US: Bentley to deliver 99 GT3-Rs to North America

Bentley has clinched its first motorsport victory outside of Europe! The Continetal GT3s, which were competing in Round 12 of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge championship, finished 1st and 3rd at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah on the 13th of September. The winning Continental was piloted by Guy Smith who dominated the weekend with a fastest lap in morning practice, snatching pole in the afternoon and winning the race in the evening. Bentley has now set its sight on 2015, and will begin testing in the next month.

 Bentley unveiled its vision of a more powerful and even more efficient future with the global debut of the Bentley Hybrid Concept at the Beijing International Automotive Show. The luxury car brand also presented three Chinese debuts at the Show – the new Flying Spur V8, the new Continental GT Speed and GT V8 S. The Bentley Hybrid Concept is based on the flagship model, the Mulsanne, showing that hybrid technology can enhance even the pinnacle of luxury and performance.  Copper is used as an exterior and interior styling element to highlight the car's electrical veins from accents to the radiator grille and headlamps to copper cross stitching throughout the car's elegant leather cabin.

The ultimate expression of automotive luxury is imagined with the Bentley Grand Convertible, the most sophisticated open-top car ever created by Bentley. Iconic yet understated in style and fashioned entirely by hand from the very finest materials, this unrivalled flagship of luxury represents the ultimate in powerful, sensuous roofless motoring. Bentley Chairman and CEO, Wolfgang Dürheimer, who unveiled the car in Los Angeles, commented: “This concept demonstrates Bentley’s ability to create a pinnacle convertible Grand Tourer, while embodying elegance beyond compare. With this car we combine the opulent Mulsanne experience with the full sensory indulgence of open-air touring, continuing to unite luxury and performance in new ways. We are eagerly awaiting the response of our customers to this car. We will ensure that this car - if it reaches the roads – will be a highly exclusive, extremely limited collector’s piece.”