Lamborghini won’t be the only luxury supercar company that will be showing a concept SUV within the next couple of months. According to reports, another Volkswagen Group brand, Bentley Motors, may also debut a concept version of an SUV next month in Geneva. “We are exploring the potential, but the vehicle has not been approved,” [...]
Bentley is taking a proactive approach to its marketing as part of a battle of the ultra-luxury brands against the Maybach brand. The company is sending out letters to Maybach owners in attempts to take advantage of Maybach withdrawing to try and snatch up some of its clientele. Famous figures such as Jay-Z, King Juan [...]
Five years ago, the words “Bentley” and “hybrid” would only deign to coexist in a joke, not in a fact, but now it seems that Bentley will be rummaging their fingers around the VW/Audi/Porsche cookie jar for plug-in hybrid parts. According to Bentley chief Wolfgang Dürheimer, the menial bits and pieces making up a hybrid [...]
Key Competitors: Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, BMW M6, Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG, Maserati GranTurismo Coupe, Aston Martin DBS. Power: Twin-turbocharged 4.0L V8 500 hp. Transmission: 8-speed automatic. Performance: 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, top speed of 188 mph. Pricing: $176,000. Availability: Late 2012. Corporate Average Fuel Economy ratings (CAFE) have been taking their toll on manufacturers in many [...]
While we pay a nice fee to get into a convention center to enjoy watching the latest new passenger cars and supercars on display, citizens of Middle Eastern countries use the London roads to put their cars on display for the crowd. According to YouTube marchettino, there’s a time in the summer every year when [...]
The 2012 Detroit Auto Show will turn out to be quite an exciting conference. Bentley officially announced that its new 4.0 liter V8 twin turbocharged Bentley Continental GT V8 coupe and GTC V8 convertible will debut at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 9, 2012. The twin-turbo 4.0 liter V8 makes a [...]
Bentley has released a new teaser giving us the first glimpse of its new twin-turbo V8 that will make its debut in the Continental GT in 2012. “Welcome to the new sound of Bentley — a stirring and thunderous soundtrack and the prelude to a potent new Bentley driving experience that begins in 2012,” Bentley [...]
Making its debut among many other North American debuts today at the 2011 LA Auto Show was the new 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. For the 2012 model year, the Continental GTC gets a sportier look, standard 21-inch wheels, a more spacious and luxurious hand-crafted interior, 17 standard soft-touch leather hide colors with six color split combinations. Performance wise [...]
The UK’s Department for Business Regional Growth Fund has approved Bentley Motors for a grant for approximately $4.8 billion. According to Bentley, the grant will “support the development of a new powertrain application which will enable Bentley to exploit new export markets.” In addition, “It will safeguard over 200 jobs and also create a small [...]
Fiat SpA’s CEO Sergio Marchionne is proving to be a hard worker, from taking up the task of rescuing the Chrysler Group, to making radical changes to keep up with other automobile conglomerates like General Motors, Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corporation. As part of those radical changes, Marchionne set some ambitious plans for Maserati [...]
