{"id":493,"date":"2024-04-06T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2025-05-06T22:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:26:39","slug":"bentley-exp-100-gt-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/bentley-exp-100-gt-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley EXP 100 GT: My Unseen Design Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-dimitrov-sketch-cabriolet-proposal-2019-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bentley EXP 100 GT cabriolet design sketch by Miroslav Dimitrov, 2019\" class=\"wp-image-491\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-dimitrov-sketch-cabriolet-proposal-2019-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-dimitrov-sketch-cabriolet-proposal-2019-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-dimitrov-sketch-cabriolet-proposal-2019-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-dimitrov-sketch-cabriolet-proposal-2019.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car debuted in 2019 as part of Bentley\u2019s centenary celebrations\u2014but few know about the unseen design proposal I contributed during its early stages. As designers and fans of Bentley\u2019s heritage, we\u2019re conditioned to envision such halo cars as coupes; the Brooklands\u2019 imposing proportions or the Continental GT\u2019s iconic silhouette practically demand it. Yet during my final weeks at Bentley &#8211; coinciding with the EXP 100 GT\u2019s initial creative phase &#8211; I deliberately broke convention and proposed a cabriolet variant. This became the studio\u2019s only open-top proposal for the project. Even for me, it was a provocative idea: reimagining Bentley\u2019s future not just through grandeur, but through the visceral thrill of open-air driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Picture of the finished concept car below. Image credits: Bentley Cars UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-official-concept-car-2019-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-492\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-official-concept-car-2019-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-official-concept-car-2019-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-official-concept-car-2019-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bentley-exp100gt-official-concept-car-2019.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car debuted in 2019 as part of Bentley\u2019s centenary celebrations\u2014but few know about the unseen design proposal I contributed during its early stages. As designers and fans of Bentley\u2019s heritage, we\u2019re conditioned to envision such halo cars as coupes; the Brooklands\u2019 imposing proportions or the Continental GT\u2019s iconic silhouette practically demand it. Yet during my final weeks at Bentley &#8211; coinciding with the EXP 100 GT\u2019s initial creative phase &#8211; I deliberately broke convention and proposed a cabriolet variant. This became the studio\u2019s only open-top proposal for the project. Even for me, it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miroslavdimitrov.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}