Bentley Brooklands review

Coupes are space-hungry things. By the time you’ve got the proportions of the long bonnet sorted, and swooped the roofline, there’s usually not a vast amount of space left over inside for human beings.

The Brooklands outsmarts this trap being so monumentally huge in all dimensions that it can’t fail to be roomy inside.

Not only is the Brooklands generously spacious in the back, it has two handles per door, so passengers wallowing in the vast rear quarters can open each side themselves.

Does it have state of the art tech?

Hmm. There’s a quaint built-in phone, a primitive trip computer and an aircraft’s compliment of gauges. Fitting for a machine that came to life in the same building that built Merlin engines during the war.

But it’s also more relaxing than a modern luxury car because there are no warning bongs or ADAS alerts. You’re blissfully undisturbed.

Does it feel dated?

Only in the minor tech details, the pixelated screens, the old-school key. What never goes out of fashion is build quality like this: the density of the polished metal fittings, the sumptuously cushioned seats, the softness of all the leather.

You could cruise from London to Monaco in one hit in this cabin without a hint of fatigue and you’d climb out smelling of expensive leather and success.

Spec-wise, Bentley tells us this Brooklands ‘was the final one to be hand crafted, leaving the production line in January 2010. The exterior is finished in Anthracite Grey, while the interior’s main hide colour is Newmarket Tan with Anthracite secondary hide. The veneer is dark Vavona wood'.