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Bentley CEO: Rich People Felt Bad About Showing Off, Causing Drop in Sales

The Truth About Cars

People who buy cars from brands like Bentley aren’t generally concerned with things like recessions and the opinions of the masses, but the automaker thinks its customers are buying fewer expensive cars because they feel bad about showing off. Of course, we can take this conversation in a few different directions.

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Considering a VW Kit Car Build

DIY Electric Car

I have posted here before with a different VW kit car build which was a 72v Wilderness EV kit in a Bentley kit body roadster. Recently I purchased another VW kit car that has from what I can tell a pretty complete set up. At that time I was using Trojan 12v LA batteries. Pretty straight forward and easy build.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Bentley EV onslaught – British luxury brand promises only electric cars by 2030; the first Bentley EV appears in 2025 and there will be at least one per year afterwards. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion.