Before I had some time to sit in a Bentley Continental GT and read about it and see the various and sundry interpretations and versions of this most douchebaggy of sleds, I considered it an appalling manifestation of the descent of Bentley into mediocrity.

But no, the Continental GT is one hell of a gorgeous — albeit heavy — coupé. I mean, check out this Continental Supersports — one of the most elegant sportscoupe anywhere.

Fast, quick, tough, and endlessly expandable.  The GT is also evolving into a more beautiful car, unlike many of its competitors.  What do you think?

Via Autoblog via The Sun: “Nicolas Cage is suing his former manager Samuel Levin for $20 million for gross negligence of his finances and for lining his own pockets at the actor’s expense. Cage is moving to sue the former manager due to the actor’s sudden cash crunch, which includes a boat load of debt and over $7 million in back taxes. But Levin has a story of his own to tell, and it involves excess on a scale that we can hardly imagine. According to Levin, the actor purchased a scad of really expensive stuff. Like a $7.5 million island in the Bahamas, 15 mansions, four yachts, a Gulfstream, 47 pieces of art and even nine Rolls-Royce Phantoms.”

While I do think that Ogara Coach did amazing work when they loaned the Michael Jackson funeral procession a number of brand new black lacquer Rolls Royce Phantoms and Range Rovers (apparently provided by Land Rover Encino), I cannot help but think that affixing WWW.OGARACOACH.COM to the rear window of the elegant auto is a big portion of gilding the lily, if you will.  Tell me what you think?

How did Land Rover and Rolls Royce (or, rather Ogara Coach and Land Rover Encino) did in this buzz marketing campaign?  Generous or did they go one step too far when Ogara plastered web addresses on its loaner cars?

I think that the press surrounding the offering and the feeding frenzy surrounding acquiring the procession vehicles would be enough press.  That said, I guess this article would never have been written were it not for this decal.