Bentley Continental GT

The Continental GT is the first completely new model for Bentley since he made this mark belongs to the Volkswagen Group and also the first new Bentley for 70 years.

It is manufactured at the Bentley in Crewe (United Kingdom), including assembly of the engines. The designer of the body is called Dirk van Braeckel, who has deliberately avoided designing a "retro".

Coupe is a front-engine, two doors, 2 +2 seats. Take the 12-cylinder engine in 'W' also have the Volkswagen Phaeton, but modified by Bentley. The displacement remains the same -5998 cm ³ - but has two KKK turbochargers, with which the absolute maximum supply pressure is 1.7 bar.

What has been achieved with these turbo Bentley Blower soft power is a maximum and a maximum torque for its relatively low capacity: 560 hp and 650 Nm, but with a nearly constant torque throughout the engine system useful. Da and 650 Nm at 1600 rpm and 644 Nm preserved when the engine turns regime maximum power 6100 rpm.

It has some unusual features powerful turbocharged engine in its compression ratio is low (9 to 1) has a maximum which is also low (6,300 rpm) and requires no gasoline 98 NOT under any circumstances.

The gearbox is ZF, and six-speed automatic with sequential controls on the steering wheel. You have traction total (for the first time in a car brand Bentley). According to Bentley, the Continental GT is the fastest four-seater world. The maximum speed is not self-limited, and reaches 306 km / h, has a rear spoiler that deploys when the car is traveling fast. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.7 s (the Mercedes CL 65 AMG makes it in 4.5).

The description of the suspension is the same as that of a Phaeton, parallelogram deformable in two axes. It also has pneumatic springs and a damping electronically controlled continuously variable hardness (that does not mean it is the same). It has stability control, off by a button on the dashboard. The wheels will range 19 "in diameter.

Although it has elements in common with the Volkswagen Phaeton is not exactly the same chassis, the Continental GT has less battle (2,745 mm to 2,881).

It is a four-seater designed for tall people, the boot measures 370 liters Part of the interior volume is rob a fuel tank of 90 liters.

The rear seats are hinged and offer the possibility to carry long items in the interior. Safety equipment is standard and a car (eight airbags and tensioners in all emergency seats).

Among the enhancements, in addition to the normal on a car of this price, there are things like a Breitling watch, with the type of instrumentation that Bentley had before World War II.

Will be available with petrol engine coupe bodywork and in the second half of 2003 at a price of 137.069 € excluding taxes. Until now, Bentley has received 3000 deposits on account, of which 75 percent are for people who have never owned a Bentley.

Bentley displayed a four-door version in the fall of 2004, which will have diesel engine.