Luxury British car brand Bentley launches in Kenya

[MK254]

THE BENTLEY BENTAYGA THAT IS AMONG THE FIRST MODELS SET TO BE SHIPPED IN BY JUNE. PHOTO | COURTESY

Transport firm Multiple Group has been appointed the local dealer of luxury car brand Bentley, with the first models expected to arrive in June.

The move expands Multiple’s presence in the new luxury car market, which it entered in 2014 with the Porsche brand.

Local customers have already paid for five Bentleys whose prices start from $270,000 (Sh27 million) and can top the $390,000 (Sh39 million) depending on the level of customisation.

“We are setting up the Bentley dealership through a company called Bentley Nairobi,” Mr Dimitris Karakoulas, an executive at Multiple’s automotive division, told the Business Daily.

“We expect to sell up to nine Bentleys by the end of the year. We already have orders for five units,” he said, adding that the dealer is targeting rich customers with finer motoring tastes.

The dealer will start selling the Bentayga (SUV), Flying Spur (sedan) and Continental GT (two-door coupé) and could further expand the line-up to include Mulsanne, which has an extended wheel base.

Mr Karakoulas said Bentley buyers are mostly rich families with dynastic wealth and self-made entrepreneurs who emphasise quality and distinction in their consumption.

The pricing of Bentleys indicates the models will have few rivals including Range Rover Autobiography (sold by RMA Kenya) and Mercedes-Maybach and S-Class (DT Dobie).

The entry of Bentley underlines increased spending on luxury items by Kenya’s super-rich whose ranks have grown in the past decade thanks to overall economic expansion and a rally in the price of specific assets including real estate.

Multiple is spending $20 million (Sh2 billion) on a new complex that will house a show room and service centre for the Bentley and Porsche dealership, Mr Karakoulas said. Bentley and Porsche are part of the brands owned by Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen Group.

Luxury British car brand Bentley launches in Kenya

 

[Juakali1980]

THE BENTLEY BENTAYGA THAT IS AMONG THE FIRST MODELS SET TO BE SHIPPED IN BY JUNE. PHOTO | COURTESY

Transport firm Multiple Group has been appointed the local dealer of luxury car brand Bentley, with the first models expected to arrive in June.

The move expands Multiple’s presence in the new luxury car market, which it entered in 2014 with the Porsche brand.

Local customers have already paid for five Bentleys whose prices start from $270,000 (Sh27 million) and can top the $390,000 (Sh39 million) depending on the level of customisation.

“We are setting up the Bentley dealership through a company called Bentley Nairobi,” Mr Dimitris Karakoulas, an executive at Multiple’s automotive division, told the Business Daily.

“We expect to sell up to nine Bentleys by the end of the year. We already have orders for five units,” he said, adding that the dealer is targeting rich customers with finer motoring tastes.

The dealer will start selling the Bentayga (SUV), Flying Spur (sedan) and Continental GT (two-door coupé) and could further expand the line-up to include Mulsanne, which has an extended wheel base.

Mr Karakoulas said Bentley buyers are mostly rich families with dynastic wealth and self-made entrepreneurs who emphasise quality and distinction in their consumption.

The pricing of Bentleys indicates the models will have few rivals including Range Rover Autobiography (sold by RMA Kenya) and Mercedes-Maybach and S-Class (DT Dobie).

The entry of Bentley underlines increased spending on luxury items by Kenya’s super-rich whose ranks have grown in the past decade thanks to overall economic expansion and a rally in the price of specific assets including real estate.

Multiple is spending $20 million (Sh2 billion) on a new complex that will house a show room and service centre for the Bentley and Porsche dealership, Mr Karakoulas said. Bentley and Porsche are part of the brands owned by Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen Group.

Luxury British car brand Bentley launches in Kenya

This adds no value to the economy...very few Kenyans can afford a toyota let alone a bentley...Only those eating meat with OURU can afford a bentley...

 

[MK254]

This adds no value to the economy...very few Kenyans can afford a toyota let alone a bentley...Only those eating meat with OURU can afford a bentley...

