Bentley gets some Seoul, enters Korean market
Recognizing the ever-increasing accumulation of wealth in South Korea, Bentley Motors has decided to enter the Korean market and hock its wares next to such nameplates as GM Daewoo and Kia. Charmzone, Co. will operate in the South East Asian country as Bentley Seoul and have dedicated sales and support services in place by the fourth quarter of 2006.
Quick note of reference: In U.S. dollars one Bentley Continental GT equals 15 Kia rios.
[Source: Bentley]
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geography wiz 5:24PM (6/16/2006)
nice job making fun of south korean auto makers. now why don't you educate us as to where in south east asia south korea is.
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Ben 5:27PM (6/16/2006)
In US Dollar 1 Bentley Continental GT = 1 really big US Town house.
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matt 6:22PM (6/16/2006)
hahah south east asia.. amazing! reminds me of the time when they posted a picture of Quebec and tried to pass it off as Asia! HAHAHA... those wacky americans and there antiqes
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Tom 7:23PM (6/16/2006)
Let's not forget that, there are higher tax on imported vehicles; also, not to mention the social pressure of driving a foreign car and not supporting domestic cars from Hyundai, Kia, and Daewoo. Ahhhh... another failed market for Bentley.
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JON 5:36PM (6/17/2006)
How easy would it be for GM to do a knock-off of this and slap a "Monte Carlo" name on it.Funny, in a way it's lines are more evocative of the '75 Monte (profile,tail lights)than any pre-VW Bentley.Sorry , I know the articles about S.Korea but whenever I see that car that's always in the back of my head.
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Tom Design 7:17PM (6/17/2006)
This is a beautifully sculpted 5000lbs of automobile, hand caressed to build, and designed to be one-of-a-kind, gorgeous! Audi really needs to take a lesson on grills from Bentley. They fantastic metallic mesh guarding the radiator is so rich looking. Audi is stuck in this low teck, speaker grill black plastic mode, and it may have worked on cheap, trendy VW's, but not in the upscale market.
JON => what are thinking? This car has no similarity to the Monte Carlo, where did that come from? Show me a picture where any angle of the Chevy looks like this car, and prove it. GM, and all U.S., Asian automakers can only dream of making a car this lovely.
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Heidi 11:55AM (7/20/2007)
GM had said that they will improve the value of the storied SS nameplate in the Chevrolet franchise, and the next step is finally underway! The SS Concept Car shown was introduced some years ago when the announcement was first made.
According to sources at AutoBlog today, the production code for the upcoming Corvette super powered performance machine is GMX245-SSC. It is now clear that this rockin' 600hp (or more) Vette will be a version of the C6 generation because the first part of the code, GMX245, is used for the current C6 Base and Z06 models.
Stories have circulated for months about the naming of this upcoming model. Most frequently cited have been Blue Devil, Sting Ray, and Z07. Personally, I thought it would be Sting Ray. Recently, there had even been speculation that the car would not emerge until the C7 generation. These rumors should now stop.
Corvettes will now be available as Base -- Z06 -- SS in a similar manner to Camaro in its heyday with Base -- Z28 --SS configurations.
All indications are that the first public presentation of the Corvette SS will be at next January's North American International Auto Show. Sneak Peak - check it out at http://www.maniacraffle.com
These Chevys are bad ***.
Grajeda 9:54PM (6/17/2006)
it also enter to Mexican market
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Heidi 11:58AM (7/20/2007)
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