Rolls-Royce sees Asia’s desire for luxury driving growth

SINGAPORE — Phantoms, ghosts and now wraiths are stalking the streets of Asia and Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, the chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, could not be more pleased.

The top-end carmaker, a unit of Germany’s BMW AG, still sees untapped potential in China — its No. 2 market after the United States — but hot spots in Asia include Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, Mueller-Oetvoes said.

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