Bentley Continental Sports: Speed record on ice in a convertible

Holiday on Ice, it was probably not what the Finnish four-World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen on the Baltic Sea experienced - rather exciting experience. In a Bentley Continental Super Sport convertible, he swept across the frozen sea off the coast of his homeland. He set a new speed record. At the Geneva Motor Show on 3 to 13 March 2011 presented to the manufacturer is a limited edition of the extreme-Bentley of 100 copies.
Over 330 km / h: police confirmed measurement
Measured the speed on a portion of one kilometer in length, was driven on the back and forth. Taken was the average of both runs. This, according to Bentley, the rule as required by the Guinness Book of Records. The measuring section was located on a total of 16.5 km long route. 70 centimeters of ice separated Kankkunen the cold waters of the Baltic Sea. After five miles, he had 200 miles per hour - just under 322 km / h - been broken its previous record. Despite the snow storm and wind hazard since he made it to the test section 205.48 miles per hour, ie 330.695 km / h. The speed was confirmed by the Finnish Traffic Police. Prepared was the luxury convertible with a safety cage, winter tires and a brake chute at the rear. For more stability provided for front and rear spoiler.

Bentley Continental Flying Star Wagon (Estate) Project Qatar motor show 2011

True to the Continental GTC chassis built and launched at the Geneva Motor Show last year, all Flying Stars are made to personal specifications and power outputs ranging from 552bhp to 621bhp feature, courtesy of 6.0-liter W12 engine from Bentley

The company has recently completed production of its third car and the model will make his first appearance at the Qatar Motor Show on 25 to 29 January meeting. Only 19 examples are currently planned for production.

Bentley GT Speed Elegance Edition Chrome by Anderson photos and specs

Tuning studio Anderson Germany does not stop at nothing, even the Bentley GT will not leave without a special package, called GT Speed Elegance Edition.

Externally supercar is now different carbon-fiber hood with additional air intakes and new boot lid made of the same carbon. Moreover, carbon is also available on the front and rear bumpers, in addition to this there were lights with LEDs, chrome grille.

The interior, too, has undergone minor changes, which relate mainly to finish than functionality.

Serial Bentley GT leaves the factory with the W12, 610 HP capacity, but thanks to the work done specialists Anderson Germany, added the sports filter, new exhaust system, have revised fuel injection system and more capacity has reached 695 hp It is worth noting that the exhaust system now allows the driver to choose one of three ways of playing.

The cost of Bentley GT Speed Elegance Edition is not reported.

Bentley Continental Flying Spur Series 51 - car of the rich

The Continental Flying Spur is a great success worldwide since its 2005 launch in Europe, the Middle East, the USA than in Russia or Asia. Also attract a wider customer base and meet customer expectations, Bentley now offer (from March 2011) the Flying Spur and Flying Spur Speed avzec finishes the so-called "series 51" which allows customers to choose from a range of paintings (monotone or craft stick) but also almost custom leather upholstery and a few other comforts and luxuries.

Thus it is not less than 14 facilities that will offer this "series 51" which, in addition to upholstery, paint, selects its real wood or aluminum inserts solid satin, polished or corked.

So customers will take advantage of existing equipment since last year on the Continental GT and GTC. To return to the facilities of this Bentley Flying Spur "series 51", one also discovers new 19-inch alloy wheels, a new facility with a fi-infotainment screen 8 inch touchscreen and 30 GB of memory dedicated to storing half of the music and the other half to navigation.

Bentley will make a coupe with 4 doors

Bentley will launch four-door coupe, which the market will compete with cars like the Aston Martin Rapide, Maserati Quattroporte and Porsche Panamera.
Meanwhile, Bentley threaten their model has a lower price than competitors.


In an interview CEO of the company Bentley, Franz-Josef Paefgen says the new model will be made on plagformata of Audi A7 Sportback and the M8 will have a turbo engine with cylinder capacity of 4.0 liters and 450 hp power Will be automatic transmission with eight grades, will transfer to all four wheels.


The dimensions of the new Bentley coupe with four doors will be more compact than those of the Flying Spur sedans and Mulsanne. At the same time the car will offer luxury comparable to that of sedans.

Bentley Silver Wings concept comes in pictures

The new design was inspired by an F22 jet and, as the name makes you understand, would be owned by Bentley.

The project is conceptual and has no engine or exchange or any other mechanical components defined. The lines of the Bentley Silver Wings, however, suggest sportiness and performance to give work to sports like Pagani Zonda, even if in case it was of interest to the Bentley, utilizes the 6.0 twin turbo W12 with 600 bhp and 76.5 lb.-ft. of torque of the Continental Flying Spur Arabia.

2011 Bentley Continental GT by Carface: Exclusive one-off

The production version already in the very luxury coupe is refined inside and out on. This gives the Continental GT a body kit made of carbon with a new front bumper, a front spoiler, grill use a piano black finish and side skirts. The modified rear bumper integrates the new exhaust system with two centrally positioned stainless steel tailpipes. Powerful 22-inch wheels replace the regular 20-inch model. The body of the Continental GT Heritage is coated with a matte sheen of paint in "Gun Metal Satin". Some attachments are designed in aluminum look.

