宾利将推出一款基于EXP 10 Speed 6概念车的运动车，该车将在2019年发布，预计将会被命名为“Barnato”。宾利之所以将该车命名为“Barnato”，是为了纪念宾利前总裁和三届宾利勒芒24小时耐力赛获得者Woolf Barnato，它曾在1928/1929和1930年获得冠军。Barnato运动车是一款双座车型，在宾利家族中的位置与欧陆GT一样。这意味着该车售价不会低于13万英镑（约合人民币121.3万元）。宾利汽车主席兼首席执行官沃尔夫冈·杜翰墨(Wolfgang Dürheimer)说：“消费者对EXP 10 Speed 6概念车反响热烈，因此我们决定推出其量产版车型”。Barnato和另一款轿跑型SUV将使宾利实现到2020年销量达到2万辆的目标。
Bentley Barnato: new sports car due by 2019
Bentley’s upcoming sports car, based on the EXP 10 Speed 6 concept, could be called Barnato when it arrives within the next three years. Auto Express can reveal a trademark for the Barnato name was filed two years ago, along with Bentayga.
The name Barnato makes reference to former Bentley chairman and three-time Bentley Le Mans 24 Hours winner Woolf Barnato, who competed in the race in 1928, 1929 and 1930.
The Barnato sports car will be a strict two-seater and sit alongside the Continental GT in Bentley’s range – meaning it could cost in the region of ￡130,000. “Customer response to EXP 10 Speed 6 was phenomenal, so we want to build on this and make it a reality,” Dürheimer told Auto Express last year.
The Barnato and forthcoming coupe-SUV will play a role in helping Bentley double its annual sales to 20,000 by 2020.