Bentley Motors has upgraded the design and technology for the Continental GT family and its luxury sedan, Flying Spur.
18 Feb 2015 | 3294 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
The upcoming Geneva Motor Show next month will see Bentley reveal the latest upgrades to its models. The luxury carmaker is building on global demand for the Continental GT family with a suite of contemporary design updates and new features for its most successful model. The powerful Flying Spur also ...
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The upcoming Geneva Motor Show next month will see Bentley reveal the latest upgrades to its models. The luxury carmaker is building on global demand for the Continental GT family with a suite of contemporary design updates and new features for its most successful model. The powerful Flying Spur also receives a set of features for 2015, focusing on powertrain development, on-board technology and interior comfort.
The Continental GT is refreshed with new exterior design features, aimed at sharpening the on-road presence of the iconic Grand Tourer. A new front bumper combines with a smaller radiator shell and new, more pronounced fenders to lend a more assertive and confident stance. At the rear, the boot lid is now more sculpted, with a pronounced aerodynamic profile to the trailing edge. The rear bumper has been reshaped and widened for an added sense of power, and now features full-width brightware.
In the cabin, driver controls are all-new, with an optional, more ergonomic and sports-orientated steering wheel and larger gear-shift paddles incorporating tactile knurled metal embellishers.
Brightware elements across the console are updated, the driver’s instrument panel receives new dials and graphics for a refreshed, more contemporary look, illuminated by LEDs. For V8 and V8 S coupe models, a new hidden storage compartment is fitted between the rear seats, capable of accommodating and charging electronic devices including iPads.
There are some changes to the Continental GT’s 6.0-litre twin turbo W12 powertrain. There’s a power and torque increase, from 567bhp and 700 Nm to 582bhp and 720 Nm and fuel economy is improved by up to 5 percent.
Flying Spur turns more luxurious
The four-door Flying Spur sedan gets a new 20-inch six-tri-spoke wheel (for both V8 and W12-powered Flying Spurs), in three different finishes, while a 21-inch seven-twin-spoke design is offered on the Flying Spur W12 Mulliner in polished or Graphite painted with bright machining finishes.
The cabin also gains modern and tactile new features and the Flying Spur receives the same onboard WiFi hotspot system as the updated Continental family.
The 616bhp, 800 Nm W12 engine gains efficiencies and even greater touring capability thanks to the variable displacement system now included on the Continental GT W12, for lower fuel consumption, increased range and lower emissions.