March 27th, 2009
A Lebanese property developer living in England has paid 352,411 pounds (US$509,768) for license plate number “1D”, a new record in the world of collectible British license plates.
At an auction held by the DVLA, the agency which regulates British vehicle registration, the highly-coveted plate sold for a total of 285,000 pounds, but fees and taxes added nearly 70,000 pounds to the winning bid.
The winning bidder bought the plate as a birthday present for his wife and will affix it to her Bentley. After taxes and fees, it ranks as the second most expensive plate sold after “F 1″ went for 440,625 pounds last year.
January 2nd, 2009
The Queen of England is having her two $14 million bespoke Bentley limousines converted to run on biofuels, the London Daily Mail reports.
This is part of a move by the British luxury car-maker to become more environmentally friendly - and a new biofuel-burning high-performance car is expected in the New Year.
November 13th, 2008
Bentley have released the Azure T, the high performance version of their Azure convertible.
The Bentley Azure T is powered by the standard Bentley 6¾ liter V8 engine which has been tuned to give it an output of five hundred horsepower, fifty more horsepower than the standard Azure. Performance is significantly raised with a top speed of 179 mph (288 km/h) and a 0-60 mph time of just 5.2 seconds (0-100 km/h in 5.5 sec).
The Azure’s already striking form is now enhanced by 20-inch 5-spoke wheels and tyres, ‘Le Mans’ front wing vents, dark tint matrix grille and a sculpted, retractable Flying ‘B’ mascot.
Member of the Board, Sales and Marketing, Stuart McCullough comments: “The new Azure T reflects our passion for creating the world’s most exhilarating and prestigious convertibles that, true to the Bentley T tradition, blend sophistication with a powerful presence.”
The diamond Bentley key fob is of course, optional
November 9th, 2008
A diamond-studded Bentley continental car key from Alexander Amosu is just what you need to drive others crazy. The key is handset with 101 Diamonds on the Bentley famous wings with a total of 1.09 carats using Colour F, VS1 and “only” cost £5,000 (approximately $7,900).
The keys makes an excellent gift for anyone who owns a Bentley car or anyone thinking of buying one as a gift for Christmas. Amosu has already created other luxury cars keys including Lamborghini, Mercedes and Ferrari!
October 9th, 2008
Many people keep their valuables in a safe. But only a few can say they keep their valuables in a Bentley !
The exclusive German safe manufacturer Stockinger the first name in luxury safes — has teamed up with Bentley Motors Ltd. to produce two limited edition lockboxes, each the definition of style, security and extravagant waste.
The Continental and Arnage safes are designed in the same way as all Stockinger safes and designed to be impenetrable and feature numerous security mechanisms such as built in alarms and GPS trackers. To make it clear that your safe is a luxury vault, the handle features the landmark Bentley “B” right in the center !
The Continental is designed for jewelry, while watch collectors will want the Arnage which comes equipped with state-of-the-art watch winders, whose noiseless movement is guaranteed to be maintenance free for life.
Each and every bespoke safe is carefully constructed in an 18-stage process which takes several weeks to complete. The safes are available in all standard Bentley exterior colours and you can choose from one of ten interior leather hides and three wood veneer panels.
Only two hundred of each model will be available to order exclusively through Stockinger. Exclusivity isn’t cheap. The Arnage safe costs $180,000, while the Continental safe retails for about $168,000.
September 29th, 2008
Bentley Motors, manufacturer of the cars used by James Bond, announced plans this week to release a brand new “luxury” laptop computer. As we initially reported, when news of the Ego Bentley first surfaced, Bentley Motors teamed up with Ego Lifestyle on the ultra high-end laptop project (Ego Lifestyle designs and sells high-end consumer electronics).
These laptops have been around since 2003, but maybe you got yourself a new Bentley and so you might want laptop constructed with the same materials. The Ego laptop, of course, can be ordered to look like your Bentley automobile. According to the company, the color options of the lacquered inside matches the car’s most popular exterior paint colors. The external panels have been trimmed with the finest selection of Bentley leather and finished with the authentic Bentley cross-over hand-stitching, designed to match exactly an individual’s particular requirements.
Running Microsoft Vista software, the laptop has a 64-bit processor and a 160GB hard drive. And Bentley being nothing if not stylish, the notebook is encircled with a white gold frame engraved with the limited edition number.
Looking more like an expensive handbag than a laptop when it’s closed, the outside of the machine is trimmed with “Bentley leather” and styled with Bentley cross-over hand stitching. Bentley also notes that the laptop has an ergonomic, integrated handle designed to “remove the need for an unattractive bag or case.”
Coming in at a whopping $19,800, only 250 of the systems, dubbed the Ego for Bentley, will be sold. Yes I know, $20,000 seems like a lot of money for a laptop computer but in case you hadn’t noticed, we’re not the type of customers to whom Bentley caters ^_^
