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A U T O
NEW BREED
ESI SPEAKING O THE ESI NERS BE E
BENTLE By Matt Bubbers
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l ve Bentley as art s, do rapp s and as art s, sts, sui ent ilettant a d d ve ehar s. I you d d ve NGS ood ND QUEE aste, y a n e y.
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s ys Y u Jordan ato, Bentley s l ad manag r f espo e desig . “But here
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c ang so ething f r the f ture ” Ru igaj says conviction.
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moveme t, a ne d. ess ry g f olt t get t e brand ovi tl id
t ey o t o far? ot f r enou h? Jus lo rig t? If y goo ,
you ve goo t ste so y PHOTOS COURTESY OF BENTLEY.
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