1993 Bentley Continental R

Lot details

Registration No: OVS 354
Chassis No: SCBZB63AXWCH42195
MOT: 28 July 2022 Presented in Balmoral Green with contrasting Parchment hide interior with Spruce Green accents Displays 84,188 warranted miles and just 3 former keepers on the v5 document Includes original service book and continuation book containing 25 stamps, 21 previous MOT Certificates and invoices totalling some £46,000

The Continental R (code-named ‘Nepal’ by the engineering department) was designed and built entirely at Crewe. This was a significant change from previous Continentals that were offered out to coachbuilders to complete, although Mulliner Park Ward was involved in developing the body shape. The Continental R filled the space left by the Carmargue, sharing with that model an eye-watering list price. When launched in 1991, the initial press release had the price as £160,000, only for that to be tweaked upwards soon afterwards to £175,000, when the new VAT rate was announced in that year’s budget. The sleek shape had more than a nod to a more modern Bentley, to an exciting future, rather less obviously classic, and benefitted from work in the wind tunnel; the windscreen was raked to lower the vehicle’s drag coefficient, enhancing fuel consumption, lowering wind noise and raising the model’s top speed. It is said that when the model was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the assembled audience broke out into spontaneous applause.

The Continental R sat on 16 inch wheels and low profile Avon tyres, raised to 17 inch in 1994. Powered by the company’s revered 6750cc V8 engine, now using a new four-speed GM automatic transmission, the 325bhp turbocharged power unit would offer a near 150mph top speed and somehow heave the Bentley’s 2.4 tonne bulk to 60mph in just over six seconds.

Manufactured in 1993 and delivered new via Charles Hurst Ltd of Belfast, OVS 354 is presented in Balmoral Green with contrasting Parchment hide interior with Spruce Green accents. Displaying just 84,188 miles ATOC and just 3 former keepers on the v5 document, OVS 354 has been in current ownership for the last 7 years. The vehicle has been looked after by Colbrook of Peterborough since 2011, with the most recent service on 27 July 2021. At this time, the vehicle also received an MOT, which is valid until 28 July 2022.

Included is a full vehicle specification list, original service book and continuation book containing 25 stamps, 21 previous MOT Certificates and invoices totalling some £46,000. The vendor rates the condition of the interior trim as ‘Very Good’ ,with the Bodywork, engine, electrical equipment, paintwork and transmission and gearbox as ‘Excellent’.

For more information, please contact:
Andreas Hicks
andreas.hicks@handh.co.uk
07943584762