Celebrated Actor Ray Liotta Comes to Braman

Film legend Ray Liotta has a long and storied connection to Palm Beach. He attended nearby University of Miami, where he majored in drama and starred in musicals like West Side Story and Oklahoma. He starred in “Heartbreakers,” a great 2001 comedy opposite Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt that takes place in Palm Beach – and he spends a week and a half here every year for the holidays. Liotta found time in his busy schedule to visit a South Florida Bentley dealership to pick up his Bentley GT V8.

From Cyclone to Continental

Ray Liotta’s worked with many of the greats, from Weaver to Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall. He’s best known for his stunning turn in Goodfellas and current TV hit, Shades of Blue. Here, Liotta stars as a corrupt police commander in charge of a detective squad.

It was cars he wanted to talk about while he was here. His very first was an orange Mercury Cyclone. The Cyclone’s a classic 1960s muscle car his father passed down. A typical model might go from 0 to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds and feature a top speed of 115 mph.

That’s a far cry from the Moonbeam blue 2017 Conti he had his eye on. The Bentley GT V8 that Liotta selected and customized boasts an incredible 600 horsepower and rips from 0 to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds. Its top speed is 207 mph.

Words of Praise for the Bentley GT V8

It’s a testament both to how far car design has come, and how far Liotta’s career has come. He raved about the Bentley GT V8 as he drove it around town:

“It’s just beautiful,” Liotta admired. “I fell in love with it. It drives smoothly, has a lot of ‘pick up and go,’ and a fantastic sound system.”

He also had kind words to say about Palm Beach Bentley. He considered the South Florida Bentley dealership informative and attentive. Staff answered questions and went above and beyond throughout the process. That’s not just star treatment; everyone who drives a Bentley is a star.