woberto Report This Comment Date: June 30, 2016 06:29AM
Bentley pulled an ad off youtube because one man complained that it promoted
unsafe driving and speeding.
GMAFB.
Ad featured Australian racing legend John Bowe driving a $428,000 Bentley at up
to 330 kilometres an hour on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory.
SpazzII Report This Comment Date: June 30, 2016 07:42AM
Yes it's a very nice car but! $428,000 Bentley ????? Why?? Who prices this
stuff?
woberto Report This Comment Date: July 01, 2016 02:54AM
Yeah but that's ONLY $319,000 in US Dollars! Bargain!
Of course in Australia, that $428,000 price includes $100,000 worth of tax for
the Government.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: July 01, 2016 10:26AM
Cool as it is, if I had that kinda cheddar to invest in a trick ride, this one
wouldn make the cut. Only ones with fender badges like Ferarri, Lamborghini,
McLaren, or GT, would make my short list.
Speakin of which, I was thoroughly impressed when Ford managed to pull out a
class win at LeMans with their all new Ecoboost 3.5l V-6 powered GT
pulse Report This Comment Date: July 01, 2016 11:46AM
The new GT is quite nice looking
I'd probably take something with a McLaren badge over Ferrari; always been a
McLaren fan and as odd a thing as it is to say, they're far rarer than the other
mob.
That said if you offered me a free 458 then ...
My wife is the only one around here that gets new cars..
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: July 01, 2016 11:40PM
Here's an interesting piece of automotive trivia .... did you know Bruce
McLaren drove one of the 3 Ford GT-40s that famously placed 1,2 and 3 at LeMans
in '66?
Yeah, I'd be happy w/any of the ones I mentioned but the McLaren does hold a
special appeal for me as well. It would still be a hard choice between the
McLaren and a GT though. That GT just ozzes sex appeal and gee whiz technology
all at the same time
pulse Report This Comment Date: July 02, 2016 01:10AM
Importantly it looks like they've fixed the door; the previous GT had the door
lip at the top which was part of the roof of the car; when Jeremy Clarkson (ex
Top Gear) ordered his, they did a thing on the show where he pulled up between 2
cars and couldn't get out, because he couldn't open the door far enough with the
roof coming out with the door.
Fortunately they haven't done that this time, that was a serious design flaw.
I did know Bruce drove the GT; an amazing car, but I do have a bit of badge
snobbery going on. I couldn't spend that kind of money on a Ford (and I'm not
anti ford Holden lover like many Australian's; my first 2 cars were Fords).
But yeah, it is sexy as hell, but .. for that cash.. that badge.. Maybe I really
have become a snob, but I'm buying something European for that price; expected
to be "a bit below" the price of the Ferrari 458 - I'd have to take
the 458.
I need a proper car again.