Bentley Motors and SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced they have signed an exclusive agreement to include SIRIUS in Bentley vehicles.SIRIUS will be available in select Bentley models in the U.S. beginning in the mid- 2007 model year and will become a standard feature available in all Continental GT, Continental GTC and Continental Flying Spur vehicles beginning in the 2008 model year.
It should be noted that Bentley is actually owned by Volkswagen - who signed an exclusivity deal with Sirius back in March. So it's really the standard-feature announcement that is bigger news than the Sirius/Bentley partnership. Still, being standard is the key to growth in the satellite radio industry.
Condsidering that Bentley autos start at close to $200K, and the Porsche autos are much cheaper, I think the XM Porsche deal is much better. Porsche sells more in the us than Bentley (of course, I would not turn down a free Bentley -- I could always use my Helix in it!).
2005 exotic auto sales;
Bentley 3,075 (up); Maserati 1,886 (up); Viper 1,489 (down); Ferrari 1,120 (up); Ford GT 1,094 (up); Lamborghini 613 (up); Rolls Royce 405 (up); Aston Martin 368 (down); Maybach 122 (down), and Lotus 2421 (up).
Lot more Porches on the road than Bentleys.
I am very excited to hear about this. I was just debating if I should get a Honda Civic or a Bentley. Now that I know I can get my beloved Sirius in a Bentley, the tie is broken.
I hope they have someting in Mauve.
Jumping Jesus Jimmy already. Bentley ...WTF.... what's left ...is Nash still in business ? ...Let's sign Nash....