CarlosAndrade
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o que acham destas jantes neste carro?
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Tópico Bentley - Apresentação novo Continental GT
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JRodrigues
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Bentley Azure
645lb ft of torque puts plenty of wind in your hair
July 2006
New Azure handles better than a 2.7-tonne car has any right to.
It’s a sobering thought that you could almost buy two Continental GTs for the price of just one Azure, Bentley’s flamboyant new flagship convertible. That said, at £222,500 it’s still £8390 less than when the previous-generation Azure last sloped out of a dealer’s showroom some three years ago. The earlier Azure had the appearance of a motorised Gucci loafer – and handling characteristics to match. So it tended to be bought by people with absolutely no interest in driving.
Since its departure there’s been a quiet revolution going on in the Bentley engineering department under the direction of Dr-Ing Ulrich Eichhorn (the gifted engineer poached from Ford by VW after the last car he engineered for Ford, the brilliant Focus, comprehensively eclipsed the then-new Mk IV Golf). Even so, the Azure has been one of the toughest assignments yet for Bentley’s new chassis guru.
The new Azure is slightly longer than the four-door Arnage on which it’s loosely based, with the body being all-new from the A-pillar back. The shallower windscreen is raked further back and the B-pillars have disappeared completely, resulting in the side-glass being completely frameless. The overall effect is of a lavish, rakish convertible that looks strikingly better than the Arnage roof-up, and roof-down exposes the sumptuous new full- four-seater interior to the outside world.
Peer underneath the car and you’ll see signs of the engineering that’s gone into the Azure to restore the body stiffness lost during the decapitation process. There are two cross-braces, made from carbonfibre (the 21st century’s wonder material’s first appearance on a roadgoing Bentley), one linking the deeper sills to the front subframe, the other connecting the sills to a reinforced rear subframe. The result is a 300 per cent increase in stiffness compared with the previous Azure, to the point where the new car is as near as dammit as stiff as the Arnage. The result is brilliant refinement and a real sense of robustness when driven over broken tarmac.
Blasting along some Italian autostradas with the hood up showed how far the Azure has progressed. Wind noise was surprisingly low, only becoming apparent at speeds above 110mph, while the nose of the car felt far more agile than that of any 2.7-tonne car has any right to. And with the venerable 6.75-litre V8 pumping out 450bhp and 645lb ft of torque, performance remains on the idiotic side of brisk for such a heavy car (5.9sec to 60, 14.4 to 100). Top speed varies depending on whether the hood is raised (174mph) or lowered (166mph), the transition taking just 25 seconds (apparently Bentley had it down to 22sec but felt that part of the folding process looked too hurried to be completely graceful so slowed it down again).
This car is a worthier flagship for Bentley, with a sense of purpose to the driving experience that was completely absent in the previous Azure as it wobbled its way around the world’s glittering hotspots. The new Azure is the sort of car we really shouldn’t like at evo yet we do. We’ll probably like it even better with a metal roof on it though. The resulting Coupe should make the perfect replacement for the illustrious Continental R.
www.evo.co.uk
645lb ft of torque puts plenty of wind in your hair
July 2006
New Azure handles better than a 2.7-tonne car has any right to.
It’s a sobering thought that you could almost buy two Continental GTs for the price of just one Azure, Bentley’s flamboyant new flagship convertible. That said, at £222,500 it’s still £8390 less than when the previous-generation Azure last sloped out of a dealer’s showroom some three years ago. The earlier Azure had the appearance of a motorised Gucci loafer – and handling characteristics to match. So it tended to be bought by people with absolutely no interest in driving.
Since its departure there’s been a quiet revolution going on in the Bentley engineering department under the direction of Dr-Ing Ulrich Eichhorn (the gifted engineer poached from Ford by VW after the last car he engineered for Ford, the brilliant Focus, comprehensively eclipsed the then-new Mk IV Golf). Even so, the Azure has been one of the toughest assignments yet for Bentley’s new chassis guru.
The new Azure is slightly longer than the four-door Arnage on which it’s loosely based, with the body being all-new from the A-pillar back. The shallower windscreen is raked further back and the B-pillars have disappeared completely, resulting in the side-glass being completely frameless. The overall effect is of a lavish, rakish convertible that looks strikingly better than the Arnage roof-up, and roof-down exposes the sumptuous new full- four-seater interior to the outside world.
Peer underneath the car and you’ll see signs of the engineering that’s gone into the Azure to restore the body stiffness lost during the decapitation process. There are two cross-braces, made from carbonfibre (the 21st century’s wonder material’s first appearance on a roadgoing Bentley), one linking the deeper sills to the front subframe, the other connecting the sills to a reinforced rear subframe. The result is a 300 per cent increase in stiffness compared with the previous Azure, to the point where the new car is as near as dammit as stiff as the Arnage. The result is brilliant refinement and a real sense of robustness when driven over broken tarmac.
