Bentley will recall 1436 of its vehicles globally after it was found the ‘flying B’ bonnet ornament on its cars may not retract properly in an accident.
The cars being recalled are the Brooklands, Azure and Arnage models built between October 2006 and when the models were discontinued in 2009.
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Bentley says that “water ingress into the internal mechanism” might prevent the winged statue from retracting in the event of an accident.
The company says they took the decision after a UK dealer spotted the problem. The company was also served with a recall notice by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the US’s road safety body.
The NHTSA said: “This could increase the risk of injury to a pedestrian in the event of a crash.”
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Re: Bentley to recall 1436 cars
No no no you've all got it wrong! It retracts so that it's less likely to be damaged or smeared with gore.
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Yeah! Go on! Well done
A later poster has the same idea but I feel if I was a pedestrian and I was mown down by 2 and a half tons of steel, glass and leather the fact that the emblem was in or out, up or down would not make much difference I would have thought!
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If I was unfortunate enough to be mown down by one of the above-metioned Bentleys ( a Brooklands please ) I would treasure the imprint of a Flying B somewhere about my torso ... So much cooler than a tattoo .....
;o)