Silverstone Auctions is set to put “one of Europe’s finest collections of road going classic cars to come to market” on the block at The Salon Privé Sale on September 4th in London. Henry Pearman, the founder and CEO of Eagle (apparently “the world’s premier” Jaguar E-Type specialist, and looking at their website, we would have […]
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There is an absolutely wonderful daily email called “Now I Know” that I subscribe to that is a fantastic source of things that are rather interesting. It is written by a bloke called Dan Lewis and is a constant and always impressive surprise when it arrives (usually around midnight NZ time!) in my inbox. On of his […]
What is it with Finns and driving? Seriously. I mean, when they talk, you could be forgiven for thinking that they were slightly slow or recently suffered a massive head injury or something, but put them behind the wheel of a car and they are simply astonishing. They also appear to be hugely fun people, […]
Yesterday we posted our coverage of the magnificent new Bentley Flying Spur, which we rather liked. Today we head back in time a wee bit to (almost) the beginnings of Bentley. The Flying Spur launch was held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell and, as they only had two Flying Spurs available for road drives, […]
Bentley’s resurgence under Volkswagen’s ownership has been a sometimes-painful, but mostly gratifying thing to observe. The Continental did attract an unfortunate number of footballer’s WAGs to the table, but the strong racing spirit that has been quietly rekindled (the 2003 Le Mans win and the forthcoming Continental GT3 race car) is now starting to shine […]
Bentley will mark the tenth anniversary of its historic Le Mans one-two victory at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed by unleash some of its fastest and most powerful cars. The flying Bentleys include the 460kW and 325 km/h Continental GT Speed Convertible and two of 2003 Le Mans-winning Speed 8 race cars. Instantly recognisable […]
Bentley today released absolutely no details about anything in the world’s most pointless press release, although it also happened to include a new teaser video for the upcoming new version of the Flying Spur. Here is the video: And here is the press release in full: THE NEW BENTLEY FLYING SPUR IS COMING (Crewe, 4th […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Bentley Continental GT It isn’t every day that someone hands you the key to a $325,000 Bentley just after lunch and says “Go where you like, dinner is at 7.30”. It is even less frequent that this happens within an hour’s drive of one of the greatest motor racing circuits in the […]
Sometimes it is cool to own something with a car logo on it. Mainly only a car though. These 10 things are NOT cars… 10. Bentley Luggage Tag (NZ$54) Brilliant! Not only does this say that in all likelihood you DON’T own a Bentley, it also tells everyone that you spent a silly amount of […]
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