£91,100
1999 Bentley Continental SC Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 7 Dec 2014
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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£91,100
1999 Bentley Continental SC Coupé
UK • 7 Dec 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1999 Bentley Continental SC Coupé is a rare, right-hand drive example (1 of 25) with a Targa-style removable roof. It boasts full service history, recent maintenance, and is described as being in beautiful condition with approximately 69,000 miles, though the bodywork has been repainted.
Condition
8
The car is described as being in beautiful condition and original throughout, apart from repainted bodywork. It comes with a full service history from new, has been recently serviced, and has a valid MoT. The odometer displays approximately 69,000 miles.
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69,000 miles
SCBZZ23E7XCX65041
RHD
United Kingdom
Automatic
T767 BLO
1999
Auction
£91,100
1999 Bentley Continental SC Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 7 Dec 2014
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
'...Bentley made only 72 examples of the Continental SC, developed from the Continental R and priced at a gut-twisting £245,000: of those, only 25 were right-hand drive.' – Octane magazine.
By the end of the 1970s, Bentleys accounted for a mere 3% of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' production, clearly a situation that could not be tolerated if the once-famous marque was to avoid extinction.
The solution was to seek to re-establish Bentley's credentials as the purveyor of high-performance luxury cars, and in a move calculated to evoke memories of the company's glorious past achievements at Le Mans, the name 'Mulsanne' was chosen for the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit's counterpart.
This strategy would succeed brilliantly.
Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1982, the Mulsanne Turbo provoked a rash of headlines in the motoring press hailing the return of the 'Blower Bentley' - the 'Silent Sports Car' was back.
Bentley's 1980s resurgence had hitherto relied exclusively on models whose basi...
Price Analysis vs Other Continental SCs
£63,306
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£137,454
Median Price (Since 2020)
£251,037
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Valid
Expires on 30th Oct 2027
Latest MOT mileage:
72,928 miles
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