AUTOMOTIVE
Luxury Beyond Mobility
The Bentley EXP 100 GT redefines the car as a space for extraordinary
and emotional human experiences, ones that enrich and inspire.
Bentley’s vision imagines the journeys of the future, drawing on
100 years of expertise in luxury design and craftmanship that are
currently being celebrated around the world in the company’s
Centenary year.
The Bentley EXP 100 GT’s sleek and muscular exterior explores
the brand’s future design direction. It incorporates the company’s
unmistakable DNA, remaining instantly recognisable as a Bentley.
The famous R-Type Continental haunch at the rear, the round
headlights that overlap the grille in a nod to the famous Bentley
Blower and a long graceful body hint at famous models of
yesteryear.
However, this Bentley journeys into the future. Made from
lightweight aluminium and carbon fibre, the Bentley EXP 100 GT
measures 5.8 metres long and almost 2.4 metres wide, and makes a
statement of true luxury.
This is further enhanced by decorative features crafted from copper
and aluminium, both natural sustainable materials, which evoke
founder W.O Bentley’s choice of materials to create the alloy for his
famous BR1 Aero engine piston that played a major role in securing
the air theatre in World War 1.
The driver and passenger doors are two metres wide and pivot
outwards and upwards for effortless access. Fully open, they rise to
almost three metres, adding to the sense of occasion on arrival.
The new exterior paint colour Compass is created using a special
Colourstream pigment that reflects a beautiful spectrum of
autumnal colours and is both sustainable and environmentally
friendly.
The pigment is synthetically made using rice husk ash, a harmful bi-
product of the rice industry, remanufactured for the Bentley EXP 100
GT to reduce the amount that ends up in landfill waste.
The Bentley EXP 100 GT’s expressive exterior lighting is both dynamic
and dramatic. A focal point is the smart, illuminated matrix grille and
Flying B mascot which come to life as one approaches the car, light
playing across the grille, through the mascot and along the bonnet
central spine of the car and into the cabin itself.
The car literally comes alive.
At the rear, a ‘horseshoe’ section of the boot is a 3D OLED screen on
which lighting effects can blend in with the rear lamps.
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The Art of Luxury
Issue 40 2019