Bentley Continental GT speed: 31.12.12, West Sussex Bentley has turned up the W12 to 616bhp to create its fastest road car yet

摘要

HOW RELEVANT IS it that this is the fastest road car Bentley has produced to date? To most of us, not very. But to those customers who keep demanding more of everything, the fact that the new, second-generation Continental GT Speed can do 205mph - thereby topping even the exotic Supersports version of the previous-generation coupe (by 1mph) - no doubt earns them serious bragging rights. Based on the latest W12-engined Continental GT and driven here for the first time on British roads, the Speed costs roughly ￡15,000 more than the regular model, and for that you do indeed get some significant upgrades: more power and torque, more performance, a higher standard specification and greater presence on the road. The only things that haven't grown, happily, are the kerb weight and fuel consumption and CO_2 figures, all of which remain identical to the standard GT's.