The Bentley Mulsanne will soon be no more – along with its 6¾-litre L-Series V8 – and you can say goodbye with the Bentley Mulsanne 6.75 Edition. The Bentley Mulsanne has been something of an anachronism ever since VW took the reigns at Bentley, a vestige of the Rolls-Royce Bentley years and still with the […]
Bentley Continental GT Pikes Peak Edition celebrates Bentley’s Pikes Peak record
A new limited edition of the Bentley Continental G celebrates Bentley’s Pikes Peak record set in the summer in a Continental GT. Just 15 available. When Bentley took the new Bentayga to the Pikes Peak Hillcimb last year, they celebrated their successful run with a Bentayga Pikes Peak Limited Edition model. But the Bentayga’s Pikes […]
Bentley turn the Bentayga SUV in to a ‘PEOPLE CARRIER’
The Bentley Bentayga is now available with a four-seat layout plus a new seven-seat layout, turning the Bentayga in to a posh People Carrier. The Bentley Bentayga – Bentley’s first SUV – has been a bit of a lifesaver for Bentley, selling more than the Continental GT and giving Bentley’s sales numbers a decent lift. […]
Is Bentley planning an exclusive model inspired by the EXP 100 GT Concept?
Bentley are said to be planning an ultra-luxury convertible model inspired by the recent EXP 100 GT Concept and costing £1.5 million. Back in the summer, as part of their centenary celebrations, Bentley revealed the EXP 100 GT Concept (pictured above) as a huge autonomous Grand Tourer designed to give an idea of where Bentley […]
What does your Bentley Continental GT Convertible REALLY need for the Country?
Bentley is at pains to demonstrate just how clever and fetching the new Tweed roof for the Bentley Continental GT Convertible really is. It’s a year since the new Bentley Continental GT Convertible arrived, the car which used to be called the Continental GTC, and with it a range of options for the roof which […]
Bentley Bentayga plug-in HYBRID arrives for £133k as Bentley TRIES to go green
The new Bentley Bentayga plug-in Hybrid SUV arrives on sale for £133k with a plug-in hybrid powertrain promising 24-mile EV range and slashed emissions. There is no way, in our climate change obsessed world that a Bentley, any Bentley, can be considered ‘Green’. But that isn’t stopping Bentley claiming their new Bentayga Hybrid is exactly […]
The Bentley Blower LIVES again – Bentley building 12 Blower ‘continuation’ cars
Bentley’s most famous car – Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-litre “Blower” – is to live again as Bentley announce a ‘continuation’ series of 12 cars. We’ve seen car makers with a storied history cashing in on their past with ‘continuation’ versions of their most iconic models, like Jaguar with the Jaguar XKSS and Jaguar D-Type, […]
One-off 1939 Bentley Corniche – destroyed in WWII – lives again
Bentley has re-built a one-off 1939 Bentley Corniche destroyed in WWII as it celebrates its centenary year. The ‘new’ Corniche will debut at Salon Prive. What do you do to make a statement when your world-renowned car company is 100 years old? If you’re Bentley, you re-create a pivotal model destroyed 80 years ago at […]
Bentley Flying Spur First Edition raises £625,000 for Elton John AIDS Foundation
A Bentley Flying Spur First Edition donated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation has raised €700,000 at the Charity’s Midsummer Gala Auction. Elton John’s AIDS Foundation has a bit of a habit of getting donations of expensive cars from Audi for its Summer Gala, including an Audi RS6 Avant which fetched £120,000, a pair of […]
Bentley EXP 100 GT – a huge ELECTRIC Bentley Concept celebrates 100 years
Bentley celebrates its 100th birthday with the EXP 100 GT Concept, a look at a future electric, autonomous Bentley Grand Tourer for 2035. What do you do to celebrate 100 years as a car makers, and a car maker at the very top of the industry at that. Do you build a car that looks […]