{"id":725889,"date":"2010-04-28T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/archives\/40512"},"modified":"2010-04-28T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T16:06:02","slug":"report-bentley-planning-mulsanne-based-azure-droptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/725889","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bentley planning Mulsanne-based Azure droptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bentley&#8217;s gracefully aging Azure convertible will reportedly retain its name when a Mulsanne-based replacement debuts in the not-too-distant future. Sources indicate that it will debut in 2011 as a 2012 model.<br \/><span><\/span><br \/>The range-topping convertible, which sits above the Continental GT, will, like the Mulsanne, be designed to appeal more to Bentley&#8217;s traditional customers. Look for the automaker&#8217;s classic-yet-updated 6.75-liter, twin-turbo V8 from the Mulsanne to carry over into the third-generation Azure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite middling sales for the current Azure, which was never intended to be a volume model like the Continental GT, Bentley has been careful to ensure that there is <span id=\"more-40512\"><\/span> enough production capacity for a flagship convertible at its Crewe, England, assembly plant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The existing Azure has been on sale since 2006, although it was updated last year to become the Azure T. Based on the now-discontinued Arnage, its future has been the subject of much speculation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As more details on the next-generation Azure become available, we&#8217;ll make sure to update this space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><b>References<\/b><br \/>1.&#8217;Bentley unveils high&#8230;&#8217; view<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rss2wordpress_signature\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftlanenews.com\/\">Leftlane<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bentley&#8217;s gracefully aging Azure convertible will reportedly retain its name when a Mulsanne-based replacement debuts in the not-too-distant future. Sources indicate that it will debut in 2011 as a 2012 model.The range-topping convertible, which sits above the Continental GT, will, like the Mulsanne, be designed to appeal more to Bentley&#8217;s traditional customers. Look for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-32PT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}