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Funkymonkey · 03-10-05, 02:16 PM

This is my first post here and i registered just for this.
I had the privilge of bieng able to attend the launch of this car last night in Preston with the Ribble valley dealership.
While we were waiting for the unvieling itself, my old man and I were discussing the pictures of the car from various angles which were all around the place. Almost instantly we both decided it could be the S-type's bigger brother, as from most angles it looks strikingly similar.

When you get in to the car, the first thing i noticed was just how much plastic there was! its everywhere! To me, this was a major dissapointment and kind of spoils the car as a whole.

There is no doubt that arnage buyers wont be changing to this model any time soon and that its aimed squarly at S-class merc, 7-series and Jag XJ owners looking to go upmarket a bit.

There is no doubt though, at £115,000 this car is excellent value as there is nothing in the marketplace that can begin to compare on a like for like basis.

This car drives like no bentley before, except for the GT of course and is a beautiful place to be, however i think its just been influence too much by the german accountants.

As for my old man, he's sticking with his SL55 for now. He put a deposit down fot the GT convertable, from what i was able to get from the bentley guys its about 2 years off, probably launching around the end of 2006, it looks amazing, probably a soft top, 4 seats, but its not official yet. It has to go through a number of development stages so at the moment its nothing more than a concept. I did manage to find out that the order list has about 250 deposits already, possibly more!

03-10-05, 02:16 PM	#12
Funkymonkey Join Date: 03-10-05 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	This is my first post here and i registered just for this. I had the privilge of bieng able to attend the launch of this car last night in Preston with the Ribble valley dealership. While we were waiting for the unvieling itself, my old man and I were discussing the pictures of the car from various angles which were all around the place. Almost instantly we both decided it could be the S-type's bigger brother, as from most angles it looks strikingly similar. When you get in to the car, the first thing i noticed was just how much plastic there was! its everywhere! To me, this was a major dissapointment and kind of spoils the car as a whole. There is no doubt that arnage buyers wont be changing to this model any time soon and that its aimed squarly at S-class merc, 7-series and Jag XJ owners looking to go upmarket a bit. There is no doubt though, at £115,000 this car is excellent value as there is nothing in the marketplace that can begin to compare on a like for like basis. This car drives like no bentley before, except for the GT of course and is a beautiful place to be, however i think its just been influence too much by the german accountants. As for my old man, he's sticking with his SL55 for now. He put a deposit down fot the GT convertable, from what i was able to get from the bentley guys its about 2 years off, probably launching around the end of 2006, it looks amazing, probably a soft top, 4 seats, but its not official yet. It has to go through a number of development stages so at the moment its nothing more than a concept. I did manage to find out that the order list has about 250 deposits already, possibly more!