Bentley Continental GTC: Dazzlingly posh soft-top

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Bentley Continental GTC: Dazzlingly posh soft-top

Here's a nice review of the Bentley Continental GTC from somebody who really loves it. Enjoy!

Its performance is staggering by any benchmark; for something that weighs more than Arc de Triomf it is truly fearful. And this is no high-seas gin palace: the GTC holds its composure when you turn the steering wheel and has the largest brake discs yet fitted to a production car - as well as quite possibly the fattest key.

Inside, the quality of craftsmanship surpasses perhaps even that of the Rolls Royce I tried the same week.

The GTC is more graceful than its bulky bottomed, coupé sibling - and I love the fact that Bentley's engineers have intentionally slowed the electric roof mechanism to 25 seconds instead of 20 because it was "deemed more seemly".