According to Bentley chairman, Franz-Josef Paefgen, the new Bentley Brooklands coupe is a car for the “ultimate gentleman driver.” In name and spirit it is designed to recall Bentley’s heyday in the 1920s, when Britain still had an empire and the so-called Bentley Boys dominated the world of sports car racing. Men such as Wolf Barnato, who doubled as the company chairman, enjoyed playboy lifestyles. They lived fast and did their best to die young. It’s an evocative image but one that seems somewhat at odds with the likely demographic of a Brooklands customer. Based on the Arnage sedan, the Brooklands is a vast four-seater coupe that is likely to cost the not-insignificant sum of $350,000. One can’t help thinking that the Brooklands owner is more likely to be an aged retiree than a hedonistic thirtysomething.

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