Newport Concours D'Elegance 2011

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Chris Raymond and William Cardaro did a wonderful and interesting post about this show.

If you like the tease here, go to ChrisOnCars for the whole shebang.

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2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Series 51

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Series 51 represents Bentley design at its most vibrant. It allows customers of both Continental Flying Spur and Flying Spur Speed to order 'off the peg' from an innovative and exclusive range of recommended combinations created by Bentley's colour and trim designers at the company's headquarters in Crewe, England, as Dirk van Braeckel, Bentley's director of design comments:



"The Series 51 design concept is inspired by the spirit of the inaugural Bentley styling department in Crewe established by the gifted John Blatchley, who shaped the original and iconic 1950s Bentley Continentals. Today, it provides for a virtually bespoke ordering service due to the thousands of configurations available through Bentley's expansive colour and trim catalogue."



First offered on the Continental GT and GTC in 2009, Bentley's colour and trim team has now created no fewer than14 unique Series 51 designs for the Continental Flying Spur and Flying Spur Speed, enabling customers to tailor their cars to their individual tastes as Melinda June-Jenkins, manager of colour and trim, explains:"Each Series 51 Flying Spur is instantly recognisable - most notably in the cabin area - where the colour and trim team has created a wide selection of three-tone interiors demonstrating the full potential of the company's vast colour palette."



For Series 51 designs, the Bentley styling team operates on a 'rule of three' principle to create complex but harmonising colour schemes of depth and beauty, inspired by a customer's simple choice of three contrasting colours. With luxurious wood veneers and leather hides as the main canvas, the colour and trim specialists begin with a main interior colour (typically a darker shade) and then select a second insert colour to provide an eye-catching contrast. A critical skill is identifying the third 'accent' colour for the stitching and piping.



The selection of wood veneers or aluminium panels for the dashboard either complements the overall look or provides even greater contrast if the customer so desires.



Bentley has reserved the limited-edition Sapelli Pomelle veneer (which provides a rare, naturally occurring quilted effect in the wood) for the Series 51 Flying Spur and a range of further options, including Bentley's leather trimmed child seat and scatter cushions for the rear seats, may also be specified to further complement the exclusive design.



Whilst the 14 options for the Series 51 Flying Spur provide customers with the opportunity to select some of Bentley's most eye-catching design work, the colour and trim team is also more than happy to create even more bespoke designs, knowing they have only shown a fraction of the possibilities, as Melinda-June Jenkins explains:



"One of the most exciting aspects of the Series 51 designs is the feedback from Bentley customers and their desire to explore further what we can offer. Series 51 provides just a starting point and now we are creating designs which make an even stronger and more personal statement."



Striking range of Series 51 duo-tone paint options



The same imaginative use of colour is extended to the coachwork of all Series 51 Continental Flying Spurs. A range of striking John Blatchley-inspired duo-tone paint options, with one accent colour sweeping from the bonnet, over the roof and onto the bootlid, may be specified.



The paint range encompasses cool and crisp hues through to rich and fiery shades and everything in between with the Bentley colour and trim team recommending one of the three selected interior colours to complement and highlight the relationship between inside and out.



Bentley has also created a unique Series 51 graphite-finished nine-spoke, 19-inch sports alloy wheel, while twin Series 51 wing badges, positioned behind the front wheel arches, complete the bespoke look.



As a further sporting touch, all the latest Continental Flying Spurs, including Series 51 models, may now be specified with distinctive blue brake callipers and front wing vents styled by Bentley's head of exterior design, Raul Pires. These sleek vents, positioned to the rear of the front wheel arches, are set into a uniquely tooled wing panel and feature a black or chrome mesh finish.



Advanced and intuitive touchscreen infotainment technology



All 2012 model year Bentley Continental Flying Spur and Supersports coupe and convertible models are now equipped with a new, highly-advanced touchscreen infotainment system that provides rich map imagery and a 30GB on-board hard drive.



An 8-inch screen displays the car's audio system, telephone, ride and comfort settings as well as the very latest navigation system, which uses both an in-car hard-disc drive and a DVD player to access route data. It also utilises dynamic navigation to avoid heavy traffic spots, locates destinations using geo-tagged photos from an SD memory card and is Google Maps-compatible for most markets.



The infotainment system, with 7-digit postcode entry, combines touchscreen controls and classic Bentley knurled rotary switches to offer instant usability and crystal-clear feedback. The graphic interface of the screen was specified by Bentley's interior design team to ensure its visuals are wholly in keeping with the classic, handcrafted interior. The 'knurled' switches on the screen for example, are 'virtual' echoes of the knurled texture of the jewel-like rotary switches below.



