But, according to CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös, the bulk of the brand's buyers are surprisingly young. "We are seeing in that segment of ultrahigh-end-growth individuals a fast decrease in average age," Müller-Ötvös said. "It's fantastic, it really is." In practical terms, that meant the global average age of a Rolls-Royce customer was 45, down from 56 seven years ago, he said. That's lower than the average age of car buyers overall, which hovers around 52, and younger than the average age of luxury-car buyers, too, which is 50, according to data provided to Bloomberg by Kelley Blue Book. Buick has an average new-buyer age of 59. At Cadillac it's 52, at Mercedes-Benz 51, and at BMW 50, according to KBB. Land Rover's average customer is 45, the youngest of any included in the data. Rolls-Royce was not among the brands reviewed in that report - its numbers are internal. Bentley, a closer competitor to Rolls-Royce, reported an average buyer age of 56.2 years in 2014, although that number w...
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