25 February 2009 - 11:00
Flexing its muscle
Holy zeitgeist, Batman, it’s the fastest, most powerful Bentley ever! And it’s coming to the Geneva show next week with 621bhp and a top speed of 204mph!
This is the Bentley Continental Supersports, the most extreme Conti ever – but before you start tearing your hair out and wondering exactly how deep the guys in Crewe are burying their heads in the sand, hang on. The Supersports (Supersport, surely?) is green.
Really, it is. This is the first ‘flexfuel’ Bentley: it’ll run on petrol, E85 biofuel or any combination of the two. Depending on the source of the biofuel, Bentley reckons this reduces lifetime CO2 emissions by up to 70 per cent.
Bentley plans to make its entire range biofuel-capable by 2012, cutting CO2 emissions by 15 per cent.
Anyhow. That’s the boring stuff out the way. Now for the fun bit. The fast-and-powerful bit. The Supersports’ 621bhp six-litre W12 engine is five per cent more powerful than the current range-topper, the Conti GT Speed (and 13 per cent more powerful than the, er, standard Continental), and will fire the Supersports to 60mph in 3.7 seconds, over half a second quicker than the GT Speed.
Top speed rises to 205mph, but the most impressive stat is the Supersports’ 0-100mph time: a mere 8.9 seconds, or over two seconds quicker than the standard Conti.
The added performance is thanks in part to the Supersports’ weight loss strategy: it tips the scales some 110kg lighter than the admittedly porky Continental. That’s mainly due to the scrapping of the rear seats (which we can’t help thinking is like boasting that you’ve lost half a stone in a month by cutting off your left arm) and replacing the front seats with lightweight buckets. Bucket seats, that is.
Bentley has thoroughly revised the Supersports’ chassis, too: the rear track is 5cm wider, while the springs and dampers have been stiffened and retuned.
You might have spotted the visual enhancements: new front and rear bumpers, and a big new pair of nostrils on the bonnet to feed the intercoolers.
All of which should confirm the Supersports as the new king of Cheshire golf club car parks when it goes on sale in the autumn. We’ll get a closer look in Geneva next week…
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A big shiny Bentley that's green? I'm sure the Premier League will be delighted...
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How about get a GTR with 480 hp and "launch" to 60 faster than any Bentley,and reach 190 mph-well just 15 short- for perhaps a third of the Bentley;s price,and rent a condo with the rest?
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I live in Singapore and have difficulty in watching some of your clips
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sorry, thought I was on the feedback page
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Ronaldo is going to want one.
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Ew! I think I much, much rather prefer the phantom that is pretty much...Ugly!
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if im honest it doesnt look like it why did they take off the chrome on the window line and the sides and replace it with black makes it look like the lower spec one with that and too much going on the bumpers and a bentley is not sporty why add all those vents in the front it is not a ferrari its a bentley they are meant to be clean designs and classy
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Still can't get over the Footballers and Rappers image on the Bentley Continental. Bet Wayne Rooney can't wait to get his hands on this!!
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Yeah footballers car... pretty much. But honestly I like it. There's no way around it. I hope the two middle-aged man and the small boy from Birmingham are getting hold of one. Let's see what they make out of it (Although I can imagine them already...).
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2 Words FOOTBALLERS CAR, well at least there doing there bit for the enviorment if they do buy it. Still Very Nice :)
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cool car but im not sure if i would drive one...
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i like bentleys most of all the brooklands but i cnt help thinking something about this car. well its just ive never heard anione say yer having no arms has its disadvantages but i cant half run fast
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vietamesestig commented on this article
25 February 2009
now thats a lump of gold. i don't like the porsche like flat rear
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