Graham Hill Reviews The Strangest Bentley Ever

Saturday, 5. June 2010

This week in my car review I thought I would find something that I could get excited about, something I could wax lyrically about, and then someone sent me some pictures of an estate on show at the Geneva Motor Show. Now I have to say that I’ve never really understood estates but I can just about understand why a salesman or engineer might want a big car to stick his samples or tools in the back of. Volvo estates come in handy if you’re moving house but why would you want a Mercedes estate or a BMW estate unless you want a prestige car and have 4 kids and 2 dogs? OK I get all that, at a push, but a Bentley estate? Yep, some dopey Italian company is set to build a Bentley estate! What the hell is that all about? We sell off our treasured assets to Johnny foreigner and what does he do? He turns them into tat! We first saw the Aston Martin city car, reviewed in depth by me a few weeks ago, and now we have a Bentley estate car. I mean if you want to take the dogs out get a Volvo and avoid tainting the executive leather with dog smells. Get the butler to follow in the Land Rover which is delivered smelling of a farm so a couple of dogs wouldn’t be noticed. And if you do your monthly shop in Iceland don’t fill the back of a Bentley estate with frozen food, get them to deliver! Good grief is the world about to end? It looks rubbish I’m afraid and I’m a big fan of Bentley but you have to draw a line! And don’t get me started on the next Land Rover Freelander with its tiny windows. I need a drink! By Graham Hill