Flashy Bentley nice or no nice?

[Quiff Wichard]

So- I live in Crewe- Home of Bentley .. and here in Crewe- as Mr C will testify we see Bentleys all the time.. riding around being test driven or driven off by their new owners etc.. so it does not impress us much (as Shania Twain might say)

However . the other day as I was going to the tip... irony that Bentley factory is next to the tip and one of the crappiest estates in Crewe.. NOT the best impression for anyone picking up a new 250K car. .

I digress..


other day on way to tip .. I saw this..


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010416.jpg



waiting at the lights and took a pic. to prove to Matt SV that we do have Bentleys here all the time as when he comes up to see us we never see any - I even took him to the factory and there was not one in sight and the big show window was empty .. something he ribs me about all the time..


so I saw that and thought after I been tip I will send him this pic and pop to the factory .. well..


saw these outside..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010482.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010483.jpg


then THIS..



now, what do you think??


if I won the lottery I have always said to Mand we should buy a Bentley and do the whole of the coast of the UK.. now I think we would do it in THIS.


Matt SV does not agree.. he said something containing expletives.. ha


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010481.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010480.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010479.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010478.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/offiphoneApril2010477.jpg

[MR UKI (1)]

Bit chavvy that innit. Don't think the shadow of the idiot taking the pic helps in the last 1 neither :)

[Quiff Wichard]

Bit chavvy that innit.

Perfect for me then Paul.. :takeabow:

[Electro]

bin all the crappy red and it would probably look quite nice.

[Scythe92]

Inside Bentley''s reception is absolutely gorgeous too, it's like a bloody hotel, must be awesome to work there.

[Bluefish]

i reckon they knocked 200k of the value doing that, no class whatsoever

[Supervox]

i reckon they knocked 200k of the value doing that, no class whatsoever

+1 - it looks as though a Premiership footballer has got hold of it !

:smt078

[L3nny]

It looks like they have copied the Porsche GT3RS very badly. But they need to appeal to their target audience of Footballers and Essex nightclub owners.

[mister c]

Would suit Rooney & the football mob, not for me tho, makes it look cheap & like Paul says "chavvy". You can tell it has been bought by a German company trying to make it a mass market vehicle.

Call me old fashioned, but that's not what Bentley is about.

[-Ralph-]

It very 'you' Quiff. But only you! ;-)

[G]

Never been a huge fan of the continental GTs you have mainly photographed, they can be had for pretty cheap now on the used Market...£40 to £50k for early ones. The GT Speed/ supersports are impressive engineering though.

Bentley is to 'cheshire' and footballers wives now.

[dizzyblonde]

Wouldn't want to be going down the tip with tins of paint in it Quiff!

[mattSV]

Bentley should be all about understated class - there is nothing understated or classy about that one!

I get to drive a GT on a track on Wednesday - and a DB9, which is better - there is only one way to find out...

[dizzyblonde]

- there is only one way to find out...


http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu38/ksclubster/Harry-Hill-Fight-AP-WDC5.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

oh yea Bentleys round here are commonplace but second only to Audi TT convertibles.. as the Bentley employees have an option to have Audis very cheaply and deducted from their salaries monthly.

[maviczap]

oh yea Bentleys round here are commonplace but second only to Audi TT convertibles.. as the Bentley employees have an option to have Audis very cheaply and deducted from their salaries monthly.

Yes, one of my coleagues brothers works for Bentley, he has one.

We told him it was a hairdressers car :mrgreen:

[fizzwheel]

Bentley should be all about understated class - there is nothing understated or classy about that one!

He's right you know, its f*cking awful.

[markmoto]

personaly id have a roller over a bently anyday, that white convertable is just wrong but i would imagine they will sell a few to the footballers.

[Reeder]

Yuck.

[Scoobs]

I like Bentleys but oh dear.

[Lozzo]

Chavvy in the extreme, it looks like it's been dragged out of the late 80s with those gash red graphics.

