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# Ken Greenley

RCA vehicle-design tutor and contributor to the Bentley Continental R exterior

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Nationality | British |

The record

British designer who worked with John Heffernan on a shared clay for the Bentley Continental R; Heffernan said Greenley developed the bodyside and part of the front.

Greenley first set foot in Vauxhall’s Luton Engineering and Styling Centre in 1965, according to Classic & Sports Car. A Design Week column originally published in March 1990 referred to Greenley and John Heffernan as Royal College of Art tutors working for Aston Martin.

Octane identifies Greenley as head of the RCA department when the informal Greenley-Heffernan partnership won the Panther Solo contract. The work was followed by Rolls-Royce work on Bentley Project 90, then a Corniche proposal and the Continental R. In Aston Martin’s design competition, Heffernan said Victor Gauntlett found Greenley’s fastback proposal too much like a Corvette; Heffernan’s proposal proceeded to a full-size model.

The Continental R was developed outside Crewe, Heffernan recalled, in a side building at Park Ward’s 1930s fire station in London. The pair took turns on a shared clay while also working on the Aston Martin and Panther Solo 2. Heffernan said Greenley developed the bodyside and part of the front, including the change to twin lamps; Heffernan retained roof and rear development. The production car debuted at the 1991 Geneva Motor Show.

### Shared clay, different section

On the Continental R they shared a clay. Heffernan said each side kept the same theme but differed in section; Greenley and his modeller added muscle above the feature line. Greenley then continued development of the bodyside and part of the front.

### An external studio

Heffernan said the Bentley work was kept outside Crewe, in a Park Ward side building at a 1930s London fire station converted into a studio. The team alternated weekly between the Bentley, the Aston Martin and Panther Solo 2 work.

The stations

1. 1990 Royal College of Art Tutor
2. 2002 Royal College of Art Professor

The house

[![Bentley](https://hiconium.dev/images/marques/full/bentley.svg)](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/bentley)

Credited through Royal College of Art.

In the register

## One file carries this name

- [Bentley Continental R Exterior designer · Royal College of Art 1991–2003 €120k 1991–2003 €120k Rating 80.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bentley/continental-r)

The files above are the register's own record of this name. [The people index](https://hiconium.dev/people) holds everyone the register credits.

Sources

- [classicandsportscar.com](https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/inside-vauxhalls-ideas-factory)
- [designweek.co.uk](https://www.designweek.co.uk/from-the-archives-driving-back-to-the-future/)
- [octane-magazine.com](https://www.octane-magazine.com/articles/features/the-virage-the-last-aston-martin-developed-pre-ford-deserves-a-bigger-legacy/)
- [classicdriver.com](https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/designer-john-heffernan-reinvented-aston-martin-and-bentley-these-two-cars)
- [mb.cision.com](https://mb.cision.com/Main/23606/4182074/3545193.pdf)
- [driventowrite.com](https://driventowrite.com/2024/04/22/what-on-earth-ssangyong-rodius/)