Saw a Bentley Continental GT

"AthomSfere" (AthomSfere) 07/21/2015 at 07:43 • Filed to: None

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Yesterday Driving home from work I found a Contintal GT driving home, and just had a few thoughts:

It had a presence, such clean lines it looked good.

It also was really underwhelming. Everything was too clean from the way the tail lights sat to the headlights, the lack of lines, and the noises from it hid that massive engine too well.

Not that I didn’t like it, just a strange car when you realize this thing packs a Twin Turbo W12 and costs more than a lot of houses.

macanamera > AthomSfere 07/21/2015 at 07:54

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Could have been a V8 also.

AthomSfere > macanamera 07/21/2015 at 08:00

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I’m not a huge Bentley guy, skimmed Bentley’s site and Wikipedia and only saw mention of the V8, So maybe I missed that option.

macanamera > AthomSfere 07/21/2015 at 08:11

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In any case, it is a Bentley so it should be pretty quiet...

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > AthomSfere 07/21/2015 at 13:10

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I find the Bentley Continental somewhat sedate.

But their new EXP10 Speed 6 concept is gorgeous, and noticeably more lithe.

wafflesnfalafel > AthomSfere 07/21/2015 at 23:41

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Even the W12s are quiet - the whole car is understated. We have a fair number of the big flying spurs up here to - again, big, fast, but not loud, (visually or audibly)

AthomSfere > macanamera 07/22/2015 at 19:46

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I expected it to be somewhat audible from the outside but silent on the inside... Not just quiet.

AthomSfere > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 07/22/2015 at 19:47

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That is nice, a little Aston, a little Bentley.

NJAnon > AthomSfere 08/16/2015 at 22:38

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Large engine doesn’t mean noise. Bentley’s shouldn’t have the noise of a train. Its a higher end luxury car that like you said “has a presence”. And in the luxury world, that stands for a lot.

Their Bentley Speed 8 is the only recent Bentley you’ll “hear” before you see it :P