Bentley Motors Reveals Full Size Clay Model of New Bentley State Limousine for Her Majesty The Queen

December 20th 2001 ...Bentley Motors has today issued the first official photographs of the Bentley State Limousine. Conceived by a Bentley-led consortium of British Motor Industry manufacturers and suppliers, the all new car will be presented as a gift to The Queen next year to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. It will be the first Bentley to be used for state occasions.

The new Bentley State Limousine differs fundamentally from those previously supplied by Crewe in being a unique car, rather than a production car modified for State purposes. It also bears no relation in either appearance or physical proportion to any other Bentley product, and has been designed with continual reference to and input from both The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh and of course, the Head Chauffeur.

The major partners joining Bentley in the consortium are Mayflower Vehicle Systems (bodywork), Leoni Wiring Systems (Electrics), TWR Group (trim packaging), Intier Automotive (trim engineering), Radshape (brightware), Ricardo (powertrain) and MSX International (validation).

Bentley Motors has been entirely responsible for the design, styling, chassis and commissioning of the car and is currently assembling the limousine in a dedicated area of its Personal Commissioning department. It has also overseen the project from start to finish.

The new Bentley State Limousine will be presented to The Queen in May 2002 and will perform its first official engagement in June 2002.