The new Bentley Continental GT hybrid has arrived as a near three-ton bruiser with 771 horsepower from its V-8 hybrid powertrain. It's a car with only one real rival.
The strangest thing about the new Bentley Continental GT hybrid seen here isn’t so much that it’s a plug-in hybrid, or that it’s extremely quick, or that its curb weight pushing perilously close to 3 tons, or even that the company insists on covering it with camouflage wrap that does almost nothing to disguise it.The strangest thing about this new so-called fourth-generation Continental GT hybrid is its steering.
It’s not particularly swift under electric power only, but the system will refrain from firing the gas engine until the driver pushes the accelerator pedal about 75 percent to the floor . That’s good if the goal is to make a quiet getaway that is also lengthy and moderately quick. Bentley says the EV-only range is about 50 miles, but still, it’s presumably good for the regulatory emissions and economy testing that will be carried out in this default mode.
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