Blasting along some Italian autostradas with the hood up showed how far the Azure has progressed. Wind noise was surprisingly low, only becoming apparent at speeds above 110mph, while the nose of the car felt far more agile than that of any 2.7-tonne car has any right to. And with the venerable 6.75-litre V8 pumping out 450bhp and 645lb ft of torque, performance remains on the idiotic side of brisk for such a heavy car (5.9sec to 60, 14.4 to 100). Top speed varies depending on whether the hood is raised (174mph) or lowered (166mph), the transition taking just 25 seconds (apparently Bentley had it down to 22sec but felt that part of the folding process looked too hurried to be completely graceful so slowed it down again).
This car is a worthier flagship for Bentley, with a sense of purpose to the driving experience that was completely absent in the previous Azure as it wobbled its way around the world’s glittering hotspots. The new Azure is the sort of car we really shouldn’t like at evo yet we do. We’ll probably like it even better with a metal roof on it though. The resulting Coupe should make the perfect replacement for the illustrious Continental R.
www.evo.co.uk
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MTM Bentley Continental GT (640hp with 4pipes exhaust)
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GJP
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para mim... qquer 1 deles é lindo.. mas o meu preferido vai para o continental gt...
e podermos escolher a cor dos bordados, dos cintos.... para mim é fantástico! já fiz várias simulações e ... conjugar estofos pretos com o bordado a bege... ai... n comento e as jantes de 19" ....
e podermos escolher a cor dos bordados, dos cintos.... para mim é fantástico! já fiz várias simulações e ... conjugar estofos pretos com o bordado a bege... ai... n comento e as jantes de 19" ....
JRodrigues
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Spy-shots do Coupé baseado no Azure.
A frente deve ser qualquer coisa como isto:
E o interior assim:
A frente deve ser qualquer coisa como isto:
E o interior assim:
homemdonorte
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sem dúvida que são lindos, mas ainda assim, longe da classe genuinamente britÂnica do continental T com o seu 6.75 com 890Nm 
esse sim está no top 5 dos meus carros de sonho..kero o meu preto com estofos grenã e o aluminio escovado..
esse sim está no top 5 dos meus carros de sonho..kero o meu preto com estofos grenã e o aluminio escovado..
JRodrigues
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Bentley Brooklands coupe revealed
British luxury carmaker Bentley today revealed the 2008 Brooklands coupe, described by the company as "the world's most exclusive coupe." Production will be limited to just 550 units, featuring the most powerful engine Bentley has ever produced.
Bentley's chairman Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen describes the motivation behind the new coupé: "Bentley's proud sporting pedigree, forged by the exploits of the immortal 'Bentley Boys' on the famous Brooklands racetrack in the 1920s, was the inspiration for our new coupe, capturing all the style, power and splendour of that era."
The new Bentley Brooklands possesses the most powerful V8 the company has ever produced – a 530bhp, twin-turbocharged 6.75-liter unit that also produces 1050Nm (775 pound-feet) of torque. As with the latest Arnage, the V8 engine is mated to a six-speed transmission.
Lifetime production will be strictly limited to just 550 cars, with deliveries expected to start in the first half of 2008.
The Brooklands' cabin is wider both front and rear than the previous Bentley Continental R coupe – the rear by 10 percent – and it easily exceeds the interior leg, knee and headroom of any luxury coupe on sale today.
Mais um grande coupé pela BentleyCoupe de Bentley Brooklands revelado
O carmaker luxuoso britânico Bentley revelou hoje o coupe 2008 de Brooklands, descrito pela companhia como “o coupe o mais exclusivo do mundo.” A produção será limitada a apenas 550 unidades, caracterizando o motor o mais poderoso Bentley produziu sempre.
O Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen do presidente de Bentley descreve o motivation atrás do coupé novo: De “o pedigree ostentando orgulhoso Bentley, forjado pelas façanhas “dos meninos immortal de Bentley” no racetrack famoso de Brooklands nos 1920s, era a inspiração para nosso coupe novo, capturando todo o estilo, poder e splendour dessa era.”
O Bentley novo Brooklands possui o V8 que o mais poderoso a companhia produziu sempre - um 530bhp, a unidade gêmea-turbocharged de 6.75 litros que produz também 1050Nm (775 libra-pés) do torque. Como com o Arnage o mais atrasado, o motor V8 é acoplado a uma transmissão da seis-velocidade.
A produção da vida será limitada estritamente a apenas 550 carros, com as entregas esperadas começar ao primeiro meio de 2008.
A cabine do Brooklands é uma dianteira e traseira mais largos do que o coupe continental precedente de Bentley R - a parte traseira por 10 por cento - e ele excede fàcilmente o pé, o joelho e o headroom interior de todo o coupe luxuoso na venda hoje.
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JRodrigues... so vejo cruzes :S
homemdonorte
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Continental T - Uma autêntica locomotiva
sem dúvida o meu Bentley favorito...a par do 3 litre e 4.5litre dos anos 30...á Bentley Boy!