2011 Bentley Continental GT Walpepers
New 2011 Bentley Continental GT Walpeper
2011 Bentley Continental GT Walpepers
Walpeper of 2011 Bentley Continental GT. The 2011 Bentley Continental GT is aloof the additional bearing of the blockbuster auto that rumbled aground eight years ago. And frankly, this new one looks a lot like that age-old one, but Bentley would accept us accept that this is absolutely a absolutely new car. Outside, the bodywork gets all kinds of massaging: arresting advanced fender curve that cycle over the headlights and into the more-upright grille, a added arresting grille analysis that asserts itself into the lower intake, LED active lamps surrounding the capital headlight elements, a double-horseshoe rear-end analysis aggressive by the Mulsanne and taillights that coil into the rear fenders. For a start...
More substantively, the 2011 Conti gets a addition in application from its 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 engine, hitting 567 application and 516 pound-feet. The agent swipes a folio from the Continental Supersports playbook and assets flex-fuel capability, accepting any aggregate of gasoline and E85. To accumulate you in blow with that power, Bentley's six-speed Quickshift manual swaps cogs added bound and does bifold downshifts. To accumulate that ability in the appropriate place, the rear clue is wider, front-to-rear bent of the all-wheel-drive arrangement is now 40/60 front-to-rear, and the accessory of annoyance has been bargain to 0.33. 0-60 mph? 4.4 seconds? Top speed? 198 mph.
As of abutting year, the nominally eco-conscious will be able to get their Continental GT with a 4.0-liter V8. Numbers haven't been appear yet, but you can apprehend it to annals aerial on the horse and torque while accepting decidedly bigger gas breadth than its big brother.
Perhaps the best advancement of all: the autogenous accoutrements that now avowal an eight-inch touchscreen interface, activating aeronautics and Google Maps. Joining that are a sleeker dash, climate-controlled "Cobra" seats sculpted to accommodate added rear legroom, and leather-lined aperture pouches with baptize canteen holders. It's aggregate the accepted Continental GT is. Only more. Follow the jump for the columnist absolution and accept a ankle in the arcade of high-res photos below.
