Category: Bentley

In the Autoblog Garage: 2007 Bentley Continental GTC

Filed under: Garage, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Bentley
Click image for a high-res gallery of the Bentley Continental GTC
Gaudy. Overstyled. Ostentatious. Attention-hungry. These are words that can be used to describe any number of high-end, six-figure automobiles with pedigreed names and gobs of power. Often, those credentials are accompanied by trademark styling that ranges from the merely adventurous […]

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Posted in Bentley on Nov 6th, 2007, 3:00 pm     

Bentley’s hybrid talk is back (see Audi’s new hybrid quattro)

Filed under: Hybrid, Bentley
Back in September, Franz-Josef Paefgen, the head of the VW luxury brand Bentley, mentioned, in a very uncommitted fashion, that the company’s earlier announcement regarding diesels and hybrids was still being considered. Audi’s new hybrid quattro transmission, on display in Frankfurt last month, might be the basic powertrain that sits under […]

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Posted in Bentley on Nov 5th, 2007, 7:59 pm     

Yoko Ono says hybrids are not comfortable

Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Bentley
Yoko Ono thinks hybrids are not as comfortable as her Bentley. She asks “can someone make hybrid cars as comfortable as a Bentley, please?” Perhaps, as Bentley is planning on entering the hybrid market next year. BMW is also dipping its toe into hybrids and Mercedes has plans for a […]

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Posted in Bentley on Nov 5th, 2007, 7:59 pm     

Yoko Ono’s green ride might be coming: get ready for the eco-Bentley

Filed under: Bentley, Frankfurt Motor Show
Remember how Yoko Ono asked the other day, “can someone make hybrid cars as comfortable as a Bentley, please?” This bit of news might perk her ears up.
Franz-Josef Paefgen, the head of the VW luxury brand Bentley, told the financial daily Handelsblatt in Frankfurt that his company is […]

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Posted in Bentley on Nov 5th, 2007, 7:59 pm     

Oh goodness - Autocar says Rolls-Royce, Jaguar drivers are a "minority group" and shouldn’t be persecuted

Filed under: MPG, Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Legislation and Policy

Perhaps my response to a statement released last week by Autocar is misinformed because there is some misinterpretation going on between my American English reading of British English words. The key is whether or not “minority group” carries with it the same […]

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Posted in Bentley on Nov 5th, 2007, 7:59 pm     

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