Review / 2008 Bentley Brooklands |
21.06.2007
2008 Bentley BrooklandsCar-reviews /
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Article summary:
Bentley Brooklands
Exterior Design
Interior Design
Most powerful Crewe-built V8 ever
The Bentley Brooklands Specifications
When Bentley launched the 2008 Brooklands in March at Geneva Motor Show it shocked the entire world. In the good way, of course! Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen, Bentley’s Chairman and Chief Executive, said: "The interest in Brooklands since its unveiling in Geneva has exceeded our expectations. It is surely destined to become a collectors’ classic.” Me, personally I do not like this car, is too British for me, but then again I am not a big Bentley fan. They say is one of the most beautiful cars in the world, it might be, but I didn’t found its exterior beauty (because the inside is amazing). Yet!
One of the fastest luxury-coupe in the world, the Brooklands will be limited to only 500 units a year (thanks God! Imagine if you could see this car everywhere you go!) and will be priced to $330.000. And even if the first 500 units for the first year were sold out, I wonder who will pay that much for it. I mean, lets be serious, for this money you will have an Audi R8, a Porsche Turbo 997 and a BMW Z4 and you will still have money for the gas!
The car got its name after the famous British race track where Bentley was a victor in the 1920s (back then, Bentley was an icon f English motoring and had won four times the Le Mans).
The Brooklands is the coupe version of the Arnage sedan and the Azure convertible. Larger than a Continental GT, the Brooklands was designed to blend great performance and unbridled opulence and is created for an exclusive clientele. The Brooklands takes its design cues from the GT, one of the most successful cars for Bentley since its unveiling in 2004.
The Brooklands marks Bentley’s return to the luxury coupe market and reaffirms its reputation as creator of the world’s most exclusive coupe. . It is the ultimate Bentley: a stylish, four-seat, grand touring coupe with classic British proportions and muscular performance.
Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen describes the motivation behind the new coupé: “Bentley’s proud sporting pedigree, forged by the exploits of the immortal ‘Bentley Boys’ on the famous Brooklands racetrack in the 1920s, was the inspiration for our new coupé, capturing all the style, power and splendour of that era.”
The sporty design is matched with a powerful engine: the legendary Crewe-built V8 (the most powerful engine Bentley has ever done). The engine develops 530 hp and a peak torque of 774 lbs-ft.
The Bentley Brooklands is remarkably spacious cabin providing the ultimate in first-class travel for four adults at any speed. The low, fast roofline with dramatically raked front and rear screens and muscular lines give the Brooklands a distinctively sleek, sporting stance.
Each Brooklands will be hand-assembled, employing traditional coach-building techniques and the craftsmanship skills in wood veneer and leather hide for which Bentley is renowned. To ensure exclusivity, lifetime production will be strictly limited to just 550 cars, with deliveries expected to start in the first half of 2008.
Exterior Design Source: Internal
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