Is Bentley stuck or ready to flourish? #269

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Cars, The Intercooler, Car, Motorsport, Supercar, Leisure, Automotive, Intercooler, Driving

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel tell the story of Bentley, from its founding by WO Bentley more than a century ago to the present day. They discuss the early racing glories at Le Mans, the road cars that followed, the seemingly endless financial woes, the merger with and eventual split from Rolls-Royce, Volkswagen's takeover, the current model range and the cars that are coming down the pike. Bentley is very profitable today, but much less so than it was. Can that be fixed?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Intercooler podcast.
0:05.7	Hi everyone, this is episode 269 of the Intercooler podcast with Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel.
0:13.5	And this week we're talking about actually one of my favorite topics because we're discussing Bentley,
0:19.2	which means I can just wind you up and let you go,
0:23.0	and I can just sit back and take an hour off.
0:26.0	So, off you go.
0:26.9	Right, good.
0:27.6	Excellent.
0:27.9	Well, it all began.
0:31.2	No, I'll try to contribute something to this discussion.
0:33.6	Good.
0:34.7	But...
0:35.3	I've been wanting to do this podcast since we've been doing podcasts.
0:38.8	So, yeah, why is that?
0:40.9	And what does Bentley mean to you?
0:42.4	I know you've done a bit of work for Bentley in the past.
0:44.5	I know you've been quite close to Bentley at certain stages.
0:49.2	But it has a particular significance for you, doesn't it?
0:52.0	More than an Aston Martin or something?
0:54.5	It basically all comes down to my father, who was obsessed with vintage bentley's.
0:59.9	Yeah.
1:00.2	So, Bentley's of the 1920s, essentially.
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