Bentley

Continental GT Speed is around 2,455 kg and Flying Spur Speed around 2,645 kg, with Bentayga EWB heavier still. These are lower-deck cars, positioned for axle balance rather than for convenience of loading order.

Every current model rides on adaptive air suspension with selectable heights. The car is raised to its highest setting for the ramp — the front splitter on the GT and the low front lip on the Flying Spur will not clear a standard eight-degree tilt deck otherwise — and low-angle ramps are stacked at the head of the beavertail. Once positioned, the car is left keyed off long enough for the system to settle before straps reach final tension. Air suspension bleeds down over days in transit, and a car strapped at ride height arrives loose. Tension is rechecked at every stop.

Volkswagen Group vehicles have a transport mode that disables the interior motion sensors and reduces standby drain. It is engaged on every move, and a 12V maintainer is fitted on anything longer than two days: the electronic parking brake and the air system both need power to release the car at delivery.

Mulliner cars carry a hand-painted coachline applied at Crewe, which cannot be spot-repaired. Carbon-ceramic discs on Speed models should not sit loaded and damp against the pads for days, so the car is rolled at intermediate stops where the schedule allows. Securement is over the tire — nothing hooked to a control arm or an air strut, no ratchet hardware against the wheel face, and no sheeting trapped against paint.