LONDON: Bentley Motors announced on Monday that the first fourth-generation Continental GT has completed production, in time for the 136th birthday of Walter Owen Bentley.
With the same specification as the car that featured in the unofficial "Underwater Speed Record" and launch film, the first new Continental GT plug-in hybrid (PHEV) is finished in Tourmaline Green, with a Gravity Grey and Mandarin interior.
The car will begin its life as a UK press fleet car, before joining Bentley’s Heritage Collection.
The car will be followed off the production line by the first customer cars, each one specified in one of the 46 billion configurations possible through Bentley’s standard options list.
The Continental GT Speed blends supercar performance, handcrafted luxury and everyday usability. The new model boasts a major exterior and interior redesign, with clean modern detailing, recently established by the new DNA showcased by the coachbuilt Bentley Bacalar and Batur.
The hybrid powertrain produces with 771hp and 1,000Nm, from a 4.0-litre V8 working in tandem with a 187hp electric motor.
The 0-100kph in 3.3 seconds is the result, with the benefit of 81km of usable electric-only range (on the EU drive cycle) and a total range of 859km – creating an everyday supercar.
This particular car will be destined at a later point to join Bentley’s Heritage Collection.
Now consisting of 45 cars from the oldest Bentley in the world (the 1919 3-Litre EXP2) through to the latest generation Continental GT (from 2024), with some of the most extraordinary Bentleys ever made representing every decade of the company’s 105-year history.
