Bentley carmaker is currently testing out the new Continental GT and its sibling the GTC, both models getting their piece of the actions in the snow. However, the spy shots reveal the model less camouflaged, which is a clear indication that both are getting closer to their final shape. As opposed to the ongoing models,
Technology is advancing steadily, and each day brings something new, be it a good idea or not. Continental announced they wish to bring to the automotive industry a tire tread depth monitoring system. As if we didn’t have enough lights in the dashboard to worry about. This system will basically alert you when the tread
When the Antilock Brake System (ABS) was introduced to the automotive industry, it quickly proved its worth, and soon it became mandatory in most markets. But this system was slower to reach the motorcycle manufacturers, and not because bike couldn’t benefit from it. While bigger, more expensive motorcycles come with ABS, the ones that sport
Bulgaria’s finest tuner, Vilner, is announcing a new project they’ve been hard at work on. It’s a car that’s perhaps the most special thing they ever got to tweak. A Bentley Continental GT stars in this Vilner story. Thankfully, unlike the RS6 Avant which was a little on the flashy side, the exterior is unaltered.
Ever since its introduction two things about the Bentley Continental GT have stood out. The first was the luxurious feel and the second was the immense bulk. Sure, there are ideas of it being fast and it having a turbocharger setup that would break rolling roads but its weight would never be something to get
About a week from now, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is going to kick off, once again bringing Britain to the front line of motoring enthusiast attention. There’s a wide array of new cars to be unveiled there but certainly one of the most important, actually, scratch that, one of the most self indulging cars
Decent fuel economy is, of course, one of the stupidest things to say about the fuel economy of a road burning monster the likes of the Bentley Continental GT. The thing is, they’ve recently introduced a twin-turbo V8 powered version of the grand tourer and the British were quite proud of the 40% increase in
Bentley’s Geneva presence has two main points. The first is a preview concept of their upcoming SUV called the EX 9 F and the second is this. The 2013 Bentley Continental GTC V8 was unveiled just before the show started telling us about the stars for a very simple reason. The Brits knew that all
No matter how good you know your cars, there are a few models and ideas that slip through the net. One such example would be Zagato’s Bentley Continental GTZ show car. Originally built in 2008, the Zagato Bentley Continental GT was a show car the Italian coachbuilder introduced to showcase their re-body skills. Zagato made
It seems like in China it’s not just people that are having issues distinguishing themselves among the crowds. The same happens with cars, even the rare expensive ones too. Apparently things have gotten so bad that the 2011 Bentley Continental Flying Spur needs a special edition to make itself stand out in China. This is
Following a considerable amount of tradition in making large two door coupes, Bentley launched the Continental GT back in 2003 as the first of its kind under VW ownership. Unlike any of its predecessors, the Bentley Continental GT wasn’t an all British design since most of what’s underneath the handsome coupe body actually comes from
Since the Frankfurt Motor Show is such a special event it only comes about only once every two years it had better present itself with some special cars. Few cars define a special feeling better than Bentley’s products and it seems that the 2012 Bentley Continental GTC they just unveiled is quite fitting of the
Since Bentley just gave their very popular Continental GT a facelift for 2011, they’re about to come up with all of the various versions we’d had from the previous generation. The first of which is the Bentley Continental GT Speed, a version of the British Grand Tourer that’s about to debut at the upcoming Frankfurt
The British at Bentley may have had it their own way with the dodging of emissions regulations and so on but in the end they kind of ended up losing. Nowadays they are pretty much forced to face the music and start delivering cars with smaller, more efficient engine soon or there’s trouble. Enter the
The Bentley Continental GT does crave a few custom packages and given the money rolling around purchases for the British brand tuning companies are only too happy to oblige. As one of the less than discrete offerings, Luxury tuner Onyx decided to update their Bentley Continental GTO package.
Bentley don’t seem to be having enough with bringing a new car to the Geneva Motor Show or some leather accessories because they’ve just announced another gem they’ll be showing off next month. Their landice speed world record holding Bentley Continental Supersports convertible will be seen at the Swiss event.
The British at Bentley are definitely in tune with their customers and they are aware of how they’re now selling cars to new money riff-raff. That would clearly explain why the chaps at British have decided to come up with a new Bentley Continental Supersports kit, one that accommodates Apple products.
Bentley’s Series 51 optional extras have first been introduced for their Continental GT not that long ago. However, this time, the Crewe based, VW owned luxury manufacturer will start offering the same trim and options that make up the Series 51 package on the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.
Lincoln is considering bringing back a trademark model for them, the huge saloon they appropriately called the Continental. The higher ups over in Dearborn aren’t so easily convinced, they reckon a compact model makes for better sales and would help the brand image a lot more than raising a leviathan from the dead.
Back at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera unveiled a Bentley Continental-based station wagon which is mostly known to luxury automakers as “shooting brake.” And to justify the stunned crowds the Italian coachbuilder announced that they will be making 20 units of this car to be sold for a princely sum
