Welcome to V8 escapism: month 1 with our Bentley Continental GTC
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A two door, four-ish-seat grand tourer, it is as sporty as modern Bentley appears comfortable to let itself get, and has tackled GT3 racing and the Pikes Peak hillclimb with some success. This is a big year for the Continental GT, the car to which modern Bentley owes its existence, even if the Bentayga SUV currently accounts for the lion’s share of sales. Now into its third generation, it celebrated its 20Being smaller, lighter and less expensive than the Flying Spur and the Bentayga, it’s naturally the last Bentley to hybridise. But hybridise it must, given Bentley’s pledge to offer a hybrid version of each of its cars by 2025.
The S is the sportiest V8 Conti GT, though its raciness is really only skin-deep – there are no S-specific tweaks to the three-chamber air suspension, vast brakes , anti-roll bars or variable-rate electric power steering. S specification gets you Dynamic Ride as standard , a gloss black finish to the details, a decent smattering of S badging and racier graphics on the driver’s display.
And while the idea of a racier, rougher- round-the-edges Bentley isn’t without appeal , it is the flair with which it alloys speed with luxury that sells the GT.
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