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  • 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports

    Almost a year ago, we called Bentley's much-touted biofuels strategy "bogus," in an alliterative headline to a piece that was much forwarded around the green-car world. Now we've had a chat with the very reasonable and polite David Reuter, Bentley's head of PR and communications. We still think almost zero Continental Supersports models will ever run on ethanol, but we now understand the company's point of view somewhat better. We'd summarize Reuter's several points as follows: Customer expectations: Bentley listens very, very closely to its customers. Any Bentley is a discretionary purchase...

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    Bentley Backs Away From Biofuel Bomber, At Least For Awhile

    We've always been more than a little skeptical about Bentley's biofuel claims for its 2010 Continental Supersports hot rod. We think it's very, very unlikely that owners of a $267,000 near-supercar will seek out one of the few hundred E85 ethanol pumps in the country to cut their carbon emissions...

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