Bristol Blenheim
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Does anyone know if this car is still in production?
The website seems to say it is but I have a feeling they don't update it often!
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/Blenheim3.htm
I wonder just how many of these have been sold in the last 5 years. I get the Figher and think it's fantastic but this....
I understand that people could want something different, but £164000 for a car that is so outdated!
The website seems to say it is but I have a feeling they don't update it often!
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/Blenheim3.htm
I wonder just how many of these have been sold in the last 5 years. I get the Figher and think it's fantastic but this....
I understand that people could want something different, but £164000 for a car that is so outdated!
OnTheOverrun said:
Mars said:
A real oddity. On one hand it looks as though the company hasn't opened its doors to look outside in 35+ years, and yet there's the Fighter which is very much a modern-looking car with 1015bhp.
- EFA
Ah, yes time for a Bristol debate. We have had one yet this year
yes they still make them, and no they dont (and have never) released production figures. A recent interview with the Chairman, Toby Silverton in octane magazine was asked the very same thing and he didnt want the value of the cars to be dependant on the years- a sort of "...well in 1980 they only made x, so mine is rare..."
And if you visit their showroom, the tobacco pipes on the desk are a joke- people seem to think they should all have them, so they do have them on the desk and pretend every now and then.
yes they still make them, and no they dont (and have never) released production figures. A recent interview with the Chairman, Toby Silverton in octane magazine was asked the very same thing and he didnt want the value of the cars to be dependant on the years- a sort of "...well in 1980 they only made x, so mine is rare..."
And if you visit their showroom, the tobacco pipes on the desk are a joke- people seem to think they should all have them, so they do have them on the desk and pretend every now and then.
v1paul said:
I cant quite work out where all that money goes. It hasn't got any advanced technology and it isn't actually that luxury. Maybe just top build quality
Doubtful, since handbuild usually = shonky build quality.There's 8 blokes in brown overcoats banging one out a year, from a shed.
Each bloke is on £20K.
That leaves £4K for materials.
Hence £164K.
ProfessorPeach said:
v1paul said:
I cant quite work out where all that money goes. It hasn't got any advanced technology and it isn't actually that luxury. Maybe just top build quality
Doubtful, since handbuild usually = shonky build quality.There's 8 blokes in brown overcoats banging one out a year, from a shed.
Each bloke is on £20K.
That leaves £4K for materials.
Hence £164K.
I quite often see a bloke commuting in a new-ish Blenheim near Jodrell Bank. I do actually wonder whether it's Brian Cox,formerly of D:Ream, who works there. Really wouldn't surprise me as he's exactly the sort of bloke I imagine owning one.
As far as the grumbling goes, I think the Blenheim is a wonderful thing and worth every penny. It exists because there is a very small market for people who want to buy a brand-new example of the sort of car that disappeared en masse in the early '70s - the big, traditional V8-engined GT. I see it as the last of a breed that once included the Jensen Interceptor, Aston Martin DBS V8, Iso Rivolta and Facel-Vega Facel II. The fuel crisis killed most of them off, and when the GT burst back onto the scene, it had become a more lithe, motorsport-derived genre, far removed from what Bristol offered. Some people don't like this, but don't consider themselves sedate or ostentatious enough for a Rolls-Royce. They have a very loyal niche that isn't about to go avay and isn't confined entirely to the old establishment either (Noel Gallagher and Richard Branson have them, for example).
With the Fighter, Bristol also offer something in the modern supercar league. As a result, I see them as a more exclusive alternative to Bentley. The Fighter is their Continental GT Speed, the Blenheim is their Brooklands.
Only difference is, you'll never see a Blenheim in pearlescent white, with an unsightly bodykit, a diving-board rear wing and wheels big enough to fit a Boeing 747 (but with a condoms-worth of rubber stretched round them), and a footballer on his way to training behind the wheel, pumping some hip-hop out of tinted windows.
As far as the grumbling goes, I think the Blenheim is a wonderful thing and worth every penny. It exists because there is a very small market for people who want to buy a brand-new example of the sort of car that disappeared en masse in the early '70s - the big, traditional V8-engined GT. I see it as the last of a breed that once included the Jensen Interceptor, Aston Martin DBS V8, Iso Rivolta and Facel-Vega Facel II. The fuel crisis killed most of them off, and when the GT burst back onto the scene, it had become a more lithe, motorsport-derived genre, far removed from what Bristol offered. Some people don't like this, but don't consider themselves sedate or ostentatious enough for a Rolls-Royce. They have a very loyal niche that isn't about to go avay and isn't confined entirely to the old establishment either (Noel Gallagher and Richard Branson have them, for example).
With the Fighter, Bristol also offer something in the modern supercar league. As a result, I see them as a more exclusive alternative to Bentley. The Fighter is their Continental GT Speed, the Blenheim is their Brooklands.
Only difference is, you'll never see a Blenheim in pearlescent white, with an unsightly bodykit, a diving-board rear wing and wheels big enough to fit a Boeing 747 (but with a condoms-worth of rubber stretched round them), and a footballer on his way to training behind the wheel, pumping some hip-hop out of tinted windows.
Seez said:
From the website:
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Am I the only person who thinks it looks fantastic? The modernised bBRISTOL WEBSITE said:
The Fighter is one of the very few cars ever designed where aerodynamic efficiency has been placed ahead of all other considerations
Is that Tech speak for it looks st?d-child of a Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing and the Bertone Alfa Romeo Canguro.Seez said:
From the website:
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No it's tech speak for 'we don't have a stylist or a wind tunnel so we got Bob from engineering to pen the shape and called it aerodynamic because he once designed a barge board for Minardi in 1992'BRISTOL WEBSITE said:
The Fighter is one of the very few cars ever designed where aerodynamic efficiency has been placed ahead of all other considerations
Is that Tech speak for it looks st?Anyway, I'm leaving this thread now before it starts looking like the last one
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