The latest Continental Flying Spur and Supersports models also benefit from telephone and music player connectivity, digital television (where available) and DVD movie playback. Music can be played and controlled directly from an iPod as well as from a six-disc CD changer, SD card reader or directly from the car's hard-disc drive, which can store up to 15GB of music.



The new infotainment system is complemented by a new driver information panel (DIP) located in the main instrument cluster. The new wide-screen DIP employs TFT technology and enhanced graphics provide the driver with clear and easily accessible information about a wide range of car systems. These include the setting of head lamp 'coming home' controls, door locking and mirror functions while providing significantly improved control of such features as phone pairing and bluetooth media connectivity.



The new 2012 model year Continental Flying Spur, Flying Spur Speed and their Series 51 design options, together with the 2012 Supersports coupe and convertible models go on sale from March 2011.

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Thrupp and Maberly

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Charles Thrupp Ltd. was established as a wagon maker in 1760 and merged with Maberly 1858 to form Thrupp & Maberly Ltd. in London.  1896 brought it into the automobile world by building an electric so-called "Victoria Carriage" to Spain's Queen Mary.

 Later, many bodies came to be built at Rolls Royce, as the Silver Ghost limousine 1912th 

 One of the more unusual creations of that time, Thames Iron Works built this stagecoach-like thing, a "Stagecoach" in 1913, and Thrupp & Maberly was the body maker.

 This special Bentley was built for the Nawab of Bhopal for the purpose of tiger hunting, the Indian upper class main hobby. A Bentley 6 ½ liter was completed with an open body, ammunition boxes, gun racks and generators.  A veritable "Killing Machine" from 1926.

 Rolls Royce 20HP Landaulet limousine from the same year.

Here's a great Mercedes-Benz 710SS with roadster bodywork. 

 Sporty Bentley 4 liter tourer built in 1929

In 1929 they undertook a different mission, they built the body of Henry Seagraves formidable "Golden Arrow" with a Napier-Lion W-12 aircraft engine, 23 liters and nearly 1,000 horses. Seagraves set the world record at Daytona Beach March 11, 1929.The car has not been run since.

 Bentley's big 8 liter model with Thrupp-body 1930.

Rolls Royce exceeded 20HP as "lo-Rolls" this one from Thrupp & Maberly 1930.  

And a coupe in the same chassis model 1930 

 Of the 100 built Bentley 8 litre cars with Thrupp & Maberly bodywork, this sporty low-profile limousine from 1931.

 And a Bentley 4 liter 1932

 Rolls Royce Phantom II roadster body 1932 

Phantom II Tourer 1933

Bentley convertible with Sedanca-body-1934 

The streamlining was in vogue well into the 30s and Thrupp & Maberly built this Bentley coupe Airline

And this 3.5 liter Airline saloon 1934 

 Sweeping lines but more restrained designs seen on this Bentley saloon of the same year.

 1934 was a tremendously productive year for Thrupp & Maberly, this Rolls Royce Phantom II is addressed as the "Star of India" for Sahib of Rajkotm, a very luxurious car which was often used for tiger hunting in colonial India 

 Continental saloon in Rolls Royce Phantom II chassis

  Bentley 3.5 liter Airline Coupe from 1935

 Rolls Royce Phantom III with stylish convertible in 1937 by Thrupp & Maberly

 Lagonda was tabling large manufacturers, and their V12 Rapide was England's fastest car at the time, nearly 200 V12 Lagonda's were built and one got the body from Thrupp & Maberly. 

 Sunbeam-Talbot 4 litre saloon built by Thrupp & Maberly 1938

Sunbeam Talbot Alpine 1948-55

 Singer Gazelle, that of 1959

 Hillman Super Minx as Cabrioet 1963

 Hillman Minx, 1952

 Then Humber was a heavily built wagon, it was their chassis that was used for these four-wheel drive vehicles for the British War Office, Thrupp & Maberly designed the body.

 Automobile Club is about as old as the car itself. Here we see a brave bunch of belonging to the Los Angeles Automobile Club, which is out on its first outing. The place is Hollywood on the road now known as Sunset Boulevard in 1904.

For the entire post and more go to http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/

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Bentley Sport Cars Bentley Silver Wings Concept

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The British carmaker Bentley, owned by Volkswagen Group had displayed a W16 powered super sports cars at the Geneva Motor show. The project was conceived as a virtual mid-engined successor to the 1999 Hunaudieres Concept. The front end of this vehicle features an aggressive front splitter and air intake set up to emulate the F22 Jet and is characterized by the trademark Bentley domed grill and twin circular headlights.

