Description
Kelham Hall | Newark, Nottinghamshire
Viewing: Tues 16th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 17th June from 9am
Location: Main Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX
2010 Bentley Brooklands Coupe
Excellent example with low mileage!
Estimate
£120, 000 - £140, 000
Registration No: CN59 AUT
Chassis No: SCBCC42M5ACH00551
MOT: November 2026
Warranted just 11, 000 miles from new
1 of only 105 Brooklands Coupes supplied in right-hand drive
Desirable specification
Formerly in the ownership of Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame
Most recently serviced and supplied with a vehicle inspection by Bentley Manchester in January this year at 11, 381 miles
Exemplary service history, with fifteen services including PDI, the vast majority of which completed by Bentley main agents
Fantastic history file, and presenting excellently!
The 2008 Bentley Brooklands Coupé is a rare, hand-assembled luxury grand tourer representing the final evolution of the 'traditional' Crewe-built Bentleys. Based on the Arnage chassis, it was designed as a pillarless version of the Azure convertible, offering an 'iron fist in a velvet glove' experience with immense power and hushed refinement.
At launch, Bentley planned to build 550 units; however, the Brooklands' launch in 2008 coincided with the arrival of the global financial crisis, resulting in only around 430 finding homes, with only 105 of these in right-hand drive. No direct successor has ever taken the Coupé’s place, and it marked the end of the true hand-built era at Crewe, where modular platforms from the VW Group became the starting point for most future models. The Brooklands Coupé took an astonishing 650 man-hours to build, with 130 of those spent on constructing the body alone. For context, a modern Continental takes around 110 man-hours in total to build.
Powered by Bentley’s stalwart 6. 75-litre L-Series twin-turbocharged V8, the Brooklands shared its formidable heart with the contemporary Azure; however, in Brooklands specification, output was elevated to an impressive 530bhp at just 4, 000rpm, accompanied by an extraordinary 774lb/ ft of torque at 3, 250rpm. Drive was delivered to the rear wheels via a smooth-shifting ZF 6-speed automatic transmission, endowing this elegant Grand Tourer with effortless performance. Bentley quoted 0-60mph in a remarkable 5. 0 seconds and a top speed of 183. 9mph, figures all the more astonishing given the car’s scale and refinement.
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