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| | Rich spurn ultra-luxury cars - Times Online |
 | | But the projected price of £180,000 for the second-generation Rolls is pretty close to the Arnage, the older traditional Bentley that continues in production — 750 cars a year, starting at £166,000 apiece — on a separate hand-assembly line at the factory in Crewe. |
 | | Volkswagen’s Ferdinand Piech thought that he had bought both marques in 1998, only to have Rolls snatched from under his nose by Bernd Pischetsrieder, then chairman of BMW and now, in a fine twist, Piech’s successor at the head of Volkswagen. |
 | | While Rolls set its sights on the UHNWs, Bentley decided to go for merely high net worth individuals (HNWs)— an estimated 8m globally, who have disposable income of at least $1m (which excludes houses). |
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