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LONDON — The rich got rolling last year, pushing Rolls-Royce to its highest sales figures since BMW took over the company seven years ago. The luxury automaker said Monday that it sold 2,711 cars in 2010, up 171 percent over the previous year.
The United States remained the No. 1 market for the cars, which sell for $310,000 or more. China was second, followed by Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.
The 2010 sales were still short of the company’s all-time record of 3,357 cars in 1978, said Rolls-Royce spokesman Andrew Ball.
Figures released last week by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed that other luxury brands registered strong sales in the United Kingdom. The Associated Press; AP photo
