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Excerpt: Now that Bentley has the launch of the all-new Mulsanne behind them and the brand new 2011 Continental GT all ready to go, word of the company working on a ‘four-door coupe’ has re-surfaced. Bentley boss Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen spoke with AutoExpress and confirmed the company wants to introduce a third model to the lineup. The new vehicle will slot into the mix as an entry-level model based on the underpinnings from Audi’s upcoming A7. It will directly compete against Aston Martin’s new and much more expensive Rapide, the Porsche Panamera and Maserati’s Quattroporte. Design direction will come from the all-new Continental…

In case you have an iPad and are interested in Bentley’s new 2011 Continental GT, the company has released a new application full of media to drool over. The app features ‘an extensive and exclusive selection of on-location photography’, ‘zoomable super-high quality studio shots’, driving footage, behind-the-scenes movies as well as a look at Bentley’s history and the company’s flagship Mulsanne sedan. [Source: Bentley]

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Excerpt: It’s not every day we receive recall notices for our beloved sports cars and luxury marques, but the NHTSA has issued a recall affecting Bentley’s Arnage, Azure and Brooklands models produced between 2007-2009. Unlike Ferrari’s fiery problems, the issue affecting these Bentleys is luckily much more docile; Possible rust and corrosion can prevent the flying ‘B’ from retracting during a crash.  The NHTSA’s concern is, of course, not with how less-than-perfect-and-rich this may make you look, but rather how this would affect a pedestrian upon impact. Ouch. For the 596 units affected, Bentley will replace the retractable mechanism free of charge. Follow the…

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Excerpt: With Bentley unveiling their second-generation Continental GT and Rolls-Royce sales through the roof after launch of the Ghost, we wanted to take a look back at when these companies were one and the drama behind their sale to the Volkswagen and BMW, respectively, and what got them where they are today. The drama actually started back in 1931 when Bentley’s sales were crippled by the Great Depression. That year, Bentley was sold to the British Central Equitable Trust, a company set up secretly by Rolls-Royce with W.O. Bentley himself not even knowing he was selling the company to his competition….

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Excerpt: As nations impose stricter emissions standards, automakers have had a renewed interest in re-introducing clean diesel to the world for a number of years now. In addition to the hardship of educating those outside Europe of its benefits, the ultimate question on our minds has always been if they can hold up in the areas of sound and performance with our beloved luxury models and sports cars. It’s known Bentley has experimented with diesels recently, but it appears the company has now definitively ruled them out. Despite finding them impressive, Chairman and CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen has stated, “[...] there’s a strong prejudice…