RE: Bentley Continental GT Mulliner revealed

[C.MW]

The front end reminds me of the face of a grasshopper. They sure can do better than this.

[cookie1600]

chelme said:

I thought it'd help to engage with the statement "...British as well" with some analysis and fact checking.

Good. So when you do your 'fact checking' perhaps you could check your own declaration that it's built by German robots. Bentley Motors has relatively few 6-axis robots in comparison to other car manufacturers, but many of them (certainly in the wood finishing department) are actually from ABB and are made in Sweden.

Thought I'd just help you too....

[napoleondynamite]

chelme said:

Helicopter123 said:

chelme said:

Helicopter123 said:

Just about perfect, and British as well.

Wonderful, just wonderful.

VAG is not British. Its German. The platform developed by Germans, is not British. The tech inside, developed by the Germans, is not British, the engine, developed by the Germans, is not British...need I go on? No. I think you would do well to read about the history of this once British marque.

Ah, but they are still built in Britain though, which is good enough for me.

You mean they are put together like one puts together a flat pack, or Lego, except in this case with the help of German built robots...all financed and led by the Germans too.

Hear hear. And another thing, did you know every one of the 5,000 odd people that work for Bentley in Crewe are GERMAN, and it is in their contract that they are only allowed to buy GERMAN things with their salary. If they buy something from a locally BRITISH owned bakery for example, they get SACKED. It makes me SICK, now where's my Daily Mail - I want to finish that delightful article on why the lovely Kate Middleton is better than that dreadful foreign princess.

[andyxxx]

I have never liked the GT – until this latest model which I think is just fantastic but having said that would choose the ‘standard’ GT over this Mulliner any day of the week as I don’t like any of the extra details.

I don't care who owns the company and am glad it is associated with GB and our work force.

[Gixer968CS]

Hideous, just hideous. It seems to me that once (almost all now) cars contain just about everything you need to drive efficiently, comfortably and connectedly manufacturers add stupid stuff we don't need - illuminated jaguars from door mirrors that light up the pavement, purple or red lights in the cabin etc etc. With expensive marques they just add horrible, bling, bad taste tat. Look an RS audi interior, or this with quilted leather and contrasting stuff all over the place. Just bad taste. Back in the day Muliner would never have embroidered it's name in a head restraint. Just an awful statement in excess. When class has evaporated and people just want to show off how rich they are. There, I feel better now

[shortar53]

Article said:

Each of the four seats, the door casings and the rear quarters get Bentley’s own diamond-in-diamond pattern quilting for the first time, with each diamond containing no fewer than 712 individual stitches that take 18 months to complete.

Each diamond takes 18 months? that's a little over 1 stitch a day.

[cookie1600]

napoleondynamite said:

Hear hear. And another thing

Oh yes and all the production line manufacturing equipment in the factory is supplied, installed and maintained by Germany companies employing only German labour. Mains services like water and electricity and piped straight in from Germany and so is all the food in the canteen.

It's the same for Rolls Royce, Honda and Toyota only use Japanese suppliers and Japanese workers who are forbidden to live near-by, pay UK mortgages or spend in their local communities.

Only Aston Martin and Morgan now employ UK staff or use UK suppliers and all of them live in small terraced houses and eat pie and mash, although the potatoes are picked by Eastern Europeans, mostly....

[irocfan]

really like this! OK I'd leave off the 'mulliner' embroidery but love the colour combo - lovely to see non-black interiors

[chelme]

cookie1600 said:

chelme said:

I thought it'd help to engage with the statement "...British as well" with some analysis and fact checking.

Good. So when you do your 'fact checking' perhaps you could check your own declaration that it's built by German robots. Bentley Motors has relatively few 6-axis robots in comparison to other car manufacturers, but many of them (certainly in the wood finishing department) are actually from ABB and are made in Sweden.

Thought I'd just help you too....

