An unnamed Bentley source has told Car and Driver that the company plans to present an all-new sports car concept at the 2012 Paris Auto Show later next month.
No other details were released about the study, though the magazine points out that it is designed to “underscore the brand’s sporting aspirations,” adding that it will likely be the sportiest model to wear the British company’s badge since the 1999 Bentley Hunaudières concept.
Earlier this year, Bentley CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer had revealed that the company had previously considered a sports car concept but had decided to go in a different direction with the EXP 9 F SUV because it felt that such a model “would have had the Porsche 911 Turbo as opposition”, something that the automaker didn’t want.
It remains unknown at this time if Bentley and consequently, the VW Group that also owns Porsche, reconsidered or if the rumored Paris Motor Show concept belongs in a different category than the 911.
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