UPDATE: As of 2:09pm Pacific Standard Time

A reader sent us this link providing more information than we have seen yet. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Cops-Chase-Bentley-Through-LA.html. They confirm the driver was not DJ Kahled but a business man upset about losing his business. He has also passed away confirming to these reports.

UPDATE: As of 2:24am Pacific Standard Time

Several new developments have come forward through the night with this story. Mahalo and several other sites including a local Los Angeles news source started reporting DJ Kahled took his life in this Bentley chase. Now other reports are claiming the man is unidentified and NBC local news has gone so far to claim he isn’t dead. They are saying he is at St. Joseph’s hospital which is nearby the event location.

DJ Kahled’s Myspace Page even has an official press statement that he is alive and in Miami except it’s pre dated January 29th, 2009. Not sure if this was by accident in a rush to post or what but this makes me have some doubts on this. I screen caped his Myspace blog in case it gets taken down or altered in some fashion in the near future.

We will try and keep everyone in the loop on this story but let’s also remember we are an automotive luxury website and not a news source. Some places to stay in the loop can be Mahalo.com and KTLA.

DJ Kahled from Terror Squad won 2008 DJ of the Year awards from the BET Hip Hop Awards. Tonight around 8pm he started a police chase in a white Bentley Continental Flying Spur which lead police up and down the 405 going into LA and then back to the valley. The car came to a hault at 4606 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA right in front of North Hollywood Toyota.

The dispute was said to of started over a domestic violence call between him and his girlfriend around 8pm. Althought DJ Kahled was behind the wheel of a Bentley he never really was speeding during the incident or driving eratic in any manner.

At 12:56am on February 10th DJ Kahled according to reports committed suicide while SWAT was approaching the Bentley. Another day in Los Angeles and another police chase/encounter/death involving a Bentley. While rap moguls have recently been fighting about street racing Lamborghini’s for pink slips and getting them put under LAPD impound it seems the Bentley is the new car of crime in Los Angeles. Just a few months ago a Bentley was involved in a mysterious drive by shooting on Highway 101 in the middle of the night where police seemed to have more questions than answers. Now DJ Kahled lead cops on this chase tonight resulting in a self inflicted gun shot wound. More on this story will come if any new developments break.

The new Bentley everyone has been buzzing about is almost here. According to this bio-fuel Bentley teaser it’s just one month from it’s debut to all of us in March 2009. The car will be the fastest Bentley ever with a bio-fueled twin-turbo W12 engine! The video doesn’t give us much on what the car will look like but were still excited and can wait until the Geneva Show.

Our Flickr find of the day is from the Toys Auto Art office which has a gorgeous blue Bentley parked in the middle of the showroom. A gorgeous decor and very high end automotive feel they have going on with the office and a blue Bentley to boot always helps the attention factor. 

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/exoticsandluxury/3180666332/

The Bentley Continental has sold tons of units across the world and has become quite the popular chariot of certain affluent areas.  The GTC Speed convertible will be the most powerful Bentley convertible in history and it’s about time they gave some more horsepower to the Bentley line. With the top up you can reach 200mph in the Bentley but with the top down you don’t have the luxury of hitting the 200mph club while maxing out at 195mph. Below we have tons of specs from Bentley which should tell you everything you want to know and more about the King’s new chariot: 

CONTINENTAL GTC SPEED AND GTC
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL TYPE
Body type Two-door, 2+2 Grand Tourer convertible
Construction Steel monocoque with aluminium, steel and composite panels and closure

ENGINE
Type Twin-turbocharged W12 engine
Installation Front, longitudinal
Construction Alloy block and heads
Bore/stroke 84.0 x 90.2 mm
Capacity 6.0-litre, 5998 cc
Compression ratio 9.0:1
Valve gear Chain-driven DOHC per bank, 4 valves per cylinder, cam phased inlet and outlet
Power
GTC Speed 600 bhp / 610 PS / 449 kW @ 6000 rev/min
GTC 552 bhp / 560 PS / 412 kW @ 6100 rev/min
Torque
GTC Speed 750 Nm / 553 lb ft between 1750 – 5600 rev/min
GT 650 Nm / 479 lb ft @ between1600 – 6100 rev/min
Fuel 98 (95) RON

TRANSMISSION
Type Continuous all-wheel drive
Gearbox ZF 6-speed automatic with fully automatic or
sequential ‘manual’ operation with paddleshift feature; torque converter lock-up clutch
Ratios 1st: 4.17
2nd: 2.34
3rd: 1.52
4th: 1.14
5th: 0.87
6th: 0.69
Final drive: 3.524 (front), 3.528 (rear)

