In 2002, two British crown jewels fell into German hands: Rolls-Royce was acquired by BMW, while Bentley was taken over by Volkswagen. We hit the road to compare the final generation of “imperial” Bentleys, the 1989 Turbo R and the 1997 Continental T.
The “imperial” Bentleys, the last to be produced under British ownership, represent the kind of dyed-in-the-wool Englishness …