2006 NY Auto Show
Featuring a 6-liter, 12 cylinder, twin-turbocharged, engine with more than 500bhp driving all four wheels through a paddle-operated, six speed automatic gearbox, the Continental GT offers true supercar performance combined with the interior space, versatility and ease of ownership to make it not merely viable as an everyday car, but a natural for the role.
The Continental GT is an all-new Bentley coupé, inspired by the finest Grand Touring traditions but designed, engineered and built using the most modern techniques blended with inimitable Bentley craftsmanship. It is the fastest four-seat coupé in the world with a top speed in excess of 180mph and 0-60mph of under five seconds.
Any car capable of being three miles away in just 60 seconds clearly needs carefully optimized aerodynamics to keep it safe at such speeds, and clamping a vast rear spoiler to the trunk lid would have been one way of ensuring this.
In fact, the Bentley aerodynamics department had a more elegant solution in mind. The Continental GT is indeed fitted with a rear spoiler, but one so skilfully integrated into the design of the car, where the rear window meets the trunk lid; it is for the most part invisible, deploying automatically when high speed merits additional downforce.
