Saw a new white Bentley Continental GT coupe on the road yesterday. With
19 inch wheels, the car is beautifully proportioned, and with a 6 liter 12 cylinder engine, it probably goes as fast as it looks.A few hours later, I saw it on the side of the road broken down :-(
I guess having a car cost as much as an average house doesn't necessarily get you reliability...
If you can afford a car that expensive, maintenance costs and gas mileage should be the least of your worries. :-)
IIRC, these are now made by Volkswagen? Or is it BMW..
either way...
The Bentley Continental GT Coupe has a W12 engine, which sounds VW-ish.
Maybe the owner doesn't have to worry about maintenance costs and gas mileage, but reliability would be a good thing as well.
Yup, that is correct.
The former Master Race over in Wolfberg has enough trouble trying to assemble the Econo-boxes they are charging $30K for, and breaking down on a regular basis, what the HELL made them think they could build a $265,000 car any better?
Imagine...a VW quality car with an exotic sticker...
I've only seen 2 Phaetons on the road (1 had dealer plates) - they look like a Jetta or Passat with a $70,000 price tag. VW seems to have a little trouble moving the Phaeton off the lots, perhaps they'll have better luck with another brand.
Not if they keep building Junkyard Fodder!
Volkswagens are really well thought out, well engineered cars with enthusiasts in mind.
If they could just screw the damn things together properly...
At least a 12 cylinder Mercedes or BMW look like luxury cars...
Ouch! That would make a 12 cyl Phaeton desirable only as a company car if you work for VW.
VW. I used to live near the what was then Rolls Royce plant at Crewe. When RR got into money troubles (again) Vickers engineering sold it off. VW came along, thought they were getting the Bentley, and RR names and the plant. Vickers had carefully worded it that they only got the Rolls Royce factory, and the Bentley brand. They didn't consider VW upmarket enough to make RRs so they sold that brand to BMW who created the opera house on wheels that is the Phantom.
VW decided to exploit the sporting as much as the luxury. They created the W12 engine (same as in the VW Phaeton, top of the range Taureg and the base for the Bugatti Veyron if it ever sees daylight). There is a sedan/saloon/limo version of the Continental Coupe, called the flying spur. Just as fast, but not as sporty. Ideal for transcontinental lolloping. Leave Paris, set cruise, fall asleep, wake up in Istambul, wake the passengers LOL.
Bad thing to do with a VW...it'll probably blow up if you're not watching the guages...
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