Lot 14
Bringing Up Bentley

One (1) specially crafted 2009 Bentley Brooklands Coupe, customized for the 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival, with a worldwide production of 550. This is the first customer production Brooklands for North America.

The stock market was soaring and the 20s were roaring. You needed a password or a secret knock to get a drink at a nightclub, but once inside, the jazz, the liquor and the livin’ were easy. Still, the 1920s gave us more than flappers, mobsters and good times – they also gave us a roaring of another kind: the birth of the British motor car racing tradition. At the center of all the races, chases and speed-record-breaking was Brooklands. For three decades this famous racing track, placed like a giant footprint in the Surrey countryside just 20 miles southwest of London, was the very epitome of speed and captured the imagination of the period.

Inspired by the exploits of the ‘Bentley Boys’ at the famous Brooklands racetrack in the 1920s, the new Bentley Brooklands captures all the style, power and splendor of that era. This grand touring coupe with classic British proportions is one of a strictly limited lifetime production of 550 cars. With the first year’s production sold out, it’s clear that the Bentley Brooklands is destined to become a collectors’ classic.

The 2009 Brooklands offers exhilarating, effortless, accessible performance for those truly passionate about their driving. Beneath the muscular, coach-built body lies the most powerful Crewe-built V8 ever produced, developing 530bhp and a maximum torque of an astonishing 774lb ft, the highest ever torque output of any V8 automotive production engine in the world. The Bentley Brooklands is capable of reaching 60mph in just 5.0 seconds, has a top speed of 184mph and with an enhanced chassis and carbon carbide brakes, provides the handling to match the awesome power.

The Bentley Brooklands sporting pedigree is unquestionable. Its low roofline with dramatically raked front and rear screens, pillar-less, elongated glass area and graceful, prominent haunches lend to a sleek, muscular appearance. This exclusive character is further distinguished by ‘Le Mans’ front wing vents and brushed aluminum treadplates, a dark-tinted steel Bentley matrix grille and a Flying ‘B’ retractable radiator mascot.

The interior design echoes the sleek profile of the elegant exterior by offering a new, single-piece, hide-trimmed roof lining which flows uninterrupted from the front windscreen to the rear of the car. This extensive use of leather hides makes Bentley the only manufacturer in the world to offer a cabin entirely trimmed with leather hides. The pillar-less window design and wider front and rear cabin with individual, electronically operated seats in the rear, help to enhance the feeling of comfort and space.

Roar like never before in this incredible, one-of-a-kind British legend!

Insider’s Note: Winning bidder will receive the Bentley Brooklands Coupe in late spring 2008.

DONOR: Bentley Motors, Inc.