{"id":501312,"date":"2023-02-05T15:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T23:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=498050"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:56:37","slug":"on-its-70th-anniversary-bentley-creates-a-special-continental-gt-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/on-its-70th-anniversary-bentley-creates-a-special-continental-gt-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Bentley Continental GT Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bentley Motors has handcrafted a unique and one-off Continental GT Azure<\/a>, inspired by Bentley\u2019s retained example of the iconic R-Type Continental<\/a>, JAS 949. The new Continental GT is in honor of JAS 949\u2019s 70th<\/sup> birthday, celebrating one of the important style icons in Bentley\u2019s history. JAS 949 is one of only 208 examples of the R Type Continental ever built \u2013 but the car had a greater impact than the limited numbers suggest. These beautiful Bentleys, old and new, have been photographed at an equally spectacular London landmark that is itself a 21st<\/sup>century reinvention of a 1950s icon \u2013 Battersea Power Station in south London.<\/p>\n

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Quoted as “a modern magic carpet which annihilates great distances” the R-Type Continental was the fastest four-seat luxury saloon in the world when launched in 1952. The three key design lines of the car \u2013 the power line from the front wheel, the rear haunch and the roofline \u2013 were the inspiration for the first generation Continental GT in 2003 and every Continental GT since. The latest Azure members of the Continental GT family continue to celebrate elegance and timeless design, directly descended from the R-Type Continental, while adding a focus on wellbeing behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

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Using Mulliner\u2019s Personal Commissioning Guide, the new Continental GT Azure has been curated in homage to one of the most iconic members of Bentley\u2019s 43-car Heritage Collection. JAS 949 is Bentley\u2019s own R-Type Continental, and resides in the newly opened Heritage Garage at Bentley\u2019s carbon-neutral campus in Crewe. Bentley acquired JAS 949 in 2001 and has maintained it in excellent mechanical order while sympathetically preserving its patina. The car is driven on the road on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

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JAS 949 was delivered to its first owner, Dr Rowland Guenin of Switzerland, in December 1953. It was ordered in Ivory with a Red interior and a manual gearbox, a specification it retains today along with the original 4.6-liter engine.<\/p>\n

To recreate the closest specification for the modern interpretation of JAS 949, a new Continental GT V8 Azure has been hand painted in Old English White \u2013 a faithful re-creation of the heritage paint color that dates back to the 1950s. As per the muse, the Continental GT is fitted with bright chrome (including the matrix grille) While JAS949 rides on 16\u201d wheels, the newer version runs on 22\u201d hand-finished wheels, in a black and polished finish as per the original.<\/p>\n

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Inside the beautiful cabin, Cricket Ball leather can be seen throughout providing a cosseting, deep and rich heritage feel for the driver and passengers and mirroring the hide colour of JAS 949. To provide contrast and to preserve the design lines of the cabin, hand-applied piping in Beluga leather brings accents to the seats.<\/p>\n

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Adding a contemporary aspect, the Burr Walnut veneer has been left as open pore, providing a closer texture to the patinated finish in JAS 949 . Selected from only the very best, most figured stock available, open-pore veneer is painted with just three ultra-thin layers of lacquer, together totalling only 0.1 mm in thickness. By comparison, Bentley\u2019s High Gloss lacquer coating is 0.5 mm thick and has a glossy, smooth finish. Each layer is applied by hand and sanded between applications, ensuring the lacquer sticks to the natural grooves of the wood. The resulting finish is wax-like and perfectly highlights the authentic, natural color and texture of the wood species.<\/p>\n

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Through Bentley\u2019s revered craftsmanship, cross banding inlays are still available today. Reflecting the interior details of JAS 949, the cross banding of the new Continental GT Azure uses Australian straight grain veneer with a boxwood inlay, enhanced with a Bentley Mulliner overlay in a rich gold. The finishing touches of the silhouette of the R-Type Continental have been added to the fascia veneer and interior treadplates to complete the cabin.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Development Of The Original R-Type Continental<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The brainchild of Chief Projects Engineer Ivan Evernden and Chief Stylist John Blatchley, the R-Type Continental set a template that continues to inspire Bentley designers.<\/p>\n

Two pre-war coachbuilt specials, the \u2018Embiricos\u2019 Bentley and Corniche, had shown the advantages of improved aerodynamics. In the early 1950s, Ivan Evernden took inspiration from these one-off creations to create a sleek coup\u00e9 based on the R Type Bentley saloon.<\/p>\n

The power of the 4,566-cc, six-cylinder in-line engine was raised from 140 to 153 bhp, and the transmission featured a higher final drive ratio. The prototype \u2013 OLG 490, nicknamed Olga \u2013 averaged 118.75 mph over five laps (with a best lap of just under 120 mph) at the banked Montlh\u00e8ry track near Paris.<\/p>\n

