Bettering The Best
BBC TopGear India|December 2018

When technology meets tradition: this third-gen Bentley gets new underpinnings that make it a sharper, faster and even more comfortable and luxurious grand tourer than before

Devesh Shobha
Bettering The Best

Zero to 100kph in 3.7 seconds.

Chances are, you may have heard of this figure on numerous occasions before; most likely while reading up on German sportscars and performance models. But, what if we were to tell you this could now be associated with a Bentley? A stock Bentley, that too. Yes, you can now have the finest of handmade British luxury peppered with astounding performance and new-found athleticism, all in one single package – the new Bentley Continental GT.

Before we get into the details of what makes the new Conti GT a fantastic, er, GT, let’s look at what makes it a fantastic Bentley. A car that was born in 2003 and revised in 2011, it had single-handedly saved Bentley from fading into the dark shadows of anonymity with almost 70,000 units sold globally to date. Sure, it’s a success story by luxury car standards, but its makers thought it was time the Continental GT was reimagined, and how. At first, the 2018 model may look a lot like the outgoing one with its long bonnet, flared haunches and a fastback tail, but it’s only once you spend some quality time with it, that you realise just how stunning a job its designers have done with this new model. It’s gorgeous to look at with its mature features, those signature Bentley curves and a derriere so sexy that even J Lo would turn green with envy. In fact, we drove it on British roads for a couple of days and the amount of attention it would get was simply mind-blowing.

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