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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Bentley, Design/Style, Luxury
Back in 2008, Milanese design studio Zagato got together with
Bentley to create the
Continental GTZ, a coachbuilt version of Crewe's prolific luxury coupe. Unveiled at the
Geneva Motor Show, the design had some beautiful elements, but the GTZ wasn't supposed to be a one-and-done affair. For a handsome fee, Zagato
offered to rebody anyone's
Continental GT to mirror the show car; no more than nine examples were to be built. Unfortunately, it looks like nobody was willing to shell out the €800,000 asking price (a bit over $1M USD - plus the donor car's MSRP) to have theirs converted.
As a result, it seems that only the one example was made. But - good news, everyone! - that solitary example, in two-tone silver and green - is now in the United States and available for sale. This is said to be the actual show car, based on a Continental GT Speed, that debuted at the Geneva Palexpo two and a half years ago. The one-of-a-kind creation has just 870 miles on the odometer and promises to endure as a unique collectable. However, that uniqueness carries an insane price tag: Bentley San Francisco, the seller, is looking for a $1.1 million starting bid (on a $1.45 million Buy It Now price). No bids have been registered thus far.
Have a closer look at the auction images from Bentley San Francisco in the gallery above, scope out our original images in the high-res gallery below and
follow the link to the auction page for more.
eBay Find of the Day: Zagato's 2008 Bentley Continental GTZ show car originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2011
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Photographer
Richard Morris—his work
no stranger to
Jalopnik—has created an animation to show how a modern glossy car photo is composited from many source images. Two minutes of relentless tweaking takes
a second generation Bentley Continental from a generic B road to the mother of all British landscapes, in what is a rather vertiginous process to watch and consider.
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October 7th, 2011
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Convertible, Bentley, Luxury
When one of Volkswagen's higher-end marques unveils a new version of one of its core products, you know one thing for certain: the debut is just the beginning. Because after the first new version rolls out, there will be a veritable landslide of variants to follow.
That's the case with the
Porsche 911, that's the case with the
Lamborghini Gallardo and that's certainly the case with the
Bentley Continental. The
GT coupe was the first to be updated, the
Flying Spur sedan is sure to follow in due course, and we can presume to see Speed and even Supersport versions as well. But before they come along, the Crewe has official lifted the veil on the
GTC drophead.
The convertible model follows the lead of the updated Continental GT, only with a folding fabric roof. That gives the 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 and all its 567 horsepower ample opportunity to fill the cabin with its silken rumble and gracefully tousle the hair of its occupants.
We'll be driving the new model within a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, this is our first look, so check it out from the
Volkswagen Group pavilion here in Frankfurt in our gallery, or watch some B-roll
after the jump.
Continue reading 2012 Bentley Continental GTC wafts onto stage [w/video]
2012 Bentley Continental GTC wafts onto stage [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 14th, 2011
Filed under: Sedan, China, Bentley, Luxury
Luxury automakers like
Bentley have been enjoying increasing success in the Chinese market. But with every factory owner and their cousin clamoring for a new
Continental Flying Spur, some will invariably demand something a little more unique. So to satisfy its most demanding clientele, Bentley has teamed up with high-end furniture craftsmen Linley to create a special edition specifically for China.
Only ten examples of the Linley special edition will be offered in the Asian country, each outfitted with such unique features as Santos rosewood veneers around the cabin with intricate marquetry inlay, a specially crafted humidor in the rear console, branded treadplates, rhodium-coated plaque, contrasting piping on the leather upholstery and a leather bag with cashmere blanket.
We won't ask how many yuan the special edition will sell for, because even if we lived halfway around the world, this would still be far out of reach. The closest we'll get, then, is the press release after the jump and the high-resolution images in our gallery.
Continue reading Bentley teams up with Linley on exclusive Continental Flying Spur for China
Bentley teams up with Linley on exclusive Continental Flying Spur for China originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 6th, 2011
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Bentley, Luxury
For an automaker with just two model lines,
Bentley sure has a lot of room to expand in the coming year or two. With the newly facelifted
Continental GT now out on the market, a new
Continental GTC drop-top
expected to be unveiled in
Frankfurt, after which we can expect the next
Flying Spur, and then the inevitable
Speed variants of each bodystyle.
The
Mulsanne is also expected to spawn a new coupe and convertible, and reports of new model lines, including an
SUV, have been circulating. But in the middle of all of this expansion, Bentley is preparing to downsize (in a sense).
It's been no secret that Continental range will add a turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine option alongside the 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 currently on offer. And now comes word that the new mill will drop at January's
Detroit Auto Show.
No word on output just yet, but you can expect it to undercut the 567 horsepower of the current twelve by some margin. And as
Alex Nunez reports at ConsumerSearch, the lighter engine is tipped to provide a sportier drive than the larger mill it joins.
Bentley to debut V8 Continental at Detroit show originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 31st, 2011
Suck it, Dubai. London's Canary Wharf sees your
abandoned luxury cars
epidemic, and raises you a Bentley. According to Jalop
LordDetroitofLondon, this is the second abandoned luxocar in a month raised from the apartment complex's underground lot. The first was an Aston Vantage.
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July 29th, 2011
![Click here to read Bentley "barn find" uncovered in London apartment building](http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/12/2011/07/small_abandoned_bentley_1.jpg "Click here to read Bentley "barn find" uncovered in London apartment building")
