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Klint
November 28th, 2003, 21:11
Bentley Motors' 198mph Continental GT coupe has won another prestigious award, this time the special design award, nominated by the jury of 'L'Automobile pił Bella del Mondo' (The Most Beautiful Car in the World) of 2003.

This unique award, gifted by a distinguished Italian jury of car journalists, designers, stylists, and industry luminaries, was made in recognition of 'the development of formal continuity and excellence of workmanship' shown by the Continental GT.

Dirk van Braeckel, design director for Bentley Motors said: 'This is a great honour for us and further recognition that the Continental GT is not just a beautiful car but that it also has captured the essence of the Bentley Spirit. It is also a very important award for us, as the most critical consideration in the styling of the car was that it should not only be forward looking but also utterly faithful to our heritage. This design award is further evidence that we have succeeded in that aim. Also, to receive such a tribute in Italy, a country with an unequalled reputation for style and elegance is particularly pleasing'.

This award follows that given to the series two Arnage by the L'Automobile pił Bella del Mondo' panel last year and stands as testimony to the talents of a design department that, since its inception in 1999, has not only restyled the Arnage and designed the Continental GT from scratch, but has also styled a new state limousine for Her Majesty and created a number of show stopping limousines for our Bentley Mulliner Personal Commissioning department.

The award will be formally presented to Bentley Motors at a ceremony at the Milan Triennale on 5 March 2004.

Just to remind you how beautiful the Continental GT actually is:Click Here (http://www.rs6.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2159)

:cheers:

krm
January 15th, 2004, 05:05
Any word on how many of the Arnage Limousines by Bentley Mulliner will be produced?

Bentley of Hong Kong just received their Arnage Limousine not long ago and I just happened to have seen it on the street the other night (with a stunning black Continental GT following closely behind).

The price of the Arnage Limousine in Hong Kong is HKD $12.8 million, about 1.3 million Euros. The Bentley communications manager said that the price could go much higher, given the myriad amounts of customization on offer. They could easily add another couple more million HKD dollars.

Will see if I can get some pics of it soon.

Erik
January 15th, 2004, 08:38
Originally posted by krm
Any word on how many of the Arnage Limousines by Bentley Mulliner will be produced?


Is it really limited?

For those who have no idea of what we are talking about...
It's really a custom made Bentley Arnage Limousine.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/Bentley-Arnage-1.jpg

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/Bentley-Arnage-2.jpg