Y - June 14, 2011 - Issue 174 - Y-oman.com

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So long, farewell. It has been an interesting experience
sitting at the helm of Y, and it would not have been nearly as
exciting as it was without the friendship, support and kindness of the
following people:
James Armstrong, Claudio Piretti, Malcolm Garner, Penny Destro,
Ghita Mejdi, Anja Wood, Paul Varley, Nicholas Braxton-Abery, Julia
Rowley, Peni Wilson and all the volunteers at Animal Adoption and
Fostering, Dr. Elke at Qurum Vet Clinic, Dr. Lousie at Tafani Vet Clinic,
Rasheno Nejad, Sheikh Nizar Shanfari, Tarik Al Zadjali, Peter Keage,
Syed Sohraab Hasnain, Dave Pender, Kevin Hasler, Eihab Attia,
Mohammed Qassim, Diya Al Tamari, Hussein Al Abdullatif, Makino and
the team at the Japanese Embassy, Anne Otari… just to name a few!
And thank you to Oman for an extraordinary set of experiences
and memories.
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and angular roof; the crease lines taper towards the rear haunches, where
exaggerated arches beef out the rear end. From some angles there is a clear
connect to a 1950’s R-Type Continental, and the pinched lines across the side
and over the front arches bolster that connect.
delivered with local flavour and style.
Popping in Lee Ritenour’s Harlequin album on CD – my
preferred disc for testing high-end audio systems - I was
immediately transported to an auditorium, where I could
probably identify the particular brand of strings used in
the grand piano parts on the 90’s Jazz fusion classic’s title
track. I heard more detail in this Bentley than I have done
with a pair of AKG-K701 headphones on! Magnificent.
So much so that I called an audiophile friend of mine in
Vietnam, and proceeded to blast the track to him down my
cellphone, whilst racing along the Sultan Qaboos Highway.
“Quem terá esse vício bendito - Quem terá o ofício bonito -
Pra fazer minha gente feliz novamente?”
Succulent seasonal fresh fruit. The
flowing lines and low roofline of the GT make it robust
yet regal, with a slightly butch, almost ‘chopped’ appeal.
An enormous chrome grille rises steeply to a long bonnet
It’s almost inconceivable to picture any Bentley Continental GT owner getting
into another car and being truly satisfied. They’d be left wanting for the fine work
of artisans and master craftsmen. The bespoke appeal of this Bentley sits at its
core. And remember: this is a car that can thunder past any vehicle obstructing
it, only to leave deflated egos and sections of tortured tarmac in its wake.
It was Hans Urs von Balthasar who said, “Beauty is the disinterested one,
without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a world which both
imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world…” Well,
it is indeed a shame that old Balthasar never got behind the wheel of Bentley’s
new Continental GT. It is the most beautifully crafted and most electrifying
motor vehicle on the planet. It is the stuff of dreams. It sits in a modern world,
with undiluted purpose and ‘engineering resolve’; it is now the only car that
creeps into my imaginary world when I sleep and the first thing on my mind
when I wake. For an enthusiast such as myself, the Bentley Continental GT is
an archetype of the ‘automobile collective unconscious’, from which every other
modern supercar merely pays homage.