World Auto News & Reviews

Bentley Motors has launched a new collection of accessories highlighting the British company’s design and craftsmanship skills. Whether purely functional or created to further accentuate and personalise the appearance of a customer’s car, each accessory reflects the attention to detail at which Crewe’s stylists and engineers excel.

One of the highlights of the new collection is the striking Vented Wings available for the Bentley Continental GT and GTC. Styled by Raul Pires, Bentley’s head of exterior design, the sleek, vented wings further emphasize the Continental’s sporting lines. Positioned to the rear of the front wheel arch, the vents are cut into a newly tooled wing panel and feature a black mesh finish. An alternative chrome mesh is currently under development and will be available in early 2010. This accessory will also be offered on Continental Flying Spur models.
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Bentley Motors is staging an art auction at Bonhams to raise money for The Christie, a cancer hospital in Manchester.

The men and women of the Bentley styling and design team have turned their creative energy to making art.

The aim is to raise money for The Christie Hospital in Manchester, a leading international centre for research and treatment. The art will be auctioned at an invitation-only evening event from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday December 1 at Bonhams the auction house in London.
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Although Bentley doesn’t have reputation of being the greenest automaker on the block, the British marque is working on its eco-friendly credentials. The E85 capable Continental Supersports was the first step towards a greener Bentley, and the VW-owned luxury brand is now said to be working on a hybrid drivetrain.
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Bentley Norwich, the famous British car company’s official dealership in East Anglia, has joined the Vindis Group, one of the region’s most successful and well-established motor retailers. Vindis Group, which has close to fifty years of automotive industry experience and employs over 600 people at 16 outlets covering Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, recently purchased the Duke Street dealership from Sytner Group.
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Bentley has released a new promotional video for the range-topping Mulsanne luxury sedan.

Declaring they are “the opposite of mass production,” Bentley says it takes more than two months to build a Mulsanne because more than 50% of the car involves handcraftsmanship. This leads to a lot of individual choices as Bentley offers 24 hides and 28 different exterior paint colors (114 with the ‘extended range’).
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