For Sale: 1996 Bentley Azure in Volo, Illinois

This Bentley Azure was the personal and favorite car of Oprah Winfrey. On her 42nd birthday, Oprah Winfrey and her best Friend Gayle King were being driven in her limo to buy a $117,000 Cartier bracelet when she spotted this car at a Miami dealership. She fell in love and told her driver to pull in. She is quoted as saying "Oh my God, that is the most beautiful car". She had to own the car, however the dealership told her it was the first of it's kind display model and not for sale. They offered to order her one. She told them, it's my birthday and I want to go for a convertible ride. After some negotiating and dropping $365,000, she got her wish and was the proud owner of this car. As she went to drive off the lot it began to rain but she drove off with the top down anyway. Oprah talks about this car often in many of her interviews. It has been mentioned in People Magazine as well as others. Oprah specifically told the story of the day she bought this car in her autobiography TV documentary. She has also told stories of her and her best friend Gayle putting on Tina Turner wigs and driving around with her dogs in the back seat. She has stated that this was one of her favorite cars she had owned. She owned the car until 2002 when she gave it to a friend of hers in Beverly Hills, who owned the car until 2011. We purchased the car, and it has been on display in our cars of the Rich & Famous exhibit. This car has a lot of great history and was owned by one of the most powerful, influential, and wealthiest women in history. She has a long list of impressive accomplishments. It is iron clad documented with DMV records in Oprah's name.

The Azure is Bentley's performance convertible that comfortably seats four. Only 229 were made total in 1996. This one has 49,870 original miles and has been very well cared for.

Exterior: It shows beautifully. It's been well cared and lived in sunny climates. No rust or damage. The paint is polished beautifully. The chromed alloy wheels look great. The convertible top is a rich black canvas. This has a rare vertical slat grill, they switched to mesh right away. When the sun is out all you do is push one button to engage the rapid, fully automatic convertible top operation. It detaches from the windshield, the rear boot opens, the windows go down and the top folds up out of sight.

Interior: It has the finest leather upholstery, burl walnut trim and Wilton wool carpeting. The parchment looks amazing not to mention stays mush cooler. It is loaded with automatic power accessories. This includes power tilt wheel that automatically moves out of the way when the car is shut off. It has heated memory seats with lumbar support. The phone is still in the console, imagine the conversations that one of the most powerful women in history may have had on that phone!

Engine: Under the hood is a very potent turbocharged 6.75L-385 hp engine with liquid cooled intercooler, transient boost and digital fuel injection. It is a very clean looking compartment.

Underside: The suspension is tuned for spirited driving. It's electronically controlled with different modes including sport mode. Four-wheel anti lock disc brakes. Four speed automatic overdrive trans with shift management. The rear end is what Bentley calls a vicious control differential.

This item is from our museum display. We literally have thousands of the coolest vintage items on display that we have collected over many years. We have so many items that we are renting 4 warehouse units to store what doesn't fit on display in our museum. It is time to let some items go, reluctantly! Check the Museum Vault tab under inventory, items will be added regularly. These are hard to find, unique pieces. Each item is sold as-is. We can arrange shipping on any item to anywhere.

Climate control
Turbo charged
Power accessories
1 touch power top
Memory settings
Heated seats
Lambs wool rugs