Registration No: LJ13 BNY
Chassis No: SCBFJ63WODC081034
MOT: August 2024

• Striking looking Continental GT in Blue with a Cream interior
• Fitted with the more desirable 4 litre V8 500bhp engine
• Supplied with a service book showing 11 stamps at Bentley specialist
• Recently serviced and MOT'd until August 2024

Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley and his brother Horace Millner Bentley sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London but WO, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his own vehicles. In 1913, after picking up an aluminium paperweight, he realised that it would be a more suitable material than cast iron to produce pistons, with the first Bentley aluminium pistons being fitted to Sopwith Camel aero engines during the First World War. After the end of hostilities, W.O.Bentley founded Bentley Motors Limited in January 1919, registering the company in August 1919 and by October exhibited a car in the London Motor Show, at that time still fitted with a dummy engine, whilst former Royal Flying Corps officer Clive Gallop designed an innovative four-valves-per-cylinder motor. By December the engine was built and running with delivery of the first cars scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the launch date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in motorsport events around the world, most famously with the legendary 'Bentley Boys', a group of affluent and influential motorsports enthusiasts who cemented their own and Bentleys reputation with consecutive victories in the Le Mans 24 Hour race from 1927 to 1930.

The Continental GT debuted in 2002 at the Paris Motor Show, followed by launches at Le Mans and the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The way the car was built differed from previous coach-built Continental R & T models, while much of the car was still hand assembled it was designed to be mass-produced and made in larger numbers giving the car a wider customer base. The GT V8 version of the Continental GT has a twin-turbo 4-litre V8 engine, developed jointly with Audi, that produces 500 bhp (373 kW) and 487 lb⋅ft (660 N⋅m) of torque with the car capable of reaching a top speed of 192 mph. It features cylinder deactivation technology that can deactivate half of the cylinders when they're not needed to improve fuel economy by up to 8%. Other changes, including on-demand steering assistance, weight reduction, better engine heat management, overrun alternator charging and eco-tyres, improving overall fuel consumption by 40% from the W12's 17.1 mpg to the V8's 26.1 mpg.

This beautifully presented Continental GT V8 in Mulliner specification features heated/cooling and massaging front seats, satellite navigation, phone preparation, reversing camera and 'Bentley' embossed seats. Displaying a credible c.46,600 miles on the clock, it comes supplied with an extensive service history and a recent MOT. Initially supplied by Bentley Cardiff, it was serviced by Bentley Cheltenham at 1,499 miles, Bentley Surrey at 4,619, 10,282, 17,398 miles and then Jack Barclay at 21,055, 26,129, 30,253 and 33,522 miles. Since being bought by the current owner it has been looked after by independent Bentley specialist GT Services in Knutsford at 40,445 miles and recently on the 10th of August this year at 46,221 miles. Supplied with the car is a tailored cover and an official Bentley battery maintenance charger as well as the fully stamped up service book and both keys.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189