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OK... OK... I appreciate that this is a Bentley and I am on the Aston Forum.. BUT... After many years on here I 'Hopefully' still have a few friends that might be interested in what I replaced my DB9 with (Project Blofeld).
Blofeld is now having a happy life in New Zealand and as a few of you know I replaced it with a 2010 Bentley Continental GT Speed (51-Series). Most of you also know I just HAVE to tweak and mess around with my cars. As it is already pushing over 600bhp there is no need to do anything there so I thought I would have a play with the appearance.
Bentley don't do Mud-Flaps for the 2010 Continentals so the sills were pretty badly stone chipped. I decided to have them taken off and re-painted but while it was there I went for the full de-chrome as I wanted a stealthy and meaner look. It won't be for everyones taste but I think it has transformed the car.
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Blofeld is now having a happy life in New Zealand and as a few of you know I replaced it with a 2010 Bentley Continental GT Speed (51-Series). Most of you also know I just HAVE to tweak and mess around with my cars. As it is already pushing over 600bhp there is no need to do anything there so I thought I would have a play with the appearance.
Bentley don't do Mud-Flaps for the 2010 Continentals so the sills were pretty badly stone chipped. I decided to have them taken off and re-painted but while it was there I went for the full de-chrome as I wanted a stealthy and meaner look. It won't be for everyones taste but I think it has transformed the car.
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No seriously it looks really nice and LOVE that wheel design - well I would wouldn't I!!!
brakedwell said:
"Whats that apart from very nice"
A £120K Vantage V8/12 sized 2 seater, which was planned for 2018/9, if VW approves the funding. It was shown at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, unfortunately Brexit has delayed the decision to produce it.
The new Conti GT to be revealed later this year has basically taken on the styling of that concept. It's bigger obviously, but has the athleticism of the concept and lower nose. A £120K Vantage V8/12 sized 2 seater, which was planned for 2018/9, if VW approves the funding. It was shown at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, unfortunately Brexit has delayed the decision to produce it.
Edited by brakedwell on Tuesday 18th July 12:07
Beefmeister said:
brakedwell said:
"Whats that apart from very nice"
A £120K Vantage V8/12 sized 2 seater, which was planned for 2018/9, if VW approves the funding. It was shown at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, unfortunately Brexit has delayed the decision to produce it.
The new Conti GT to be revealed later this year has basically taken on the styling of that concept. It's bigger obviously, but has the athleticism of the concept and lower nose. A £120K Vantage V8/12 sized 2 seater, which was planned for 2018/9, if VW approves the funding. It was shown at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, unfortunately Brexit has delayed the decision to produce it.
Edited by brakedwell on Tuesday 18th July 12:07
Flugplatz said:
Love the shape but have no interest in electric cars 
That was only the convertible version they showed at Geneva this year. That was a technological display, never going into production in that format.The small sub-Conti model has all but been dropped - as I said the styling has been adopted by the new Conti.
Bentley have improved the shape of the Conti overtime.
it was a bit of a lump and never looked elegant,in the way an AM does,albeit it had,and has,a somewhat brutal road presence.
I was never keen on the shape of the rear haunches,it always looked,to me,as if they run out of ideas and settled for "it will have to do".
The lines of todays Conti coupe and particularly the roadster flow more sympathetically and the pic of the newest Conti looks like another styling improvement.
I have read good stuff about performance and overall quality.
IMO the AM Rapide,its most obvious AM competitor,is much more elegant but suffers,as usual,with a restricted rear seat space.
Thankfully it has all but lost the Footballer image which put many people off of owning one.
Overall I have been impressed by the current Bentley range.
Edited to add....
No disrespect implied to David,the OP,who I had had the pleasure to meet,at Burghley,when he had his Aston.
it was a bit of a lump and never looked elegant,in the way an AM does,albeit it had,and has,a somewhat brutal road presence.
I was never keen on the shape of the rear haunches,it always looked,to me,as if they run out of ideas and settled for "it will have to do".
The lines of todays Conti coupe and particularly the roadster flow more sympathetically and the pic of the newest Conti looks like another styling improvement.
I have read good stuff about performance and overall quality.
IMO the AM Rapide,its most obvious AM competitor,is much more elegant but suffers,as usual,with a restricted rear seat space.
Thankfully it has all but lost the Footballer image which put many people off of owning one.
Overall I have been impressed by the current Bentley range.
Edited to add....
No disrespect implied to David,the OP,who I had had the pleasure to meet,at Burghley,when he had his Aston.
Edited by avinalarf on Tuesday 18th July 20:22
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