Bentley couldn’t afford not to show anything on the famous motor salon in Geneva. A new great coupe, Brookland, was brought by British to Switzerland. It was named in honour of a racing track with the same name, where Bentley could afford to condescend to such kind of competitions. It’s very hard to speak about its appearance, because it hasn’t been changing significantly for many years.
In short word, Bentley, as Bentley, unless the exorbitant size, giant wheels, embittered air inlets, filling all the front bumper, and the lack of frames around the side windows, all of this, on fair belief of designers from Albion, are classical features of legendary sports cars of Britain from different ages.
So, lets talk about everything in the order. As to the sizes, then to characterize the scheme of Brookland’s interior as 2+2, you just won’t find a word, Shakil O’Neal and Kobi Brayant will easily fit the rear seats.
Huge wheels of Bentley gain from 20” disks. And windows without frames, are explained as a classical coupe tradition, which in the distant past wasn’t called coupe, but Gran Turismo and has exactly this type of windows.
Such a mastodon needs a very, very productive engine, so 6.75 litres V8 meets all the requirements. At least, 500h.p. and 1085 Nm is a serious request to get a right place in Bentley’s history of speed.
The British melancholy will be embodied only in 505 copies of Brookland, which, possibly, will make this model one of the most expensive cars all over the world.
