Description
The Millbrook Sale | Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire
Viewing: Tues 2nd December from 12pm
Auction: Wed 3rd December from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JH
1992 Bentley Continental R
A very well-cared for example with c. 64, 000 miles on the odometer
Estimate
£34, 000 - £38, 000
Registration No: K2 EHG
Chassis No: SCBZB03A4NCH42144
MOT: March 2026
A very well cared-for example that presents in 'very good' order today
c. 64, 000 miles recorded on the odometer from new
Offered with the original owner's wallet, handbook and service book plus invoices for further maintenance
Finished in the attractive colour scheme of Balmoral Green over a Parchment and Spruce Green interior
Complete with lambswool over-rugs, factory-optioned rear parking sensors and a Bentley soft car cover
1 of just 1, 292 examples produced
Bentley's Continental R, code-named ‘Nepal’ by the engineering department, was designed and built entirely at Crewe. It filled the space left by the Rolls-Royce Camargue, sharing with that model an eye-watering list price. When launched in 1991, the initial press release had the price as £160, 000, only for that to be tweaked upwards to £175, 000 soon afterwards, when the new VAT rate was announced in that year’s budget. The sleek shape benefitted from work in the wind tunnel; the windscreen was raked to lower the vehicle’s drag coefficient, enhancing fuel consumption, lowering wind noise and raising the model’s top speed. It is said that when the model was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the assembled audience broke out into spontaneous applause, with the Geneva Show car being sold to the Sultan of Brunei on the spot! Riding on 16-inch wheels with low profile Avon tyres, the new Continental R was powered by the company’s revered 6, 750cc V8 engine, now using a new four-speed GM automatic transmission. The 325bhp turbocharged power unit would offer a near-150mph top speed and somehow heave Bentley’s 2. 4-ton bulk to 60mph in just over six seconds.
Elegant and yet also muscular, this superb Continental R appears in its original colour scheme of Balmoral Green with an interior trimmed in the complementary Parchment and Spruce and remains in outstanding condition after just 65, 000 miles. Sold new on September 1st, 1992, through Dutton-Forshaw of Preston, Lancashire, its original equipment also included a windscreen shade band and burr walnut interior veneer. It was meticulously looked after from day one, being serviced six times – twice annually – by Dutton-Forshaw up to July, 1995 (28, 431 miles). An additional service was performed in 1995 by Bentley main dealer S. P. Broughton & Co. of Cheltenham, followed by seven services in the hands of marque specialist Sebright Origin Ltd. between 1997 and 2004 (46, 940 miles). Subsequent services were performed by Marlow Cars in 2008 and Thornley Kelham in 2015 (59, 254 miles).
Despite its very sparing recent use, the Bentley has been MOTed annually since 2013 and is offered with the current certificate valid until March, 2026, and showing no advisories. In the present ownership since 2021, the Bentley is offered with the current V5C, the original book pack containing the owner’s manuals, the service record, the warranty and the sales directory, a long MOT history running back to 1996 and maintenance invoices going back to 2003.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
