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Bentley Rolls Out Bespoke Insurance Service for UK Customers

Few brands understand the art of curating luxury ownership like Bentley. Now, the 106-year-old marque is extending that ethos beyond handcrafted cabins and twin-turbo W12s into something far less glamorous, but just as essential: insurance.

Earlier this week, Bentley Motors announced the launch of its first-ever bespoke insurance program, available exclusively to Bentley owners in the UK. Operated through Bentley Financial Services, the new product offers coverage that’s as carefully tailored as the cars themselves, whether you’re driving a brand-new Bentayga EWB or a cherished first-generation Continental GT.

To make it happen, Bentley partnered with two heavyweights. Chubb European Group SA, a specialist in insuring high-value assets, serves as the underwriter, while Carbon Insurance Brokers—part of the Connexus group—handles administration and claims. Together, they promise the same seamless service Bentley buyers expect when picking out wood veneers or commissioning Mulliner to match their luggage.

The insurance program comes in three flavors:

  • Annual Cover – a full-year policy built specifically around Bentley vehicles.
  • Five-Day Complimentary Drive Away Insurance – instant coverage for new or used cars purchased from an authorized Bentley retailer, designed to bridge the gap until full insurance is in place.
  • Heritage Cover – tailored protection for the brand’s classics, from early 20th-century icons to the Continental GT that redefined modern luxury coupes in 2003.

For Bentley, this isn’t just about another revenue stream. It’s about reinforcing a holistic ownership journey—cars, service, lifestyle, and now insurance—all wrapped in the same promise of exclusivity and attention to detail.

Because when you’re driving a Bentley, the last thing you want to worry about is paperwork.

Source: Bentley

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Bentley’s New Playground: Crewe Opens the Gates to the Future of Luxury Engineering

If you think Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe is all tea, tweed, and men called Nigel polishing walnut veneers, think again. The British marque has just cut the ribbon on its brand-new Engineering Technical Centre – a 13,000-square-metre cathedral of science and sorcery where the future of luxury motoring will be hammered, coded, and stitched together.

Officially opened by Chairman and CEO Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser and R&D boss Dr. Matthias Rabe, this isn’t just another shiny office block with a few whiteboards and an espresso machine. This is where Bentley’s upcoming fleet of electrified, digitised, semi-autonomous chariots will go from napkin sketch to rolling reality.

So what’s inside? Picture two floors of hardcore engineering nerdery: a prototype workshop where tomorrow’s Bentleys will first draw breath, materials development labs sniffing out the leather, wood, and metals of the future, and a software integration hub where countless lines of code will learn how to play nice with 48-volt wizardry, high-voltage batteries, and whatever else engineers dream up after too much coffee.

The move is also a symbolic one. Much of this kit has been dragged out of the ageing A1 building – the oldest structure at the Pyms Lane site – which is now being prepped for full-blown BEV assembly from 2027. Yes, that’s Bentley-speak for “we’re going electric, properly this time.”

Dr. Rabe was suitably grand in his proclamation:
“Our Beyond100+ strategy maps out a fundamental programme of change… We’re working on the next generation of electrified driving, digitally connected cars, with driving autonomy that will achieve the highest levels of luxury mobility.”

And it’s not just the Technical Centre. Bentley’s Crewe HQ is undergoing a bit of a glow-up. There’s a new Design Studio, a soon-to-open Paint Shop, and an Integrated Logistics Centre in the works. It’s all part of a hefty investment in making sure that when Bentley goes all-in on electricity, it does so with the same swagger as a twin-turbo W12.

So, yes, the old guard of petrolheads may roll their eyes at the idea of a silent, software-driven Bentley. But step into this new Engineering Technical Centre, and you get the sense the brand isn’t mourning the past. It’s plotting a future where ultimate luxury doesn’t roar – it whispers.

And if you’re still craving that old-school Bentley thunder? Well, you’ve got until 2027.

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Bentley Flying Spur Gets a Paintjob Picasso Would Applaud

You know how some people fade into the background? The Bentley Flying Spur does the exact opposite. Crewe’s artisans have gone full Renaissance painter with something they call “Ombré by Mulliner” – a paint finish that looks less like a car colour and more like Bentley hired Monet to airbrush the bodywork.

For the first time, Bentley’s four-door limousine has been dressed in this two-tone sorcery: a Topaz Blue nose melting into a Windsor Blue tail. The fade isn’t some lazy Photoshop filter either – it’s done entirely by hand, in the Bentley Dream Factory, by people with steadier wrists than a bomb disposal expert.

How steady? Well, the process takes 60 hours and two highly skilled paint techs, who spray, pause, blend, and basically dance around the Flying Spur like it’s a priceless canvas. The trick is keeping the transition perfectly symmetrical across the doors, sills, and roof. Any wobble, and you’ve just turned a £200,000 luxury saloon into an expensive tie-dye experiment.

Bentley isn’t stopping at blues either. Oh no. Mulliner’s paint alchemists have also cooked up Sunburst Gold to Orange Flame and Tungsten to Onyx. What you won’t see is any daft yellow-to-blue mash-up that accidentally produces green. This isn’t a primary-school art class – Bentley has curated the colour combos to avoid awkward halfway hues.

And here’s the thing: no two cars will ever look exactly alike. Each application is a one-off, depending on how the paints react in the moment. Think of it as automotive jazz – improvised, but always on key.

The first Ombré creation, a Continental GT, made its debut under the Californian sun at Monterey Car Week. Now the Flying Spur gets its turn in the spotlight, taking a bow at the Southampton International Boat Show. Boats, Bentleys, and blues that fade smoother than a Sinatra outro.

Bentley promises more colour combinations are on the horizon. Until then, the Flying Spur Ombré is the new benchmark in making every other luxury car in the marina car park look like it’s wearing off-the-peg paint.

Source: Bentley