Funny about that. A couple of years ago I had a wheel on my Ferrari 456 refinished. When I went to pick it up the guy who did the work asked which car was mine and I pointed to my 300 (stock grill, BTW). He said, “Oh, is that your Bentley? Sweet!” I sort of laughed, because I thought he was needling me. Then he asked me again about the Bentley and I realized that he was serious. I told him it was a Chrysler and he thought I was kidding.

That’s some claim to fame.

I’m not really into convertibles (for the same $200k I’d probably get a 612) but I think I’d rather have an SL65 than the Bentley. Lots of car but perhaps less flash.

Brilliant. I hate those stupid sunglasses. Makes me want to punch girls who wear them in the face.

Marry one and you will soon find out. Some time we can share a beer and I will tell you about the spectacularly wealthy suburb I grew up in (I wasn’t one, regrettably) and how much rich chicks suck (no, not a double entendre).

And if you look closely, some of the pictures were taken on Kelley’s Island, now guess which ones.

And the GTC is not really all that bad, just not all that great. It was a very nice car, but when the Jag XF I’m driving feels, drives, and performs better, it kinda leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, especially at that price point. And if you want to know the criteria I evaluate an exotic, its this:

-Does it feel just as special cruising Highway 1 near Big Sur, cresting the Continental Divide in Colorado, and getting groceries as it does in the middle of Times Square.

@ Dolo54, you got mail!

Just get a Dodge Charger and paste $200,000 onto it.

If you’re rich and a real ‘car guy’ there are scads of other cars that don’t look like, well, a brick.

Anyone who passes up something like a Quattroporte sedan or Italian exotic for this lump of manure deserves what she gets.

Wonder what price of gas it’ll be or be any at all?
King Abdullah’s has the vision that my son or grandson will be riding Camels again.

The Chrysler 300c when done up with wire mesh grille, it does have an eerie resemblance of these new Bentleys.
When buying a reg Bentley is not enough the haves need bespoken too so nobody can out do mines, leave the Jones in the dust so to speak.

Despite it’s Teutonic roots, I think the car as a whole, coupe or roadster, is gorgeous, sensual and satisfying. Just imagine Anthony Hopkins uttering the word “erotic” in the voice of Lektor. Then again, I haven’t driven one. My mom thought these cars were only $60,000 because she sees them around Los Angeles all the time. Only if.

911s are a dime a dozen. I don’t know one enthusiast that doesn’t find an Aston, Lambo or Bugatti (come on, the Veyron is one of the most amazing cars in the world) more exciting than a 911. Especially the non-GT2/GT3 versions that have lackluster performance for their price points

If I recall correctly, The Bentley would more out of place there than Paris would in a Walmart.

I can tell the people who drive this car are well off. AND REALLY CAN AFFORD TO BUY THIS CAR

And I won’t dare buy this car. The Excise tax will kill me. I rather put the money on gas and buy a dozen Mitsubishi MieV electric vehicle on 2009 with a Hp equivalent to a car with turbo.

I remember Paris Hilton asked Miss Richie on their tv series.

Paris asked What is Walmart? Richie said it is one of the famous big store in America and Paris said never heard of it. LOL

Thats what I call Super Rich never shop at Walmart and she doesn’t even know the store exist.

If you don’t mind could you email the pics you took of us in it? dolo54 at yahoo. Thanks.

Those VW made wannabe exotics are a dime a dozen! They do show up anywhere and everywhere. I can count at least 4 Bentley GTs and 3 Gallardos that I see regularly in the “hood”.

The same can be said for the “new” ex-Ford Aston Martins. While they have a nice shape to them under close inspection they are really no big deal. The dealer on Northern Blvd on Long Island appears to always have about TEN of these thing parked in an open lot. That fact alone says a lot about how special (or not)these things are.

All of these cars appear to suffer the “bastard” effect of lackluster expensive cars; All can be found with the greatess of ease on the used car market and purchased for about half the new price.

The real problem with the new AM, Bentley, Bugatti, and Lamborghini is that all of these car lack any history or heritage. They exist simple so larger automakers can “pimp” an old name for some new glory basically using off the shelf parts.

Definiately NOT my definition of of what a high-end auto should be and IMO this strategy will only hurt the eurpean auto industry in the long run. If “top of the line”, EXOTIC products no longer need to be unique, the Japanese auto industry will soon take over the rest of the world.

A simple 911 will get you more respect on the street and with real enthusiast than any of these cars.

Frankly, the world does need more Bentley’s as it means there are more successful people. Keep in mind that you could be too!

Not to start a flame war, but I’d like to point out that “successful” may mean something else than “making buckets of money”. It can be raising kids, building the house you want, memorizing the dictionary, or simply doing nothing special at all, and being very happy. “Successful” is too subjective to be defined narrowly.

“is just cheap enough that rich, but not wealthy people may stretch slightly above their means to get one”

Looking around Toronto, they stretch slightly above their means to get one AND a set of particularly lurid rims and low profile tires (no spinners yet, thank God). Bentley went slightly downmarket in price, but massively downmarket in class.

If you would have plunged the car into Lake Erie, half of the water would have splashed out.