Bentley is going Ice Racing in the Continental GT, creating a one-off Ice Race machine complete with studded tyres, raised suspension and special livery. The Bentley Continental GT is a cracking car – perhaps the most complete Grand Tourer – but one thing it’s not really designed for is racing. Or traversing anything less than […]
Bentley BIGS-UP the Flying Spur interior as the ‘Flagship’ mantle passes to the ‘VW’ saloon
Bentley is keen to promote the new Flying Spur as the ‘Flagship’ Bentley as the Mulsanne leaves, with an interior as close to bespoke as you can get. It’s more than 20 years since VW gobbled up Bentley, although it took until 2003 for them to sort out brand names with BMW and actually deliver […]
The Bentley Mulsanne is being killed off – say goodbye with the Mulsanne 6.75 Edition
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 […]