Page 217 - The Bite Magazine - Spring Summer 2013

TWO OF THE TOP BRITISH
MOTORING MARQUES, BENTLEY
AND ROLLS-ROYCE UNVEILED
THEIR NEW MODELS AT THE
GENEVA MOTOR SHOW THIS
YEAR PROVING THEY HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES TO REMAIN AT
THE FOREFRONTOFMOTORING
INNOVATION. JADA BROOKES
CHECKS OUT THE BIG BOYS.
and prestigious cars on display, the pressing
question is: which one of these would you have
sitting on your forecourt or in your garage? As
the Earl of Cardigan said of the Rolls-Royce in
Britannia and Eve magazine in May 1930,“One is
so accustomed to seeing Rolls-Royces slipping
silently through Mayfair or purring down to
Ascot in a 30 mph traffic stream that one is
apt to forget that these cars are just about the
fastest non-sporting proposition of their time.”
The same could have been said for Bentley.
Driving Capacity
For prestigious and luxurious cars like the