The Bentley Bentayga EWB Mulliner arrives to deliver additional luxury and equipment to the recently revealed Bentayga EWB. When Bentley launched the Bentayga EWB last year, it was designed to take the role the discarded Mulsanne filled as the pinnacle of Bentley luxury, albeit as an SUV rather than a saloon, with room to party […]
Bentley Bentayga, Flying Spur, Continental GT and GTC ‘Speed Edition 12’ celebrate the W12
Bentley celebrates its W12 engine ahead of its departure in 2024 with ‘Speed Edition 12’ versions of the Bentayga, Flying Spur, Continental GT and GTC. We already know that Bentley’s W12 – which arrived as the first VW-era Bentley in the Continental GT – will go out of production in 2024, and its final outing […]
Bentley Continental GT and GTC Azure – and Flying Spur – TWEAKED for 2023
Bentley is giving the Continental GT Azure, Continental GTC Azure and Flying Spur Azure a bit of a titivate for 2023. When you think of Bentley models – well, the VW era of Continentals and Flying Spurs – performance and sportiness tend to be at the forefront, together with brilliant interiors, rather than outright comfort […]
Bentley Batur is the Swansong for Bentley’s W12 – gets 740bhp
Bentley will end production of its W12 engine in 2024 with a 740bhp version fitted to the limited-run Bentley Batur. When Bentley revealed the limited run Bantley Batur last year, it declared that it would come with ‘more than’ 730bhp. And it does. In fact, the Batur gets 740bhp and 738lb/ft of torque, making it […]
Rare 1961 Bentley S2 Continental EV conversion – Smart or Sacrilege?
Luxury EV conversion specialists Lunaz Design has converted a rare 1961 Bentley S2 Continental to electric power. But is it sacrilege? Like many petrolheads, we find the conversion of classic cars to electric a proper quandary. Yes, turning them EV does potentially make them more practical as an everyday car but, especially if the classic […]
Bentley follows Rolls-Royce by declaring RECORD sales in 2022
Bentley announces record sales for 2022 despite the economic gloom, up by 4 per cent on a record-breaking 2021. Yesterday, we reported on record-breaking sales for Rolls Royce in 2022, despite the ever-growing economic clouds, and now – in a mirror of last year – Bentley arrives to proclaim its own record-breaking sales in 2022. […]
Bentley Bentayga Odyssean Edition – it’s a ‘SUSTAINABLE’ Bentley Bentayga
The Bentley Bentayga Odyssean Edition arrives as a Bentayga PHEV with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability. Just 70 are being built. Last year, Bentley revealed the Flying Spur Hybrid Odyssean Edition complete with PHEV powertrain and focusing on ‘Wellness’ and ‘Sustainability. And now it’s the turn of the Bentayga SUV to get a very […]
Bentley Bentayga EWB production STARTS – already accounts for 40% of Bentayga orders
The Bentley Bentayga EWB – Bentley’s new range-topping Bentayga – goes into production in Crewe and already accounts for 40 per cent of orders. Back in the spring, Bentley revealed their latest model as the Bentayga EWB, a longer-wheelbase Bentayga aimed at mopping up sales from former Mulsanne buyers (the Mulsanne is now dead and […]
Bentley Bentayga S and Bentley Bentayga Azure add to Bentley’s HYBRID offerings
Bentley adds to its Hybrid offerings with the arrival of the new Bentayga S Hybrid and Bentayga Azure Hybrid. It’s more than four years since Bentley’s first hybrid car arrived in the guise of the Bentayga Hybrid – four years after it was first mooted in the Mulsanne Hybrid concept – since when Bentley has […]
New Bentley Flying Spur Speed REVEALED – but it’s not a ‘Speed’ as we know it
A new W12-engined Bentley Flying Spur Speed arrives – perhaps the last outing for the W12 engine – but it’s just a cosmetic job with no extra power. We’ve got used in recent years to Bentley’s performance models carrying the ‘Speed’ moniker to, naturally, denote their performance credentials, and although it’s difficult to claim a […]