The Bentley Silver Wings Concept also features a raised beltline and diminishing character lines that help define the supercar embodiment of this concept and elongate the rear-end of this vehicle. This really is the Bentley of supercars...

Dubbed the Bentley Sport Cars Bentley Silver Wings Concept, the concept is inspired by the brand’s racing heritage as well as the F22 Raptor jet fighter. Bentley Silver Wings Concept is the usual hodgepodge of design elements from Aston Martin, Zonda, Saleen and Bentley of course, but it still has a certain charm about it.

Bentley Sport Cars Bentley Silver Wings Concept

The Silver Wing concept car uses a harmonious mix between mid-engine layout and aggressive design cues. The front end uses an aggressive layout built around Bentley’s characteristic domed grille and headlights that draw inspiration from the company’s current design language. The exterior also includes large rear air intakes for the rear brakes, and the 20" or 21" alloy wheels.

Shawn Wood and Guohua Cheng are two industrial designers recently graduated from the Industrial Design course at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (TAFA), China. They are two college kids from China have come up with something that will blow your mind completely. The W16 display car, which was a concept called the Hunaudières had a cab-forward design with sleek looks and was done up in British Racing Green. The concept cars had more chrome than Ludacris’ Escalade.

Bentley Sport Cars Bentley Silver Wings Concept

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Bentley Continental GT (2012)

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

• ENGINE
  • Type: 6-litre twin-turbocharged W12
  • Max Power: 567bhp / 423kW / 575PS @ 6000 rpm
  • Max Torque: 700Nm / 516lb/ft @ 1700 rpm
• TRANSMISSION
  • ZF 6-speed automatic with quickshift and steering wheel-mounted paddleshift
  • Driveline: Continuous all-wheel drive (40:60 rear bias)
  • Ratios:
    • 1st - 4.17
    • 2nd - 2.34
    • 3rd - 1.52
    • 4th - 1.14
    • 5th - 0.87
    • 6th - 0.69
    • Final drive: 3.526
• BODY CONSTRUCTION
  • Steel monocoque
• BRAKES
  • Front: 405mm ventilated discs (optional 420mm Carbon Silicon Carbide, cross drilled)
  • Rear: 335mm ventilated discs (optional 356mm, Carbon Silicon Carbide, cross drilled)
• WHEELS AND TYRES
  • 9.5J x 20" (optional 9.5J x 21")
  • 275/40ZR 20 (optional 275/35 ZR21 linked to option wheels)
• STEERING
  • Type: rack & pinion, power assisted, speed-sensitive ZF servotronic
  • Turns lock to lock: 2.6 turns
  • Turning circle: 11.3m
• SUSPENSION
  • Front: Four link double wishbones, computer controlled self-levelling air suspension, with anti roll-bar.
  • Rear: Trapezoidal multi-link, computer-controlled self-levelling air suspension, with anti roll-bar.
  • Damping: Continuous Damping Control, tuned for dynamic performance.
• DIMENSIONS
  • Wheelbase: 2746 mm / 108.1 in
  • Overall Length: 4806 mm / 189.2 in
  • Width (across body): 1944 mm / 76.5 in
  • Width (including mirrors): 2227 mm / 87.7 in
  • Overall Height: 1404 mm / 55.3 in
  • Fuel Tank: 90 litres / 20 gallons / 24 US gallons
  • Boot Volume: 358 litres / 12.6 cu ft
  • Kerb Weight (EU): 2320 kg / 5115 lb
  • Gross Vehicle Weight: 2750 kg / 6063 lb
• PERFORMANCE
  • Top Speed: 318 km/h (198 mph)
  • 0-100 km/h: 4.6 s
  • 0-160 km/h: 10.2 s
  • 0-60 mph: 4.4 s
  • 0-100 mph: 10.2 s
  • 50-80 km/h (30-50 mph): 1.7 s
  • 80-120 km/h (50-75 mph): 2.9 s
• FUEL CONSUMPTION (EU Cycle)
  • Urban: 25.4 l/100km (11.1 mpg)
  • Extra Urban: 11.4 l/100km (24.9 mpg)
  • Combined: 16.5 l/100km (17.1 mpg)
  • CO2 emissions: 384 g/km
• FUEL CONSUMPTION (EPA Cycle)
  • City Driving: 12.0 mpg (US)
  • Highway Driving: 19.0 mpg (US)
  • Combined : 14.0 mpg (US)

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