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The New Continental Gt Speed Bentley Motors Limited, THE NEW Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL, England CONTINENTAL GT SPEED www.bentleymotors.com introduction 2 design 6 performance 22 interior 30 in-car technology 38 individuality 42 mulliner 61 designers' choice 64 accessories and the bentley collection 76 ownership 78 specification and options 80 INTRODUCTION The name says it all. And from your first glimpse of the fastest, interior, which can be trimmed in a variety of materials from most powerful two-door coupé that Bentley makes, you know Burr Walnut to Dark Tint Aluminium, is supremely comfortable it’s the perfect description. Hunkered down on its 21'' wheels over long distances. Its chassis delivers breathtaking agility, with and lowered suspension, with its darkened grille and front performance-focused clarity of steering feel and feedback, yet bumper intakes glinting in the light, the Continental GT Speed still shields you from harsh road surfaces with supple resilience. makes no secret of its intent. If you love to drive far and fast, Even the exhaust note, deeper and more exhilarating under if the exhilaration of a 625PS, 800Nm engine and eight-speed hard acceleration, is still civilised and refined during high-speed close-ratio transmission makes your heart race, this is your car. cruising. Bentley’s new Continental GT Speed coupé is capable And yet this exceptional sports coupé, the newest, most of fast lap times, but it’s a real-world supercar, not a track special. powerful addition to the Continental stable still displays the Distinctive it may be, but it’s also the latest in a long line of refinement that makes a Bentley unique. Its all-wheel-drive devastatingly fast, smooth and rewarding Bentley grand tourers. transmission, biased 60:40 in favour of the rear, offers reassuring Speed is a short word. But at Bentley, it carries long associations. stability all year-round, come rain or shine. Its hand-crafted 3 5 DESIGN Few designs have achieved iconic status as swiftly or as interior, while the engine note that emerges from them is deeper unanimously as the Continental GT. Its superformed creases and more emphatic. Exclusive Speed treadplates welcome and wind-carved lines are sleek, strong and sensual; the large you to a cabin that is unmistakably focused on performance, inner headlight, muscular powerline and matrix grille give fresh featuring the intricate craftsmanship of the Mulliner Driving expression to the heritage of Bentley grand touring. But the new Specification. Open the bonnet and the theme continues, with a Continental GT Speed expresses a darker side to the marque’s black inlet manifold a visual clue to the new, 625PS W12 Speed character. In contrast to the bright chrome grille of the W12- engine. Even the suspension, lowered by 10mm, adds to the engined GT coupé, the matrix grille and air intakes of the Speed impact. Each design feature, taken individually, is a subtle one, are in a dark-tint chrome finish. The 21” Speed alloy wheels are yet the overall effect is dramatic: lower, darker, more menacing. unique to this model, and are available in silver or an optional And the enamel winged ‘B’ that sits above the dark-tint matrix dark tint. Large, elliptical exhaust tailpipes feature a rifled grille? Black, of course. 6 DESIGN It was our founder, W.O Bentley, who created the first Speed coupé, designed to cut through the air at more than 200 miles model with the 3 Litre Speed of 1925. Today’s Continental GT an hour. Inside, Bentley’s designers have added the option of Speed represents the ultimate in sporting performance within Dark Tint Aluminium with engine-spin finish, in tribute to the range, and Bentley’s design team has risen to the challenge the Bentley racing dashboards of the early days, while giving of expressing its uncompromising intent. From the large oval the interior a contemporary, performance-focused ambience. exhaust trims with their internal rifling to the dark-tint chrome Today’s Continental GT Speed is more than twice as fast as the of the grille and lower air intakes, the Continental GT Speed’s original 1925 model, separated by over 87 years of engineering design encapsulates all the drama of the fastest, most powerful evolution. Yet its design expresses the same ambition: to create production Bentley grand tourer. The result, faithfully translated the fastest, most exhilarating Bentley you can drive. from first sketch to finished car, is a low, lean, ground-hugging 10 11 DESIGN 12 20 18 19 19 PERFORMANCE With peak power of 625PS, the new Continental GT Speed team has ensured that the new GT Speed W12 engine and Revised Electronic Stability Programme calibration gives the is the most powerful model in the current two-door Bentley powertrain is even more tractable in low speed driving than its driver free rein to explore the limits with safety, while the new Continental