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Bentley ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC AUDIT UPDATED 2026-07-04
Economic Score 0.71 /10 E Bentley - BDS-1000 87
Economic 0.71

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Economic Audit: Bentley Motors Ltd

Target: Bentley Motors Ltd (Crewe, United Kingdom) Domain: Economic (Economic ties to Israel) Date: June 2026 Entity Scope: Bentley Motors Ltd’s own economic acts in/with Israel. Volkswagen Group’s broader Israeli economic footprint is the parent’s and is scored under “volkswagen”; it is referenced here only as parent-level structural context, with no transitive attribution. Method: Live web research (WebSearch + WebFetch), June 2026.

Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

No public evidence identified that Bentley Motors Ltd sources components, materials, or services from Israeli suppliers, or that any Israeli firm forms part of Bentley’s manufacturing supply chain. Bentley states that every car is designed, engineered, and hand-assembled at its Pyms Lane factory in Crewe, Cheshire, England, with additive-manufacturing and engineering activity centralised at its Crewe headquarters.12

No public evidence identified of an Israeli-sourced input into Bentley vehicles. (Searched: Bentley supply chain Israel; Bentley Israeli suppliers; Bentley sourcing.)12

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

Bentley vehicles sold in Israel are imported finished goods, manufactured in the United Kingdom (Crewe) and distributed through a local official importer; no Israeli or settlement-origin content is indicated.13

No public evidence identified of any product-origin, labeling, or customs-compliance controversy involving Bentley products in Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories, including no evidence of Bentley vehicles labeled with settlement origin or sold from settlement-area outlets. (Searched: Bentley Israel labeling origin; Bentley settlement dealer; Bentley West Bank showroom.)34

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

No public evidence identified that Bentley Motors Ltd holds direct investments, manufacturing facilities, R&D centres, joint ventures, or equity stakes in Israel. Bentley’s documented capital programme is concentrated at its Crewe headquarters (including a new Engineering Technical Centre opened September 2025); none of its announced investment is located in Israel.12

Bentley’s market presence in Israel is intermediated through an independent local importer (Orchid Sports Cars Israel Ltd - see Operational Presence), which itself made the capital commitments associated with the Israeli retail operation. In June 2024, Orchid Sports Cars purchased approximately 2,300 sqm of retail space in the “South Gate” project in Herzliya Pituah for about ₪69 million (€18 million), reported as intended for a luxury-car showroom; this is the importer’s investment, not Bentley Motors Ltd’s.56

No public evidence identified of Bentley Motors Ltd capital deployed directly in Israel. (Searched: Bentley investment Israel; Bentley factory R&D Israel.)1

Operational Presence & Market Activity

Bentley is officially sold in Israel. The official importer/distributor is Orchid Sports Cars Israel Ltd (Hebrew: אורכיד ספורטס קארס), which holds the official representation of the Bentley brand in Israel and also serves as the official importer of Porsche in Israel (Porsche import passed to Orchid in 2016, having previously been handled by Mishori/“Mishkharei Tnua” / Champion-era importers).378

Bentley’s single Israeli retail/operational footprint is in Herzliya (central Israel); no public evidence identified of any Bentley dealer, showroom, or service presence in an Israeli settlement or in the occupied Palestinian territories. (Searched: Bentley showroom Israel settlement; Bentley dealer West Bank.)410

Market activity is low-volume luxury sales. Reported Israeli sales figures: roughly 9 Bentley units rising to about 19 in 2025 per one trade source, with another source citing 15 units over the first nine months of 2025; the 2026 best-sellers cited are the Continental GT, Bentayga, and Flying Spur.1314 New-model pricing in Israel begins from approximately ₪1,565,000 at launch and is quoted around ₪1,750,000–₪2,015,000 for the 2026 Bentayga range, with the local range starting around ₪1,847,000.1516 Globally, Bentley delivered 13,560 cars in 2023 and 10,600 in 2024; Israel is a marginal market within these totals.17