To keep down to the target weight, coachbuilders HJ Mulliner crafted the bodywork, window frames, windscreen surround, backlight, seat frames and bumpers in aluminium. Even at a pared-down weight, tyre choice was critical; no standard road tyre existed which could carry a two-ton car at speeds in excess of 115 mph, and Dunlop Medium Distance Track tyres were specified.<\/p>\n

The first production model was delivered to its owner in June 1952 and by the time production ended in 1955, 208 R Type Continentals had been made. Of these, 193 were bodied by HJ Mulliner. Others included Park Ward (four dropheads and two coup\u00e9s), Franay (five), Graber (three) and Farina (one).<\/p>\n

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The new Continental GT Azure is designed to enhance the wellbeing and comfort of the vehicle\u2019s occupants, making every journey a relaxing experience regardless of distance.<\/p>\n

Seating is the foundation for driving comfort and control, and all Bentley Azures feature the Front Seat Comfort Specification as standard. This includes a massage function with six programmable settings which promotes the constant micro-adjustments in muscle and posture that are so vital in preventing fatigue, adjustable side bolsters, electric seatbelt adjustment and comfort headrests.<\/p>\n

Another key element of the Continental GT Azure is Bentley Dynamic Ride, Bentley\u2019s 48V active anti-roll control system that enhances ride comfort and limits roll for smoother, more relaxing journeys.\u00a0 The system cushions driver and passengers from excessive movement by electronically decoupling the anti-roll bars when appropriate to smooth the ride, then applying up to 1300 Nm of anti-roll torque in 0.3 seconds when cornering to keep the body flat and stable.<\/p>\n

The Continental GT Azure also features as standard, the Touring Specification which includes driver assistance systems, imbuing the driver with a sense of confidence and relaxed control whatever the traffic or weather conditions. Adaptive Cruise Control* maintains a set distance from the vehicle in front, slowing down (to a halt if necessary) when the vehicle in front does so and resuming the set speed once the lane is clear. Together with Lane Assist*, Traffic Assist* and Bentley Safeguard, the Bentley\u2019s suite of on-board radar and camera systems constantly monitor the surrounding traffic and roads and can intervene if necessary to prevent or avoid an accident.<\/p>\n

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The relaxing and re-energising environment of the Azure cabin, that reduces driver fatigue, through its multisensory and science-informed design, can only help to enhance the safety of the car. Studies have shown that in 20 per cent of all road collisions, tiredness has played a role.<\/p>\n

The driver\u2019s sense of relaxed control is further enhanced by the Head-up Display, providing directions and navigation directly in the line of sight, and by Night Vision, which uses infra-red cameras to identify pedestrians, cyclists and fauna outside the beam of the LED headlights.<\/p>\n

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A History Of Refinement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bentley is remarkable among automotive brands in that it has always spanned the extremes of performance and refinement. Even in the company\u2019s early days, when the Bentley Boys were racing and winning at Brooklands and Le Mans in their thunderous racing green machines, founder W.O. Bentley was obsessive in his pursuit of smoothness and refinement. \u201cI have put up with a lot of noise in my time, but I don\u2019t like it,\u201d he wrote in his autobiography, adding, \u201cI hate noise for the sake of noise. To me 70 mph in silence is far more creditable than a noisy 80 mph.\u201d Today\u2019s Bentley\u2019s Azures are quieter at 150 miles an hour than anything W.O. Bentley would have experienced at 70.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bentley Motors has handcrafted a unique and one-off Continental GT Azure, inspired by Bentley\u2019s retained example of the iconic R-Type Continental, JAS 949. The new Continental GT is in honor of JAS 949\u2019s 70th birthday, celebrating one of the important style icons in Bentley\u2019s history. JAS 949 is one of only 208 examples of the R Type Continental ever built \u2013 but the car had a greater impact than the limited numbers suggest. These beautiful Bentleys, old and new, have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":827811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6828,464,9348,17105],"tags":[18324,6827,465,1568,6443,19638,19608,6860,13061,17106],"class_list":["post-501312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s-cars","category-bentley","category-guides","category-model-guides-production-cars","tag-2020s-all","tag-2020s-cars","tag-bentley","tag-bentley-continental-gt","tag-bentley-model-in-depth","tag-bentley-model-guides-continental-gt","tag-bentley-model-guides-production-cars","tag-vw-era-bentley-in-depth","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-production-cars"],"yoast_head":"\n2023 Bentley Continental GT Azure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"70 years after the R-Type Continental, Bentley creates a modern homage, the Continental 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