Bentley Mulliner’s Olympia Collection honours a century of pursuit
Twelve individually numbered Continental GT models celebrate W.O. Bentley's founding vision, each dressed in a bespoke Verdant to Midnight Emerald Ombré finish inspired by the marque's golden era.
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The Continental GT has long served as Bentley’s canvas for the most exacting visions of automotive luxury, and the Olympia Collection by Mulliner demonstrates how deftly the marque weaves historical narrative into contemporary engineering. Twelve individually numbered models honour a pivotal moment in the brand’s story: the 1926 Olympia motor show, where W.O. Bentley unveiled the 6½ Litre, a car shaped by encounters on the open road and the relentless pursuit of excellence that would define the house for generations.
Each Continental GT in this series carries a distinctive Verdant to Midnight Emerald Ombré finish, a paintwork transition that moves from luminous green to deepest night, catching light across the bodywork like a gemstone turning in the palm. The colour choice evokes the early years of Bentley’s vision, when speed and refinement were not opposing forces but complementary expressions of a founder’s ambition. Beyond the exterior, details drawn from that pioneering era punctuate the interior: quilted leather seats hold the stitch patterns of Bentley’s heritage, while accents reference the aesthetic vocabulary of the 1920s, rendered in contemporary materials and craftsmanship.
The wheels themselves tell a story. Finished in black with champagne gold detailing and centred with the Bentley ‘B’, they bridge past and present with the authority of a car built for those who understand that true luxury requires no announcement. Light plays across the diamond quilting of the leather, through the expansive cabin as it would through a period garage, while the hybrid powertrain beneath delivers the performance W.O. Bentley would have demanded.
This is not nostalgia dressed in chrome; it is continuity. The Olympia Collection represents Bentley’s belief that the greatest new ideas emerge from understanding where excellence has already been achieved, and pushing further still. The twelve cars, each numbered and marked for collectors who recognise the difference between ownership and stewardship, emerge from Mulliner’s workshops with the weight of that history translated into present day craftsmanship.
Imagery courtesy of Bentley (@bentleymotors).
