The addition of electric power not only gives it 50 miles of EV range, it makes the Continental GT Speed the most powerful production car in Bentley’s long history.
of the grand tour prevails. Its roots may lie in the aristocratic 17th and 18th century campaign for self-improvement, but we know it better as a two-letter abbreviation affixed to the rump of an elegant car: Gran Turismo. Ettore’s early efforts as fast lorries, but the name is synonymous with a lavish and borderline hedonistic attitude to life.
At the rear, the bumper, taillights, trunk lid, and exhaust pipes have all been redesigned. The trunk lid is also more aerodynamic in form to obviate the need for a spoiler while still delivering the appropriate levels of downforce. A form as voluptuous as this needs big wheels to do its best work—and the Continental GT Speed gets new 22-inch rims with a “turbine” effect. It’s all very dashing.But the real juice here is in how Bentley has amplified the technology story.
Happily, the new car is more nuanced in how it deploys its firepower. It really does have a magnificent and carefully engineered bandwidth. While Bentley prepares an all-new pure-electric car—that’s due in 2026—thetakes on a greater significance than was initially forecast. “The plug-in hybrid was viewed as a transitional vehicle,” Bentley says, “but is playing a bigger role now because of changing consumer habits.
On our test route we were able to keep the battery topped up very satisfactorily, to the extent that you could leave, say, Wilmslow in Cheshire in the UK with zero battery and arrive in London 200 miles later with ample energy for a zero-emission commute to Mayfair. As chief engineer Steve Jones admits, the prospect of plugging your Bentley into a charger doesn’t exactly fit with customer aspirations.
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