Bentley Motors bought a document variety of its luxurious sedans and SUVs final 12 months as a lot of the mainstream automotive trade struggled with provide chain points, the 102-year-old carmaker mentioned Thursday.

The Volkswagen-owned firm reported gross sales of 14,659 autos final 12 months, a 31% enhance over the corporate’s earlier gross sales document of 11,206 vehicles and SUVs in 2020.

Bentley attributed the gross sales success to new fashions, together with hybrids, in addition to the corporate’s “Past 100” marketing strategy that features transitioning the famed carmaker to be totally electrical by 2030.

“2021 was one more 12 months of unpredictability although I’m delighted to have the ability to verify that we overcame vital headwinds, and ship a breakthrough in our gross sales efficiency,” Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark mentioned in a launch. “That is our second document gross sales 12 months within the successive years and is a optimistic signal of our model power, operational excellence, robust international demand and affirmation of our strategic priorities.”

Gross sales within the Americas rose by 39% and remained Bentley’s high market in 2021, whereas gross sales in China elevated 40%. Gross sales in different markets equivalent to Europe, Asia Pacific (excluding China) and the Center East additionally elevated.

Bentley sells a number of the costliest and uncommon vehicles on this planet. Its entry-level SUV, the Bentayga, begins at greater than $180,000, whereas its unique “coachbuilt” fashions such because the Mulliner Bacalar promote for $2 million.

Bentley’s document gross sales occurred whereas a lot of the worldwide automotive trade struggled with provide chain points. Most notably, an ongoing scarcity of semiconductor chips.