All Entries in the "BENTLEY" Category
Bentley T2 Video With James May
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: James May’s old Bentley T2
WOW. James May had ears. Anyway, here’s an oldy and goody; where the then fresh Top Gear star introduced us to his cap’n slow style and his very own “Bentley for Mondeo money” – a T2. Fancy that. We’ve already talked about the T2. And here it is popping up again.
Cue the theme to It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia in three, two…
1978 Bentley T2
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 1978 Bentley T2 For Sale
SISTER to the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II and second to nothing, save, perhaps a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 or 600, you could hardly do better in 1978 than own a Mason’s Black over House-of-Lords Red Bentley T2. Rare: only 568 T2′s were commissioned. Rarer still is this particular Bentley’s form. Thanks to a recent restoration, the black finish looks so fine it seems liquid. As it should. It’s a Bentley.
[eBay]
Plum Choice on Hemmings: 1958 Bentley S1
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via Hemmings ::: 1958 Bentley S1 for sale
HAVING undergone a thorough restoration to the tune of $100,000, this Bentley S1 – the driver’s Rolls-Royce – represents a plum find for the seller’s asking price ($57K o.b.o.). That having been said wouldn’t you just rather have a Cloud and be done with it?
eBay Watch: 1998 Bentley Brooklands R
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 1998 Bentley Brooklands R for sale
BEFORE there was that magnificent mastodon of pillarless two door grand tourers – the Brooklands coupé – there was the Bentley Brooklands sedan.
eBay Watch: I See Fields of Brooklands
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 2009 Bentley Brooklands for sale
BENTLEY ST LOUIS wanted to catch your eye with this lovely ’09 limited edition Brooklands coupé. And there was clear thought in just how to showcase this big beauty apart from the rest of the chafe that’s listed on eBay. The solution? How about driving the Brooklands onto a patch of green grass as if it were at concours or a picnic hosted by the regional RROC? Fine idea…yet… the cynic in me hates to see any car parked on grass for any reason. Let alone a limited edition Bentley. OCD? Perhaps. Then again grass stains on a beluga over beluga Bentley would really bite.
[eBay]
Video: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud In Elegant Snow Drift
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud snow drifting
THIS flick showing a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (video mislabeled Bentley S2) engaged in playful snow maneuvers is about as amusing/rare as leaked reports that Ahmadinejad got slapped by his most senior general. Random? Sure. And now to borrow a query from Jezza, ever wonder what Blenheim Palace would look like going sideways?
Well, you need wonder no longer.
Wintry Conditions Handled. Bentley Style
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img Bentley Motors ::: Bentley Winter Accessories
DEUCE difficult to consider driving a Bentley Mulsanne in wintry conditions. One might hazard the slippery exercise in lesser, all-wheel drive models like the Continental GT, for instance. But a front engine/rear drive, land-of-hope-and-glory Mulsanne, Brooklands, or Azure? Perish the thought. Not so, insists Bentley. They have your winter tyres and chains and new AutoSock™ in stock.
eBay Watch! 2010 Bentley Azure T
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 2010 Bentley Azure T
TRIMMED in “Ghost White Pearlescent,” no less. We have a firm belief that in the realm of contemporary autos, the only chariot more deliciously decadent than the original Bentley Azure convertible is the latest – and it would seem greatest – generation Bentley Azure convertible. And it seems serendipitous that the Naples Bentley dealer elected to post pics of the Bentley Azure T squarely in front of an imposing Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé to compare like rivals.
In a beauty contest entre les deux, there simply isn’t any. [eBay]
How Do You Like Me Now? Bentley Mulsanne
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img Bentley Motors ::: 2011 Bentley Mulsanne
IT’S been a full trip around the sun since the “Grand Bentley’s” red-carpet début at Pebble Beach. Ample time to absorb the 2011 Mulsanne’s battleship proportions, rounded contours, and new design hallmarks that have already trickled down to the new Continental GT.
Has time and familiarity treated this bold new flagship kindly? Or does the 2011 Mulsanne have us longing for the Arnage? Have your say in comments. For a better look, hit the jump for more Mulsanne & Arnage pictures.
ADLX’s Big Bentley Price Index
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img Bentley Motors ::: 2011 Bentley Continental GT Prices
BENTLEY has released its global price list for the 2011 Continental GT. As you might expect, the new coupé is offered at a similar pricepoint to the original Continental GT, which is to say a starting price just south of $200,000 for the US market.
That said, it’s always interesting to note the variance in automotive pricing from market to market and while Bentley’s price list isn’t comprehensive of all taxes and delivery fees, it is a good barometer of where the Continental GT can be acquired for the least amount of money, in real dollar terms.
So in an homage to the Economist’s Big Mac Index and as we’ve demonstrated previously in our Phantom Index, below is ADLX’s Big Bentley Index that translates global prices into USD courtesy Google.
M.Y. 2011 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT GLOBAL PRICE LIST
US: $189,000 (excl. tax)
UK: £135,000 (incl. VAT) / $213,000
EU: €154,000 (excl. tax) / $210,000
JAP: ¥24,150,000 ( excl. tax) / $288,000
PRC: ¥3,500,000 (excl. tax) / $523,000
For example: were you to purchase your Continental GT in the Constitution State, you’d be looking at a 6% sales tax that would amount to a little more than $11,000. This would lift the Bentley’s price just over $200K. Obviously, Uncle Sam and the dealer would both weigh in with an extra few thousand in taxes and fees, too, to say nothing of your own, bespoke predilections.
All negligible amounts to most Bentley buyers, true, but everyone likes a bargain. It’s good to be in the USA.
