Liam
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| posted on 10/3/12 at 06:54 PM |
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Will go down a treat in Dubai and places like that. And Chelsea.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/3/12 at 07:27 PM |
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Originally posted by scootz
I doubt very much that they are even remotely concerned that you think the car is a waste of space.
As if I care...
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morcus
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| posted on 11/3/12 at 07:41 AM |
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I'm not a fan, but I think with a some subtle tweeking it would look better. Stick some regular wheels on it for a start.
People will buy it. I don't know anything about how Bentley is structured but it's nominally British and I'm under the impression
they build the cars here so maybe some of the money from these will come back to the UK and give some jobs and some tax money to us as a nation.
To be honest, it's not nearly as offensive an idea to me as the examples of this kind of thing from Sports car brands as a 4x4 estate
isn't as much a world away from a huge bentley barge as it is from what a Porsche, Alfa or Maseratti should be when it comes to selling out your
brand.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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scootz
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| posted on 11/3/12 at 10:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I doubt very much that they are even remotely concerned that you think the car is a waste of space.
As if I care...
As if they care... 
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/3/12 at 08:18 AM |
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Originally posted by UncleFista
I reckon that's what Bentley's focus groups came up with to please the Chinese market.
A very large percentage of luxury car maker's market is China, and it will probably do well on their road system.
I'm surprised at that - the import tax on non-domestically manufactured cars in China is absolutely horrendous, and I've seen very few on
the roads out there. Unless of course Bentely are going to licence the design to China, as many other manufacturers have.
[Edited on 12/3/12 by MikeRJ]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/3/12 at 08:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I doubt very much that they are even remotely concerned that you think the car is a waste of space.
As if I care...
As if they care...
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UncleFista
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| posted on 12/3/12 at 05:54 PM |
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I've just found facts to back up my assuption !  (as long as you believe Pistonheads)
"Even more tempting than Europe for makers is China, where last year 1.59 million SUVs were bought. Back in 2006 there were just 370,000 sold
over there. So important is China for Bentley that in the first two months of this year, just over a third of all its cars were sold there"
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
I reckon that's what Bentley's focus groups came up with to please the Chinese market.
A very large percentage of luxury car maker's market is China, and it will probably do well on their road system.
I'm surprised at that - the import tax on non-domestically manufactured cars in China is absolutely horrendous, and I've seen very few on
the roads out there. Unless of course Bentely are going to licence the design to China, as many other manufacturers have.
[Edited on 12/3/12 by MikeRJ]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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nick205
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| posted on 12/3/12 at 10:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hector.Brocklebank
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Originally posted by wylliezx9r
What a heap of shite, if it had a kia badge on it or something everybody would be saying how bad it is
Kia is slowly & quietly becoming a force that might need to be reckoned with, and in many customer satisfaction surveys their products are
trumping the more established car makers.....
I'd go with that, they're getting better at it very quickly IMHO.
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/3/12 at 09:56 AM |
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Originally posted by Alfa145
Obviously designed for the overpaid poncy footballers of the permiership to take their little kids on the school run
I think it's more aimed at the newly emerging economies like China and India where there are people finding they have money for the better
things in life and not much taste.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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