A quick recap on the Bentley Continental Supersorts Ice Speed Record Convertible Limited Edition, and a live photo from Geneva. It’s not every day you take a world speed record and give it a good spanking. But that’s what Bentley recently did on ice in Finland in – of all things – a Bentley Supersports […]
Bentley Supersports ‘Ice Speed Record’ Convertible: Official
Bentley officially reveals the Bentley Continental Supersports ‘Ice Speed Record’ Convertible at Geneva. Just 100 Supersports ISR to be made to celebrate Juha Kankkunen speed record Last week we brought you news of a new Bentley Limited Edition – the Bentley Supersports ‘Ice Speed Record’ Convertible – and now Bentley catch up with the story too. It […]
Bentley Supersports ‘Ice Speed Record’ Convertible Limited Edition at Geneva
Bentley are taking the Bentley Continental Supersports ‘Ice Speed Record’ Convertible Limited Edition to Geneva. More power and lots of red detailing. We reported last week on the very impressive world ice speed record set by Juha Kankkunen in the Bentley SuperSports Convertible. An amazing feat to manage more than 205mph on ice. We even had video of […]
Bentley Continental Supersports Ice Speed Record – The Video
Yesterday we had news of Jahu Kankkunen breaking the world ice speed record in a Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible. Today we have video of that record. Yesterday we reported that Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen had – for the second time – taken a Bentley Continental to a new world speed record – on ice. As […]
Bentley Continental Supersports ‘Shatters’ Ice Speed Record
Rally champion Juha Kankkunen sets a world ice speed record of 205.48mph in a Bentley Continental Supersports on the frozen Baltic off the coast of Finland. Well, there’s a turn up for the books. The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible breaks the world speed record on ice. And we never even knew there was a world […]
New Bentley V8: More details
It’s being reported that the new Bentley V8 – designed for the Continental GT – will be offered as a 415bhp and 555bhp. Which could mean the end of the W12 in the Continental GT. No, this isn’t about the new V8 Bentley made for the Mulsanne. That V8 owes much to the 6¾ litre […]
Audi to engineer Porsche Cajun; Porsche to engineer Bentley
VAG is rationalising its product development with Audi building platforms for SUVs and Porsche for sports cars and luxury saloons. The quest to be the largest car maker on the planet is in full swing at VAG. And being the biggest car maker and, more importantly, a profitable car maker as well, means rationalising your […]
Bentley & Audi to share new V8 – the end of the W12?
Bentley and Audi are jointly developing a new V8 engine for the Continental GT and high performance Audis. But will it signal the end of the Bentley W12? When we reported on the reveal of the new 2011 Bentley Continental GT, we noted that Bentley had plans to launch a V8 version of the Conti sometime next […]
Bentley Continental GT (2011) Press Release
THE NEW BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT New, sculptured exterior exudes quality and design integrity. Contemporary, hand-crafted cabin with class-leading refinement. More powerful W12 engine at launch with FlexFuel capability. A new high-efficiency V8 from late 2011. Dynamic, engaging driving experience. Class-leading infotainment systems. (7 September 2010, Crewe, England.) For Crewe’s design and engineering teams, the new […]
New Bentley Continental GT (2011) Revealed
We have the 2011 Bentley Continental GT, an evolution of design with a bit more power for the V12 and a new Continental GT V8 in 2011. As we let you know a few weeks ago, Bentley are planning a reveal for the first proper facelift of the Bentley Continental GT this afternoon on their specially created […]