Quick TestCar reviews - Bentley - Continental - GT V8Bentley modelsOverviewNew Bentley Continental GT provides plentiful comfort and muscle in V8 guise5 Feb 2021 For near on 20 years now, the Bentley Continental GT has been considered one of the linchpins of the luxury grand touring segment, having spent years locking horns with the likes of the Aston Martin DB9/DB11, Maserati GranTurismo, Mercedes-Benz SL and more recently, the BMW 8 Series.
The Continental GT has long been synonymous with the fabled twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 engine, however for the last decade the big two-door has also been available with a lighter and more frugal 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 borrowed from the likes of Audi and Porsche.
While Bentley’s local arm initially claimed the V8 would not be coming to Australia when it was revealed in third-generation guise in 2019, the luxury brand changed its view and the bent-eight Coupe and Convertible pair arrived last year before COVID-19 took hold.
Priced from a lofty $400,900 plus on-road costs, we took the hard-top Coupe out on the road to see whether the V8 is the pick of the bunch. Model release date: 1 March 2020 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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