If you’re filthy stinking rich and want to oppress the proletariat in a drop top, your choice is limited to Rolls Royce or Bentley (because even a high end Mercedes is just so, common). For years, the Bentley Azure has been full of open top luxury, but hardly cutting edge in terms of style. A revised Azure, based on the upcoming Mulsanne sedan, looks to change that. Gone are the quad front headlights and over-done character line, replaced by larger dual headlights and a restyled body. The lines of the new Azure flow, instead of competing for attention as they do on the current model. Gone (thankfully) is the overdone front fascia and lower body cladding, which would have been more fitting on a Pontiac than on a Bentley.
The new Azure should share a power train with the Mulsanne. If it does, the 6.8 liter V8 will come with 505 horsepower and 752 ft-lbs. of torque, which is good enough to get the Azure to 60 in about five seconds. If you’ve got the $365,000 price of admission, you can get on on this side of the pond in late 2011.
Bentley had unveiled the Continental Flying Star at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show last month. The new project, which was the transformation of a 2-door coupe, required the modification of a number of external dimensions starting from the car’s A-pillar backwards that include the extended roof line, a wider section including the doors, new aluminum door skins, and etc
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Side View
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Car Show
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Interior
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Gear
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Interior
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Headlights
2011 Bentley Mulsanne Sedan Engine
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