{"id":205352,"date":"2026-03-25T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=205352"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:43:55","slug":"country-is-burning-but-bentleys-are-selling-like-hotcakes-kyiv-is-the-third-city-in-the-world-for-luxury-car-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/country-is-burning-but-bentleys-are-selling-like-hotcakes-kyiv-is-the-third-city-in-the-world-for-luxury-car-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"COUNTRY IS BURNING, BUT BENTLEYS ARE SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES: Kyiv is the third city in the world for luxury car sales!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Kyiv is the third city in Europe for Bentley car sales, announced the company&#8217;s regional director Richard Leopold.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Competition was intense, and anticipation was at its peak as we announced the winners of the &#8216;European Scorecard Awards&#8217; for 2025 in Marbella last week,&#8221; Leopold wrote in a post on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd place: Bentley Kyiv<br>2nd place: Bentley Rotterdam<br>1st place: Bentley Padova<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to all winners, with special recognition for Bentley Padova for managing to unite their long-standing team around a common goal and win first place,&#8221; Leopold wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyiv ranked third in Europe for Bentley sales, &#8211; regional Director of the company, Richard Leopold.<br><br>The average price of a Bentley starts at $400.000.<br><br>After Europe gives Zelenskyy another 90 billion, there&#39;s every chance of taking first place. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SUOxvm7Wp\">pic.twitter.com\/6SUOxvm7Wp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Diana Panchenko \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Panchenko_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panchenko_X\/status\/2036097338179989660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do critics say?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While the company boasts about this result, some, like Ukrainian journalist Diana Pachenko, have used it to criticize the high spending in a country where war has been raging for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her opinion, the purchase of these luxury vehicles is driven by the misuse of funds that came as aid from European Union countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The average price for a Bentley starts at $400,000. After Europe gives Zelensky another $90 billion, there&#8217;s a good chance they&#8217;ll aim for first place,&#8221; Pachenko posted on social network X. In response to a follower, she wrote that &#8220;most of these cars end up in Monaco and villas in France, because people steal in Ukraine and then take it away.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/jokic-scored-for-the-win-denver-drama-in-phoenix-the-worlds-best-player-took-matters-into-his-own-hands-in-the-final-attack-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JOKI\u0106 SCORED FOR THE WIN! 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