It’s a rolling monument to extravagance, a customised 200mph Bentley Continental GT Speed given an Italian makeover
How does a car end up costing £850,000? Well, the man looking after this Bentley GTZ helpfully offered the fact that the fantastically detailed LED tail-lights cost £79,620 a pair.
This special Bentley is the embodiment of “no expense spared”. It is essentially a Continental GT Speed - itself a hugely excessive car and the first Bentley to be officially capable of topping 200mph - which has been heavily customised by Zagato, a design and engineering consultancy based in Milan. Zagato was founded in 1919 and has produced stunning special edition coachwork for a who’s who of manufacturers, including Ferrari, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and now Bentley.
Having taken delivery of a GT Speed, Zagato strips the bodywork and interior. A new body is hand-beaten in aluminium, and the interior is retrimmed with Zagato’s chosen materials. It can be tailored for the owner in the way you might have a Savile Row suit run up. Want a shade of paint to match your wife’s (or husband’s) eyes? No problem.
The idea for this rolling monument to wealth came from Franz-Josef Paefgen, the boss of Bentley. He’d seen a collection of historical Zagatos at a concours d’elegance in California and been so taken with the grand style that he invited Zagato to try its hand with a GT Speed. Only nine of these special-bodied Bentleys will be offered for sale.
Zagato doesn’t touch the engine or mechanicals of the car, and each example must be signed off by Bentley. That means everything in terms of fit and finish must be up to factory standard, which is no mean feat for a hand-built car.
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How does a car end up costing £850,000? Well, the man looking after this Bentley GTZ helpfully offered the fact that the fantastically detailed LED tail-lights cost £79,620 a pair.
This special Bentley is the embodiment of “no expense spared”. It is essentially a Continental GT Speed - itself a hugely excessive car and the first Bentley to be officially capable of topping 200mph - which has been heavily customised by Zagato, a design and engineering consultancy based in Milan. Zagato was founded in 1919 and has produced stunning special edition coachwork for a who’s who of manufacturers, including Ferrari, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and now Bentley.
Having taken delivery of a GT Speed, Zagato strips the bodywork and interior. A new body is hand-beaten in aluminium, and the interior is retrimmed with Zagato’s chosen materials. It can be tailored for the owner in the way you might have a Savile Row suit run up. Want a shade of paint to match your wife’s (or husband’s) eyes? No problem.
The idea for this rolling monument to wealth came from Franz-Josef Paefgen, the boss of Bentley. He’d seen a collection of historical Zagatos at a concours d’elegance in California and been so taken with the grand style that he invited Zagato to try its hand with a GT Speed. Only nine of these special-bodied Bentleys will be offered for sale.
Zagato doesn’t touch the engine or mechanicals of the car, and each example must be signed off by Bentley. That means everything in terms of fit and finish must be up to factory standard, which is no mean feat for a hand-built car.
More:timesonline
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