- Bentley created a one-off Continental GTC with Anna Lapwood, Tina Guo and Sister Bliss.
- The bespoke convertible debuted during an International Women’s Day cars and coffee event.
- Key custom features include soundwave embroidery and 24-carat gold Organ Stops.
Bentley has revealed a one-off Continental GTC that blends luxury motoring with musical inspiration, designed in collaboration with three internationally recognised female artists to mark International Women’s Day.
The bespoke convertible debuted this weekend at a female-focused cars and coffee gathering tied to the occasion at Bicester Motion in Launton, England.
Created through Bentley’s Mulliner coachbuilding division, the car was shaped by organist Anna Lapwood MBE, Grammy-nominated cellist Tina Guo and Faithless musician Sister Bliss, each contributing personal touches that reflect their creative backgrounds.
A convertible tuned by musicians
The trio worked with Mulliner designers after visiting Bentley’s Crewe campus, building a Continental GTC themed around music and performance. The finished car carries several distinctive elements, among them red and gold accents, unique soundwave embroidery across the seats and doors, and puddle lamps that project animated waveforms onto the ground when the doors open.
Inside, the design leans heavily on rich colour contrasts. Imperial Blue leather forms the base palette, offset by Pillar Box Red and gold highlights, with multi-colour contrast stitching across the cabin. Even the headrest bezels have been painted to match the surrounding leather rather than the usual chrome finish.
One particularly unusual trim choice comes from Guo: the fascia uses a Copper Stone veneer just 0.6mm thick, crafted from real stone. The natural red and gold tones echo the rest of the cabin while referencing her work exploring tribal and ancient musical influences.
Soundwaves, stone and a touch of gold
Sister Bliss contributed the car’s most eye-catching flourish: a soundwave pattern stitched into the seats, doors and even the tonneau cover. The motif mirrors the waveforms used in electronic music production and appears again on the treadplates and in the animated puddle lamps.
Lapwood, meanwhile, focused on a detail with a musical connection already embedded in Bentley design. The brand’s air-vent controls are known as “Organ Stops”, referencing the controls used on pipe organs. For this special GTC they’ve been finished in 24-carat gold, turning a small control into a centrepiece of the dashboard.
Scan, play, drive
Perhaps the most modern flourish sits on the centre console: a polished plaque bearing the artists’ engraved signatures and a Spotify code. Scan it and the car jumps straight to a playlist curated by the three musicians, ready to play through the Bang & Olufsen sound system with gold-and-black speaker grilles.
Following its debut appearance, the bespoke Continental GTC will spend several months in Bentley’s UK press fleet before eventually heading to a new owner.
In the meantime, it stands as an unusual collaboration that is part luxury grand tourer, part rolling tribute to the art of making music.
