First look: new 782hp Bentley Continental GT
Bentley has confirmed the new GT reveal for June - expect more of the same, but different
For twenty years, we’ve known what to expect from the Bentley Continental GT: luxury, power, attitude, heft. Don’t expect any of that to change next month when its maker reveals the fourth generation model - except, of course, that it will now be assembled around the new Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain. Bentley has today confirmed that the combination of 4.0-litre V8 and (as yet) unspecified electric motor will output 782hp and 738lb ft of torque. Which is punchy by any measure.
Of course, the result will weigh roughly the same as an armoured personnel carrier, but that hasn’t stopped Crewe from claiming it as ‘the most powerful and most dynamically capable Bentley road car in the company’s 105-year history’ - a statement underwritten by the inclusion of active all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, an electronic limited-slip diff, 48-volt anti-roll control and new dual-valve dampers. So it’s fair to say the technological kitchen sink that Bentley invested in the outgoing model has transitioned to the new one.
While hybrid-only status marks the fourth-generation GT as fundamentally different to its predecessor, clearly we’re not going to have any trouble recognising the newcomer. The latest images reveal a number of subtle tweaks - particularly in the air intakes and headlights - but plainly this is about smoothing out the previous design rather than beginning again. Which ought to suit the majority of repeat buyers given the current GT still looks the business after six years at the showroom coalface.
Whether or not said buyers have also bought into the concept of a petrol-electric Bentley obviously remains to be seen. Since 2002 the GT has been notable not just for a distinctive sort of driving pleasure, but for the ten-fold increase in sales it originally stimulated, helping redefine what the brand meant for a modern audience. And while Bentley could hardly expect that kind of game-changing response, it is no doubt hoping that access to a 50-mile all-electric range (and yet more horsepower pomp) will convince its customers that it has built a GT sufficiently forward looking to see out the decade. We look forward to discovering whether or not that's true next month.
Personally I would prefer a bigger electric range if I was going hybrid, unless it is self charging.
Anyone know?
PS did I previously see a comment about the Middle East that has just been deleted or was that my imagination?
Anyway, no matter , good.
Highly inappropriate.
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Vid re. hot-Vs and the how / the what / the why here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNvc_p5prU
I may be (am) completely ignorant, but what does the 48V have anything to do with the price of fish? Is it better than the old 47V versions? Does it mean we're going to need to remember to take 32 AA batteries along just in case?
I may be (am) completely ignorant, but what does the 48V have anything to do with the price of fish? Is it better than the old 47V versions? Does it mean we're going to need to remember to take 32 AA batteries along just in case?
48v systems are specified where there is a large peak power requirement, like stopping a big car from rolling through a sequence of bends.
I may be (am) completely ignorant, but what does the 48V have anything to do with the price of fish? Is it better than the old 47V versions? Does it mean we're going to need to remember to take 32 AA batteries along just in case?
48v systems are specified where there is a large peak power requirement, like stopping a big car from rolling through a sequence of bends.
I may be (am) completely ignorant, but what does the 48V have anything to do with the price of fish? Is it better than the old 47V versions? Does it mean we're going to need to remember to take 32 AA batteries along just in case?
They are excellent at controlling a barge when you want to throw it at bend.
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