Comments on: ADL’s “B” List for 2008

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:29:15 +0000

I’ve had a Saab 9-5 for 3 years now and can honestly say
I won’t buy another Saab again. I’m not much of a “car guy” so maybe I’m commenting on the wrong site, but the amount of work that needs to be done to the car is overwhelming. It’s probably my own fault, maybe I’ll get a Chevy Malibu next time.

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:53:42 +0000

I don’t have a problem with Bentley skewing younger, per se.

But if they intend on building two distinct lines – Continental and Arnage based – there should be a clearer differentiation in character entre les deux.

The Continental GTC still behaves like an old-school Bentley in many respects while posing as the, newer younger looking car leaving us to ask what’s the point?

Making the Continental GTC right is a matter of upgrading the quality of materials, losing the V-dub bits, and injecting some soul into the performance. Then, it might just be the perfect car.

By: Christopher Davis

Christopher Davis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:04:40 +0000

As a New Yorker, I defer to you Gunnar on the Saab, as it is without a doubt more of New England tradition.

As for the Bentley, I couldn’t agree more. Surely, it’s a good looking car, it’s a great looking car. Fine for open air driving and cruising in style. Has all the accouterments you’d expect. But it lacks the soul that prior Bentleys have. It’s too young, too nouveau riche for Bentley. A man whose arrived doesn’t steer this land yacht, a 20 something with a diminutive dog on her lap does…

Yet another case of a marquee losing their audience.

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