RE: Driven: Bentley Continental Supersports
Discussion
are they seriously suggesting that one department just happened to be developing a better gearbox at the same time as another department just happened to be hopping the engine up at the same time as another dept just happened to be looking into weight saving.
Don't give us this 'charmingly eccentric british purveyor of motor vehicles' line, this was as planned as the latest GT* version of the 911
it doesn't make the car any less desirable, so why even say it?
it's a car that i have always liked, but as alluded to in the article, it has indeed suffered by association with the orange cheshire set and as such i have never been particularly tempted to own one.
Don't give us this 'charmingly eccentric british purveyor of motor vehicles' line, this was as planned as the latest GT* version of the 911
it doesn't make the car any less desirable, so why even say it?
it's a car that i have always liked, but as alluded to in the article, it has indeed suffered by association with the orange cheshire set and as such i have never been particularly tempted to own one.
We're all guilty of espousing snobbish biases but in an era of mass production the true petrol head must eschew this prejudicial temptation in favour of objective assessment.
The seeming incongruity between 'classic' brands, notions of associated characters and romantic legend when considered against the sort of knuckle scraping illiterates too often seen helming the modern cars (invariably with an outstretched Popeye forearm throttling the wheel at 12 o'clock) is certainly depressing but must be held in check...
In abstract, I love it to bits.
How could I not?
The only factors differentiating this and a Towns styled Vantage are tertiary; modernity, ubiquity, the aforementioned 'issues' and, er, nowt else.
Frankly, the trick is to acknowledge the PHer who might, applaud them and not succumb to lazy, populist bias.
The seeming incongruity between 'classic' brands, notions of associated characters and romantic legend when considered against the sort of knuckle scraping illiterates too often seen helming the modern cars (invariably with an outstretched Popeye forearm throttling the wheel at 12 o'clock) is certainly depressing but must be held in check...
In abstract, I love it to bits.
How could I not?
The only factors differentiating this and a Towns styled Vantage are tertiary; modernity, ubiquity, the aforementioned 'issues' and, er, nowt else.
Frankly, the trick is to acknowledge the PHer who might, applaud them and not succumb to lazy, populist bias.
Zod said:
Blingtastic!
Not for me, but lots of the kind of person who buys Louis Vuitton monogrammed suitcases will buy these.
sorry, but you are wrong there.Not for me, but lots of the kind of person who buys Louis Vuitton monogrammed suitcases will buy these.
you could level it at the standard offering, but the one pictured has no exterior chrome that i can see from a casual glance, is black with smoked alloys.
What exactly is bling about it?
johnpeat said:
Ostentatious pretty-much means vulgar (and/or pretentious or showy) so that's like saying something is dark and black or shiny and bright... 
I've seen plenty of shiny black cars... in fact, there are several in this article.also, you can get matte orange lambos - and they're quite bright.
more like loud and noisy or quiet and peaceful, I'd say.
Back on topic, that car looks Epic from some angles, and I'd imagine one of the best if you need to cover mega miles at mega speeds
Greg_D said:
sorry, but you are wrong there.
you could level it at the standard offering, but the one pictured has no exterior chrome that i can see from a casual glance, is black with smoked alloys.
What exactly is bling about it?
How can I be wrong? It's a subjective judgement.you could level it at the standard offering, but the one pictured has no exterior chrome that i can see from a casual glance, is black with smoked alloys.
What exactly is bling about it?
The Continental GT is and always has been overweight, oversized and vulgar.
We all have our prejudices (look at any BMW or Audi thread). This is one of mine. I wouldn't be seen dead in one.
As ever, Derestrictor has spoken with clarity that only Debeers could achieve. Simply put, just because footballers or Russian Oligarchs can afford and indeed purchase such boundary pushing/technology advances in machinery doesn't mean they are vulgar. how could a 170k car not be classed so in the proletariat eyes. Bentley has moved on at a breathtaking pace and has produced an enormously capable machine that people who can only work there feet twice a week can manage to keep on the narrow strip of asphalt. Everything about the Bentley oozes the best that money can buy, taste? no one else but you can decide what you consider tasteful.
Hmm think you may have started something here MrD
Indeed, How could you not!
Hmm think you may have started something here MrD
Indeed, How could you not!
derestrictor said:
We're all guilty of espousing snobbish biases but in an era of mass production the true petrol head must eschew this prejudicial temptation in favour of objective assessment.
