The Peter F. Baumberger Collection of Motorcars
* All sold with No Reserve *
20 Aug 2010
Gstaad Palace Hotel
Switzerland
Lot No: 18
One owner and just 10,375km from new
2008 Bentley Continental GT
Chassis no. SCBCE63W28C057735
Estimate: CHF130,000 - 160,000
Footnote:
"Wolfsburg's influence on Crewe has resulted in a car which performs and handles better than any previous Bentley, and we're happy to welcome it as a fitting bearer of the winged-B badge.'"Autocar, 11th November 2003.
Having purchased Bentley from Vickers in 1998, the VW Group quickly set to work, investing £500 million in the Crewe factory, creating 1,000 new jobs and commissioning an all-new model line-up. In 2003 the Continental GT was the first product to emerge under VW's stewardship of the iconic British marque.
Following Bentley tradition it was a luxury coupé, one that took styling cues from famous past models (the curve of the rear wheelarches was modeled on the 1955 S1 Continental), but in all other regards was b