Bentley Azure

Bentley will produce 19 Grand Convertibles to celebrate the carmaker's 100th anniversary.

No surprise, but a new Bentley Azure would be wildly expensive, with prices expected to get well into the seven-figure range.

Big plans are afoot at Bentley. The quintessentially British automaker has just about signed off on the final version of its new SUV, and will surely roll out more versions of the Continental in the coming years, but that's not all. It's said to be considering a new sports coupe smaller than the Noah Joseph

Car accidents are never fun and often expensive. In certain parts of the world, accidents can be push expenses into the stratosphere, and Monte Carlo has reportedly just played host to such a fender bender. A woman was driving a Bentley Azure near the Monte Carlo Casino when she doubled-down on a nearby Mercedes-Benz S-Class. That scrape led to the Azure meeting a Jeff Glucker

Bentley Azure T – Click above for high-res image gallery

Bentley works on a two-tier system, with its entire product line-up based on a pair of platforms. At one end you've got the Continental family, including the GT coupe, GTC convertible and Flying Spur sedan. At the other sits the Arnage sedan, Azure convertible and Brooklands coupe (pictured above). Its separated step-sister Rolls-Royce is gearing up to follow the same formula with the Phantom range and the new Ghost, but with the introduction of the new Mulsanne, Bentley is expected to comprehen

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Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Bentley Azure T

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Bentley Brooklands