Spotted for the first time in Rosman (NC)
| Spotter | Mountainspotter |
| Spotted in | Rosman (NC), United States of America |
| Date | 2024-08-10 15:56 |
This spot holds quite a lot of weight so bear with me as it will take a lengthy description. This is both my 200th spot and the spot that marks my 2nd anniversary here on Autogespot. That is quite exciting and I would like to thank everyone who has supported my spotting ventures over the years. Now, about the spot itself. This is NOT what I originally had planned to upload at this point in time, I had another car in que. Yet, the other car was spotted around a year ago and when I spotted this I figured it would be more fitting to upload the more recently found exotic, as well as I was just really excited to find it and upload it lol. I will probably upload the other exotic for another milestone. I spotted this on August 5th, so less than a week ago, on the side of a pretty unpopulated road, on a Monday morning, in virtually the middle of nowhere; not a combination of factors you would typically would warrant something this rare. In fact I didn't even know what model this was at first, but after some research it seems to be an Azure T, one of eighty in the whole world! That makes it possibly the rarest car production number-wise that I have ever spotted (though I could be wrong about that.) The reason we were driving down this road- which was oppressed by fog at this point, really it was more heavy in person than in the photos- was we were attempting to arrive at "Devil's Fork State Park" in South Carolina, where we going to go kayaking that morning. When I first saw this car I immediately recognized as a Bentley, but I kind of couldn't believe it. I said something along the lines of: "Is that a.... Bentley?" Once we drove past it and confirmed that it was, my dad kindly pulled two U-turns and pulled in behind it. When I tell you this was a strange sight, I really can't express to the extent it was strange. The closest town to where I saw this was Rosman which is TINY. I had to get my shots quick, because I didn't want to leave my parents waiting for too long and we had to be at the park by a certain time, but in the moments where I was photographing this Bentley it really felt other-worldly in a sense. To add to that effect, it was GONE when we came back on the same road latter that afternoon. And I would like to say this was absolutely not a photo shoot, this was completely random and there wasn't another person in sight of this Bentley. I still kind of can't believe this happened, this is only the second one ever spotted in the U.S and it's no where in sight of a city. Anyways, here is this insane find , definitely one of my top spots ever.
| Camera model | iPhone 11 |
| Aperture | f/1.8 |
| Shutterspeed | 1/1206 sec. |
| Focal length | 4.2 mm |
| Topspeed | 288 km/h |
| Acceleration 0-100 km/h | 5.00 s |
| Power | 507 hp |
| Torque | 1000 Nm @ 3200 rpm |
| Weight | 2585 kg |
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Beamen - 2024-08-10 at 18:50
The Azure T is only a facelift of the Azure. The Azure was only produced during 4 years and badly sold. That explains the few units produced. But it was not limited, it was just a commercial fail. Nice to catch a great car in the wild like that. Seems like you had great fun in spotting it and it's the greatest thing we can feel doing this hobby! Happy anniversary here.
Mountainspotter - 2024-08-10 at 19:20
Ah I see, that's actually pretty interesting. So basically there were more Azure Ts produced, they just didn't sell? Thanks for the comment! @Beamen
TYI - 2024-08-10 at 20:58
Very nice and bizarre find! Always cool to spot a car in the least expected places.
Horse-Power - 2024-08-11 at 11:04
Hi Bo. A huge congrats on your two AG accomplishments, buddy. Keep up the great work. I really enjoy reading your narratives and seeing you spots. Bravo.
That.supercar.garage - 2024-08-11 at 16:02
Wow not only is this an insane find but the story you wrote with it is truly something else I can’t imagine what you must have thought when you first saw it! But these are some truly epic and unique pictures that you got of it! Definitely seems out of this world something you would never expect to see in a million years! Awesome and breath taking spot!
Mountainspotter - 2024-08-12 at 22:00
Thank you Marius and Jeffrey! I really appreciate the support, it truly was one of the most unexpected occurrences I have ever had. A rare Bentley in the middle on nowhere, I still can't believe it!
NCspotter - 2024-08-13 at 20:37
Crazy spot, I've never even seen one of these in the wild before. Wonder what it was doing there, maybe broken down?
Mountainspotter - 2024-08-13 at 21:43
@NCspotter Thanks bro! Yeah I really wonder myself, my dad had a theory that they were staying in Highlands, went out to Brevard for dinner and tried to go back in the dark, but maybe it was too foggy and they ditched it for the the night and called an Uber? Could be something like that, or it could have broken down you're right. But the fact that it was gone later in the day definitely means it wasn't abandoned. Who knows.
Jjrivero - 2024-08-13 at 23:29
Fantastic narrative, Bo. I could almost feel the thrill myself haha. Congrats on your twofold milestone as well. Amazing find in this fascinating and unexpected circumstance.
I just returned from my Florida trip and believe it or not, I spotted two cars in totally insane circumstances as well. I'm not going to give away the cars, but one was during a thunderstorm when the streets were starting to flood, and the other one was an abandoned iconic car from the 80s. I'm looking forward to sharing them.
