Bentley Motor Car (102)What makes an automobile more than just a car? For the answer, the
Genuine Article travels to England to the site of the Bentley Motor Cars factory. At Bentley customers don't just buy a car, they commission one.
From secret signatures to extraordinary requests, a Bentley can be tailored to one's own personal specifications. Host Gordon Elliott goes inside to meet the hardworking craftsmen who put them together and shows why a ride in a Bentley is a trip like no other.
Bentley Facts:
- The Bentley paint shop once received a request to match the color of a car to the color of a single sequin on a dress and fulfilled it.
- Take a Bentley apart to find close to 400 signatures.
- It takes up to 16 hours to hand stitch just one steering wheel.
- The average starting price of a Bentley is $215,000.
- Cars can be equipped with any type of electronic imaginable from DVD players to fax machines.
Contact Information:
Rolls Royce and Bentley Motor Cars Factory
Crewe, England
011-44-0-1-270-535-044
www.bentleymotors.co.uk/Corporate/display.aspx?infid=17
Resources:
The Rolls-Royce Motor Car and the Bentley Since 1931
by Anthony Bird, Ian Hallows
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