Bentley News

Back in the day, the D.A.R.E. cop in my hometown drove a 1980s Chevrolet Camaro seized from a drug dealer, the last part of that sentence not-at-all fitting certain stereotypes to a T, right? Right. Today's Chevrolet Camaro SS is a far more sophisticated beast and is now ending up in ...    Read more

The 2013 New York International Auto Show had some great debuts and surprises like the new 2014 Camaro Z/28. Of the more everyday cars that held a debut, the most notable was the 2014 Honda Odyssey with its new HondaVAC. Of the exotic vehicles that had a ...    Read more

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In creating SUVs, Lamborghini and Bentley are tasked with a few tough goals: 1) How to differentiate themselves from their lesser Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen siblings and 2) How to make them live up to the performance expected from luxury vehicles while delivering fuel economy numbers up to par. If a ...    Read more

Today, we finally got our first look of the 2014 Bentley Flying Spur, set to make its global debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next month. The new Flying Spur features Bentley's traditional styling cues with contemporary details. Sharp feature lines highlight the muscular rear of the car, while ...    Read more

Bentley has released a 38 second teaser for the upcoming release of the upcoming Bentley Flying Spur, a vehicle that combines luxury and performance...for the price of a house. On February 20, 2013, the new Bentley Flying Spur will be unveiled. The video released on YouTube showcases only minimal details ...    Read more

What better way to transport your Venti from Starbucks, various Egyptian cotton suits with a thread count in the neighborhood of 750, and your evil white cat better than in a Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG or a Bentley Mulsanne? Sister publication Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman set to find out that answer ...    Read more

Amid cars like the Ford GT40 that sold for $11 million Sunday night, and pristine fleets of classics once owned by India's Maharajas, there were some semi-accessible production cars announced at last weekend's automotive festivities in Monterey, Calif., that even regular Joes might be able to afford. And there were a few ...    Read more

What would you do if you won the lottery? It's a question that rolls around the minds of virtually anybody who doesn't already have a lottery-sized bank account, and usually the answer has something to do with a beautiful house, expensive car, and maybe a high-dollar vacation to an exotic ...    Read more

Aston Martin has carved out its own niche in today's automotive market thanks to its flagship vehicle, the DBS. While everyone loves a good supercar, their low ground clearance means they're not always practical in markets with poor road conditions, like China, Russia, and India. That's why Aston Martin has ...    Read more

We understand the Bentley folks are pretty quick to point out the newest 2013 Bentley Continental GT's fuel economy ratings. And we ask— what is the world coming to? Bentley is of course talking about its new 4.0-liter eight-cylinder engine, and granted, when you compare it to the 6.0-liter W-12 in ...    Read more

Much ink has been spilled over China's burgeoning upper class, the sort of easily-excitable millionaires and billionaires that snap up luxury cars as if they were the Pogs from our childhood. China now has 1.11 million, er, millionaires, a world record—does that make it a nation ...    Read more

The second day of the last major North American auto show until November wasn't nearly as jam-packed as the first, but it still proved to have plenty of cars and trucks that will undoubtedly shake up the market. Most of them were fairly mainstream; one of them—the Terrafugia—notably wasn't. That's ...    Read more

Once upon a time, St. Patrick's day involved a traditional church service in the morning and an old time feast in the later hours, consisting of Irish bacon and cabbage. While those traditions might exist in some small remote pockets, these days the "feasting" generally consists of a wee swally; ...    Read more

As media and press from around the world fly back home, the Geneva Auto Show has just opened to the public. Cars weren't the only thing debuting at the show—automakers also debuted teaser videos and trailers of their newest offerings. Below, in about eight YouTubin' minutes, we bring you the ...    Read more

Have you ever asked yourself, "why, I love my handcrafted, Connolly-lined $300,000 luxury ship, but it's just lacking that extra touch of lugg-jury?" Well you're in luck Mr. Ewing, because Bentley is adding enough in-car entertainment and luxury features on top of the Mulsanne to ...    Read more

Ettore Bugatti (of world's fastest car fame) once called Bentley's racing cars, shown above, "the world's fastest trucks." A century later, the ghost of Bugatti may finally see his words to be prophetic as Bentley prepares to introduce its first-ever SUV. Bentley assures that the SUV, which may debut at the ...    Read more

Call it an upgrade: Bentley's new chief designer David Hilton joins the British institution, after moving on up from Ford, Mazda, and even Volkswagen, Bentley's gatekeepers. Upgrade? Or simply moving down the hall? Either way, Hilton comes to Bentley as its new Head of Exterior Design with an impressive resume. After he ...    Read more

According to a Reuters report, Bentley is seizing the opportunity to go after former celebrities associated with the-soon-to-be -defunct Maybach brand, including rapper Jay-Z, actor Samuel L. Jackson, and Spanish King Juan Carlos. Maybach has catapulted to epitomize ...    Read more

Bentley claims that the new Audi-derived V-8, which they are presenting in the Continental lineup at the Detroit Auto Show next month, is “widening the appeal of the latest generation of Continentals.” Which is polite speak for “entry-level model.” But if you’re lusting after German-derived Anglophile highway-crushing luxury, don’t let ...    Read more

Zee German automakers and Chinese-owned Volvo all posted year-to-date double-digit sales for the month of November. Volkswagen took the lead with an increase of more than 25-percent compared to November 2010, with most of the sales drawn from the all-new 2012 VW Beetle and 2012 VW Passat sedan. The "newest" ...    Read more

Most cars from the 1920s enjoy a pretty quiet life of relaxing in the corner of a museum or private garage, surrounded by velvet ropes. But not this three-liter Bentley Red Label Vanden Plas: it’s been driven continuously by three generations, across the Atlantic Ocean on two different continents. Robin Hine’s ...    Read more

On the surface, this pink Bentley Continental GT may seem like the most abhorrent form of automotive sybaritism—something only a ditzy, self-centered Hollywood stereotype could drive around with her Versace shades and her Pomeranian. But bear with us, here. Its special paintjob is dedicated to a very significant cause. Unlike most ...    Read more

If you have to roll in road-hogging Bentley style, then twelve-cylinder motivation is the only thing that makes sense. After all, the glitterati who spring for the upcoming SUV from Bentley will demand nothing less. The engine will most likely be an upgraded W12 from the Continental GT, though the SUV ...    Read more

Another birthday is in the books for America, and with much of the country roasting on low-broil (even our beers seem to be sweating) it's easy to forget another important summer holiday: July 31st is Mutt's Day, a celebration of our furry, mixed-breed, four-legged ...    Read more

Porsche is planning to launch a new exotic sports coupe and convertible in 2014/2015, Autocar reports. Based on the second-generation Panamera sedan due at the same time, the new car would fill what Porsche feels is a hole in its new model lineup. Hole? Yeah, we’re scratching our heads, ...    Read more