SUSPENSION
Front Four-link double wishbones, computer-controlled self-levelling air suspension, anti-roll bar
Rear Trapezoidal multi-link, computer-controlled self-levelling air suspension, anti-roll bar
Springs Computer-controlled progressive air springs
Dampers Continuous damping control, with four adjustable settings

STEERING
Type Rack & pinion, power-assisted, speed-sensitive
Turns lock to lock 2.7
Turning circle (kerb to kerb) 11.4 m ( 37’ 5”)

BRAKES
Front 405 mm ventilated discs (optional 420 mm carbon/ ceramic, cross-drilled discs – with 20-inch wheels)
Rear 335 mm ventilated discs (optional 356 mm carbon/ ceramic, cross-drilled discs – with 20-inch wheels)
Anti lock Standard ESP and Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)

WHEELS & TYRES
Wheels
GTC Speed 9.5J 20-inch Alloy
GTC 9.0J 19-inch Alloy (optional 9.0J 20-inch Alloy)
Tyres
GTC Speed 275/35 x ZR20 bespoke Pirelli PZero UHP
GTC 275/40 x ZR19 Pirelli PZero Rosso
(optional 275/30 x 20 Pirelli PZero)

DIMENSIONS
EXTERIOR
Overall length 4804 mm (189.1 in)
Overall width (inc. mirrors) 2194 mm (86.4 in)

Height (roof raised)
GTC Speed 1388 mm (54.6 in)
GTC 1398 mm (55.0 in)
Wheelbase 2745 mm (108.1 in)
Front track 1623 mm (63.9 in)
Rear track 1607 mm (63.3 in)

INTERIOR
Front headroom 942 mm (37.1 in)
Front legroom 1075 mm (42.3 in)
Front shoulder room 1568 mm (61.7 in)
Rear headroom 979 mm (38.5 in)
Rear legroom 743 mm (29.3 in)
Rear shoulder room 1318 mm (51.9 in)

WEIGHTS & CAPACITIES
GTC Speed & GTC
Kerbweight 2485 kg (5478 lb)
Gross vehicle weight 2900 kg (6393 lb)
Luggage capacity 235 litres
Fuel tank capacity 90 litres (24 US gallons)

PERFORMANCE
Top speed (roof up)
GTC Speed 200 mph (322 km/h)
GTC 195 mph (312 km/h)

Top speed (roof down)
GTC Speed 195 mph (314 km/h)
GTC 190 mph (306 km/h1)

0-60 mph (0-100 km/h)
GTC Speed 4.5 seconds (4.8 seconds)
GTC 4.8 seconds (5.1 seconds)

0-100 mph (0-160 km/h)
GTC Speed 10.6 seconds (10.5 seconds)
GTC 11.4 seconds (11.4 seconds)

FUEL CONSUMPTION/EMISSIONS
EU CYCLE
GTC Speed and GTC 11.2 mpg (25.3 litres/100 km)
Urban
Extra-Urban 24.3 mpg (11.6 litres/100 km)
Combined 17.0 mpg (16.6 litres/100 km)
CO2 emissions 396 g/km
Emission controls EU 1V and US LEV II
EPA DRIVE CYCLE
GTC Speed and GTC
City Driving 10.0 mpg (US)
Highway Driving 17.0 mpg (US)

Paris Hilton commissioned West Coast Customs to build her this Bentley which is pretty in pink. I actually really love the paint job and I can almost let the wheels pass but the pink grills and interior? Come on Paris, you can put a car together a tad better than this. Paris told the press this isn’t a car she can drive everyday but she will be in it a good bit. I am sure the paparazzi is stoked because they won’t be losing Paris Hilton in this car in the middle of Beverly Hills. No confusing this Bentley with all the other ones on Rodeo Drive anytime soon. Hopefully Paris can really start trending pink and get some more cars this color.

I just moved right off the 101 highway this week and then this happened just yesterday at the 101 right downtown. A 25 year old man driving a recently purchased Bentley (not in his name) with a Dream Motorcars dealer plate received approximately 10 shots fired at the driver. The car slammed into the median where people thought they were going to help a drunk driver. The driver was slumped over the wheel and immediately was picked up and taken to the hospital. No details have been given on the driver or the owner of the vehicle at this time. They are connecting it to an attempted car jacking along with some other scenario’s. Let this be a lesson, give them your Bentley and take an insurance claim if that was the case. We cannot wait until more details come in about this insane crime.

You know I am not even sure we need to put text under this amazing video. This guy in the United Arab Emirates (better know for it’s major city Dubai) has taken his AWD Bentley and really put it to some good use. I don’t think this was a function of the AWD Bentley really considered while putting this car together but we enjoy it none the less. I wonder if he will fly it to London for an oil change as well?