2006 Bentley Continental GT

Finished in Dark Sapphire Pearl with a Mulliner Driving Specification quilted hide interior, this 2006 Bentley Continental GT comes to us from the Isle of Wight, which explains both the reason for sale and why they’ve covered so few miles in the two years they’ve owned it.

Because the seller’s wife had hankered after one for a while, and when ‘LF06 PZB’ came up for sale in November 2023, they couldn’t resist. But, as the MoT record shows, the island is so small that they didn’t ever get the chance to stretch its legs – and keeping a car like this cooped up hardly seems fair, does it?

They’ve now made the difficult decision that it’s time for someone else to enjoy it; they may only have covered 1,600-odd miles in it but every single one of them has been a joy and they’re full of praise for both its reliability and its performance.

The Dark Sapphire Pearl coachwork (paint code LR5W) is in fine fettle with no major dents, dinks, or ripples – and with a colour this dark, if they were there then you can be sure that you’d see ‘em.

The shutlines are good too, as is the general panel alignment; this is a car that isn’t going to embarrass you, not matter how exulted the company.

The diamond-mesh grilles are all geometrically uncorrupted, the lamp lenses are free of chips and discolouration, the rear spoiler pops up on command, and the badges are all good ‘n’ shiny. 

The 20-inch, split-rim alloy wheels, which are finished in anthracite, are free of major kerbing scuffs and scrapes. Their centre caps are very good too, and the design means you can admire the understated silver brake calipers that lurk behind.

Two of the tyres were replaced on the 15th of December 2023 with matching iLink L-ZEAL 56s, with another one being changed in October 2025 for one of the same type. The remaining tyre is a Fronway Eurus 08. 

Of course, any car painted this dark will have accrued some fine scratches and swirl marks over its two-decade life, and this Continental GT is no exception. However, we suspect a professional machine-polish would make a huge difference and would be worth the relatively modest investment it would demand.

There are slightly more obvious scratches to the offside and nearside front corners, the lower front bumper, and the rear bumper.

We also spotted scuff marks to the front edge of the bonnet below the chrome grille, a persistent sticky residue around the rear numberplate plinth, a mark on the offside rear wheelarch, and an area of touched-up paint on the nearside front corner.

The glazing in both doors has also started to delaminate and there are chips to the trailing edges of the doors. Finally, the offside inner headlamp has condensation in it, and the nearside door mirror doesn’t work.

The quilted hide interior is in a very good condition with nothing more than some creasing and a little softening of the outer edge of the driver’s seat; the other three seats show even less wear, and we suspect a good clean and feed would reduce that even further.

Leather has also been used across the dashboard and transmission tunnel, the headlining, and the side trim, with the latter featuring the same diamond-quilting as the seats. The stitching throughout is as precise as we’ve come to expect of Bentley, and this too has survived very well.

Piano Black has been used instead of the more traditional walnut veneer, and it suits the Continental GT’s more modern image very well. As for its condition, it too is in good shape with no cracks, splits, or other damage.

The displays all work as they should too, the lettering on the switches and controls is still bright white, the iconic Breitling clock is in situ, the chrome controls have a nice heft to their operation, and the red warning lights in the doors light up on command.

We are told that everything works as it should. 

The boot is very nicely trimmed and still plays host to the warning triangle, spare wheel, and tool kit. 

As for work to do a sticky pad remains on the top of the dashboard, the headlining has a scratch to its central section and is starting to droop at the rear, and there are some marks to the trim on the lower nearside B-pillar.

As you can see, the Continental GT starts well and settles into a good idle with little more than a subdued hum. It revs nicely too and it does it all with the W12’s customary smoothness and no odd noises.

However, two warning lights are illuminated, one for tyre pressure and another to tell you it is due a service.

The engine bay is a little grubby but having it professionally detailed wouldn’t be too much of a strain on your wallet. Nor would replacing the rusty fasteners and clips, a quick and easy job that would transform it out of all proportion to the cost and effort involved.

The underside is free of obvious problems bar a few wobbly seams along the sills where a careless mechanic has jacked it up in the wrong place. Rectifying this would also be straightforward and, more importantly, no MoT tester has ever had cause to bring up the subject of structural corrosion.

We see that one of the steel covers has rotted through though (76/82) but you could have that sorted during the service you’re going to need to treat it to. We also noted that for us the boot lid latch is intermittent. 

Speaking of which, It’s got a decent history, with the following service work recorded in the handbook:

• 27.02.2006 and 14 miles – pre-delivery inspection by Jack Barclay
• 28.04.2006 and 3,592 miles – service by Jack Barclay
• 21.03.2007 and 10,062 miles – service by Jack Barclay
• 16.01.2008 and 19,216 miles – service by Jack Barclay
• 26.11.2008 and 29,942 miles – service by Jack Barclay
• 29.10.2009 and 37,465 miles – service by Belgravia Garage
• 16.12.2011 and 56,545 miles – service by Belgravia Garage
• 26.06.2013 and 60,772 miles – service by Broughton’s of Cheltenham
• 23.04.2014 and 62,865 miles – service by Autoprecision
• 20.03.2015 and 65,802 miles – service by Autoprecision
• 10.03.2016 and 71,816 miles – service by Autoprecision
• 07.03.2017 and 76,628 miles – service by Autoprecision
• 14.11.2022 and likely to be around 88,000 miles – service by Curtis Johnson including fresh brake fluid, a new battery, a radiator, and an auxiliary belt

There are other handwritten notes in the handbook that may refer to other services, but these are too vague to be able to rely on.

However, notwithstanding some vagueness to its most recent maintenance regimen, its MoT, which is valid until December 2026, was issued with no advisories, just like the one before. 

The recent Vehicle History Check is clear, and the Bentley comes with two keys fobs.

This Bentley Continental GT’s combination of other-worldly luxury alongside a sure-footed chassis and intercontinental ballistic missile performance makes it a very seductive proposition.

And while it does need a service – and, given its performance, we’d also advise the winning bidder to budget for four new, high-quality tyres – you probably won’t be gambling as much as you might think because we suspect the virtual hammer will fall somewhere between £9,000 and £14,000.

Better yet, it’s being offered with no reserve, so will be considered sold after the first bid has been placed, which could make it the cheapest advisory-free Bentley Continental GT sold in 2025.

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