By the way there are so many young Kenyans working hard and succeeding in life, avoid this perennial habit of complaining and entertaining poverty as if you were cursed into it.
You can break free from lords of poverty.

 

[Gitimu Peter]

This adds no value to the economy...very few Kenyans can afford a toyota let alone a bentley...Only those eating meat with OURU can afford a bentley...

And the political troll is back.

 

[Juakali1980]

By the way there are so many young Kenyans working hard and succeeding in life, avoid this perennial habit of complaining and entertaining poverty as if you were cursed into it.
You can break free from lords of poverty.

I rather be in the LODRS OF POVERTY CAMP,I dont want to associated with HIGH PRIEST OF THIEVERY=OURU KINYATTA.You can't even drive that bentley down one block before the okuyu thugs in Nairobi gun you down...

 

[Juakali1980]

And the political troll is back.

If you benefitted from the stolen money from Devolution ministry with that KABURU HAIRDRESSER THAT WAS CARRYING OUR MONEY AROUND IN GUNIAS.REST ASSURED THAT THE END IS NEAR...AM A WELL OF GUY BUT I CANNOT AFFORD A BENTLEY

 

[MK254]

I rather be in the LODRS OF POVERTY CAMP,I dont want to associated with HIGH PRIEST OF THIEVERY=OURU KINYATTA.You can't even drive that bentley down one block before the okuyu thugs in Nairobi gun you down...

Just work hard bro, that's all it takes. Young people are now thriving in our country. Am sure at some point you will heal from that hate and begin to work.

 

[Gitimu Peter]

If you benefitted from the stolen money from Devolution ministry with that KABURU HAIRDRESSER THAT WAS CARRYING OUR MONEY AROUND IN GUNIAS.REST ASSURED THAT THE END IS NEAR...AM A WELL OF GUY BUT I CANNOT AFFORD A BENTLEY

Well off....hehe i doubt. At least not upstairs.

 

[Edward Wanjala]

We are remaining with just a few important luxury brands, I.e Rolls Royce, Alpha Romeo and Ferrari, and i do believe they will soon join the rest in Kenya

 

[nomasana]

Juakali stop being petty and a troll. I like raila too but calm yourself

 

[3rd man]

By the way there are so many young Kenyans working hard and succeeding in life, avoid this perennial habit of complaining and entertaining poverty as if you were cursed into it.
You can break free from lords of poverty.

he is a disciple of lord of poverty

 

[Tim Choice]

Mwacheni Juakali ana uhuru wa mawazo,freedom of speech!
Anaongezea ladha,napenda mitazamo,maono tofauti tofauti, hii sio ukomunisti ni demokrasia.

 

[Juakali1980]

Just work hard bro, that's all it takes. Young people are now thriving in our country. Am sure at some point you will heal from that hate and begin to work.

I work hard for my money...and my tribesman is not president to DOLE OUT FAVOURS

 

[Juakali1980]

he is a disciple of lord of poverty

AND YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF THE HIGH PRIEST OF THIEVES-UHURU KINYATTA

 

[Wonderful]

This adds no value to the economy...very few Kenyans can afford a toyota let alone a bentley...Only those eating meat with OURU can afford a bentley...

Sorry,what is the meaning of "OURU"?

 

[wa mchangani]

Mm nataka trekta coz no motto wa mkulima

 

[Juakali1980]

he is a disciple of lord of poverty

READ THIS BEFORE YOU GO TO BED TONITE
Mark 10:17-31New Living Translation (NLT)
The Rich Man
17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.’”

20 “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”

21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

22 At this the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!” 24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

 

[Juakali1980]

Sorry,what is the meaning of "OURU"?

OURU=UHURU KINYATTA

 

[Wonderful]

OURU=UHURU KINYATTA

My God!!!it that you mean in Kenya now days huh!!!it's alright.

 

[MK254]

I work hard for my money...and my tribesman is not president to DOLE OUT FAVOURS

Great if you already working, engaging yourself and getting busy in making money will slowly help you get focused and reduce the hate.
By the way it's only our mothers who knows our real tribes and fathers. You could be chest-thumping kumbe you are not even Kenyan, the moment you get to know the real truth, you will be free.