The seeming incongruity between 'classic' brands, notions of associated characters and romantic legend when considered against the sort of knuckle scraping illiterates too often seen helming the modern cars (invariably with an outstretched Popeye forearm throttling the wheel at 12 o'clock) is certainly depressing but must be held in check...
In abstract, I love it to bits.
How could I not?
The only factors differentiating this and a Towns styled Vantage are tertiary; modernity, ubiquity, the aforementioned 'issues' and, er, nowt else.
Frankly, the trick is to acknowledge the PHer who might, applaud them and not succumb to lazy, populist bias.
The seeming incongruity between 'classic' brands, notions of associated characters and romantic legend when considered against the sort of knuckle scraping illiterates too often seen helming the modern cars (invariably with an outstretched Popeye forearm throttling the wheel at 12 o'clock) is certainly depressing but must be held in check...
In abstract, I love it to bits.
How could I not?
The only factors differentiating this and a Towns styled Vantage are tertiary; modernity, ubiquity, the aforementioned 'issues' and, er, nowt else.
Frankly, the trick is to acknowledge the PHer who might, applaud them and not succumb to lazy, populist bias.
Zod said:
The Continental GT is and always has been overweight, oversized and vulgar.
We all have our prejudices (look at any BMW or Audi thread). This is one of mine. I wouldn't be seen dead in one.
Wrt, Herr Z, Bentleys have always been very heavy.We all have our prejudices (look at any BMW or Audi thread). This is one of mine. I wouldn't be seen dead in one.
They have always been large.
Vulgarity?
No, no, that just will not do, especially from the quill of counsel of yon eminence.
All these 'post classic era GT' moderns are too easily condemned, thus; including your delicious DB9 which let's be honest, appears in numbers across the land to rob the marque, at least in part, of memories of a mystique which characterised its majesty during one's youth.
Ditto Ferrari, Lamborghini and to a lesser degree, Porsche.
Does that mean I'm less inclined to fake an I.D. to The Petrocelli Goddam Alpha Male Appreciation Soc in order to relieve you of that very emotional control unit?
Doth it hellers like!
All of the marques that excited me as a child have become much more commonplace and their equivalent today is probably Pagani - you almost never see one unfortunately.
Yes, I understand that Bentleys have always been big (hence the classic quip about lorries), but these ones with the Audi gearchange gate just don't have the class of an Azure. My DB9 has a V for Volvo embossed in the underside of its wing mirrors, but I can pretend that's not there. If I had a Continental, I'd forever see the gearchange gate that looks the same as the ones onteh A4s along my street.
Yes, I understand that Bentleys have always been big (hence the classic quip about lorries), but these ones with the Audi gearchange gate just don't have the class of an Azure. My DB9 has a V for Volvo embossed in the underside of its wing mirrors, but I can pretend that's not there. If I had a Continental, I'd forever see the gearchange gate that looks the same as the ones onteh A4s along my street.
With the exception of one detail, the third brake light strip on the top of the rear window that to me is overdone, and dare I say it 'vulgar', I have always liked these and couldn't care a jot about the image or the Phaeton undercrackers.
However my view is that the Speed is the zenith and the Supersport doesn't add any further appeal.
I took this snap on the stand in 2010 to highlight the comedic size of the front discs (from the Speed) but the perspective may be lost as you can't tell how big that chap is and he well be the anti-Kylie Minoge (large and perfectly formed) as it looks rather modest (but he is standing a meter or so in front of it).
However my view is that the Speed is the zenith and the Supersport doesn't add any further appeal.
I took this snap on the stand in 2010 to highlight the comedic size of the front discs (from the Speed) but the perspective may be lost as you can't tell how big that chap is and he well be the anti-Kylie Minoge (large and perfectly formed) as it looks rather modest (but he is standing a meter or so in front of it).
I think the connection with the Bentley and vulgarity stems from Jezza Clarkson's opinions. Hes constantly slating footballers (rightly or wrongly) and extraordinary looking people who spend lots of money to look so cheap. Even the Range Rover hasn't escaped the Range Rooney as he calls it
Alot of these "tuning" houses dont help either look at the all carbon fibre DB9 from Mansory a bit OTT.
Alot of these "tuning" houses dont help either look at the all carbon fibre DB9 from Mansory a bit OTT.
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