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

Bentley Motors Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary within the Volkswagen Group. The ownership chain is: Bentley Motors Ltd (Crewe, UK) → Volkswagen AG, which has owned Bentley since 1998; since January 2022 Bentley has been managed within the Audi Group (Audi AG), with Audi overseeing Bentley’s day-to-day management. Bentley remains a Volkswagen AG brand.11819

The Israeli importer relationship is contractual/distribution-based: Orchid Sports Cars Israel Ltd is an independent local importer (a subsidiary of the Orchid Sports Cars International group, with entities in Switzerland - Orchid Sports Cars SA, Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva - and a Singapore entity, Orchid Sports Cars International Pte; group head Guy Meyohas). It is not owned or controlled by Bentley Motors Ltd.72021

Parent-level context (not attributed to Bentley): the Volkswagen Group’s separate Israeli activity is intermediated by Champion Motors as the official Volkswagen importer in Israel; NGO documentation of Volkswagen Group’s Israeli footprint centres on the MAN Truck & Bus subsidiary, not Bentley.22

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

Bentley’s economic contribution from the Israeli market accrues as wholesale revenue on a small number of imported vehicles sold through Orchid Sports Cars Israel Ltd. Retail margin, local taxes, employment, and real-estate spend in Israel are borne by the independent importer (Orchid), not by Bentley Motors Ltd directly.345

No public evidence identified of a Bentley Motors Ltd subsidiary, branch, or direct payroll in Israel through which profits would be locally generated or repatriated; the channel is arm’s-length wholesale to an independent importer. (Searched: Bentley Israel subsidiary; Bentley profit Israel.)39

NGO and BDS Campaign Documentation

No public evidence identified of any BDS or NGO campaign targeting Bentley Motors Ltd specifically for its own economic ties to Israel. Where Bentley appears in boycott/NGO material, it is by virtue of being a Volkswagen Group brand, not for any independently documented Bentley act.

No public evidence identified of a standalone BDS dossier, divestment resolution, or NGO report on Bentley’s Israeli importer arrangement. (Searched: Bentley BDS boycott; Bentley Who Profits; Bentley Israel divestment.)2223

End Notes

Footnotes

  1. https://www.companieshistory.com/who-owns-bentley/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. https://www.bentleymedia.com/en/newsitem/1738-bentley-further-expands-crewe-headquarters-with-new-engineering-technical-centre ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. https://www.automag.co.il/bentley-in-israel/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. https://www.autodevot.com/2018/11/israel-gets-first-bentley-showroom/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. https://www.car-importers.org.il/Members_en ↩ ↩2

  6. https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.orchid_sports_cars_sa.db7c40891bcb132cc1cac7468922be01.html ↩

  7. https://www.porsche.co.il/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95/orchid_sports_cars_group ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://cars.walla.co.il/item/2937822 ↩ ↩2

  9. https://en.checkid.co.il/company/ORCHID+SPORTS+CARS+ISRAEL+LTD-dGYlx58-515234144 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. https://www.dunsguide.co.il/en/C78698f51cd1d2b184ecf8612d907082a_spare_parts_for_cars/orchid_sports_cars_israel/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  11. https://www.bentleytelaviv.com/osc-about/ ↩

  12. https://autoboom.co.il/en/c/bentley-service-herzliya ↩

  13. https://www.icar.co.il/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99/ ↩

  14. https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/car/article/r1s711gyhxe ↩

  15. https://www.cartube.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C-1565000-%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%9C ↩

  16. https://www.carzone.co.il/Bentley/ ↩

  17. https://www.motor1.com/news/705354/bentley-sales-down-in-2024-while-other-luxury-brands-are-up/ ↩

  18. https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/bentley-motors-ltd-14459 ↩

  19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley ↩

  20. https://rocketreach.co/orchid-sports-cars-international-pte-profile_b4566164fca276cb ↩

  21. https://il.linkedin.com/company/orchid-sports-cars-international-pte- ↩

  22. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/7374?volkswagen-group= ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  23. https://boycott.thewitness.news/categories/car ↩ ↩2