confirmed plans to produce a four seat
convertible model—the Azure, derived from the Arnage Drophead
Coupe prototype—at Crewe beginning in 2006. By the autumn of
2005, the convertible version of the successful Continental GT, the
Continental GTC, was also presented. These two models were
successfully launched in late 2006.
A limited run of a Zagato modified GT was also announced in March
2008, dubbed "GTZ."
A new Bentley version of the Bentley Continental was introduced at
the 2009 Geneva Auto Show: The Continental Supersports. This new
Bentley is a supercar combining extreme power with environmentally
friendly FlexFuel technology. A muscular two-seater with distinctive
exterior and interior styling, the Supersports is unmistakably
Bentley in design, craftsmanship and performance. The engine derived
from Bentley’s current W12 power unit was re-engineered,
re-tuned and re-mapped to achieve phenomenal supercar potency. 0-60
mph in 3.7 seconds (0–100 km/h 3.9 seconds). 621 brake
horsepower (463 kW; 630 PS) 800 newton metres (590 ft·lbf) at
2,000 to 4,500 rpm. The Continental Supersports is the fastest, most
powerful production Bentley ever.[7]
Bentley sales continued to increase, and in 2005 8,627 were sold
worldwide, 3,654 in the United States. In 2007 the 10,000
cars-per-year threshold was broken for the first time in the
company's history with sales of 10,014. For 2007, a record profit of
€155 million was also announced.[8] However, its global sales
plunged 50 percent to 4,616 vehicles in 2009 (with the U.S.
deliveries dropped 49% to 1,433 vehicles) and it suffered an
operating loss of €194 million, compared with a profit of
€10 million in 2008.[4] [9]
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