Bentley Grand convertible unveiled -- yummy

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http://porhomme.com/2014/11/bentley-grand-convertible/



Yes, please

[whistler162]

1. In for 1

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2. The showroom here doesn't have it yet

When it does I'll make sure to get pictures. Damn, that's a beautiful car.

[hifiguy]

3. That is, as the Top Gear guys would say

a bit too Footballer's Wife.

This is more my style:

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Then there's always the British take on style and speed:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. Would somebody tell me what those other exotic cars are?

Because I have basic transportation that doesn't cost a fortune--a riceburner.

[hifiguy]

5. The ones in my post are a

Ferrari 458 Italia (top) and an Aston Martin DB9 Special Edition.

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11. I will never in my life be able to afford that car

But, I love the design that goes into high-end cars, motorcycles, and guitars.

[DFW]

13. I'm in on the guitars

A friend made these for me almost 15 years ago.

He's a Serb in his 80s now, been in the States since the fifties, and his English still sucks. His guitars make up for it.

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20. Nice! I'm getting a custom one made in Calcutta

There's an old sitar maker my mother in law knows who also makes really good guitars.

[DFW]

22. Interesting parallel there

My Serbian friend, Božo, was a violin maker in Novi Sad. He doesn't even play guitar. Someone asked him to make one over 50 years ago, and it sounded so good that others started asking him, and suddenly his 12 string guitars became legendary in some circles. His ornate, Eastern-style inlays are wonder to behold, and the sound is unique. I wouldn't surprised if your Indian guitar turned out to be something special, too.

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23. Funny story, which I'll tell you because this is the Lounge

This sitar maker started literally in the 1950s. He knew Shankar (and even made him a sitar). His dad knew Tagore.

His son was born in the mid 1960's, and he wanted to have his son follow him into sitar and harmonium making. Instead, his son got into rock & roll after he studied in the US.

Rather than letting this be a problem, the sitar-maker decided to learn about his son's medium's instruments so he could make them too. Now they work together, making sitars and harmonia for the older generation and guitars and basses for the younger. Kolkata is a great city. I'll definitely link some pictures once I get it. It's going to be beautiful.

[DFW]

24. I bet it'll be a fabulous instrument

Be sure to post a pic when you get it!

[Tobin S.]

6. It sort of resembles a Chrysler 300

[Tripper11]

9. not to be too nitpicky Mr. Tobin....

but that statement should be reversed. The Chrysler 300 resembles the Bentley. Rolls have had that look for several years now. And dare I say, long before Chrysler.

[Tobin S.]

19. 10-4. I'm not a car guy.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

21. I was thinking pimped out k-car

I'll pass on this one.

[UglyGreed]

7. Mine is on

order, thank you very much

[pinboy3niner]

8. Looks cool, dude!

[UglyGreed]

10. LOL ahh

you and your keen eye and excellent BS detector, foiled again!!!!

[jmowreader]

12. No thank you

Does anyone else think the front end of this just a bit too reminiscent of a Kenworth truck?

[DFW]

14. I have no idea what one of those cars costs

But I have no idea why I would ever want one. After 10 years and close to 60,000 kilometers, I gave my old car to my daughter and bought a new one last year. It has post-its all over reminding me to bring it in after the first 26,000 kilometers. I picked it up in August 2013. I've got close to 2000 kilometers on it. I live near the airport and the train station, and German drivers terrify me, not that they get to do much mayhem these days when so many of the Autobahns resemble Wilshire Boulevard at rush hour.

[GoCubsGo]

15. Ick.

If I had that kind of money to piss away on a car, I'd rather have a Tesla Model S, instead of that butt-ugly thing.

[cyberswede]

16. I like the silver hood

but I'm not crazy about the front end - too boxy, or something.

Old Bentleys are cool, though.


(1939 Bentley Embiricos)

[hifiguy]

17. Gorgeous!

The Art Deco and "aerodynamic" designs of the 1930s were spectacular.

The Bugatti Type 57SC Atalanta



1939 Delahaye 165 with Figoni & Falaschi coachwork



1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia




1937 Talbot-Lago T150SS





Even more at: http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/08/25-stunning-art-deco-cars/

[cyberswede]

18. Holy cow!

I hope I'm a multi-billionaire in a future life, so I can get me one o' those!

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25. Me, I just want a Tucker Torpedo