"Similarly, we admired the fluted leather in earlier drophead Continentals and echoed that with the vast amounts of warm and
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| The burr oak that covers the show car's dash is rare, an attribute that ideally suits anything Bentley creates. (Photo: Bentley Motors) |
Also unique to this show car are burr oak veneers, replete with boxwood inlay. Burr oak is rare, an attribute that ideally suits anything Bentley creates, as does the drop-top's Cotswold and Nautic Blue leather seating and trim surfaces. A wooden steering wheel featuring an inlayed chrome rim is also a unique item to this car.
Of course, Bentley's in-house Mulliner personalization department would be happy to create pretty well any interior or exterior combination a client would dare dream up, while Bentley regularly offers a variety of "off the shelf" wood and leather combinations to fulfill most customers' expectations.
Unique to the exterior of this one-off convertible is a gorgeous lower valance made of metal brightwork, which wraps around the entire car creating a two-tone paint effect and contrasting the prototype's rich Meteor Blue outer coat. The grille's chrome matrix insert matches
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| The classic flying "B" hood ornament is an item not currently offered on any stock production Bentley. (Photo: Bentley Motors) |
The updates made to the 2005 sedan can be seen in the Drophead Coupe's sculpted wrap-around front fascia-fender assembly and exposed xenon low and halogen high beam quad headlamps. Bentley dropped the Rolls-Royce Seraph derived glass covered headlight clusters in the process, plus left behind the large vertical turn signals at each front corner, now integrating them more efficiently into the outside headlights for a much cleaner appearance.