family. A full throttle standing start sees 60mph Speed predecessor, and just as fuel-efficient as the new W12 chassis tune and lowered suspension accentuates the glued-to- flash past in just 4.0 seconds. Top speed, should you have the Continental GT. The latest ME17 engine management system, the-road sensation during high-speed cornering. Searing power, opportunity to explore it, is 205 miles an hour. These figures a new eight-speed transmission and careful refinement of the precise handling yet civilised behaviour in city traffic: clearly eclipse even those of the W12 Continental GT, the benchmark turbocharger settings have seen an overall improvement of 13% a supercar, in every sense. for grand touring high performance. Yet Bentley’s engineering in fuel economy, with a commensurate increase in tank range. PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE If you want to know how it feels to drive the new Continental Bentley’s W12 is a remarkable engine, both for its performance GT Speed, you’ll find a clue in the torque curve. In the Speed and its architecture. Best described as two narrow angle V6 state of tune, power output of Bentley’s 6.0 litre engine rises to engines sharing a common crankshaft, it delivers the refinement an impressive 625PS at 6000 rpm, but peak torque – a mighty and power of a twelve-cylinder engine within the compact 800Nm – is reached at just 2,000 and continues all the way dimensions of a conventional V8. Fed by twin-turbochargers, its through to 4000rpm. In practice, that means that at virtually any power driven through Bentley’s new eight-speed transmission to engine speed and in any gear, you can press the throttle and feel all four wheels, the GT Speed’s W12 offers a full spectrum of the GT Speed catapult towards the horizon without hesitation, performance from whisper-quiet cruise to snarling full-throttle its spine-tingling exhaust note urging you on as the revs rise. acceleration. Remarkably it also delivers lower emissions and The W12 engine’s eager responsiveness has been enhanced by better fuel economy than its predecessor, matching the figures the latest engineering refinements to the turbocharger, and by achieved by the 575PS Continental GT exactly. Through their the adoption of the latest ME17 engine management system. pursuit of power, Bentley’s engineers have created a remarkable The same revisions have also made the Bentley’s throttle a true engine in the GT Speed. Better still, they haven’t compromised precision instrument, directing a powertrain that’s tractable at refinement or efficiency along the way. low speeds, responsive off the line and precisely controllable at all speeds from 2mph to 200+. 24 25 PERFORMANCE Both the new Continental GT Speed and its stablemate, the Continental GT, are 13% more fuel efficient than the preceding W12-engined model, with a commensurate reduction in CO2 emissions and increase in tank range. Fully 75% of that improvement is down to the new Bentley eight-speed transmission, which replaces the previous six-speed. Not only is the new transmission more fuel-efficient, it makes a fast car even faster, cutting acceleration times by ensuring that the engine is always at the ideal rpm for peak torque delivery. The new transmission’s faster, smoother gear changes are perfectly matched to the characteristics of the W12 engine, and are specifically programmed in the Speed model to hold intermediate gears for longer, emphasising the high performance focus of this model. As with every Bentley Continental, the GT Speed’s new gearbox delivers the engine’s power to all four wheels. Torque is biased toward the rear in a 60:40 ratio, rewarding the enthusiast with perfect cornering balance and providing reassuring grip at all times and in all weathers. 27 PERFORMANCE 10mm doesn’t sound much. It’s roughly the width of your smallest fingernail. Yet by bringing the GT Speed just 10mm closer to the ground, Bentley’s chassis engineering team laid the foundation for an even sportier driving experience. To do so, they changed the springs, dampers, anti roll bars and suspension bushes. The result is improved body control under hard cornering together with greater agility. And because the steering plays an essential role in feeding response and grip back to the driver, the GT Speed’s Servotronic steering has also been recalibrated. You might expect the ride to be a little less absorbent as a result of the GT Speed’s lower, more sport- oriented settings, but the effect has been carefully mitigated by recalibrating the Continuous Damping Control settings. Each change is a subtle one, yet taken as a whole the chassis revisions are perfectly attuned to the additional power and responsiveness of the GT Speed’s 625PS engine. If you demand razor-sharp steering response, agile cornering and a firm yet supple ride, the Continental GT Speed will feel as if it was engineered with you in mind.
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