Beschreibung:

6,753cc OHV Twin Turbo V8 Engine
Computer Controlled Fuel Injection
530bhp at 4,000rpm
6-Speed Automatic Transmission
4-Wheel Independent Suspension
4-Wheel Power Assisted Disc Brakes
*Well cared for example with just under 16,000 miles
*Immense power, unbeatable luxury
*Handsome double black color way
*A stylish classic of the future
THE BENTLEY BROOKLANDS
"Big, beautiful, rapid and surprisingly fine-handling; one of the most desirable coupés there is. The Brooklands is Bentley's new flagship coupé, and a deeply impressive, deeply seductive machine it is too." – Autocar.
Introduced at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show for the 2008 model year, the 2nd Generation Bentley Brooklands was a fixed-head version of the Bentley Azure Convertible (itself related to the Bentley Arnage). Bentley Motors' owners since 1998, Volkswagen had kept the existing Continental R-based Azure Convertible in production until 2003 but delayed introducing its successor for a further three years. Production of the new Azure thus began for the 2006 model year. This time the Azure was based on the more modern Arnage platform. The latter had been built in two forms: Green Label (with BMW power) and Red Label with the long-running Rolls-Royce/Bentley 6.75-litre pushrod V8. A legacy of the Rolls-Royce/Bentley takeover battle with BMW, Volkswagen's use of a rival manufacturer's engines could only be a temporary measure, and so future models would use the 'old' Bentley V8, suitably up-rated with twin turbochargers for the new Azure Convertible. As well as the twin turbochargers, replacing the single unit used previously, this venerable engine was extensively reworked, Bentley claiming that more than half the parts were new. In this form it produced 450bhp and 645lb/ft of torque, while a new ZF six-speed automatic transmission fed power to the rear wheels. "In a word, wonderful," was how Autocar magazine greeted the new Azure, which was also reckoned "notably better for the new gearbox. Overall, it's amazing how much difference a decent auto 'box can make."
A two-door, four-seater, pillar-less coupé, the new Brooklands was a hand-assembled car made in limited numbers, employing traditional coachbuilding skills in wood and leather. As such, it was a worthy successor to the glamorous Bentley Continentals of the past. Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe was highly impressed: "Before you so much as turn the key or press the starter button it's best to drink in and enjoy what surrounds you in a Brooklands. Which, in a nutshell, is just about the best place to find yourself on four wheels, even by Rolls-Royce or Ferrari standards of interior design."
Production was to be limited to 550 cars, with deliveries commencing in the first half of 2008. Like the contemporary Azure, the Brooklands was powered by the 6.75-litre Bentley L-Series twin-turbocharged V8 engine, in Brooklands specification producing 530bhp at a lowly 4,000rpm with a mighty 774lb/ft of torque available at 3,250 revs. As in the Azure, a ZF six-speed automatic gearbox transmitted power to the rear wheels. Bentley claimed a 0-60mph (0-97km/h) time of 5.0 seconds and a top speed of 183.9mph (296km/h). The list price at launch was just over $340,000, though customers that chose the optional carbon/ceramic brakes could expect to pay an additional $20,000. Autocar concluded its Brooklands test by declaring it to be "the best car Bentley has produced since VW took charge, and no mistake". Ultimately the financial crisis of late 2008 leading in to 2009 curtailed production and so it is thought that 426 only were delivered, making them all the more exclusive than they intended.
THE MOTORCAR OFFERED
A balance of luxury and stealth, this classy yet at the same time sinister Bentley was supplied as you see it here today in black paintwork with black leather interior, a combination which aids its timeless looks easily blending in when surrounded by more modern examples of its breed.
Built in August 2008, and therefore of 2009 model year, this car is fully charted with original books and also on CarFax. Those documents confirm that the car was imported as new through Providence, Rhode Island to be retailed through Bentley Boston in the fall of that year. Its original owner used the car between homes in Massachusetts and Florida, where it was serviced generally seasonally, retaining the car through until June 2021. At that point the car was purchased by the current caretaker, a seasoned collector of sports and competition cars, with a particular penchant for the model and all that it represents in terms of performance and design.
Ultimately, its use in this second ownership has been very modest and between the pair of owners, a mere 20 miles have been added in 18 months for a total accrual of 15,675 miles at the time of cataloguing. Presented with the majority of its as delivered books, tools etc. and the aforementioned CarFax, this is surely a classic of the future, with the benefit of not too few miles that it can't be enjoyed and not too many that it shouldn't appreciate.