Beijing’s famous dust makes classy cars even classier. Case in point: this majestic Bentley Azure Mulliner, seen in 2014 at the Beijing Tuning Tribe. The car was at SCC for maintenance and stood uncovered on a parking lot.
SCC stands for Sports Car Club. These clubs were very popular in the mid-2000’s until 2012. They had chapters all over China, often organizing supercar parties and supercar weddings. The Beijing Tuning Tribe, aka Beijing Tuning Street, is an area in east Beijing with dozens of high-end car modification shops.
The Bentley Azure Mark 1 is a giant four-seat convertible based on the Bentley Continental R. It was manufactured from 1995 until 2003 and never officially exported to China.
That poor old roof needs some work, but the chrome looked perfectly shiny. Alloys are period-original. The Azure Mark 1 is a rare car, only 1403 cars were produced over its eight-year life, including about 250 Mulliner variants, and this Beijing car is likely the one and only one in China.
Happily, the interior looked rather good. Seats were a bit worn nut nothing too serious. Wood looked good. And see that brilliant center console with a total of seven dials.
The Azure Mark 1 is powered by the famous 6.75 liter V8 with a big Garrett turbo, good for 385hp and a massive 750nm. Top speed is 240km/h and 0-100 is gone in 6.5 seconds. Incredible numbers for a 5.3 meter long car weighing 2610 kilo.
The Azure badge, in azure blue.
The Mulliner badge.
Big blue Bentley makes a nice combo with white wall and pink building. This world, needs more Azure.
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