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09-14-2004, 08:47 PM
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
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Personally, I'm less than thrilled with this car. It just doesn't appear to have the ooomph of the Continental coupe. |
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09-14-2004, 09:41 PM
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7.0 Liter LS7 V8
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09-14-2004, 11:57 PM
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Ummm... Bentley is owned and operated by VW, right? Continental GT coupe is based on the Phaeton and A8/L.
So... what VW has been criticized of doing is having one platform for too many cars. And they're at it again. Furthermore, the Bentley is supposed to compete with the S-Class. Well what the heck is the A8/L supposed to do??? More inconceivable strategic misfires from VW!!
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09-15-2004, 09:17 AM
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7.0 Liter LS7 V8
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But the Bentley ST will be positioned against (and probably above) high-end versions of the S-Class....well above the A8L's price.
Bentley has been using ONE platform for four different bodies (swb sedan, lwb sedan, swb coupe, lwb coupe, convertible) over the past 25 years. I don't think the highly-competent D3 platform is being stretched too thin here. |
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09-15-2004, 01:02 PM
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2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC
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I dont think the final car will have too much resemblence to mb/maybach. If you look closely at the rear, you will see that its taped like a mercedes light, but the rear light is actually shaped like the continental gt. I think they wanted the car to "appear" like an MB from people taking a quick glance.
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09-15-2004, 01:20 PM
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5.3 Liter Vortec V8
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IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A MERCEDES!!!! UNLESS THEY ARE USING SHEETMETAL FOR CAMO NOW!
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09-15-2004, 01:27 PM
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
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the front and rear look really S-classy (not really all that classy... but you know what I mean) but the sides look like what a GT sedan should look like.... so lets wait till it's de-camoed before we make any more judgements. I think it'll turn out fine, main thing is if it has the right grill and rear lights. And you know it's gonna be a hot performer!!
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09-15-2004, 02:56 PM
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It only looks like a Mercedes because of all the camouflage...read the article people.
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