Bentley Continental GTC V8 S: the driving test and video
Posted on 30-06-2014 at 16:00 by Wouter – 28 Comments”
This ‘hotrod’ from the United Kingdom is the ideal transport for the summer.
[ First look, then read? Watch the video HERE! ]
Undoubtedly, in the winter it is also good to stay in the GTC, the open version of the Continental is the more fun to wander when the sun in shining. If that is not so, or that you’re the yellow ploert on your head are tired, then the GTC is also excellent with hood closed to drive. It is not a simple tentzeiltje what about your head pulls, but a pretty solid cover with multiple layers. The whole is complimented with acoustic glass and panels on the underside of the body, for even more peace inside.
It is a whole piece of fabric and metal, so for the opening and closing move Bentley no record time down. Total it takes 25 seconds, and it may moving up to 32 km/h (20 mph, it will remain English). That is just not to do in traffic, at least not without other road users annoy. None other than Juha Kankkunen established, however, a record with the GTC SuperSports: on ice he took an impressive 330,695 km/h.
The carriage has, there could be some suffering that the roof is “cut”, despite the Bentleys claim that the GTC is the stiffest vierzits cabriolet on the market. For deeper potholes and nasty bumps tordeert the bodywork for the beautiful a little too much. It is the classic problem of every convertible, the torsional rigidity that decreases as the metal roof is cut. With reinforcements is to solve this problem, although this is for vierzitters also apparently Bentley was a challenge. Despite the with 175 kg increased weight (for a total of 2470 kg). Or perhaps it is precisely because of this hefty weight that there is sometimes vibrations are noticed.
V8 vs W12
Previously, it was easy to choose. It was a W12 or a Speed. Both engines are more than on their task calculated to the Continental GT or GTC, continuing to move. Then came the V8 and it was also “smooth enough”. In the gap between the V8 and the regular W12 now comes the V8 S.
All versions retrieve more than 300 km/h and only the GTC V8 gets no sprinttijd to the 100 in the 4-seconds region. So it is more a matter of taste which version you go for, but more on that later.
V8V8 SW12Speed
Vermogen507 pk528 pk575 pk625 pk
Koppel660 Nm680 Nm700 Nm800 Nm
0-1005,0s4,7s4,7s4,4s
Topsnelheid301 km/u308 km/u314 km/u325 km/h
The videos of sharper
The power increase is just a persberichtje worth, but Bentley did not. Also the chassis with 10 mm reduced and the damping and anti-roll bar, rear are stiffer. In addition, the ‘S’ a new setup for the controls, received, for which more precision and sharpness. Further, it is ESP for the GT V8 S custom, with a larger sliphoek at high speeds to result, as well as a faster koppelopbouw after an operation of the system. The are minimal differences where you are on the public road, hardly noticing.
Outer and aerodynamic improvements, there are also: a slightly different voorsplitter, the sills and the high gloss Beluga painted diffuser. And, of course, the V8 S badges, which are indispensable in this segment. The testauto, incidentally, was just one instance where the list of options, items, philippines giving the appearance again, just differently. That is the epitome of Bentley, because there roles but very few cars of the band that are exactly the same.
Striking striking.
That is deliberately double. A pale yellow open Bentley with big rims and a sports exhaust: you get the attention you soon established. That color personally, I find it brilliant, especially in combination with high-gloss Beluga (black, like caviar) accents and the rims that are part of the Mulliner Driving Spec. Presumably there must be for one half of the Netherlands bowls are taken, but the other half can hopefully my somewhat false taste to follow.
The optional sports exhaust is still such a brilliant combination with the V8. The soundtrack of the achtpitter comes fully to its right at all if you open drive.
Price and conclusion
Three-hundred-and-six-thousand (306.000) euro, was placed at the bottom of the stripe for specifically this version, of which 60,000 euro for options. Almost a quarter of them is for the carbon ceramic brakes which undoubtedly have their value on the circuit, but most of the GTC riders not with this car out of their garage. So there are more options that I have with my fictitious budget from the list would be deleted, but that is probably also the reason that my budget is fictitious. If you think time for you to a few options. And yet, there is reason not for the W12 or Speed. More power is always better, but the soundtrack of the V8 with the 2299 euro-dollar optional sports exhaust is unbeatable. Movie!
Gallery: Bentley Continental GTC V8 S
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