LONDON — Bentley started the yr with 50 % extra orders than the beginning of 2020 and constructed extra luxurious vehicles in January than the yr earlier than as China boosted demand, Adrian Hallmark, the automaker’s CEO, advised Reuters.

The Volkswagen-owned model stated it had not confronted main disruption from Britain’s exit from the European Union nor from a scarcity of semi-conductor chips, which has pressured some automakers to halt or scale back manufacturing.

Based mostly in Crewe, northern England, the marque made a small revenue in 2020, when its manufacturing facility was pressured to shut as Britain entered its first nationwide lockdown, and hopes to construct on that this yr.

“The order financial institution originally of this yr was 50 % increased than it was originally of final yr,” Hallmark stated in an interview.

“China, by far, is probably the most excellent efficiency on this planet in respect of degree of orders in contrast with regular expectations.”

The automaker offered 11,206 vehicles in 2020.