The 2011 Bentley Continental GT is simply the 2nd generation of the segment-busting coupe that grumbled ashore 8 classes ago. And honestly, this new one looks a good deal like that ancient one, but Bentley needs you to know that this is a wholly new car. Outside, the bodywork gets all kinds of massaging : labelled front fender lines that roll over the headlights and into the more-upright grille ; a more marked grille intervention that affirms itself into the lower intake ; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE flowing lamps smothering the main headlight parts ; the double-horseshoe rear-end intervention inhaled by the Mulsanne and rear lights that coil into the rear buffers. For the beginning.
More substantively, the 2011 Conti gets a encouragement in HP from the 6.0-liter, twin-turbo W12, hitting 567 HP and 516 pound-feet. The engine swipes a page from the Continental Supersports playbook and goes FlexFuel, accepting any compounding of gasolene and E85. To hold you in touch with that powerfulness, Bentley’s six-speed Quickshift transmission swops cogs more rapidly and does forked downshifts. To maintain that power in the correct position, the rear path is wider, front-to-rear preconception of the all-wheel-drive system is forthwith 40 60, and the drag coefficient has been molten off to 0.33.
As of adjacent year the nominally eco-conscious can get their Continental GT with a 4.0-liter V8. Numbers have not been exhausted but you can anticipate it to register high on the horse and torque while getting much better fuel consumption rate than its big brother.
Perchance the best upgrade of all : the interior accessories that forthwith sport an eight-inch touch screen user interface, dynamical navigation and Google Maps. Bringing together that are a sleeker dash, climate-controlled “Cobra” seats sculptured to supply more rear legroom, and leather-lined door pouches with water-bottle holders.
