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The Genuine Article
Episode FLGEN-102

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Bentley Factory, Crewe, England

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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