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2010 Goodwood Festival: Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible
The new Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible made its official public driving debut this past weekend at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The British firm's fastest ever topless model, which comes with a 630HP W12 turbocharged flex-fuel engine is capable of a top speed of 202mph (325 km/h) and a 0-60mph (96 km/h) sprint time of 3.9 seconds, was piloted throughout the weekend by honorary 'Bentley Boy' Derek Bell. Full picture gallery from the event right after the jump.
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SPIED: 2012 Bentley Continental GTC Speed
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The Bentley Continental is next in line for a major refresh for the luxury automaker, and although the new range of Continental models is still about two years off, a few details on Bentley�s next volume model have already hit the Web.
The next Continental will employ plenty of aluminum bits � which will shed 400 pounds from the current car�s curb weight � and will borrow its suspension and brakes from the Audi A8, according to Automobile Underhood, the Continental will still use its familiar W12, albeit with a few tweaks. Power will check in at 580
horsepower, with the Speed variants seeing a bump to 650 horsepower. An eight-speed transmission will handle shifting duties.Bentley unveiled its first green version of the Continental at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, with that theme likely to continue on into the next-gen car. Bentley is reportedly mulling the idea of a diesel-powered Continental � with around 375 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque � and even a plug-in hybrid version is under consideration.
Expect the Continental coupe to hit the market in 2011, with the sedan version bowing a year later. A convertible model should make an appearance in 2013, followed by Speed versions by 2015
Bentley Defies Crisis with a 20% Increase in Global Sales
Crisis? What crisis? For you and me, perhaps, but not for Bentley buyers. The VW-owned British luxury carmaker announced today a 20% increase in global sales for the first half of 2011 with 2,978 cars delivered to customers, the best start for the company since 2008.
2012 Bentley Continental GTC Speed Scooped in the Alps
Back in May, we saw Bentley trying out the drop-top version of its subtly evolved 2011 Continental GT, the GTC, at the Nurburgring racetrack. Now, our spies have spotted Bentley�s people working on the more athletic GTC Speed in the Alps.
Like the standard Continental GTC, the Speed shares the sharper styling cues of the coupe model launched last year adding a more aggressively designed front bumper with new openings, hood air vents and a discreet boot lid spoiler along with larger alloy wheels to the mix. The GTC Speed will benefit from the revisions we saw on the coupe and which include a redesigned dashboard with an updated instrument panel and a new touch-screen interface plus new seats and trim materials.
Bentley Launches Mulliner Styling Pack for Continental GT
Bentley�s new Continental GT is, without question, a coupe with imposing road presence. But the British firm wishes to offer its customers the opportunity to make their cars even more unique by launching a range of styling options named Mulliner Styling Specification Classic Pack.
This styling package consists of a front splitter, strakes integrated in the front intake grilles, side extension blades and a rear diffuser, all made from glossy black carbon-fibre.
Bentley Continental Supersports
Teaser shots for Bentley's fresh 2010 Continental Supersports accept been authoritative their way annular the internet for the accomplished brace of weeks, but today Bentley was assuredly accessible to absolve all-embracing capacity on their fresh E85-capable 621 appliance Continental Supersports 2 bench supercar.
The Continental Supersports shares best anatomy pieces and drivetrain architectonics with the Continental GT Speed, admitting both autogenous and exoteric accept been beefed up to handle all that added power. Fresh are beyond accepted 20 inch auto with what Bentley boasts are the better and arch brakes on any assembly car.
The Continental Supersports additionally gets a ambush automatically deploying rear addle-brain that is absolutely hidden in the abstract bodywork. Wider clue about to Continental GT Speed models necessitates fresh flared fenders, and enlargened inlets augment air through the twin-turbocharged air assimilation system.
E85 ethanol, while clean-burning and mostly eco-friendly, is added acerb than accepted gasoline. Thus, Bentley has replaced best of the agent internals in its turbocharged W12 powerplant. All the rings, seals and gaskets are different to the Continental Supersports, acceptation a greater focus on acute achievement is accessible with this engine.
The Continental Supersports gets a adapted adaptation of the AWD arrangement begin in bottom Continental models. In this application, the AWD arrangement distributes 40 percent torque to the advanced auto and 60 percent to the rear by default. Through the use of cyberbanking locking differentials torque can be reapplied as the bearings requires, naturally.
The 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports currently has a absolution date this Spring, admitting Bentley says US models are still cat-and-mouse on regulators' approval to run on the E85 spewing out of North American pumps. The car is abundantly engineered, and the British motor aggregation expects abounding booze acceptance by August.
