- Bentley’s most significant presence at Goodwood Festival of Speed is underway, with a new two-storey home and more than 30 Bentleys supporting the event
- Bentayga Speed and Batur Convertible make UK dynamic public debut on the famous Hillclimb
- Bentley’s new show stand showcases Continental GT Speed with new styling specification and sports exhaust, and new Black Edition Bentayga and Flying Spur
- Live craftsmanship displays and Bentley boutique available for all guests, as well as co-curation opportunities for customers
- Supercar paddock includes Bacalar, Batur Convertible and GT Speed
- Bentayga Speed and Flying Spur Speed on display at First Glance
- Speed Six Zero makes a unique limited appearance as a course car
Bentley has returned to the Goodwood Festival of Speed with the marque’s biggest presence to date. A brand new, purpose-built show stand is the largest in Bentley’s Goodwood history, with a 500 square metre footprint, two storeys and using over 200 tonnes of steel in its construction. The stand offers a new level of hospitality and experience for customers and VIP guests at the event, while showcasing the best of Bentley to the event’s 200,000 visitors.
The new Bentayga Speed makes its UK debut at the event, as does the latest coachbuilt car from Mulliner, the Batur Convertible. They are joined by a fleet of over 30 Bentleys converging in Sussex to support the event, with five cars taking part in the Supercar and First Glance batches on the Hillclimb joined by three additional Bentleys acting as Course Cars or offering additional passenger experiences. 18 chauffeur-driven Bentleys are supporting the movements of more than 400 customers, media and VIP guests over the four days of the event.
At the front of the new stand, three of the latest models are on display for everyone to view and interact with. The vibrant Continental GT Speed in Orange Flame provides the perfect canvas to showcase the new carbon Styling Specification that will be available to order later in July along with the newly-announced Akrapovic Titanium sports exhaust. The subtle Black Crystal Flying Spur stands out as a Black Edition with bright Mandarin brake calipers, behind black 22” ten spoke wheels. The contemporary Storm Grey Satin Black Edition Bentayga S not only demonstrates the skills of Crewe’s paintshop technicians, who hand-produced the satin paint effect taking 55 hours, but also shows the Klien Blue optional detailing on offer with Black edition.
Demonstrations are taking place on the stand explaining hand sewing of steering wheels and wood techniques producing veneer examples. Visitors to the stand also have the opportunity to view and purchase items from the Bentley Collection at the stand Boutique.
On the famous hill climb, several modern Bentleys are weaving their way across the 1.2 mile course to the top of the hill. From the Supercar paddock the Scarab Green Bacalar, the first of the modern coachbuilt cars from Mulliner will lead the most recent, the Batur Convertible, making its UK public debut. Following closely up the hill are newest Continental GT Speed, while in the ‘First Glance’ batch, a duo of Speed models including the Bentayga will demonstrate their model name. All of these cars are driven by colleagues from Bentley’s own chassis and powertrain development team, showing the confidence they have in their own products.
Demonstrating Bentley’s harmony of polarities, and acting as a course car, is a Black Edition Bentayga that was used to chauffeur Black Sabbath to their final show six days earlier. The Bentayga will also be accompanied by a Flying Spur Speed and for the first time ever for a number of limited runs, a Bentley Speed Six Continuation Series.
