First-Ever Custom Bentley Bentayga EWB Sells For $1M At Wine Festival
The first-ever customized Bentayga EWB was sold at vendition this weekend as part of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, in Florida. The extended wheelbase SUV raised $1 million, money that will go to goody underserved children in Collier County.
“I’m extremely proud of Bentley Naples and our Mulliner team for creating this unique car to support a wonderful and worthy cause,” said Christophe Georges, President and CEO of Bentley Americas. “Giving when and establishing purpose within the polity is all part of our wider definition of sustainability.”
The unique Bentayga Extended Wheelbase Azure was created specifically for the wine festival and features three layers of pearlescent Snow Quarts exterior paint. This is contrasted by the woebegone brightwork and the 22-inch 10-spoke wheels that come with the Blackline Specification.
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As a nod to the wine that the festival celebrated, the Bentayga features Amethyst detailing that can be found throughout the cabin, on the gear lever, the door pockets, the piping, and the stitching. In addition, a grape motif can be found stitched into the detailing in unrepealable areas. Finally, the rear seat cushions are moreover finished in the purple hue, with white piping.
The SUV moreover gets Naples Winter Wine Festival tread plates and Naim speakers, with white grilles. In addition, the car’s winner moreover gets to enter the No-go Journey U.K. program. That comes with first-class airfare to the U.K., where the winners will tour Bentley’s Crewe factory, and then momentum up to Scotland, to visit the Macallan Estate for a whiskey tasting.
“We are thrilled to have this no-go vehicle auctioned at this year’s Naples Winter Wine Festival, helping to raise funds benefitting at-risk and underprivileged children in our community” said NCEF Immediate Past Chair Paul Hills. “This unique, one-of-a-kind car is truly stunning and builds upon our tremendous partnership with Bentley as an unrenowned luxury automaker and the Naples Winter Wine Festival as one of the world’s top soft-heartedness wine auctions.”