Status has forever been Bentley’s well-deserved name for building cars with unmatched creature comforts and exquisite style. Even with a change of ownership and remarkable design changes, Bentley’s style and comfort departments remain loyal. But you could need slow-mo to see those attributes found in Bentley’s Continental GT. This sports coupe-with its W 12, 6-liter turbocharged, five hundred h.p. Engine-is no mere GT poser. It’s the real thing.
Bentley’s four-door sedans reputedly have enough cabin space to nicely accommodate a classical quartet; but this two-door sports coupe, in comparison, is sleek and trim. The GT’s creature comforts are nonetheless bountiful as the Continental’s interior comes in nine, exotic, natural-wood trims. Although you’ll need to leave the quartet at home, the strong entertainment center comes standard with a 6 disc CD changer, GPS navigational help, phone pre-wiring, and voice-activated controls for the phone. The seats are sumptuous with flexible leather, offering fourteen separate adjustments, including lumbar support and power memory.
In balancing its swiftness, the Continental GT rides on five-spoke, 19-inch, painted amalgamate wheels. The glide in the ride stems from an adaptive-variable suspension with automatic load leveling, a front independent, double-wishbone suspension with air springs and a rear stabilizer bar.
Yes, the Continental GT is definitely a ramped-up rider compared to Bentley’s respected, classic four-door sedans. Distinctively it retains the lavish qualities expected of a Bentley, but you’ll have to focus quicker to take it all in.
The UK are not coming! They are already back and riding high with the Aston Martin DB9 in its royal fleet. The DB9 is a lightweight only on the scale, weighing in just about 1,500 pounds lighter than the ambitious Bentley Continental GT. However, when it comes to the momentous performance/decadence ratio demands of drivers in this GT fraternity, the DB9 metes out numbers that merit its champion-level standing. The overseer of the 911 Turbo, Dr. Ulhrich Bev, Aston Martin’s CEO, delivers terrifically with a bevy of amenities that make the DB9 menacingly delicious.
The DB9’s frame is a revolutionary VH ( vertical/horizontal ) aluminum-bonded platform, which supplies maximum rigidity, minimal weight and a perfect 50/50 weight balance. Combine that with a double-wishbone suspension and a 450 horsepower,6.0-liter V 12 engine, it is no problem with the DB9 going from 0 to sixty miles per hour in less than 5 seconds. This dragster ramps out at top speed of 186 mph shortly thereafter. The six-speed, auto-manual transmission operates smoothly with magnesium paddle shifters that infuse the fluid feel of a real manual transmission. And the low-RPM responsiveness is nothing short of magnificent.
Amenities come in hordes on this tabula rasa, as customers are inspired to take advantage ofAston Martin’s personalization program. Exterior paint options are limitless. The inside contains handcrafted, stitched leather seats, and the doorway and interior trim come in exotic walnut, mahogany or bamboo. There’s also a Linn 950-watt, Dolby Pro Logic II audio-system option to boot.
What is even better is that Dr. Bev promises that this is only the beginning of what promises to be the new British invasion!.
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