Bentley Continental GT: Road test against Aston Martin DB9, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG

MotorTrend made a road test with the Bentley Continental GT, the Aston Martin DB9, the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and the Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG.

Basketball teams don't need a guy like Shaq down in the paint--but brandishing a seven-foot one-inch, 300-plus-pound center makes a certain point. For a quiet ride on a bridle trail, you don't need Secretariat. Most cars don't need eight-cylinder engines, either; four or six do fine. So why, then, is a big-buck exotic packing 12 cylinders still such a status symbol?

Simple: More is better and size matters. It's all about want over need, lust before logic, and all of that.

And now guess who's the winner?

1st place Bentley Continental GT: In-your-face elegance defined. Terrific performer; great buy.

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Source: MotorTrend

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