New Bentley Continental GT: Goodbye W12, Hello 771hp Hybrid! | 4K

The Bentley Continental GT has been updated. For this update, Bentley have axed the venerable W12 and replaced it with a V8 hybrid with 771hp. Alex Legouix gets up close and personal.

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[justray]

The best thing about this video is the script and the oh so verbally skilled presenter. Even eyes outshining the headlights. ;)

[tonydwietwarze]

I can understand going from a V12 engine to a V8 Hybrid, but i can't understand the reasoning behind the headlight design .... It was a distinct Feature, i always new in my rear view mirror that I'm gonna be overtaken by a Bentley.... It was a feeling

[ron]

I really like the shape of the lights also the attention to detail, true craftsmanship

[tonylourenco]

Now only if all the automakers can concentrate on bringing the weight down on vehicles, improving the materials then increasing the output of motors

[Roddy_Zeh]

The car looks good, but if I was in the market for a Bentley Conti GT, I'd rather go for a W12. ☕️🗿

[SHMY__KE]

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[catafalque]

Brilliant review by the charismatic Alex, informative and fun.

[RoyaltyGotHits]

The upgrades are welcome… except for the headlights. Thats not an upgrade.

[MediumBluWonder]

Excellent review! RIP W12, but at least this powertrain isn't anemic, albeit more complicated in the name of fuel efficiency. Wonder how it will perform in IRL testing & long term.

Those headlights remind me a little bit of the Baytur but I do miss the round quad headlights. My pops had a early MK1 Speed & those headlights made it stand out.

[habeebshabbir]

It's looks like face-lift not too much change with previous.

[mvgnet]

"It makes the W12 Speed look like an asthmatic pipe smoker"

How's that?

W12 has 659 hp and 900 Nm torque. 0-62 is 3.6 sec and top speed 208 mph
The new one (V8 Hybrid) has 771 hp (112 hp more) and 1000 Nm (100 Nm more). Only 0.3 sec faster and same top speed. Plus the new one is heavier (+186 kg).

It's only more efficient and less good looking.

[AndySouvlakis]

Front lights; yeah I'm just learning 3d modeling in Blender .... it's my first day ... I'm kind of finished with the project already.

[jbaru]

Nobody complained about the signature headlights, only the rear. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Bentley just can’t seem to get it right.

[peterlbaldwin]

Sadly there will always be those who criticise anything new. I do not dislike the new headlight design and the "four headlight" concept in use in the "Continentals" since the 1960's, was becoming a little "mundane", to say the least. To me, Bentley has once again shifted the "benchmark" by which Performance "Supercars" will be judged. Performance, Acceleration, Top Speed etc. easily hold their own in the upper echelons of the automotive world and are far above what most purchasers will ever need or use, I suspect yet all the time combined with supreme comfort and ease of accessibility to and from the vehicle. To those who criticise the vehicles weight, I have had the experience of driving two radically different vehicles over the same 650 mile trip(+/- 8hrs, depending on time taken at border crossings)in a comparatively short space of time. One trip was in a small, lightweight Alfa Romeo Coupe, the second was in a Four Door, Range Rover V8.. Emerging at the end of the trip in the little "Alfa" I felt as though I had just somehow, managed to survive "8 Rounds with Muhammed Ali ". Getting out of the Range Rover after the same trip, I felt that I had just had a pleasant Sunday afternoon drive in the country. A vehicle's weight does help to provide more stability, better road handling and hence more comfort and safety for those travelling...Not so...?

[jansz]

Yeah, 4 less cylinders... alright, understandable these days, power makes up for it somewhat, but there is one more problem... 2460kg is some 200kg more than the W12 and 300kg more than the V8... not that those ones were very light. I mean, it's a luxury GT, but still a little annoying, isn't it?

[davidhorobin]

What about the boot space?
This has been getting progressively smaller since 2018.
I imagine you will be hard-pressed to get a briefcase in there now and they’ll certainly be no spare wheel, as there is in my 2016 GTC.

[alanwayte]

Never have a driver and a car been so well matched

[maesmichael]

As a W12 Speed owner I'd adivise: get the new Vanquish (or a used W12 Speed) 🙏🏻

[mcmormus]

My dream car since I know what cars are! Each one more beautiful than the previous. ❤