A leaked price list for the Bentley Continental GT V8 and GTC V8 from Bentley in Berlin reveals prices for the new entry-level GT. Earlier this month we got the reveal of the Bentley Continental GT V8 ahead of its public debut at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show in January. And now we get the first idea of pricing. A leaked […]
Bentley Continental GT V8 unveiled
The Bentley Continental GT V8 debut is at the Detroit Auto Show in January, but Bentley has revealed their new V8 in GT and GTC guise this morning. The Bentley Continental GT V8, and for that matter the Continental GTC V8, are Bentley’s nod to the more constrained times in which we are living. Well, constrained […]
New Sound of Bentley: Is this the new Bentley V8?
Bentley has sent us a couple of videos this afternoon teasing the ‘New Sound of Bentley’. Is this the new V8 engine for the Continental GT? It makes a change for a car maker to tease us with sound rather than arty images, but Bentley has done that this afternoon with a soundtrack they’re calling […]
2012 Bentley Continental GTC raises £240k for BBC Children in Need
It’s BBC Children in Need Day in the UK, and a 2012 Bentley Continental GTC has raised £240k at an auction organised by Bentley Manchester. The 2012 Bentley Continental GTC was only revealed at Frankfurt in September, and is currently getting its North American debut in L.A. But Bentley have already sold one to a generous UK buyer who […]
Bentley SUV to get W12 engine
Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer has said the planned Bentley SUV will offer a W12 engine to show that the Bentley SUV is ‘The Boss’. Back in July we had the talkative Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer musing that Bentley will produce the ultimate luxury SUV, with plans to take the underpinnings from sister company Porsche’s Cayenne and […]
New Bentley Continental GT2 to get 650bhp & RWD – the end of Supersports?
Bentley has revealed that it will build a range topping Bentley Continental GT2 with 650bhp and probably rear wheel drive. Bentley has revealed to Auto Express that now its got the regular versions of the Continental out of the way – the 2011 Continental GT and the 2012 Continental GTC – they’re going to head down the halo route for the new Conti and produce […]
Bentley plug-in hybrid confirmed – but not for the ‘Green’
Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer has confirmed that Bentley are planning a plug-in hybrid Bentley, but dropping E85. To be entirely fair to Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer, he hasn’t said that Bentley are planning a hybrid for reasons other than a green halo, but it seems very likely that’s the case. Especially as they are planning a plug-in […]
New Bentley Continental GTC (2012) arrives too late for Summer
Bentley has revealed the 2012 Bentley Continental GTC ahead of a debut at Frankfurt 2011 in September. On sale before the end of the year. Bentley are busy updating their cars, a process which started with the new Bentley Mulsanne and carried on with the 2012 Continental GT this time last year. And now, just […]
Bentley Continental GT V8 (2012) spied undisguised
We have a photo of an undisguised 2012 Bentley Continental GT V8 ahead of its debut at Detroit in the New Year. This isn’t the first time we’ve had a spy photo of the 2012 Bentley Continental GT V8, although last time it was the new V8 under a drop-top Bentley GTC. And the V8 […]
Bentley: We will overcome resistance to diesel engines
Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer has made it clear that he will overcome opposition within Bentley to using diesel engines. We’re the first to admit that we are recent converts to the joys of a powerful diesel engine. But a Bentley Diesel seems perhaps a step too far. But according to Bentley boss, Wolfgang Durheimer, it’s not. Herr Durheimer is a […]