06 July 2009 - 10:00
Flower power returns
When we saw the gold-paint-and-flower-decals Asi Tetsu Bentley Conti last year, we thought we'd found the campest, most bewildering Bentley known to man.
It seems we were wrong. This is the ‘Britto-Bentley', a squiggly, cartoony art-thing from renowned Brazilian pop artist Romero Britto, created in conjunction with the Bentley designers themselves.
The Britto-Bentley is on display at Romero's ‘Come to my World' exhibit in Berlin and, according to Romero himself, has been created to ‘put a smile on people's faces'.
"Since everything in life moves toward an end", says Britto, "we should fill our life with colour and hope."
When the Berlin show finishes, the Britto-Bentley will be auctioned off for charity.
A fine cause, but does that really excuse dressing up a Bentley in flowers and hearts? Thoughts please...
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I quite like it actually... It looks cute!
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I could almost... ALMOST forgive it in the name of a good cause... until I spotted that ridiculous mismatched polka-dot mirror!
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Sorry. It made me frown.
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Sorry. It made me frown.
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It appeals to the wrong people. You will find hippies jumping all over it, but for the wrong reasons. Flower Power, with 600bhp on tap, I think not. Doesn't appeal. Bentleys looks like hippos with bees in their groins. BAD!!
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COOL!!!!!!!!!
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If I had the cash I'd buy it. Then I would destroy it so it wouldn't have to be looked at again.
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mmmmmm so james mays alias is romero britto..... thats a dang shame
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arrrgh, my eyes, MY EYES.... Wot's with those polka dotted side mirrors? and does anybody else think Romero Britto's squiggles, are actually letters from the written form of languages (I spotted Arabic and the letter 'r' in English ), and Egyptian heiroglyphics?
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which engine does it have
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Its quite attractive and pleasant to look at........... and I like Romero's statement...... but some where deep down I feel that the paint job is a bit girly!
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What a pillock.
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i get it!!! an 8 year-old girl will roll out at the driver's seat after it parked.:)
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Wouldn't a Fiat 500 have worked better for the whole make-you-smile-with-its-cuteness thing he's going for. It would be cheaper, though it would make you less likely to move to your end quickly.
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Very tacky. I agree, a Mini of Fiat 500 would have suited it much better.
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Dear oh Dear.... How could anyone come up with this????
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It looks much better than what John Lennon did to his. So long as it doesn't go into production.
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I like it, it's fab in a quirky artsy way.
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Ruined in a way a footballer would never have thought of. How inventively horrid.
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I must say though that it in no way tops the ASI Tetsu GTR from a year ago.
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it looks stupid on a bentley it would be a better joke on the murcielago
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Takk commented on this article
06 July 2009
John Lennon meets the Power Puff girls. Neh, pass.
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