Archive for the 'Bentley' Category

Carrozzeria Touring reportedly to unveil coachbuilt Bentley Continental GTC in 2010 Geneva Motor Show

If you were enticed by Zagato’s take on the Bentley Continental GT (pictured above), rumor has it Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera has a version of its own in the works.
Anticipated to be unveiled at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in two months’ time, Touring’s coachbuilt Bentley is slated to be based on the convertible Continental […]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Bentley Continental Supersports is a whiter lighter shade of pale awesome

In the superluxe world, we’re used to this maneuver: add a few horsepower, shave a tenth or two, sew in a few extra threads, name your exclusive new interior color something like “Algerian Beet” and voilĂ , a 50-percent price premium for three-percent more car. On the surface, the Bentley Continental Supersports is a GTC […]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Bentley Continental Supersports is 85 Percent Recyclable

At Crewe, Bentley Motors headquarters, superfast does not necessarily mean super filthy. Consider the new Bentley Continental Supersports which can also run on E85 biofuel. It has a 463kW (630hp) twin turbo 6.0 W12 engine forcing through 800Nm. The 0 - 100km/h time is 3.9 seconds. Yet for all its power and performance the […]

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Engineering Drive: 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports

Just weeks from now, Bentley will unveil its replacement for the Arnage, a rival to the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Yet at the other end of Bentley’s spectrum, the new Continental Supersports is claimed to be a rival to the Ferrari 599.
Ferrari 599? That’s a bold claim. The Supersports is, after all, a derivative of the Continental […]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

REPORT: Next Bentley Arnage to feature Audi turbo-diesel

Bentley has long been rumored to be considering the use of diesel engines. The torquey oil-burners would enable Crewe to continue offering the kind of freight-train muscle for which it has become known while living up to the mandate of offering improved fuel economy, and, with the latest developments in particulate filter technology, reduce carbon […]

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Detroit Auto Show 2009 Preview: Bentley GTC Speed is last, but not least

The Bentley GTC has only been out for two years and a bit, but you might not know that; the car is so popular in some parts that it has become something like Ugg Boots for the monied-up automotive fashionista. Like its other Continental stablemates, Bentley has finally taken the drophead into their Speed garage […]

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Hamann announces upgrade program for Bentley Continental GT and GT Speed

German tuner and custom coachbuilder Hamann is perhaps best known for its work with BMW’s machines, but now it has unveiled its plans for an upgrade program for the Bentley Continental GT and GT Speed.
Full details of the upgrade kit are yet to be revealed, but so far Hamann has released these four photos and […]

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009