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The latest copy from Geely?

OMG!! Day is destroyed - horrible!!!! What did they do to it…NO NO NO!!!

We should create a thread: "Rescue the real Arnage!" or sth like that. Compare this to the current Arnage/Brooklands range and tell me where the fault is…

Bye bye Bentley - you build great cars, but that's it - IT'S OVER…

I was really hoping, that it will look great - but this is…DAMN…

Obviously the car will be called "Continental Arnage"


OK, the front is horrible. Air intake & Grill look cheap. As do the headlights. Are those holes around xenon lamps meant for LEDs??? I hope not. That would be just awful.

The rear is typical Bentley - nothing new there. The rear lights seem to feature those ellipsoid rings as seen already on Continental series.

The profile seem long & beefy. With VERY low roofline & shallow greenhouse. Very CLS or Cadillac Sixteen like. Wheels look huge. The stance is sporty & powerful.

The whole design looks like an evolution of Arnage - with modern (convex - concave) surfaces, sharp thin creases - as already seen on Continental series. Looks like very neo-retro. Much more than the Continentals. No more pioneering, leading position. Neo-retro instead of new-modern. Continentals were much more a push further - although some sharpness was lost. But this "Grand Bentley" is just ... not doing it well. Where's the statement? Such brands are not about cars, they are about philosophy & statements.

Yes, the stance will be sporty - but the look won't be aggressive at all. IMO even the Rollses today look more aggressive compared to the bug-eyed Bentleys.


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Unfortunately Bentley brand is becoming "das Auto" - another typical car product under VW phylosophy. The point behind the brand is vanisihing. The products & the brand don't make any statement anymore. They are ... just cars. Very good & excellent cars. But just cars.

IMO - what BMW Group did with the RR was much better - regardless the design: they just knew & understand what RR is all about.
I'm not sure VW Group understands whats the point behind Bentley. Or .... They are making Bentley tame - so they will be able to position other brand above it: Bugatti. The ultimate luxury.

Who knows. IMO VAG brand management isn't the best possible. Bentley would do much better under eg. Daimler AG (instead of Maybach brand).

WTH?!!!

I can't believe that's it!

The execution of the front lights is equally terrible as on the Bentley State Limousine :



From Car Mag:

Even the most stunning interior can't amend this "stylish" exterior…

I can't wait to see these "LEDful" headlights IRL.
A true LED porn for fans. LOL.

Now that would be an awful implementation of LED corona "Angel-eyes".
Like in RangeRover FL case. Yet even worse.

Jingle bells, Jingle bells ...


PS: those LED holes look so big --- like some hidden machine-gun, or rocket launcher in some Bond car.

I really hope the production solution will look better.

I'm hearing there are some huge celebrations going on in Goodwood. j/k

Even though it looks rather bad, I really want to see press photos of the car. Half the time, leaked pics don't show the car all together or at a good angle, so I'll wait to see hi res pics..

Puaaaajjj, this thing looks horrendous, I´m now afraid for the next Continental GT.

I don't believe.....



and don't want to.