Bentley may have been on a fast rise up the sales scales in the past four years or so, due to new vibrant models like the Continental GT, but even they would probably not approve of this TETSU GTR from ASI. Which is probably the exact point of it all; taking something as regal as a Bentley GT and turning it into an art piece that conformists couldn’t point at with a laptop mouse.
Already sweating buckets of turbo power as a normal manufacturer car, the GT that ASI made is one of some considerable strength, mostly found from enlarged turbo turbines, ECU tuning, a more efficient exhaust system and improved cooling methods. Because of these changes the TETSU GTR is able to allow for a comprehensive 800 bhp to escape onto the tarmac.
SEMA is of course more than just a power fest, it’s also about eye candy. So the GTR has received special attention from artist Tetsuei Nakamura whose works include luxury hotels. The car seats and its floor mats are fashioned in the Nishijin weaving legacy, the exterior finished in two-tone carbon fiber, Fujiyama matte white colour scheme.
LED lights give the appearance of the modern-day sports car fad, with that 2070mm-wide body making the car look like it’s squatting, waiting to pounce. The 22-inch black forged wheels finish this look.
TETSU GTR by ASI Debuts at SEMA
ASI / TETSU GTR by ASI
By Thami Masemola
October 16, 2008 12:17 AM
Filed Under: Bentley, European, SEMA, Tuners
Comments
Penner
October 16, 2008 12:38 AM
Love the interior, outside it should have been all black...
dmanero
October 16, 2008 12:52 AM
I think I'm going to be sick.The only thing that looks acceptable is the rear.
I wish the mickey mouse companies would stop thinking they can produce a bodykit for a car and make it look better.
zyzyphe
October 16, 2008 1:07 AM
and the interior is in acceptable standards as well, but the rest, I totally agree with you
daviepops
October 16, 2008 10:15 AM
I couldn't agree more with you ... why take a classic high class design and change into something totally crass ... defined by the Oxford Dictionary as grossly stupid and without sensibility
NardoW12
October 16, 2008 1:00 AM
Rear is good, other than that...the worst Bentley I have ever seen....
hitar_potar
October 16, 2008 1:05 AM
well, i think the opposite - think this is the best continental gt till now.
Bristol411S3
October 16, 2008 2:31 AM
Truly horrific. If there are people in the world who like this and can afford to buy it, they should be shot and their wealth redistributed to the true aristocracy who are struggling to keep their estates maintained. At least they did wealth with taste.
tootall
October 17, 2008 4:51 PM
I don't see how the NBA connects to the styling of the car. And if you're talking about the leaves on the car, then that's just pretty prejudgemental and vauge of you.
Xenicide
October 16, 2008 4:08 AM
The idea of it is neat, but if someone buys it they are not very smart.
carcrazy1234
October 16, 2008 4:31 AM
i don't get u people haha i love this car lmao so damn aggressive... a little much but who cares hahah. wicked ride
kattanh3
October 16, 2008 11:08 AM
Beautiful car, beautifully executed leaving little room for improvement, I would’ve change the weaving a bit and the exterior colors but that’s it. One fundamental disadvantage… right style offered to the wrong crowd. The tuner look such a VIP car would have been an amazing one-off, not a 800k kit.
Bremen_Koenigsegg
October 16, 2008 6:13 PM
I would consider this an OPEC-Moped if not for the fact that it was, according to the journalist who wrote this article, intended to be a piece of art. While I genuinely respect artists and have real appreciation for what they do, this is not by any stretch of the imagination something I would consider art. It is not provocative; it is utterly devoid of substance! I can vomit on a crowd and call it confetti, but people are still going to be pissed. Art is about expression; evoking emotion through creation and detail. This is an exercise in grotesquery.
paula1105
October 16, 2008 8:22 PM
first thought: Bentley crossed with Exelero (looking at the front). Yeah, it should be all black.
kattanh3
October 16, 2008 8:40 PM
Guys you have to realize who’s being targeted by this kit before judging it, this is the same class as the Mansory, only executed with better taste & higher quality.
In terms of performance, what ASI has achieved is astonishing – end of discussion. It’s the esthetics that I was finding hard to accept until I visited ASI’s site (http://www.asi-as.com/). ASI has taken the Continental GT and spiced it up (in to their GT model) and modified it even more aggressively (hence, their GTS model) and now they have gone all the way with a wide bodykit (the GTR model). As the model gets more aggressive, the design and color scheme follows as well. To further emphasize the category, they chose this high contrast, leaf-decorated colors for their demo vehicle.
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