{"id":25860,"date":"2012-03-16T09:37:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T09:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=25860"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:51:05","slug":"geneva-bentley-exp-9-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/geneva-bentley-exp-9-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva: Bentley EXP 9 F"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bentley SUV – wether we like it or not – is the future. At least, it\u2019s the future of car exports from Europe to the new frontiers of capital. That\u2019s right, a hundred plus years ago Bentley might have been a glimmer in the eye of the British Empire – you know, that thing upon which the sun never set and the idea of ethical or free trade never flickered across an ermine and scarlet clad consciousness. The new frontiers are, you guessed it, the emerging economies of China, India and Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Bentley as a brand may have represented bling before bling was bling – and now in a sense represents the quintessence of Premiership bravado, but with the traditional markets of uber-privileged folk of Europe and North America creaking under the weight of financial chaos and mismanagement, the smart money rightly identifies that all things premium must look to this new and emerging Empire for its patronage.<\/p>\n