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WHISKY 12 OVER & OUT

Richard_Ingram@autovia.co.uk

@rsp_ingram

WE’RE pretty lucky in this line of work. We get to do some special stuff, and on occasion, truly experience how the other half lives.

Whether that’s travelling to some far-flung corner of the world testing six-figure supercars, or meeting some of the most important and influential, era-defining people our industry has to offer, at Auto Express, we get to do it all.

But when the opportunity arose to drive almost £1million-worth of Bentleys from the brand’s base in Cheshire, to the Macallan distillery in northeast Scotland to try a £40,000 bottle of whisky? Well, that was something quite unusual.

The partnership between Bentley and Macallan was born in 2021, with the car maker seeing it as an opportunity to “create products and experiences that celebrate the shared values” of the two brands. The so-called

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