Thank you for your contribution! :-)

[Harry H]

shortar53 said:

Article said:

Each of the four seats, the door casings and the rear quarters get Bentley’s own diamond-in-diamond pattern quilting for the first time, with each diamond containing no fewer than 712 individual stitches that take 18 months to complete.

Each diamond takes 18 months? that's a little over 1 stitch a day.

Nice to see that even the traditional British work rate is still as it should be then. None of those pesky Poles doing three stitches a day.

[napoleondynamite]

cookie1600 said:

napoleondynamite said:

Hear hear. And another thing

Oh yes and all the production line manufacturing equipment in the factory is supplied, installed and maintained by Germany companies employing only German labour. Mains services like water and electricity and piped straight in from Germany and so is all the food in the canteen.

It's the same for Rolls Royce, Honda and Toyota only use Japanese suppliers and Japanese workers who are forbidden to live near-by, pay UK mortgages or spend in their local communities.

Only Aston Martin and Morgan now employ UK staff or use UK suppliers and all of them live in small terraced houses and eat pie and mash, although the potatoes are picked by Eastern Europeans, mostly....

It’s disgusting isn’t it. I’ve had it up to here with arrogant foreigners coming over here and investing billions in failing companies or new ventures. The absolute nerve of them.

[gigglebug]

napoleondynamite said:

It’s disgusting isn’t it. I’ve had it up to here with arrogant foreigners coming over here and investing billions in failing companies or new ventures. The absolute nerve of them.

I'm so fed up of the foreigners I have decided that my only option to get away from them is to move abroad somewhere where they don't allow foreigners!

[gigglebug]

andyxxx said:

I have never liked the GT – until this latest model which I think is just fantastic but having said that would choose the ‘standard’ GT over this Mulliner any day of the week as I don’t like any of the extra details.

I don't care who owns the company and am glad it is associated with GB and our work force.

Me too. Very desirable now when they wouldn't even have registered previously. Part of this is due to having owned a Ford Puma believe it or not. I loved that car but unfortunately it also succeeded in giving me an acute dislike of squeaks and rattles which I just haven't been able shake. It wouldn't have been previously but now one of my main priorities would be buying something that would banish the fear in the back of my mind that every time I go over a bump something, somewhere make itself known. I also think that they look really good both inside and out nowadays, these look perfect to me;

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Bar the number on the front.

[scottydoesntknow]

andyxxx said:

I have never liked the GT – until this latest model which I think is just fantastic but having said that would choose the ‘standard’ GT over this Mulliner any day of the week as I don’t like any of the extra details.

I don't care who owns the company and am glad it is associated with GB and our work force.

Same here. Regular cooking V8 coupe is just enough for me.

[Kawasicki]

chelme said:

Helicopter123 said:

Just about perfect, and British as well.

Wonderful, just wonderful.

VAG is not British. Its German. The platform engineered and developed by Germans, is not British. The tech inside, engineered and developed by the Germans, is not British, the engine, engineered developed by the Germans, is not British...need I go on? No. This is as British as a Tikka Masala is Indian. I think you would do well to read about the history of this once British marque.

Edited by chelme on Wednesday 19th February 18:58

I think you would do well to not post incorrect information.

[ate one too]

As any fule kno ... peel away the body of any Bentley and you'll find the innards of a Volkswaggen or worse one of them Ruritanian Skoders.

p.s. read the Daily Express for more facts....

[iphonedyou]

That's lovely!

[mynameistim]

looks great! I dont care where it was built

[n4aat]

Would love to see the photos, as eluded to in the article.

[Wills2]

Harry H said:

shortar53 said:

Article said:

Each of the four seats, the door casings and the rear quarters get Bentley’s own diamond-in-diamond pattern quilting for the first time, with each diamond containing no fewer than 712 individual stitches that take 18 months to complete.

Each diamond takes 18 months? that's a little over 1 stitch a day.

Nice to see that even the traditional British work rate is still as it should be then. None of those pesky Poles doing three stitches a day.

I reckon I could sell them some sewing machines that could put productivity through the roof!