The interior of the Bentley has been revised. The interior is complete with black nappa leather. The seats, dashboard and roof lining are also printed with silver pinstripes. Heritage lettering on the fenders and the rear of the instrument panel and complete the customization package for the Continental GT. For the shown on the auto show Carface conversion requires close to 100,000 €. There are also, of course, the cost for the Continental GT. Its starting price is € 179 928.

2011 Bentley Continental GT by Carface Photos

2011 Bentley Continental GT appeared in all its glory Paris 2010 Live

Bentley Continental GT coupe has sold in 22,000 copies., So when you update the engineers decided that the best is the enemy of the good and continued to stay the course, which brings a good profit.

It is therefore to distinguish the new Bentley Continental GT from its predecessor with a cursory glance not so easy.

Designers only slightly tweaked the exterior of the model. In particular, the novelty more elegant traced the front of a car, where there are slightly different bumper and front fenders, and the grid air now completely withdrawn coarse grid. Behind - a new bumper with lip, visually extending the tailgate, which, it should be noted, now looks very questionable (she lifted above the surface of the wings), as well as more elongated pipes exhaust. The most noticeable distinguishing detail is the new lighting at both the front and rear. Designers enlarge the domestic front (main) headlights, giving them similar to those of the current flagship Mulsanne. The rear lights, on the contrary, became smaller, but pay more attention to himself.

With regard to technical stuffing, then the model was 65 pounds lighter, and has repurposed dampers and recalibrated steering. Under the hood "basic" on the mighty 6-liter W12, which develops 575 hp and 700 Nm. After a 6-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive, he is able to disperse the model space before the first hundred for 4.4 seconds. Top speed is 318 km / h. Very intriguing will be changed with a new 4-liter 8-cylinder engine, which is officially promise to report next spring. According to the company, it will reduce fuel consumption in comparison with the flagship model of almost 40% with insignificant decrease in dynamic performance.

Sales of the new Bentley Continental GT will start in early 2011.

2012 Bentley Continental GTC: First photos

You've enjoyed (or not!) A few days ago the new Bentley Continental GT 2011, I now propose to discover through the talent and hard work of our friend Theophilus Chin illustrator, what is the Continental GTC we should make available the next year and which will embody the change

Declassified updated 2011 2012 Bentley Continental GT Coupe

A few hours before the official premiere of the updated internet coupe Bentley Continental GT American Automobile magazine has published photos and detailed information about this car. One of the major changes - a new V8 engine in the scheme. The general public, the car will be presented at the Motor Show in Paris, and he will go on sale until next year.

Despite the fact that the appearance of an updated vehicle has undergone only cosmetic changes, all body panels are absolutely new. The most notable innovations in the design of Bentley Continental GT - this other headlamps with LED sections, different grille, new front bumper, as well as "retouched" front fenders and chassis rear-view mirrors.

Exclusive Sheikh Bentley Special model of the Continental Flying Spur for the Middle East

The sheikh is rich and makes his money from you for English luxurious limousines. The Middle East now accounts for ten percent of global sales Bentley and was unimpressed by the global economic crisis. As a kind of thank-Bentley has now launched two exclusive special models.

Limited Luxury
In total there will be only 50 Continental Flying Spur Arabia or its uprated variant Flying Spur Speed Arabia. Visual highlights are only a touch more chrome special "Arabia" emblems on the fenders, the sill plates and ashtrays. In addition redesigned alloy wheels come with 14 spokes in the Flying Spur Arabia, the corresponding speed version is based on ten-spoke wheels. Ventilated seats provide the comfort factor in the desert, not including goodies such as picnic tables behind or a special key to the so-called "Valet Parking". He is given to the person who einparkt the car for the owner. However, it can not the glove compartment or the trunk open.

Force fed
What remains unchanged is the powertrain: a twelve-cylinder under the hood is working with six liters of displacement. The 560 hp Flying Spur Arabia reached in 4.9 seconds and creates a top speed of 100 by 312 km / h. Even better, it makes his brother-Speed with 610 hp and a top speed of 322 km / h. In Germany, the Flying Spur starts at € 178 143, so that is expected for the "Arabia" with a price of 200,000 €.

Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible 2011 details price list photos

This weekend was submitted to a new convertible Bentley Continental Supersports, as well as the coupe version of the Continental.

Both cars are packed in 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged W12, power 630 hp, making Cabriolet accelerates to 100 km / h in 3.9 seconds, top speed of 325 km / h.

The engine is connected with an updated transmission ZF 6HP26, equipped with the technology Quickshift, which is almost twice the speeds up. Convertible received wide rear tires (50 mm wider), for better grip, also has a new braking system that can cope with this power.

Price list for the open version Bentley Continental Supersports is 226,457 euros (280,400 dollars), car sales expected to begin this summer. It is worth noting that the convertible came less than a year after the release compartment Bentley Continental, whereas normally this term is 12 ... 18 months.

2010 Bentley Continental GT - Romero Britto : Pop art cars photos and details

In honor of its 90 th anniversary of the company Bentley Motors, together with artist Romero Britto (Romero Britto) have created a unique prototype of the Bentley Continental GT with a unique aerography.

Now this machine is involved in the exhibition Romero «Come to my World» in Berlin. In an interview Britto said that art car was created to "see the smiles on the faces of people."

When the show Romero in Berlin is over, the car will be sold at a charity auction.