Spy Shots: ’06 Bentley Sedan

[Toronto]

http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/8362_image.jpg

looks like an S-class not just the taped on grill

http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=7508&sid=178&n=158

[budagboy2]

Ummm...S class :roll:

[tigerx]

did benz just bougth bentley??? LMFAO jk.

[gottacatchup]

no possibly way thats a bentley

[BADMIHAI]

That's not going to be a Bentley. It might be some failed prototype for the S-Klasse but there is no fucking way that is a Bentley.

[SilviaEvo]

EDIT: im a dumbass ignore me

[blah]

read the article bently stapled on the S-Class grill as camoflauge.

[gigdy]

its also got the merc symbol on the hood.

[tigerx]

i dont' think merc would let them do that.

[HeilSvenska]

That's not going to be a Bentley. It might be some failed prototype for the S-Klasse but there is no fucking way that is a Bentley.


Yet it is.


its also got the merc symbol on the hood.


it's pretty hard to see.

It's quite clever actually, like that VW prototype that camouflaged itself as a Citroen C3

[Ziploc]

wow boringest car ever

[Ian_yamaue]

Thanks for the pic Toronto.
read the article bently stapled on the S-Class grill as camoflauge.
It really worked.

[possessed_beaver]

meh..

i will give my opinions when they put the actual grill on it!

[Ian_yamaue]

My bet is that the front will look Continental GT like. In this case it will look great.

[abbor]

I fully agree with the beaver.. I can't imagine how it will look yet..

[Wutputt]

read the article bently stapled on the S-Class grill as camoflauge.
Idd, VW did the same thing with the Passat prototype (Mercedes camouflage), if my memory serves me right.


it's pretty hard to see.

It's quite clever actually, like that VW prototype that camouflaged itself as a Citroen C3
Idd it's a common trick car manufactures do. They want to draw as less as intention possible to their prototypes, so that's why they want to deceive possible viewers with camouflage so it will look like another brand, or by using a mule.


Another example of such a camouflage: the new Focus sedan, Ford uses specific stickers so it would look like the rear of a BMW 3 series.

[Toronto]

it's not just the grill that makes it look like a merc, it is the hood, and the lines of the car from the front fender to the bumber.

[Wutputt]

Extra pics:
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/B/03-large/Bentley-5-door-01.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/B/03-large/Bentley-5-door-02.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/B/03-large/Bentley-5-door-03.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/B/03-large/Bentley-5-door-04.jpg
Source: 4Car

[abbor]

I know it's not only the front that makes the car, but it matters very much!
Don't know what I think about the car overall! :roll:

[Wutputt]

it's not just the grill that makes it look like a merc, it is the hood, and the lines of the car from the front fender to the bumber.
Compare the lines of the front with a Conti GT, they look almost exactly the same (even the shape of the grill behind the camouflage). Also tge way the A-pillar smoothly flows into the V-shaped bonnet is the same as with the Conti GT.

http://newsonline.svmedia.se/release/66/pics/preview/B-Bentley_Continental_GT-p.jpg
http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/8362_image.jpg

[5vz-fe]

very very nice disguise :) But looking at the lines closely, it is clearly not as bulky as the Rolls (but of course, it is built to compete with the S-Class, can't be that bulky rite?) The more important thing should be what are the engine choices. It better have at least 400 in it or the twin tubro in the Mercedes gonna blow this away.

[Gnome]

First I thought that this is really sad. A Bentley that looks so much like a Mercedes. But if (or rather when) they stick a grill like the one on the continental GT on it and does something about those head lights, this can look good without looking too much like the Mercedes. The tail is rather Bentley'ish, if you ignore the lights. I think this definitely has potential!

This doesn't tell us too much about the final car, though. Sometimes it's the details that makes the difference between okay and beautiful cars.

[adamwich]

Nice camoflauge :lol:

[mclaren_Gt]

mmmmmmmmmmm really, dont like me much,
and it looks like a Mercedes Benz :(

[Sir_GT]

Its a fatter, bulkier, 4-door continental GT...

basically, its the conti GT without the sex appeal.

[blah]

Its a fatter, bulkier, 4-door continental GT...

basically, its the conti GT without the sex appeal.

the GT had sex appeal? :?

[gigdy]

Its a fatter, bulkier, 4-door continental GT...

basically, its the conti GT without the sex appeal.

the GT had sex appeal? :?

yeah like if u see a fat chick with an ok face and think how hot she might be if she got thin.

[antonioledesma]

It still looks like a photoshoped Maybach to me...
looks like, but we'll have to wait a little to see the results. And is it the "new" arnage?

bentley as most car makers, cut costs, etc. to save some money, and some parts are exactly the same.

I made a poor comparison:

1.- the hood/bonnet lines are the same.
2.- headlamps look to me as the same lamp, but different surroundings
3.- wheel arches have the same lines, to me look exactly the same
4.- the mirrors...maybe they're twins
5.- door handle
6.- more wheel arches, and the defense are the same
7.- the grill down lines are exact copies.
http://www.pixfiles.net/pix/351738718574834605.jpg

[HeilSvenska]

And is it the "new" arnage?


won't be called Arnage. It could very well be on sale alongside the Arnage. It will probably be called Continental Flying Spur or something. like the old one.

[Ian_yamaue]

It still looks like a photoshoped Maybach to me...
looks like, but we'll have to wait a little to see the results. And is it the "new" arnage?

bentley as most car makers, cut costs, etc. to save some money, and some parts are exactly the same.

I made a poor comparison:

1.- the hood/bonnet lines are the same.
2.- headlamps look to me as the same lamp, but different surroundings
3.- wheel arches have the same lines, to me look exactly the same
4.- the mirrors...maybe they're twins
5.- door handle
6.- more wheel arches, and the defense are the same
7.- the grill down lines are exact copies.
http://www.pixfiles.net/pix/351738718574834605.jpg
One of our photoshopers could make a projection of how it will look like, by putting the Conti GT grille and removing the stickers. :D

[antonioledesma]

One of our photoshopers could make a projection of how it will look like, by putting the Conti GT grille and removing the stickers. :D

yeah, but why make more than one photochopped pic of the car? I don't remember looking more than 2 pics of other production mules

and it isn't a BIG and VERY important carmaker to waste so much time doing all those pics

[Sir_GT]

Its a fatter, bulkier, 4-door continental GT...

basically, its the conti GT without the sex appeal.

the GT had sex appeal? :?

yeah like if u see a fat chick with an ok face and think how hot she might be if she got thin.

lol. I was about to reply saying that the conti GT has barely any wow-factor, which compounds this car's chances of getting any as well... but I think you said it better. :)

[tigerx]

lol i don't noe, the GT look pretty sexy to me.


i like em big ;) ;) ;)

[Gnome]

bentley as most car makers, cut costs, etc. to save some money, and some parts are exactly the same.
It's not just to save money. They have an image to keep. Certain aesthetic features are meant to remind you of a certain brand. Different models from the same manufacturer should look like they are related. This goes both for models of the same era, and inheritance from previous models.

[wolfster]

kinda lame...bentley=big grille...back end's alright though i guess

[HeilSvenska]

bentley=big grille


not big enough

Rolls Royce=bigger grill

Bently's grill is very conservative compared to Maybach or Rolls or Audi

http://www.rrab.com/rolls/nphantom3.jpg

What i don't like is the drab side profile

[yg60m]

The camouflage hides the lines well, i think it will be fine looking :wink:

[Toronto]

i think it is going to loose some class with the new model, i liked the old body style.

[Ian_yamaue]

Hey guys, please, take a look here.
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=254786#254786