On the subject of not seeing any Bentleys in Crewe when you wanted to - I stayed overnight in Modena, home of Ferrari last September. I was there for about 15 hours all told and took a long ride and walk around the town. I didn't see one Ferrari in that whole time, not even at the factory. Had the same happen on a weekday in Newport Pagnell, home of Aston Martin. I live about 10 miles away and many's the time I've driven past and seen only Mondeos or Granadas (this was some time ago) parked outside

[MR UKI (1)]

Reminds me of what Stephen Ireland did to the one he bought for his Mrs :confused:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stephen+ireland+bentley&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=pUw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XqesTZP-GsTX8gOxp82BDw&ved=0CBkQsAQ&biw=800&bih=437

[fastdruid]

Chavvy in the extreme, it looks like it's been dragged out of the late 80s with those gash red graphics.

On the subject of not seeing any Bentleys in Crewe when you wanted to - I stayed overnight in Modena, home of Ferrari last September. I was there for about 15 hours all told and took a long ride and walk around the town. I didn't see one Ferrari in that whole time, not even at the factory. Had the same happen on a weekday in Newport Pagnell, home of Aston Martin. I live about 10 miles away and many's the time I've driven past and seen only Mondeos or Granadas (this was some time ago) parked outside

I've seen quite a few razzle dazzle Jags as work in coventry not far from the Jag plant.

Also seen a few Astons round by Gaydon.

Druid

[Viney]

Over priced VW Pheaton and all a bit Chelsea Front row. But very nice all the same.

[Quedos]

Nan - I love red and duo paint schemes but that is just plain wrong!!

[L3nny]

Around Gaydon you see Jags, Astons and Land Rovers all with odd covers and strange stripes driving around all the time.

It makes me laugh when you read Autocar and they have have "exclusive, leaked undercover pictures" of cars anyone can see driving around public roads.

[fatget]

I'd rather have my sv, and my old pug 406 :mrgreen:
am i mad ?

[Quiff Wichard]

Around Gaydon you see Jags, Astons and Land Rovers all with odd covers and strange stripes driving around all the time.

It makes me laugh when you read Autocar and they have have "exclusive, leaked undercover pictures" of cars anyone can see driving around public roads.


yea me seen them round gaydon when we used to do the corporate eventing up that way . some got so many bits of black card on to disguise the shape etc they look like the car out of back to the future.

[Quiff Wichard]

OK update..

I asked a guest at the Hotel this morning at Breakfast as he works at Bentley . we got a lot of Bentley execs staying as we so close.

Anyways ... he says it is a replica of their car that holds the world record for..


Fastest land speed record ON ICE >

so maybe that why it is so flash

[Quiff Wichard]

aha

and there you go ..

http://www.hrowen.co.uk/jackbarclay-bentley/News-and-Offers/bentley-supersports-ice-speed-record-convertible-at-geneva.aspx

[Reeder]

A replica?
So they actually built more than one that looks like that?!

[Quiff Wichard]

and yet here.. is the video of it doin it- mad driving on ice.. and that car is black

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/bentley/8328224/Bentley-shatters-ice-speed-record.html

[G]

Around Gaydon you see Jags, Astons and Land Rovers all with odd covers and strange stripes driving around all the time.

It makes me laugh when you read Autocar and they have have "exclusive, leaked undercover pictures" of cars anyone can see driving around public roads.


One of these you mean...

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207784_10150149538399837_502519836_6263060_3976295 _n.jpg

Two heavily armoured XJ prototypes too lol non camo'ed though.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208344_10150149658704837_502519836_6263862_3972951 _n.jpg

and a bentley you dont see every day ;)... if ever

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208661_10150149613059837_502519836_6263622_8029128 _n.jpg

[Specialone]

One of these you mean...

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207784_10150149538399837_502519836_6263060_3976295 _n.jpg


I seen this Audi the other weekend on my way to long itch diner to meet the lads, that paint job looked weird.

[YellowMonkeyBoy]

aha

and there you go ..

http://www.hrowen.co.uk/jackbarclay-bentley/News-and-Offers/bentley-supersports-ice-speed-record-convertible-at-geneva.aspx


As you said, similar link on TopGears site

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-bentley-continental-supersports-mulliner-ice-record-2011-04-27