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Rolls-Royce car sales helped by ‘life can be short’ mentality

Record purchases result of wealthy buyers splashing out amid Covid deaths, says chief executive

The boss of luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce said Covid-19 deaths helped the brand sell a record number of vehicles last year as wealthy motorists splashed out after realising “life can be short”.

The BMW-owned company posted sales of 5,586 vehicles during the year, up 49 per cent on 2020 and the highest in its history, said Torsten Müller-Otvös.

“Quite a lot of people witnessed people in their community dying from Covid, that makes them think life can be short, and you’d better live now than postpone it to a later date. That also has helped [Rolls-Royce sales] quite massively.”

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