Date:         Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:09:30 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>
Subject:      Re: Bentley cost? 

>>>SSGSPEAR@aol.com said:
 > The last time I looked Bentleys were going for between $150,000 and $200,000
 > being the cheaper version of the Rolls-Royce.

I'm sorry, this isn't related to Vanagons but since I also own a Bentley 
motorcar I couldn't let the slur pass.

Bentleys are in no wise "cheaper" versions of Rolls Royces.  They are the 
"performance" or "sporting" versions.  Consider the Turbo R or the new Azure 
convertible ($319,000, btw).
They are trimmed to just as high level as the more sedate, pedestrian Rollers, 
and go faster too.

Mine?  I have a '51 Mark VI sedan.  You can get pretty nice Mark VI and the 
follow on R-types for under $20,000 (about the price of a Westy Syncro, nu?  
(had to get some VW relevance in or I'd be
summarily unsubscribed))

Sorry for the digression, but I felt compelled to "rectify" things.
 
Check out http://www.dealernet.com/cgi-bin/texdnv?file=/cars/95/bentley/bent.ht
m for more Bentley info if you are interested.

  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center