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View Poll Results: Which Convertible do you feel is the best?
Bentley Azure 17 28.33%
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe 43 71.67%
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Old 04-13-2007, 11:03 PM   #1
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Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!



Who deserves the Throne? And Why?
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Old 04-13-2007, 11:15 PM   #2
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

Definetly the roller... Have you seen that interior, it's the best out of any automobile ever created IMO
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

Double R of course! I feel a ass kicking coming on!
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Old 04-14-2007, 12:27 AM   #4
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

without reservation. More classy.
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

RR for sure, it is just a massively superior engineered car than the Bentley.
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

The Bentley. It's just so much more stylish.
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Old 04-14-2007, 03:32 AM   #7
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

RR, just look at it.
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

I voted for the RR, to me the Bentley looks too similar to the old model released a few years ago, so isn't really a new car.

The RR on the other hand is a totally new car, and I like the way the face is different to the Phantom!
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

bentley for sure..its original beautiful..
and it aint a roboboat like the RR
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Re: Drop your Top (Rolls vs. Bentley)!

Sorry guys for going off-topic a little here. I've kinda fallen behind on the RR Phantom Drophead Coupe. That image used in the thread-starter, is it an official pic of the car?

If so, has RR then decided to include the aluminium hood, because I remember the concept had it, but RR said it would most likely not make it to production?

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As for the actual thread topic, I have to say it's a little bit of a mixed bag, but the RR comes out on top fairly comprehensive when all things are considered.

In the looks department the RR wins for me, but the Bentley does have a bit of appeal to me. I like the straight lines which run the length of the Bentley's side, give's a very low-slug, road-holding look. Where the Bentley falls short is it's rather out-dated face. As BMW-Dude said, it's just too similar to the previous car.
Eventhough the RR has that 'lazy' look to it, what needs to be realised is, the car is not designed to LOOK stylish, it IS stylish regardless, it is designed to be a statement of wealth. So that's exactly why people can look past the unemotive facial expression of the new RR's and see the real stand-out meaning behind the design.
The wheel design of the Bentley is just superb, love it so much! I hate the RR wheels in that pic. The originals wheels which came with the Phantom (4-door) were perfect for the car, not thisnew 7-spoke Maybach-wheel lookalike.

Where the RR really puts the Bentley in the shadows is in the areas of technology, presence-factor... and how can anyone look past that rear decklid straight off the drawing boards of a luxury yatch!

I used to be a big fan of the Bentley, all the way up until it got the facelift. Trying to look too cute IMO. The new RR's are in a class of their own.
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