The all new Bentley Continental GT has made its
public debut on the first day of the Frankfurt Motor Show. The new Bentley Continental GT makes the previous-gen model look
like a truck in comparison; the shape is now much more fluid and sculptural,
while the revised proportions have done wonders for the British gran tourer.
Under the bonnet lies the company’s twin-turbo
6.0-liter W12 which is paired to an eight-speed automatic transmission. The
numbers are 635 PS and 900 Nm of torque, enabling the new
Conti GT to sprint from naught to 60 in 3.6 seconds (0-100 km/h in 3.7) while top
speed is a very impressive 333 km/h.
The 48-volt electrical architecture enabled Bentley
to fit the cutting-edge Dynamic Ride, a system that electronically controls the
anti-roll bars on each axle, along with a revised air suspension that can be
filled with 60 percent more air in its softest setting.
As for the cabin, it looks like one of the best and
more luxurious environments available in a car today. More than 10 square
meters of wood are used in each Continental GT, with the wooden inlays
requiring nine hours to be created and fitted by hand. The 12.3-inch
retina-quality infotainment display is mounted on a rotating mechanism which
has three sides; think of it as a rotating toblerone, with the third side
featuring three analogue dials.
Everything on the 2018 Bentley Continental GT
screams “masterpiece” and we haven’t yet seen it on the roads.
