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This is the all-new Bentley Continental GT. It is many things, but one thing it is definitely not, is a sports car. Yes, it is very fast. Yes, it can cover huge amounts of ground at high speed. Yes, it has NASA levels of technology packed within. But, this thing weighs more than a Sherman tank. No, Bentley doesn’t give weight figures, but I’m willing to bet this Bentley, like all Bentleys before it, tips the scales at least double what a real sports car should.
Red Carpet Treatment
No, the Bentley Continental GT will not be seen at an Autocross meet any time soon, although it might be entertaining if it were to. The Bentley Continental GT is not about stripped down, high performance at all costs. No, the Continental GT is all about getting you from, say, Madison Avenue out to your place in Montauk, and doing so quickly and quietly, while drowning you in wood and leather and luxury and high tech connectivity and more wood and leather. Wait, what am I saying" How nouveau riche. Madison Avenue to Montauk, how gauche of me. More like from your place in Kensington up to Highclere.
Power & Performance
Yes, the Bentley Continental GT is fat and overstuffed with riches and tech, turning it into a rolling gentlemen’s club. But, somehow, it is also capable of getting up and moving fast. This third generation of the Continental GT, which the Anglo-German company refers to as the “definitive l...