Autocar has driven the Bentley Continental Supersports - and you can watch the video here.
The Supersports is not only the fastest and most powerful Bentley ever, it is also the greenest. It has been engineered to produce its 621bhp whether burning E85 or pure pump petrol, or any combination of the two.
Watch the Bentley Continental Supersports video here
You can read Steve Cropley’s first drive of the car by clicking on the link below.
First drive: Bentley Continental Supersports
We’ve also assembled all the best pictures from Cropley’s first drive to bring you a stunning hi-res picture gallery of the 621bhp luxury coupe.
See the hi-res Bentley Continental Supersports picture gallery
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I don't see the point of this car for several reasons:
1. It loses some of it's nature as a GT by deleting the rear seats: GTs differentiate themselves from sports cars by being more usable and comfortable; long-distance runners vs. sprinters (sports cars).
2. Little merit in the weight loss and power gains: Proper weight loss comes from aluminium, cf and magnesium components (suspension, doors, boot and bonnet, etc), lightweight seats and the like. Bentley took the easy route by deleting useful elements like the seats or adding the already available carbon brakes as a "weight loss". The power gain is minimal, more due to the higher energy content of ethanol than to anything else. Now, improving the breathing (intake and exhaust) or adding boost would surely have made a true improvement.
3. The ecological argument is pathetic: Any engine can be -very slightly- reengineered to use ethanol mix (in Brazil just about any car can use it), but the real challenge is lowering friction, introducing direct injection and adding measures such as cylinder deactivation, stop-start, regenerative braking and the like. This car has none. Please Bentley, don't try to sell us an E85 conversion for ecology, that's PR BS.
4. It looks like it's been VXRized. I find it quite vulgar.
Finally, Making a sumo wrestler loose 15kg won't make him a lithe, agile kung-fu fighter. It's still well over 2 tons. I've driven a GT Speed (hard) and it's an impressive piece of kit, very fast DESPITE the mass, but don't confuse it with a lithe, agile, infinitely more playful sports car which is what Bentley is trying to make us believe.
Gentlemen, just stick to making the best GTs in the world, and bring us the -much improved- new generation already!