Bentley owners usually sit on two very opposite sides of the rich people spectrum. They are conservative people who want to keep a low profile but still ride in luxury, or recording artists (or wannabes) who are out to show the whole world how wealthy they can appear. This kit is for the latter.
The Black Bisson Edition of the Continental GT by Wald takes the graceful lines of the Bentley and bolts on some attention. The edges of the body kit are rounded off with louvered styling elements. There is also a front bumper spoiler, side skirts, rear bumper spoiler, trunk spoiler and roof spoiler. Other parts offered are a suspension height reduction kit and D.T.M sports muffler exhaust system. Price tag for the body kit alone is 1,522,500 Yen (about $16,000).
While Bentley was Brit-owned, it made nicely appointed but increasingly knackered luxury saloons. Then VW bought it and within a year wheeled this monster out: 16-cylinder, 8.0-litre engine and all. It is a concept car built for the 1999 Salon Internationa de l’Auto. The Hunaudières’ name pays homage to the famous straight of Circuit de la Sarthe where Sir Tim Birkin in a “Blower Bentley” overtook Rudolf Carraciola in a Mercedes-Benz SSK at 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) with one wheel on the grass down the Hunaudières straight. Not cricket, old boy. Much better.
