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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.
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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
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Convertible, Bentley, Luxury
2011 Bentley Continental GT - Click above for high-res image gallery
Bentley's Continental range has, well... "spurred" a whole line of derivatives: the
GT coupe, the
GTC convertible, the
Flying Spur sedan, Speed and Supersports versions of each, a string of special editions.... And like other such proliferative products - say, the
Porsche 911 or
Ford Mustang, for examples - when one is updated, it starts a whole new game of dominoes.
So after the Continental GT was
updated this past September with a fresh face and a whole host of changes, we knew it would only be a matter of time before the others would follow. And according to reports, the next one down the line is the cabrio.
Word has it that the new Continental GTC will be unveiled one year after the coupe was revealed at the upcoming
Frankfurt Motor Show. So what can we expect when it does? Well, the same fresh bodywork as its fixed-roof counterpart and its refresh interior as well as its revised flex-fuel 6.0-liter twin-turbo W-12 and six-speed automatic transmission, only with a folding fabric roof.
A less costly V8 model is still expected to come at some point down the road, as will the more powerful Speed versions and the Flying Spur sedan. Just one Bentley at a time there, boys.
Bentley to unveil new Continental GTC in Frankfurt originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 8th, 2011
How to get a girlfriend,
Charlie Sheen-style: $320K Bentley Continental convertible (
Kacey Jordan), $150K Porsche 911 Turbo (
unnamed porn star), $160K Mercedes-Benz S63 (new girlfriend), $160K Mercedes-Benz CL600 (soon-to-be ex-wife).
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February 24th, 2011
Filed under: Coupe, Wagon, Bentley, Luxury
Touring Superleggera Flying Star - Click above for high-res image gallery
Bentley shooting brake, anyone?
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera can hook you up. The Milanese coachbuilder unveiled the
Flying Star at last year's
Geneva Motor Show, and stole our hearts in the process. But since the shooting brake debuted and its order books opened, Touring has only made three examples of the custom creation.
No wonder, as the coachbuilder says it takes 4,000 man-hours to transform a
Continental GTC (still the outgoing model, we gather) into the long-roofed coupe. But thanks to increased investment in the form of new equipment and staff, Touring can now reportedly be working on up to five vehicles at a time.
Each example still takes six months to deliver, with total production limited to 19 examples. Fortunate buyers can specify from a range of customizations, including the twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 in states of tune ranging from 552 horsepower (base) to 621 (Supersports).
Live Photos: Jonny Lieberman / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
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Touring Superleggera ramps up production of Bentley Flying Star originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 20th, 2011
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