Strong Demand Pushes Rolls-Royce Sales to a Record High in 2021

Strong Demand Pushes Rolls-Royce Sales to a Record High in 2021
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is displayed at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva on March 7, 2018. Robert Hradil/Getty Images
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LONDON—Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce, a unit of Germany’s BMW, said on Monday its sales soared 49 percent to a record high in 2021 despite the global coronavirus pandemic, as demand worldwide for luxury vehicles surged.

In an online presentation, Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös said the carmaker sold 5,586 vehicles to customers in more than 50 countries, the largest number in its 117-year history.