Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., Bentley, Hyundai
Cruel, sick joke: Bentley Continental badged as a Hyundai
by John Neff on Jul 5th 2007 at 7:40PM 
click above image for high-res views of this abomination
Some rich people have too much time on their hands and a sick sense of humor. Witness this, a perfectly good Bentley Continental GT adorned with Hyundai badges – HYUNDAI badges!. It's not as if the owner just stuck them on with double-sided tape, either – the hood badge, logo on the trunk lid and in the center cap of each wheel look professionally applied, as if they were meant to be there all along. (We checked with Bentley, they're not ever supposed to be there.) But hey, if you're wealthy, you may as well do it right, you know? Actually, we're thinking this guy lost a bet with his Ferrari buddies and was forced to transform his six-figure Conti into a Tiburon wannabe. Sigh... check out the rest of the pics in our gallery below. They were shot and sent us to us by Autoblog reader Michael in L.A. 
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Viv 7:12PM (7/05/2007)
I don't care if you lost a bet, this guy doesn't deserve to own a bentley. Repo it.
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Amber 8:13PM (7/05/2007)
You checked with Bentley? You seriously picked up the phone and called Bentley of North America or better yet Bentley in England and asked if Hyundai badges are supposed to be there?
JDG 10:30PM (7/06/2007)
Bentley wouldn't even be known in the US if rappers hadn't gotten tired of Cadillacs. There's even a kit here to make your Chrysler 300 look like a Bentley (and the ghetto has embraced it). Performance-wise, they aren't the best... Luxury or technology wise, the Japanese laugh at you. If i buy a UK car, it's gonna be a Lotus.
Mario Mejia 7:16PM (7/05/2007)
haha
this is hilarious!!!
but seriously, repo that Bentley - it is obviously an abused car. :(
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The Boss 9:24AM (7/17/2007)
your a moron... lotus is Toyota which = JDM... Do us a favor and Loose yourself
Kiiks 1:22AM (8/03/2008)
Learn to spell if you're going to go about calling people names.
Oli 7:16PM (7/05/2007)
Heh! My cousin told me about this a couple of weeks ago, and i didnt believe him! Haha
Oli
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FredericB 7:20PM (7/05/2007)
It's the owner of a few Hyundai dealership.
FredericB 7:21PM (7/05/2007)
...I suppose...
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l.i.dave 7:24PM (7/05/2007)
If those guys can continue their quality trends maybe one day we'll see a 200K+ Hyundai.
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KazO 7:26PM (7/05/2007)
Its executed down to the fake license plate frame. Sunset & Stone Canyon is smack in the middle of country club territory. There's only mansions out there, let alone a car dealership of any kind.
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Bill 7:28PM (7/05/2007)
Must be a Korean guy.
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Andre 7:31PM (7/05/2007)
Or Maybe the Hyundai logo is being use as an Initial for the owner's name "Henry" or something, Known people who have done that..
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RC1320 7:32PM (7/05/2007)
I am glad this popped up as I tried getting this guy's attention on Ocean Ave in Santa Monica last week to ask him what the deal is with it. He was an older guy in his 50's I would assume.
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jjg 7:34PM (7/05/2007)
Well I saw a Kia badged as a Mercedes once, so I guess it's not that far-fetched.
But then again, that was in Calhoun, Georgia.
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Frustrated Consumer 7:39PM (7/05/2007)
I always wanted to take a Chrysler 300 and completely rebadge it as a modern day Studebaker....I wonder how much it would cost?
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Baldo 7:41PM (7/05/2007)
This is awesome!!! A friend of mine took out his LOTUS badges from his ELISE and replaced them with... guess what... A HYUNDAI... He actually gets more attention than when it was a LOTUS. This is a growing trend here in Los Angeles.
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CheezeDog 1:05AM (7/06/2007)
How long before its cool to Glue GM badges on a expensive import?
Stoneman 8:28PM (7/06/2007)
You will have to pry the Suby emblem from my cold dead hands before I give that up.
Kaptain75329 7:42PM (7/05/2007)
All-New for 2007, KIA has upgraded their factory-installed anti-theft system for their entire car lineup: The KIA logo is not only larger, it is also easier to see at night.
Maybe this was done on purpose to make the car less attractive to thieves and the like who wouldn't know any better. I mean, look at the KIA Optima. Going with a Hyundai badge is a head-scratcher though.
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