China News Service, July 11th. According to a report from Kyodo News on the 11th, in Japan, super luxury cars worth more than 10 million yen (approximately RMB 590,000) are selling well.

Affected by the new crown epidemic, the wealthy class cannot travel overseas, and their consumption is concentrated on luxury cars.

In the context of rising global stock prices, the willingness to buy cars is on the rise.

Tokyo under the epidemic.

  According to reports, the June sales of luxury cars such as Ferrari in Italy and Bentley in the UK set a record high in June since 1988.

With the epidemic worsening the lives of non-regular employees and others, the polarization of Japanese society is clearly manifested.

  According to the Japan Automobile Import Association (JAIA), the sales of passenger cars of foreign manufacturers over 10 million yen in June increased by 60.9% from the same period in 2020 to 3336 units.

Since the beginning of this year, monthly sales have achieved year-on-year growth.

Although the economy has deteriorated significantly due to the epidemic in 2020, the sales volume reached 22,712, an increase of 0.5% over the previous year, maintaining growth.

Data map: Bentley's legendary "classic car" 8 Liter.

Photo by Zhang Hengwei

  The specific sales in June were: Ferrari was 121 vehicles, an increase of 80.6% year-on-year; Bentley was 83 vehicles, an increase of 23.9%; German BMW (BMW) Alpina sales increased approximately 3.1 times, and British Aston Martin increased approximately 2.2 Land Rover in the UK also increased by 90.1%, both hitting new sales highs in June.

  There are many opinions in the industry that currently it will continue to sell well.

Bentley announced in June 2020 that its comprehensively improved sports utility vehicle (SUV) Bentayga (22.69 million yen) is very popular.

The person in charge expects to say: "Probably the annual sales volume will set a new high."

Sales of Aston Martin's SUV "DBX" (23.45 million yen) also increased.

  The proportion of new customers of some European brands has increased from about 30% before the new crown epidemic to more than 50%.

The affluent class has spent money to buy super luxury cars.