1991 Bentley Continental Convertible

The Bentley Continental Series 3 was introduced in 1989 and manufactured in very limited numbers until 1993. The equivalent Rolls Royce at the time was the Corniche III and both cars featured the same chassis, body and 6750cc V8 engine.

The Bentley version however (and in particular the convertible) was manufactured in extremely small numbers and all featured colour coded bumpers, new design alloy wheels, an advanced suspension system, air bags, MK Motronic fuel injection, an updated dashboard/console and improved seats.

This car, an original matching numbers right hand drive Continental convertible, was first registered on 12-2-1991 and supplied to the right hand drive market of Japan. It was finished in the very smart combination of Masons black with tan leather seats, piped in black and a black hood.

It was then sold to its second owner who imported the car to California where the car was to reside with very little usage until 2005. At the time of purchase by our vendor during 2005 in California, the car had covered just 21,000 miles from new and even today the mileage has only increased to 23,350 being a third car in the family, benefitting from high days and holiday use only.

When the car was imported to the UK in 2005 it was sent to Bentley Birmingham for all necessary work to convert the car to UK spec, including the right hand drive headlight re-conversion and a full service. Since then it has been maintained by the vendor's local garage in Chadwick End, Solihull and covered just over 2,000 miles in that period. Now it represents a very rare ownership opportunity of a truly elegant British classic that combines pleasurable motoring with the advantage of potential collectors icon status in the future.