Look out for the bird

And when you get a couple of car companies feeding off each other, the result can be, well, the following speaks for itself.

The series hereabouts reportedly stemmed from when the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists voted the Audi A3 Sportback 2.0T FSI manual the 2006 SA Car of the Year.

As a good corporate citizen BMW, winner of World Car of the Year 2006, congratulated Audi (see first image in slideshow). Polite in the extreme, Audi, winner of the 2006 Le Mans 24 Hour, thanked BMW (second image) at which point Subaru, winner of Engine of the Year, congratulated both of them (third image).  But it was left up to Bentley to punctuate the 'discussion' as only the bespoke Brit brand can.

We doubt 'the bird' was an official Bentley statement, but it works for us...